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GRE Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Commiserate | Express sympathy |
| Disaffect | Estrange; arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love |
| Aggrieved | Feeling resentment at having been treated unfairly |
| Capitulate | Cease to resist |
| Salient | important |
| Mendacious | Not telling the truth |
| Vexation | worried |
| Chagrin | dissapointment |
| contrarian | opposes poluar opinion |
| impertinence | imprudent |
| impertinent | not relevant |
| analogous | comparable in certain respects |
| ineluctable | unable to resist, inescapable |
| novel | new in an interesting way |
| specious | superficially plausible but actually wrong misleading in appearance |
| ad hominem | argument arising from emotions rather than reason attacking motives rather than position maintained |
| abeyance | temporary state of disuse |
| heed | pay attention to |
| anomalous | deviating from standard |
| derisive | express disapproval |
| hackneyed | lacking significance through overuse |
| catharsis | the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions |
| invective | insulting |
| ubiquitous | Present, appearing, or found everywhere |
| acclaim | praise enthusiastically |
| taciturn | reserved in speech; saying little |
| sanctimoniousness | making a show of being morally superior to others |
| dogmatic | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true |
| ardent | Enthusiastic |
| phlegmatic | Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition |
| dissenter | A person who dissents (Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed.) |
| acumen | The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions |
| pramactic | Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. |
| import | 1. Something imported. 2. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials. 3. Meaning; signification. See Synonyms at meaning. 4. Importance; significance |
| luminaries | 1.A person who inspires or influences others, esp. one prominent in a particular sphere. 2.An artificial light. |
| dilettantes | 1.A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. 2.A person with an amateur interest in the arts. |
| enigmatic | difficult to interpret |
| avant-garde | any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field |
| portend | sign that something (mometuous or calamitous) will occur |
| aficionado | A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime. |
| auspices | A divine or prophetic token |
| rejoinders | 1.A reply, esp. a sharp or witty one. 2.A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication. |
| adjoin | Be next to and joined with |
| specious | Superficially plausible, but actually wrong Misleading in appearance, |
| ingenuous | Innocent and unsuspecting Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness |
| abhorrence | A feeling of repulsion |
| raconteur | narrator - storyteller |
| circumvent | find a way around overcome |
| consign | to deliver to a persons custody |
| recuse | Challenge or Excuse oneself from a case because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. |
| avant garde | any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field |
| bequeath | leave in will |
| elucidate | make clear |
| homilies | A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a sermon. A tedious moralizing discourse |
| surreptitious | kept secret |
| allay | diminish relieve |
| callous | cruel or insensitive |
| benefactor | someone who donates money to cause |
| droll | curious in way that provokes dry amusement |
| dubious | hesitating/doubting not to be relied on |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity |
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