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GRE Vocab15
O words/GRE Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Obdurate | hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
| Oblique | indirect or evasive; misleading or devious |
| Obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please |
| Obstinate | stubborn; unyielding |
| Obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| Occlude | to stop up; prevent the passage of |
| Officious | too helpful; meddlesome |
| Onerous | troublesome and oppresive; burdensome |
| Opaque | impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
| Opine | to express an opinion |
| Opprobrium | public disgrace |
| Orotund | pompous |
| Ossify | to change in to bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
| Ostensible | apparent |
| Ostentation | excessive showiness |
| Overwrought | agitated; overdone |