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GRE Vocabulary #4
GRE Vobavulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |