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30 GRE words - Fri

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Meretricious adj. apparently attractive but having no real value
Militate v. to work against
Minatory adj. threatening, menacing
Mollify v. to calm/soothe
Obdurate adj. unyielding
Obloquy n. strong public criticism
Obsequious adj. servile/subservient
Obstreperous adj. noisy and difficult to control
Odious adj. intense dislike
Opprobrium n. harsh criticism
Panegyric n. high praise
Parity n. the state of being equivalent
Parsimonious adj. very frugal
Pedant n. a person excessively concerned with following the rules
Pellucid adj. transparent, easy to understand
Penury n. extreme poverty; destitution
Perfidy n. deceitfulness, untrustworthiness
Peroration n. concluding part of a speech intended to inspire enthusiasm
Perspicacious adj. perceptive
Peruse v. to examine with great care
Petulant adj. cranky/rude
Phlegmatic adj. clam, sluggish, unemotional
Pith n. the essential part
Pithy adj. precise and brief
Plangent adj. loud, reverberating, often melancholy
Pluck n. courage, fortitude
Polemical adj. controversial/argumentative
Prevaricate v. to speak evasively/lie
Probity n. the quality of adhering to the highest moral principles
Prodigal adj. reckless,extravagant, wasteful
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