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GRE Vocabulary #4
GRE Vobavulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| ambivalence | contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes |
| ameliorate | improve |
| anachronism | misplaced in time |
| daunt | intimidate or frighten |
| decorum | orderliness and good taste in manners |
| default | failure to act |
| deference | courteous regard for another's wish |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament, composure |
| equivocate | attempt to conceal the truth |
| erudite | learned, scholarly |
| esoteric | heard to understand |
| inert | inactive; lacking power to move |
| ingenuous | naïve and trusting |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| innocuous | harmless |
| perennial | long-lasting |
| perfidious | treacherous; disloyal |
| perfunctory | superficial; not thorough; lacking interest |
| permeable | penetrable; porous |
| shard | shard |
| skeptic | doubter |
| solicitous | worried, concerned |
| soporific | sleep-causing |
| propriety | conforming to accepted standards of behavior |