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GRE Vocabulary #2
GRE Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking |
admonish | warn or reprove |
adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
aesthetic | artistic, able to appreciate the beautiful |
connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art |
contention | claim or thesis |
contentious | quarrelsome |
contrite | penitent |
embellish | adorn, ornament, enhance |
empirical | based on experience |
emulate | imitate or rival |
endemic | prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area |
inadvertently | unintentionally, by oversight, carelessly |
inchoate | recently begun, rudimentary, elementary |
incongruity | lack or harmony, absurdity |
inconsequential | insignificant or unimportant |
ostentatious | showy or pretentious |
paragon | model of perfection |
partisan | one-sided, prejudice, committed to a part |
pathological | pertaining to a disease |
reverent | respectful, worshipful |
sage | person celebrated for wisdom |
salubrious | healthful |
sanction | approve or ratify |