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GRE Vocabulary #1
GRE Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |