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GRE vocab
Question | Answer |
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attenuate | weaken; to reduce in force or degree |
credulous | too trusting; gullible |
diffident | lacking self confidence |
discern | perceive; recognize |
disparate | fundamentally different; entirely unalike |
dissemble | to present a false appearance; disguise |
engender | to produce, bring about |
equivocate | express double meaning in order to mislead |
impervious | impossible to penetrate; can not be affected |
impetuous | quick to act with out thinking |
inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized |
ingenuous | child like simplicity |
inundate | to over whelm |
laconic | using few words |
obdurate | stubborn |
obsequious | overly submissive; eager to please |
obstinate | stubborn |
onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
opprobrium | public disgrace |
perfidious | willing to betray ones trust |
perfunctitory | done routinely |
propitiate | appease |
reticent | silent; reserved |
specious | deceptively attractive |
stolid | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |