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GRE group 5
Hit parade, beyond hit parade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alchemy | medieval science aimed at trasmutation of metals |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| astringent | having a tightening effect on living tissue |
| contiguous | sharing a border, touching |
| convention | generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
| cynicism | belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| decorum | polite behavior, manners |
| derision | scorn, contemptuous treatment |
| desiccate | to dry out, dehydrate, make dull |
| dilettante | one with an amateurish interest in the arts of a branch of knowledge |
| disparage | to slight or belittle |
| divulge | to disclose something secret |
| immutable | not capable of change |
| inimical | damaging, harmful |
| intractable | stubborn, obstinate |
| presumptuous | overstepping bounds, taking liberties |
| probity | adherence to highest principles |
| proclivity | natural predisposition or inclination |
| profligate | excessively wasteful |
| propensity | natural inclination or tendency |
| prosaic | dull, unimaginative |
| pungent | characterized by a strong sharp smell, or taste |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical |
| quotidian | occurring daily, commonplace |
| rarefy | to make or become thin, to refine |
| recondite | hidden, concealed |
| refulgent | radiant, shiny |
| spendthrift | one who spends money wastefully |
| tacit | implied |
| trenchant | sharply perceptive |
| unfeigned | genuine, not false or hypocritical |
| untenable | not viable, uninhabitable |
| vacillate | to waver indecisively |
| variegated | multicolored |
| vexation | annoyance, irritation |
| vigilant | alertly watchful |
| vituperate | to abuse, to censure severely |
| volatile | readily changing to a vapor, explosive |
| pellucid | transparent |
| penchant | strong inclination |
| peregrination | wandering, travelling |
| peremtory | admitting of no contradiction |
| peroration | end part of a speech |
| personable | pleasing in appearance |
| petrous | like a rock, stony |
| petulant | impatient, irritable |
| phlegmatic | impassive, stoic, sluggish |
| picaresque | involving clever rogues |
| pillory | to punish |
| piquant | stimulating |
| pique | resentment, annoy |
| plangent | pounding, thundering |
| plumb | to examine critically |
| poignant | distressing, pertinent, touching |
| poseur | a poser |
| prate | to chatter, prattle |
| precarious | dangerous |
| precept | rule establishing standards of conduct |
| precis | concise summary of essential points |
| preempt | to replace, supersede |
| profligate | extravagant |
| prolix | long winded, verbose |
| propinquity | nearness in time or place |
| propitiate | to appease |
| proscribe | to banish, outlaw |
| provident | frugal |
| puerile | childish, immature |
| puissance | power, strength |
| punctilious | precise |
| pundit | authority on a subject |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| querulous | habitually complaining, whining |
| raffish | tawdry, flashy |
| ramify | to be divided, branch out |
| rapacious | voracious, greedy |
| rebus | riddle |
| recidivism | relapse into criminal behavior |
| recondite | profound, arcane |
| reconnaissance | preliminary survey to gain information |
| reconnoiter | to engage in reconnaissance |
| recreant | coward |
| recumbent | leaning, nesting |
| redolent | fragrant, suggestive |
| refractory | stubborn, unruly, fractious |
| regale | to delight, entertain |
| remonstrate | to protest, object |
| repine | to feel oe express rejection or discontent, to long for |
| repudiate | to disown, to reject as untrue |
| resolute | steadfast, determined |
| rubric | heading, title |
| rue | to regret, to feel remorse or sorrow |
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