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Hit Parade 1 for GRE

vocab for the GRE

QuestionAnswer
abscond to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
aberrant deviating from the norm
alacrity eager and enthusiastic
approbation an expression of approval or praise
assuage to ease or lessen; to pacify
audacious daring and fearless; recklessly bold
austere without adornment; bare; severely simple
axiomatic taken as given; possessing self evident truth
canonical following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards
capricious inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic,unpredictable
censure to criticize severely
chicanery trickery or subterfuge
connoisseur an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
disabuse to undeceive; to set right
discordant conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
disparate fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
effrontery extreme boldness; presumptuous
enervate to weaken; to reduce in vitality
equivocate to use ambiguous language with a descriptive intent
exculpate exonerate
exigent urgent; pressing; requiring immediate attention
extemporaneous improvised; done with preparation
filibuster longed speechmaking to delay legislative action
fulminate to loudly attack or denounce
ingenuous artless; lacking in sophistication
irascible easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
laud to praise highly
magnanimity the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart esp. in forgiving
martial associated with war and the armed forces
nascent coming into being; in early development
nebulous vague; cloudy
neologism a new word, expression, or usage
noxious harmful, injurious
obtuse lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
obviate to anticipate and make unnecessary
onerous troubling; burdensome
paean a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
perennial recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perfidy intentional breach of faith; treachery
perspicacious acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
prattle to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle maner
precipitate acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate to cause or happen before anticipated or required
prescience knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
prevaricate to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
qualms an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction:
recant to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
refute to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
relegate to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
reticent disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
solicitous anxious or concerned
sordid morally ignoble or base; vile:
squander to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully
stupefy to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
stymie a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.
synthesis the combination of parts to make a whole
tortuous winding; twisting; excessively complicated
truculent fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
veracity habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness:
virulent actively poisonous; intensely noxious
voracious craving or consuming large quantities of food:
waver to sway to and fro; flutter:
Created by: mquynh
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