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GRE

12/12/13

TermDefinition
Perennial (adj.) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
Perfidy (n.) intentional breach of faith; treachery
Perfunctory (adj.) cursory; done without care of interest
Perspicacious (adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
Prattle (v.) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
Precipitate (adj.) acting with excessive haste or impulse
Precipitate (v.) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
Predilection (n.) a disposition in favor of something; preference
Prescience (n.) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
Prevaricate (v.) to deliberately avoid the truth; mislead
Qualms (n.) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
Recant (v.) to retract, esp. a previously held belief
Refute (v.) to disprove; to successfully argue against
Relegate (v.) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
Reticent (adj.) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Solicitous (adj.) concerned and attentive; eager
Sordid (adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
Sporadic (adj.) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
Squander to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Static (adj.) not moving, active, or in motion, at rest
Stupefy (v.) to stun, baffle, or amaze
Stymie (v.) to block; to thwart
Synthesis (n) the combination of parts to make a whole
Torque (n.) a force that causes rotation
Tortuous (adj.) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
Truculent (adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Veracity (n.) truthfulness, honesty
Virulent (adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
Voracious (adj.) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
Waver (v.) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
Created by: s2verenas2
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