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GRE
Stack 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| burnish | make shiny by rubbing |
| complaisant | eager to please |
| contention | claim or thesis |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse |
| inchoate | not fully formed; lacking order |
| inconsequential | insignificant, unimportant |
| penury | extreme poverty; indigence |
| plethora | excess, superabundance |
| porous | allowing passage of air or liquids; permeable |
| mercurial | rapid and unpredicatable |
| neophyte | novice, beginner |
| opsequious | slavishly attentive |
| obviate | prevent (problems), make unnecessary |
| opprobrium | disgrace caused by shameful behavior |
| recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn; refractory |
| recant | retract a previous statement |
| redoubtable | causing fear or awe, commanding respect |
| speciousness | superficial but misleading appearance of correctness; deceptiveness |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stint | be frugal, set limits, be thrifty; restrict |
| tacit | understood without being put into words; unspoken |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength; weak |
| tirade | bitter outburst; diatribe |
| burgeon | develop rapidly |
| discrete | separate, unconnected, isolated |
| paucity | insufficiency of number; scarcity |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor of; soothe |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed; stubborn |
| intransigence | refusal of any compromise |
| inundate | cover with a flood; submerge |