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GRE Key_1
GRE vocab -- ker group 1 words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abscond | to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
| aberrant | deviating from the norm |
| alacrity | eager and enthusiastic willingness |
| anomaly | deviation from the normal order, form, or rule. |
| approbation | an expression of approval or praise |
| arduous | strenuous, taxing, requiring additional effort |
| assuage | to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
| audacious | daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
| austere | without adornment; bare; severely simple' acsetic |
| axiomatic | taken as a given; possessing self evident truth |
| canonical | following or in agreement with accepted / traditional standards |
| capricious | inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic |
| censure | to criticize severely |
| chicanery | trickery or subterfuge |
| connoisseur | expert; an informed and astute judge in matters of taste |
| convoluted | complex or complicated |
| disabuse | to set right; to undecieve |
| discordant | conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
| disparate | fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| effrontery | extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
| eloquent | well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
| enervate | to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
| ennui | dissatisfaction or restlessness |
| equivocate | to use ambiguous languages w/ a deceptive intent |
| erudite | very learned; scholarly |
| exculpate | to exonerate; to clear of blame |
| exigent | urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention |
| extemporaneous | improvised; done w/out preparation |
| filibuster | intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged discussion to delay legislative action |
| fulminate | to loudly attack or denounce |
| ingenuous | artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
| inured | accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| irascible | easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
| laud | to praise highly |
| lucid | clear; easily understood |
| magnanimity | to quality of being generously noble in mind and heart; forgiving |
| martial | associated w/ war and the armed forces |
| mundane | of the world; typical of or concerned w/ the ordinary |
| nascent | coming into being; in early development |
| nebulous | vague; lacking clearly defined form |
| neologism | the creation or use of new words or sentences; a new word, expression, etc... |
| noxious | harmful, injurious |
| obtuse | lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise |
| obviate | to anticipate and make unnecessary |
| onerous | troubling; burdensome |
| paran | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| parody | a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
| perennial | happening repeatedly; recurrent through the year or many years |
| perfidy | intentional breach of faith |
| perfunctory | done w/out care or interest; cursory |
| perspicacious | acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
| prattle | to babble meaninglessly |
| precipitate | acting with excessive haste or impulse |
| precipitate | to cause or happen before anticipated |
| predilection | a disposition in favor of something |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurence |
| prevaricate | to deliberately avoid the truth |
| qualms | misgivings; reservations; cause of hesitancy |
| recant | to retract, especially a previously held belief |
| refute | to disprove; successfully argue against |
| relegate | to forcibly assign |
| reticent | quiet; reserved |
| solicitous | concerned and attentive; eager |
| sordid | characterized by filth |
| sporadic | occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
| squander | to waste by using irresponsibly |
| static | not moving; at rest |
| stupefy | to stun, baffle, or amaze |
| stymie | to block; to thwart |
| synthesis | the combination of parts to make a whole |
| torque | a force that causes rotation |
| tortuous | winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
| truculent | fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| veracity | truthfulness; honesty |
| virulent | extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| voracious | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
| waver | to be unsettled in opinion; to move to and fro |
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