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Manhattan GRE
Term | Definition |
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moribund | near death |
ascendant (adj) | superior, predominant |
unflagging | tireless |
defunct | 1. no longer in effect or use 2. no longer in existence |
sated | satisfied |
inveigle | to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk |
opine | to hold or express and opinion |
needle | to prod or goad someone to a specified action |
fulminate | to issue denunciations |
protege | a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare |
vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty |
serf | a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner |
entropy | a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder |
cerebrate | to use the mind |
mien | air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc. |
penitent | feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing; repentant; contrite |
loom | come into view in indistinct and enlarged form |
ecumenical | general, universal |
libelous | maliciously defamatory |
avowed | declared |
ulterior | intentionally kept concealed |
recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
decrepitude | dilapidated state; feebleness, especially from old age |
recriminate | to bring a counter-charge against an accuser |
apotheosis | 1. ideal example; epitome 2. elevation of a person to the status of a god |
aggrandize | to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge |
bluster | to roar and be tumultuous, as wind |
unaffected | sincere; genuine |
truculent | savagely brutal |
odious | detestable |
salutary | favorable to or promoting health |
delectable | highly pleasing |
intuit | to know or receive by intuition |
propitiate | appease |
claque | a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer |