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Gre barrons HFF
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aberrant | adj. deviating from what is normal |
| abeyance | temporary suppression or suspension |
| abscond | to depart secretly |
| abstemious | moderate in appetite |
| admonish | reprimand |
| aesthetic | related to beauty or art |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed |
| amalgamate | mixture |
| ambigous | uncertain |
| ambivalance | state of having conflicting emotional attitudes |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| anomalous | deviating from normal |
| antipathy | dislike ; hostsile |
| apprise | to inform |
| approbation | praise ; approval |
| appropriate | confiscate ; to take possession |
| artless | natural |
| ascetic | one who practices self-denial ; extreme self-control |
| assidous | diligent ; hardworking |
| assauage | to make less sever |
| attenuate | to weaken |
| audacious | bold |
| austere | stern |
| autonomous | independent |
| aver | state to be true |
| banal | lacking originality ; trite |
| belie | misrepresent ; to contradict |
| beneficent | to do good |
| bombastic | pompous |
| boorish | rude ; insensitive |
| burgeon | to flourish |
| burnish | polish |
| buttress | to reinforce |
| cacophonous | harsh sounds |
| capricious | fickle minded |
| castigation | punishment ; reprimand |
| catalyst | something that causes change |
| causality | involving a cause |
| chicanery | trickery |
| coagulate | come together ; thicken |
| coda | something that summarises or concludes |
| commensurate | proportional |
| compendium | brief ; comprehensive summary |
| complaisant | to go along easily |
| conciliatory | overcoming distraught or hostility |
| confound | to baffle ; perplex |
| connoisseur | an expert with lot of knowledge and training |
| contention | assertion ; a confident statement |
| contentious | quarrelsome ; causing quarrels |
| conundrum | puzzle with no solution |
| conventional | normal |
| convoluted | complicated |
| craven | cowardly |
| decorum | good behaviour |
| deference | respect |
| delineate | to represent |
| denigrate | to slur someone's reputation |
| derivative | something that is derived |
| desiccate | to dry completely |
| desultory | random ; disconnected |
| diatribe | bitter verbal attack |
| dichotomy | division into two usually contradictory parts |
| diffidence | lack of confidence |
| diffuse | disperse |
| digression | to stray from the main point |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| disabuse | free from misconception |
| discerning | perceptive ; keep insight and good judgement |
| discordant | out of tune |
| discredit | dishonour ; to disgrace |
| discrepancy | difference between |
| discrete | distinct |
| disingeneous | dishonest |
| disinterested | objective ; unprejudiced |
| disjoined | dislocated ; lacking order |
| dismiss | to remove ; reject |
| disparage | to belittle |
| disparate | dissimilar |
| dissemble | to hide ones true intentions |
| disseminate | to spread |
| dissolution | disintegration |
| dissonance | lack of harmony ; discord |
| distend | to expand |
| distill | extract essential elements |
| doctrinaire | dogmatic |
| dogmatic | stating firm options without proof ; inclined to lay principles as undeniable truth |
| dupe | fake ; cheat |
| ebullient | enthusiastic ; exhilarated |
| eclectic | selecting from various sources |
| efficacy | efficiency |
| effrontery | shameless boldness |
| elegy | a poem or speech expressing lamentation |
| elicit | to provoke |
| embellish | decorate ; enhance |
| empirical | derived from observation or experiment |
| emulate | copy ; to imitate |
| endemic | inherent |
| aggregate | amounting to a whole ; total |
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