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GRE Vocabulary #1
GRE Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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abate | subside or moderate |
aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
abeyance | suspended action |
abscond | depart secretly or hide |
compliant | yielding or conforming to requirements |
conciliatory | reconciling or soothing |
condone | overlook, forgive, excuse, give tacit approval |
confound | confuse or puzzle |
efficacy | power to produce desired effect |
effrontery | impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness |
elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation |
elicit | draw out by discussion |
impervious | impenetrable, incapable of being damaged or distressed |
implacable | incapable of being pacified |
implicit | understood but not stated |
implode | burst inward |
officious | meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering one's services |
onerous | burdensome |
opprobrium | harsh criticism, infamy, vilification |
oscillate | vibrate pendulum-like, waver |
rescind | cancel |
resolution | determination |
resolve | decide, settle, solve |
reticent | reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence |