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GRE vocab week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prodigious | 1) remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree. "the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel" 2, archaic) unnatural or abnormal. "rumors of prodigious happenings, such as monstrous births" |
| commensurate | corresponding in size or degree; in proportion. "salary will be commensurate with experience" |
| pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. "a pragmatic approach to politics" |
| ineluctable | unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable. "the ineluctable facts of history" |
| invidious | (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. "she'd put herself in an invidious position" |
| plangent | (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy. |
| nugatory | 1) of no value or importance. "a nugatory and pointless observation" 2) useless; futile. "the teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum" |
| pedantic | someone whoâs too concerned with literal accuracy or formality |
| erudite | having or showing great knowledge or learning. |
| antediluvian | 1) of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood. "gigantic bones of antediluvian animals" 2) ridiculously old-fashioned. "they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes" |
| pusillanimous | showing a lack of courage or determination; timid. |
| jejune | 1) naive, simplistic, and superficial. "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions" 2) (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting. "the poem seems to me rather jejune" |
| denouement | 1) the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. 2) the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear. "I waited by the eighteenth g |
| demarcate | 1) set the boundaries or limits of. "plots of land demarcated by barbed wire" 2) separate or distinguish from. "art was being demarcated from the more objective science" |
| antedate | precede in time; come before (something) in date. "a civilization that antedated the Roman Empire" |
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