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Hit Parade 3 for GRE
vocab for the GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acumen | keen, accurate judgment or insight |
| adulterate | to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
| amalgamate | to combine several elements into a whole |
| aver | to state as fact; to declare or assert |
| bolster | to provide support or reinforcement |
| diatribe | a harsh denunciation |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
| endemic | characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
| evanescent | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
| exacerbate | to make worse or more severe |
| fervent | greatly emotional or zealous |
| fortuitous | happening by accident or chance |
| grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
| hackneyed | rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp. to the pleasures of the senses |
| hegemony | the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
| iconoclast | one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
| idolatrous | given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
| impassive | revealing no emotion |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, or steadiness |
| implacable | not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
| impurity | immunity from punishment |
| inchoate | in an initial stage; not fully formed |
| infelicitous | unfortunate; inappropriate |
| insipid | with taste o flavor; lacking in spirit; bland |
| loquacious | extremely talkative |
| luminous | characterized by the brightness and emission of light |
| malevolent | having or showing hatred |
| mendacity | dishonesty |
| mitigate | to make or become less severe; to moderate |
| obdurate | unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
| obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| occlude | to obstruct or block |
| opprobrium | disgrace; contempt; scorn |
| pedagogy | the profession or principles of teaching or instructing |
| pedantic | overly concerned with the trivial details or learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
| penury | poverty |
| pervasive | having the tendency to permeate to spread throughout |
| pith | the essential or central part |
| pithy | precise and brief |
| placate | to appease; to calm by making concessions |
| platitude | a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
| polemical | controversial; argumentative |
| profuse | giving or coming forth abundantly |
| proliferate | to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
| queries | questions |
| querulous | prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
| rancorous | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
| repudiate | to refuse to have anything to with; to disown |
| rescind | to repeal; to retract |
| reverent | marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
| rhetoric | the art or study of effective use of language for communication or expression |
| salubrious | promoting health or well being |
| solvent | able to meet financial obligations |
| specious | apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: |
| spurious | not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. |
| subpoena | the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body. |
| succinct | expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
| superfluous | being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. |
| surfeit | excess; an excessive amount: |
| tenacity | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold |
| tenuous | thin or slender in form, as a thread. |
| tirade | a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: |
| zealous | ardently active, devoted, or diligent |
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