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GRE Study Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambivalent | unsure, indecisive |
| adulterate | : to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| Advocate | to speak in favor of |
| Alacrity | means an eager willingness to do something |
| Ambivalent | (adj.) – having contradictory feelings |
| Antipathy | extreme dislike |
| apathy | 1 : lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness 2 : lack of interest or concern : indifference |
| assuage | releive something unpleasent, or moderate, ease, soften |
| audacious | daring, bold, brave, overconfident, inpudent |
| Auspicious | (adj.) – favorable |
| Belligerent | (adj.) – Inclined to fighting |
| Bolster | to support; prop up |
| Cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
| Capricious | Becausunpredictable, whimsical - e Martha was so capricious her friends felt they could not rely on her. |
| Contrite (adj.) | be remorseful. |
| corroborate | : to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
| desiccate | to dry thoroughly; dry up |
| Disparate (adj.) | If two things are fundamentally different, they are disparate. For instance, verbal skills and math skills are disparate |
| Dissonance | a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
| Egregious (adj.) | standing out in a bad way. In sports, an egregious foul would be called on a player who slugged another player |
| Enervate | (v.) – to weaken; drain the energy from |
| engender | 1 : beget, procreate 2 : to cause to exist or to develop : produce <policies that have engendered, to produce, cause, or give rise to |
| enigma | Mystery, somebody or something that is not easily explained or understood |
| ephemeral | 1 : lasting one day only <an ephemeral fever> 2 : lasting a very short time <ephemeral pleasures> |
| equivocal | ambiguous, difficult to interpret, vague, raising doubts |
| Erudite | (adj.) – scholarly |
| Esoteric | (adj) – known to a select few |
| Eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
| Extant | (adj.) – in existence. |
| Fastidious | (adj.) – nitpicky |
| fervid | showing passionate enthusiasm |
| Garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
| Inculpate | (adj.) – to charge with wrong-doing; accuse |
| Ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
| laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: |
| laudable | admirable worthy of praise, commendable |
| Loquacious | (adj.) – talkative |
| lucid | rational, easily understood |
| Magnanimous | (adj.) – big-hearted; generous |
| Mercurial | (adj.) – 1. Changing one’s personality often and unpredictably. 2. Animated, sprightly |
| Misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| Obdurate | hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
| Ostentation | excessive showiness |
| Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma |
| Paucity (n.) | Paucity is a lack of something. In honor of paucity, this entry will have a paucity of words. |
| pedant | a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning |
| Philanthropy | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| placate | make somebody less angry, soothe and calm |
| Pragmatic | (adj.) – practical |
| precipitate | hurried, hasty |
| Prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| propriety - | conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
| Prosaic (adj.) | dull and lacking imagination |
| Pugnacious (adj.) | likes to aggressively argue about everything |
| Reticent | (adj.) – tightlipped, not prone to saying much, reluctant |
| Sanguine | (adj.) – cheerful; optimistic |
| Soporific | (adj.) – inducing sleep |
| vacillate - | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| Venerate | to respect deeply |
| Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| zeal | enthusiasm |
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