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GRE Group 4
Hit parade, beyond hit parade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inimitable | one of a kind |
| iniquity | gross injustice; wickedness |
| innervate | to supply with nerves; energize |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood |
| insensible | unconscious, numb, unaffected |
| insouciant | unconcerned, carefree |
| insular | parochial, narrow minded |
| interdict | to prohibit, ban, halt |
| inveigh | to attack verbally, denounce |
| inveterate | deep rooted, habitual |
| involute | intricate, complex |
| intinerate | to travel from place to place |
| jejune | vapid, immature, uninteresting |
| jibe | to agree |
| jocular | jocose, humorous |
| labile | readily open to change, unstable |
| lachrymose | causing tears (lagrimas) |
| lambaste | to censure, to berate |
| lassitude | listlessness, weariness |
| libertine | unrestrained by morality |
| limn | to draw, outline in detail |
| limpid | transparent, clear, untroubled |
| lubricious | lewd, wanton, greasey, slippery |
| luculent | easily understood, lucid |
| macerate | to waste away |
| maculate | marked with blotches |
| malinger | to fake illness to avoid work |
| maunder | to meander, stray from the topic |
| mellifluous | sweetly flowing, usually describes use of words |
| meretricious | cheap, gaudy, showy |
| metamorphose | to transform |
| mettle | strength of spirit |
| mettlesome | courageous |
| militate | to have weight, to argue against |
| minatory | menacing |
| misogynist | one who hates women |
| natty | trimly neat, smart |
| nexus | a connection or link |
| nonplused | baffled; at a loss for what to say or do |
| nostrum | cure-all; questionable rememdy |
| nugatory | trifling; inconsequential |
| obloquy | abusively detractive language, calumny |
| obstreperous | noisy, loud |
| officious | meddlesome |
| ossified | tending to become more rigid, turning to bone |
| ostensible | seeming, professed |
| palliate | to make somethign appear less serious |
| panegyric | formal praise |
| paradigm | model, or example |
| parsimonious | cheap, miserly |
| credulous | gullible |
| diatribe | harsh denunciation |
| flout | to demonstrate contempt for |
| fortuitous | happening by chance, lucky |
| germane | relevant, appropriate |
| glib | casual, offhand, superficial |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| hubris | arrogant pride |
| idolatrous | intense excessive devotion to something |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| intrepid | steadfast, courageous |
| laconic | using few words |
| maverick | independent individual |
| mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
| mollify | to calm or soothe |
| obdurate | unyielding, not easily changing mind |
| obfuscate | to make confusing, or obscure |
| obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| obstinate | stubborn, umcompromising |
| opprobrium | disgrace, scorn |
| ostentatious | pretentious (pompous) |
| pendantic | parading of learning, excessive attention to formal rules |
| phlegmatic | calm sluggish |
| pirate | to illegally use, or reproduce |
| polemical | argumentative |
| pragmatic | practical, not idealistic |
| rancorous | characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment |
| rhetoric | effective use of language |
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