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More GRE Words
Gre Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pernicious | bad, hurtful |
| Inimical | Hostile, unfriendly |
| Ignominy | offensive behavior |
| Hidebound | Inflexible in opinion, rigid |
| perspicacious | observant, perceptive |
| Ingenous | Sincere |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity |
| Peremptory | dictatorial, expressing command, urgency |
| apotheosis | glorification |
| Acrimonious | caustic, biting in nature |
| Febrile | Feverish |
| Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
| sedulity | diligence, hard work |
| invoke | to call upon |
| abjure | to give up, swear off |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| surfeit | excess |
| animadvert | censure, criticize |
| ineffable | undescribable, too great for words |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another |
| punctilious | attentive to details |
| insidious | sneaky, tricky |
| unguent | ointment that soothes |
| solvent | something that dissolves |
| emolument | compensation |
| Retinue | entourage, group of attendants |
| pusillanomous | cowardly, timid |
| trout | to praise |
| depredation | plundering |
| Hapless | unfortunate |
| chary | wary |
| demur | to question, oppose |
| blithe | happy |
| malefactor | bad apple, deliquent |
| ersatz | fake, bogus |
| foist | force up fradulently, unjustifiably |
| evanescent | dissappearing into vapor |
| panegyric | a writing in praise |
| Aplomb | poise, assurance |
| acclivity | sharp uphill |
| quaff | drink deeply |
| odius | evoking hatred |
| inveigle | obtain by deception |
| redoubtable | awe inspiring |
| portend | give an omen or sign |
| delterious | subtly harmful |
| curmudgeon | cranky person, usually old |
| coterie | intimate group of people, usually with same purpose |
| cosset | to pamper |
| contumacious | rebellious |
| cloying | sickly sweet, excessive |
| Catholic | universal |
| burnish | to polish |
| boor | someone very crude |
| bonhomie | good atmosphere |
| blight | to afflict, destroy |
| bilk | cheat |
| bevy | group |
| belfry | bell tower |
| augury | prophecy |
| approbation | approval |
| anodyne | somtething that calms or soothes pain |
| amortize | to diminish by paying in installments |
| alacrity | speed, quickness |
| affected | phony, fake |
| abeyance | temporary suspension |
| turgid | swollen |
| lugubrious | gloomy/sad |
| vested | established |
| execration | strong dislike |
| mettlesome | brave |
| oblique | not pointed/direct |
| spendthrift | extravagant |
| blandishments | flattering remarks |
| inflammable | very flammable |
| cephalic | having to do with skull |
| chandler | business ownerr |
| syllogism | logic, reasoning |
| apropos | relevant |
| churlish | rude, boorish |
| captious | fault finding |
| cadge | to get by begging |
| asperity | severity, harshness |
| beatify | bless |
| aspersion | slander, rumor |
| Chimerical | Unreal |
| Imprecation | curse |
| Affectation | Artificial beh |
| Artlessness | Openness |
| abject | miserable, pitiful |
| enrapture | create ectasy |
| largess | generosity, willingness to spend money |
| economy | thriftiness |
| compendium | summary |
| dross | waste product of working with steel |
| arcanum | secret |
| extort | get by threats |
| tryst | secret meeting, usually lovers |
| potentate | monarch |
| refectory | dining hall |
| votary | someone bound by religious views |
| manse | big fancy house |
| raconteurs | story tellers |
| peregrination | act of traveling |
| extraneous | not relevant |
| lax | lack of discipline |
| promulgate | publicly promote |
| puissant | powerful, mighty |
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