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30 GRE words - Wed
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Excoriate | v. to censure scathingly |
| Exculpate | v. to clear of blame |
| Execrate | v. to denounce as vile/evile; to curse or detest |
| Exhort | v. to strongly encourage/urge |
| Exigent | adj. urgent |
| Expatiate | v. to speak/write at length/detail |
| Expiate | v. to atone for (guilt/sin) |
| Extemporaneous | adj. improvised |
| Extempore | adj. done with little/no prepration |
| Extemporize | v. to improvise |
| Extirpate | v. to destroy completely |
| Fatuous | adj. silly and pointless |
| Fervid | adj. intensely enthusiastic/passionate |
| Fetter | n. chain/shackle |
| Froward | adj. difficult to deal with/contrary |
| Fulminate | v. to loudly denounce |
| Fulsome | adj. complimentary to an excessive degree |
| Gainsay | v. deny or contradict (a false statement) |
| Hackneyed | adj. rendered trite by frequent usage |
| Halcyon | adj. calm and peaceful |
| Harangue | n. a long and pompous speech |
| Ignominious | adj. disgraceful/shameful |
| Imbroglio | n. an embarassing situation |
| Immutable | adj. incapable of change |
| Impetuous | adj. hastily energetic/impulsive |
| Importune | v. to ask pressingly for something |
| Imprecation | n. a spoken curse |
| Impugn | v. to dispute the validity of |
| Impute | v. attribute, ascribe |
| Inchoate | adj. in an initial stage |