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GRE Vocab
Term | Definition |
---|---|
dilettante | dabbler |
exhort | encourage |
gumption | resourcefulness |
lugubrious | overly sad |
errant | straying from course |
tractable | easily managed |
internecine | marked by internal strife |
objurgate | scold harshly |
wanton | showing no limits |
cogent | convincing |
checkered | disreputable/having shame/dishonor |
balk | refuse to accept |
umbrage | offense |
piquant | pungent in taste |
heretic | dissenter |
bumbling | clumsy |
turgid | pompous,tedious |
ineluctable | unavoidable |
glib | insincere |
parvenu/arriviste | upstart/ recent social-climber |
qualm | uneasiness |
contingent | small group |
quail | draw back in fear |
brazen | not shame/bold |
macabre | gruesome/horrible |
finagle | get through trickery |
untrammeled | not limited |
embroiled | in an argument |
incumbent | necessary |
provincial | unsophisticated |
fractious | irritable |
dissemble | act deceitfully |
grovel | show fear |
panache | distinctive style |
derelict | avoiding duties |
churlish | ill-mannered |
coterminous | equal in scope |
demure | modest/shy |
tendentious | bias in view |
doughty | brave/bold |
desideratum | necessity |
cavalier | not caring |
obsequious | overly obedient |
devolve | delegate |
appurtenant | support |
fleece | deceive |