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My GRE Vocab A-I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aberration | a deviation or departure from the norm |
| abeyance | temporary inactivity of suspension |
| abrade | to wear down or rub away the surface of something |
| abrogate | to end or do away with something |
| acquisitive | characterized by a strong desire to gain or retain information or objects |
| adroit | showing skill and experience |
| anachronism | something existing or happening out of its time in historical order |
| asperity | roughness or severity |
| assay | n: an analysis or examination, v: to subject to analysis |
| assiduous | characteristic of careful and persistent effort |
| assuage | to lessen or to ease |
| aver | to declare as true; to maintain |
| bequest | the act of passing on; something that is passed on |
| bereft | deprived or despondent |
| blithe | carefree or joyous; casual |
| bolster | n: a narrow cushion, v: to support or strengthen |
| burgeoning | thriving or growing rapidly |
| cadge | to beg |
| capricious | impulsive, prone to sudden change |
| circumspect | mindful of potential consequences, prudent |
| cogent | convincing and reasonable |
| consternation | alarm or fear |
| corroborate | to confirm, to substantiate with evidence |
| countenance | facial features or expression |
| credulous | easily deceived; believing too readily |
| culpable | deserving of blame; guilty |
| denigrate | to speak ill of, to belittle |
| derision | use of ridicule to show contempt |
| desultory | inconsistent and irregular, aimless |
| didactic | intended for the purposes of moral teaching or instructing, even when such instruction is not necessary or welcom |
| disabuse | to free someone of believing something that is untrue |
| disconcerting | unsettling |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal |
| effrontery | rude or presumptuous behavior |
| egregious | noticeably bad or offensive |
| elucidate | to clarify |
| emollient | adj: softening or soothing, n: a softening agent |
| engender | to give rise to, originate |
| enigmatic | unexplainable, puzzling |
| espouse | to choose to follow or support something |
| excoriate | to denounce, to chafe |
| exculpate | to remove blame, acquit |
| exhort | to urge or try to persuade |
| exigent | demanding immediate attention; urgent |
| extol | to praise or glorify |
| fatuous | foolish or delusive, smug |
| feckless | lacking in purpose, carless |
| florid | flushed with color, ornate |
| foment | to incite or agitate |
| gainsay | to deny or contradict |
| garrison | a military post |
| glib | seemingly slick or clever, but lacking sincerity |
| guile | cunning, shrewdness |
| immutable | not subject to change |
| imperturbable | hard to excite or upset, very calm |
| inchoate | poorly formed or formless |
| incorrigible | impossible to change or reform |
| inimical | harmful or unfriendly |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| interpolate | to insert or to introduce between, often to falsify |
| intractable | difficult to manage, stubborn |
| inure | to cause to accept something that is undesirable, habituate |
| irascible | easily angered |
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