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Vocab for GRE 2

more vocab for the GRE

TermDefinition
abeyance temporary inactivity
abstemious sparing in eating and drinking
aggregate sum total
apostate one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
apprise inform
asperity sharpness of temper
aspersion slandering remark
assiduous persistent
attenuate weaken or lessen in density, force, or degree
baleful deadly
banality lack of originality
bane cause of ruin or misery
blithe carefree
boor someone who acts rude
brook allow, tolerate
burnish make shiny
cacophonous unpleasant sounding
commensurate proportionate
compendium comprehensive though brief summary of a larger work
compliant conforming to requirements
contention claim or thesis
craven cowardly
denigrate belittle
desultory aimless haphazard
diffidence timidity
diffuse wordy, verbose, scattered
discrete separate
disingenuous insincere
dissemble feign
distend expand
divest strip, deprive
encomium high praise
engender cause
equanimity composure, equilibrium
fatuous brainless, inane
felicitous appropriate
flag wane
foment stir up, incite
forestall hinder
gainsay contradict, dispute, oppose
harangue tirade
heterodox unorthodox beliefs
hyperbolic excessively exaggerated
idiosyncrasy individual trait
imperiousness overbearing manner
impregnable invulnerable
insularity narrow mindedness
inundate overwhelm
invective abuse
irresolute unsure of what to do
lassitude lack of energy
lumber move heavily
malinger feign illness to evade work
mendacious untruthful
officious interfering, meddlesome
palpable tangible, obvious
panegyric eulogistic oration
paucity scarcity, dearth
peccadillo minor sin
perfidious treacherous
perfunctory superficial
precarious dangerous, risky
propitiate appease
proscribe condemn
pundit learned authority
refractory unruly
reprobate an evil person
stint be frugal
stipulate make express conditions
supposition assumption
torpor apathy
welter bewildering jumble
zenith highest point
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