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GRE WORDS
GRE WORDS from back and beyound
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ebullience | being cheerful, full of energy; exuberancene |
| laconic | using very few words |
| capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; inconsistant, temperamental |
| assuage | to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense |
| bedlam | a place, scene or state of uproar and confusion |
| ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating |
| sardonic | cynical, grimly mocking |
| supercilious | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is supierior to others |
| scurrilous | making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the inetention of damaging their reputation |
| garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
| obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please |
| obviate | to prevent, to make unnecessary |
| dessicate | to dry out thoroughly |
| opprobrium | public disgrace |
| perfidious | not able to be trusted |
| propitiate | to conciliate; to appease |
| precipitate | to cause (something) to happen quickly or suddenly; to throw violently (hurl) |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence; hesitant in action |
| exculpate | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
| foment | to arouse or incite |
| implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful (think anger) |
| irascible | easily made angry (donald duck) |
| obdurate | refusing to do what other people want; hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
| castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill; play hooky |
| insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| inchoate | not fully formed |
| imperturbable | very calm; not able to be disturbed |
| disparate | fundamentally different |
| diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| intransigent | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
| dissemble | to hide your true feeling, desguise intentions |
| tacit | done without using words |
| obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| mitigate | to soften; to lessen |
| inundate | to overwhelm |
| inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| taciturn | silent, not talkative |
| impetuous | quick to act without thinking; impulsive |
| torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness; apathy |
| florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
| caustic | biting in wit |
| equivocate | to use unclear language or language meant to mislead |
| desultory | not having a plan; done without serious effort |
| enervate | to reduce in strength, lacking strength |
| venal | corrupt, able to be bought |
| quioxtic | foolishly idealistic; not practical |
| calumny | slander |
| precarious | uncertain |
| attenuate | to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
| quiescent | motionless, inactive |
| repundiate | to reject the validity of; deny |
| soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
| specious | deceptively attractive; seeming plausible but fallacious |
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