click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
GRE
Stack 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| inured | accustomed; hardened |
| invective | insult or abuse |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act |
| lumber | move heavily |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting or glowing light |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by pounding; flexible |
| flout | reject mockingly, scoff at |
| profligacy | wasteful extravagance |
| precursor | biochemical substance that gives rise to another substance, as in a chemical reaction |
| prevaricate | speak misleadingly; lie, equivocate |
| supposition | something that is supposed; assumption |
| oscillate | swing to and fro like a pendulum; vacillate |
| ostentation | gaudy display, excessive showiness |
| palpable | perceptible by touch, easily perceived, obvious |
| enervate | to reduce mental or moral vigor; weaken |
| endemic | prevalent in a particular region or among a particular group; native |
| encomium | glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; high praise |
| elicit | draw forth, evoke, provoke |
| dissonance | lack of agreement; disagreement |
| dissolution | dissolving into parts; termination |
| dissemble | hide behind a false appearance, conceal ones motives |
| proscribe | to condemn or forbid as harmful; prohibit |
| pundit | learned authority; expert |
| effrontery | shameless boldness |
| pungent | acid-tasting; strong-smelling, bitter |
| quiescent | at rest, still, dormant |
| rarefied | made less dense; refined |
| grandiloquent | using inflated language; bombastic |