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gre final vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |