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Gre barrons HF2
gre words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enervate | to weaken |
| engender | to cause ; produce |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| equanimity | composure ; calmness |
| equivocate | use of vague words to mislead |
| erudite | smart ; scholar |
| esoteric | known or understood only by a few |
| eulogy | a speech in praise of someone |
| euphemism | use of an inoffensive word instead of an unpleasant or offensive word |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| exculpate | to clear from blame |
| exigency | emergency |
| extraneous | unnecessary ; not essential |
| facetious | humorous |
| facilitate | to make less difficult |
| fallacious | based on a false idea or fact ; misleading |
| fatuous | silly and pointless |
| fawning | seeking favour by flattery |
| felicitous | suitably expressed ; well chosen ; appropriate |
| flag | to droop ; grow weak |
| fledgling | novice |
| flout | to treat scornfully |
| foment | incite ; arouse |
| forestall | to prevent ; delay |
| frugality | thrift |
| garrulous | talkative |
| goad | urge on |
| gouge | to tear out |
| grandiloquent | pompous ; bombastic |
| gregarious | sociable |
| guileless | artless ; natural |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| harangue | long pompous speech ; tirade |
| homogeneous | composed of identical parts |
| hyperbole | exaggerated statements |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions |
| idolatry | idol worship |
| immutable | unchangable |
| impair | to damage ; injure |
| impassive | showing no emotion |
| impede | to hinder ; block |
| impermeable | impossible to penetrate |
| imperturbable | hard to disturb |
| impervious | impossible to penetrate |
| implacable | inflexible ; incapable of being pleased |
| implicit | implied |
| impode | to collapse inward violently |
| inadvertenly | carelessly ; unintentionally |
| inchoate | lack of organisation |
| incongruity | state of not fitting |
| inconsequential | insignificant ; not important |
| incorprate | adding to what is already existing |
| indeterminate | uncertain |
| indigence | poverty |
| indolent | habitually lazy |
| inert | unable to move ; sluggish |
| ingeneous | naive and trusting |
| inherent | firmly established by nature |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insensible | unconscious ; unresponsive |
| insinuate | to suggest ; imply |
| insipid | dull |
| insularity | narrow mindedness ; isolation |
| intractable | not easily managed |
| intransigence | uncompromising |
| inundate | to overwhelm |
| inured | hardened ; used to |
| invective | verbal abuse |
| irascible | easily angered |
| irresolute | unsure of how to act ; weak |
| laconic | using few words |
| lassitude | lethargy ; sluggishness |
| laud | to praise |
| lethargic | inactive ; lazy |
| levee | an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing |
| levity | light manner or attitude |
| log | a record |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lucid | clear |
| magnanimity | generosity ; nobility |
| malinger | faking illness to escape responsibility |
| malleable | capable of being shaped |
| maverick | an unorthdoxed or independent minded person |
| mendacious | dishonest |
| metamorphosis | change |
| meticulous | very careful ; fastidious |
| misanthrope | a person who hates mankind |
| mitigate | to make less sever |
| mollify | soothe ; reduce severity |
| morose | ill humoured ; sullen |
| mundane | ordinary ; normal |
| negate | nullify |
| neophyte | novice ; beginner |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obsequious | overly submissive |
| obviate | to prevent |
| occlude | block ; to shut |
| officious | too helpful ; meddlesome |
| onerous | burdensome |
Created by:
maneesh
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