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gre final vocab
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Question | Answer |
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Esoteric | known or understood by only a few |
exculpate | prove innocent |
exigent | urgent |
exonerate | innocent, to clear of blame |
foment | to arouse or insite |
impetuous | to act quickly without thinking |
inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
intransigent | stubborn |
inundate | to overwhelm |
irascible | easily made angry |
lament | to grieve |
mollify | to calm, to make less severe |
obdurate | stubborn |
obsequious | overly submissive, eager to please |
obstinate | stubborn |
obviate | to prevent |
onerous | burdensome, troublesome |
opprobrium | public disgrace |
paragon | model of perfection, ideal |
perfidious | a person who betrays one's trust |
perfunctory | done in a routine |
quiescent | motionless |
rarefy | to make thinner |
repudiate | to reject the validity |
reticent | silent, reserved |
satiate | to satisfy fully |
soporific | causeing sleep |
specious | seems true but false |
stigma | a make of shame |
stolid | unemotional |
sublime | grand |
tacit | done without words |
taciturn | silent |
tirade | abusive speech |
torpor | sluggishness |
veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |