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GRE Key_2
Second group of PR GRE vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abate | to lessen in intensity |
| accolade | an expression of praise |
| adulation | excessive praise |
| aesthetic | dealing with, an appreciation of, or a response to the arts or beauty |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| ascetic | one who practices rigid self-denial |
| avarice | greed |
| burgeon | to grow rapidly or flourish |
| bucolic | rustic and pastoral; rural |
| cacophony | harsh, jaring sound; dissonance |
| canon | an established set of principles or code of laws |
| castigation | severe criticism or punishment |
| catalyst | something that causes change |
| caustic | burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
| chary | wary; cautious |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason |
| complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| contrite | regretful |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| dearth | smallness of quantity or number |
| demur | to question or oppose |
| didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
| discretion | cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
| disinterested | free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
| dogmatic | expressing a rigid opinion based on improved or improvable principles |
| ebullience | lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings |
| eclectic | composed of elements; drawn from various sources |
| elegy | a mournful poem, especially concerning the dead |
| emollient | soothing, especially to the skin |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment |
| enigmatic | difficult to understand; mysterious |
| ephemeral | fleeting; brief |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by a small, select group |
| eulogy | a speech honoring the dead |
| exonerate | to remove blame |
| facetious | humorous; playful |
| fallacy | an invalid or incorrect notion |
| furtive | marked by stealth; covert |
| gregarious | sociable; outgoing |
| harangue | to deliver a forceful or angry speech |
| heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| impecunious | lacking funds / money |
| incipient | to become apparent; beginning to come into being |
| inert | lethargic; unmoving |
| innocuous | harmless |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
| morose | sad; sullen |
| odious | evoking intense aversion or dislike |
| opaque | impenetrable by light |
| oscillation | swinging back and forth with a steady, unchanging rhythm |
| penurious | excessively thrifty |
| pernicious | extremely harmful in a deceptive manner |
| peruse | to examine with great care |
| pious | extremely reverent or devout |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates / announces another |
| preen | to dress up; groom oneself with elaborate care |
| prodigious | abundant in size, force, or extent |
| prolific | producing large values or amounts |
| putrefy | to rot |
| quaff | to drink deeply |
| quiescence | being a rest; stillness, motionless |
| redoubtable | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
| sanction | authoritative permission or approval |
| satire | literary work that ridicules a human vice through humor or derision |
| squalid | sordid; wretched or dirty |
| stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by pain or pleasure |
| supplant | to take the place of; to supercede |
| torpid | lethargic |
| ubiquitous | existing everywhere at the same time |
| urbane | sophisticated, refined, elegant |
| vilify | to defame, to characterize harshly |
| viscous | thick; sticky |
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