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Hit Parade 4 for GRE
vocab for the GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acerbic | having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
| aggrandize | to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| alchemy | a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals |
| amenable | agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
| anachronism | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| astringent | having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe |
| contiguous | sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| convention | a generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
| credulous | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
| cynicism | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| decorum | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| derision | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous behavior |
| desiccate | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| disparage | to slight or belittle |
| divulge | to disclose something secret |
| fawn | to flatter or praise excessively |
| flout | to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
| glib | marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
| hubris | overbearing presumption or pride |
| imminent | about to happen; impending |
| immutable | not capable of change |
| impetuous | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive |
| indifferent | having no interest or concern |
| inimical | damaging; harmful; injurious |
| intractable | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| intrepid | steadfast and courageous |
| maverick | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
| mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in moon |
| mollify | to calm or soothe |
| neophyte | a recent convert; a beginner; a novice |
| obfuscate | to make confusing |
| obstinate | stubborn; uncompromising |
| ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
| pervade | to permeate throughout |
| phlegmatic | calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| pragmatic | practical rather than idealistic |
| presumptuous | presumptuous |
| pristine | having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. |
| proclivity | natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition |
| profligate | utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency: |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: |
| pungent | sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid |
| quixotic | extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable |
| quotidian | daily; usual or customary; everyday |
| rarefy | to make rare or rarer; make less dense |
| recondite | dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter |
| refulgent | shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: |
| renege | to go back on one's word |
| sedulous | diligent in application or attention; persevering |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep. |
| sparse | thinly scattered or distributed; not thick or dense; thin |
| spendthrift | a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal. |
| subtle | thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor |
| tacit | understood without being openly expressed; implied |
| terse | neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, |
| tout | to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately. |
| trenchant | incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting |
| unfeigned | not feigned; sincere; genuine. |
| untenable | incapable of being defended, as an argument, thesis |
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| variegated | varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors |
| vexation | irritation; annoyance |
| vigilant | keenly watchful to detect danger; wary |
| vituperate | to use or address with harsh or abusive language |
| volatile | evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor |
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