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GREvoc barron/kaplan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate* | to reduce in amount, degree or severity |
| abscond* | depart secretly and hide |
| abstemious* | sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| adjoin* | to be close or in contact with |
| adulterate* | to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| anachronism* | something or someone misplaced in time; an obsolete or archaic form |
| antipathy* | aversion; dislike |
| apathy* | lack of interest or emotion; uncaring; indifference |
| apostasy* | renunciation of one’s previous loyalty; a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, cause, etc. |
| approbation* | approval; praise, consideration |
| assiduous* | diligent, persistent, hardworking |
| austere* | forbiddingly stern in appearance; severely simple and unornamented |
| autonomous* | self-governing; independent |
| aver* | assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact |
| bombastic* | pompous in speech and manner ; using inflated language |
| capricious* | unpredictable; fickle; changing one’s mind quickly and often |
| castigate* | to punish or criticize harshly |
| chicanery* | trickery; deception by means of craft or guile |
| cogent* | convincing and well reasoned |
| complaisant* | trying to please; overly polite; obliging |
| convoluted* | intricate and complicated |
| credulous* | too trusting; gullible |
| deference* | respect; courteous regard for another’s wishes |
| desiccate* | to dry out thoroughly |
| desultory* | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
| dichotomy* | split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) |
| diffident* | lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. |
| diffuse* | to spread widely or thinly |
| dilatory* | inclined to delay or procrastinate |
| disabuse* | correct a false impression; to set right; to free from error |
| dissemble* | disguise; pretend; to disguise one’s real intentions or character |
| disseminate* | distribute; spread widely; scatter (like seeds) |
| dogmatic* | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| dupe* | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
| eclectic* | selective; composed of elements from a variety of sources |
| efficacy* | effectiveness; power to produce desired effect |
| elegy* | a sorrowful poem or speech |
| enervate* | weaken; to reduce in strength |
| engender* | to produce, cause or bring about |
| ephemeral* | short-lived; fleeting |
| equivocate* | lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth |
| erudite* | learned, scholarly, bookish |
| esoteric* | hard to understand; known only to the chosen few |
| eulogy* | expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death |
| exacerbate* | worsen; to increase bitterness or violence |
| exculpate* | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
| fawning* | trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing |
| foment* | to arouse or incite |
| forestall* | prevent by taking action in advance |
| grandiloquent* | pompous or inflated in language; bombastic; using high-sounding language |
| iconoclast* | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
| impassive* | without feeling; imperturbable; showing or feeling no emotion |
| impervious* | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| impetuous* | quick to act without thinking |
| inchoate* | not fully formed; disorganized; rudimentary; elementary |
| indolence* | state of being lazy or slothful |
| ingenuous* | naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| insipid* | lacking in interest or flavor; dull |
| intransigent* | refusing to agree or compromise |
| invective* | of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse |
| irascible* | irritable; easily angered |
| misanthrope* | one who hates mankind |
| mitigate* | to soften, to lessen |
| mollify* | to calm or make less severe; soothe |
| neophyte* | recent convert; beginner |
| obsequious* | overly submissive and eager to please; servile; sycophantic |
| onerous* | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| opprobrium* | public disgrace; infamy; vilification |
| paragon* | model of excellence or perfection |
| paucity* | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
| perfidious* | treacherous; disloyal; willing to betray one’s trust |
| perfunctory* | superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; done in a routine way; |
| plethora* | excess; overabundance |
| prevaricate* | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| probity* | honesty; uprightness; incorruptibility |
| prodigal* | lavish; wasteful; reckless with money |
| proliferate* | grow rapidly; spread; multiply |
| propitiate* | to conciliate; to appease |
| propriety* | correct behavior or conduct, obedience to rules and customs |
| proscribe* | to condemn as harmful or odious; ostracize; banish; outlaw |
| quiescent* | adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive; motionless |
| refractory* | stubborn; unmanageable; rebellious |
| reprobate* | person hardened in sin; wicked person; devoid of a sense of decency |
| repudiate* | disown; disavow; to reject the validity of |
| reticent* | silent; reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence |
| soporific* | sleep-causing; lethargy; marked by sleepiness |
| specious* | having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious) |
| stigma* | a mark of shame or discredit |
| stolid* | dull; impassive; unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| torpor* | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
| tractable* | docile; easily managed or controlled |
| veracious* | truthful |
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