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GRE Words

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TermDefinition
Abhor hate
Bigot narrow minded person
Counterfeit fake, false
Enfranchise to give the power to vote
Hamper hinder, obstruct
Kindle to start a fire
Noxious poison, lethal
Placid calm, peaceful
Remuneration payment for work done
Talisman lucky charm
Abrasive rough, coarse, harsh
Bilk to cheat
Covert undercover, hidden
Engender to cause
Hangar storage area for a plane
Knotty complex, difficult to solve
Nuance something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
Plagiarism taking credit for someone else's writing
Renown fame
Tangent going off the main subject
Abasement humiliation, degradation
Billowing swelling, fluttering
Cower recoil in fear, shrink away
Enhance improve, make better
Harangue noisy, attack with speech
Labyrinth a maze
Nullify to counter, make unimportant
Plaintiff petitioner (in law)
Replete full
Tangible can be touched
Abrogate cancel, deny
Blasphemy speech which offends religious sentiments
Credible believable
Enigma puzzle, mystery
Harbringers indicators, bringers of warnings
Labyrinthine complicated, highly convoluted
Nuzzle snuggle, cuddle
Plaudit statement giving strong praise
Reprehensible shameful, very bad
Tardy slow, late
Absolution forgiveness, pardon
Blatant obvious
Creditable praiseworthy
Ensconce establish firmly in a position
Hasten hurry, accelerate
Laceration a cut
Obdurate stubborn
Plausible can be believed
Reprieve postponement of sentence
Tawdry of little value
Abstain desist, to go without
Blighted damaged, destroyed
Credulous gullible, ready to believe anything
Enshroud cover
Haughtiness arrogance, pride
Lachrymose tearful, sad
Obfuscate deliberately make something hard to understand
Plethora an excess
Repudiate shun, eschew
Tedium boredom
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