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GRE HORNING
| Question | Answer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pugnacious | Eager to fight or argue | ||||
| Scintillating | Witty Brilliant | ||||
| Pittance | Small amount of (money) | ||||
| Extenuating | Making less guilty or more forgivable | ||||
| Somber | Dark and gloomy | ||||
| Checkered | One that is marked by disreputable happenings | ||||
| Cadaverous | Emaciated | ||||
| Aboveboard | Open and honest | ||||
| Moment | Significant and important | ||||
| Plodding | Slow and laborious | ||||
| Moot | Opened to argument; undecidable in a meaningless way | ||||
| Raffish | Marked by carefree unconventionality | ||||
| Petulant | Easily irritated or annoyed | ||||
| Temperance | Trait of avoiding excess | ||||
| Brazen | Unrestrained by convention or propriety; like the boldness after bribery | ||||
| Poignant | Emotionally touching | ||||
| Repudiate | Refute; reject as untrue or unfounded | ||||
| Subversive | Opposition to civil authorities | ||||
| Precipitous | Done with very great haste and with no due deliberation | ||||
| Pejorative | Expressing disapproval | ||||
| Askance | With look of suspicion or disapproval | ||||
| Flux | State of uncertainty about what should be done | ||||
| Sullen | Showing a brood ill humor | ||||
| Vindictive | Having a strong desire for revenge | ||||
| Remiss | To neglect one’s duty | ||||
| Amok | In a frenzied or uncontrolled way | ||||
| Raft | Copious | ||||
| Ferret | To search for something persistently | ||||
| Badger | To pester | ||||
| Vicarious | Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience of another | ||||
| Inclement | Stormy; Opposite of clement (clemency = merciful) | ||||
| Respite | A pause from doing something | ||||
| Snide | Derogatory or mocking in an indirect way | ||||
| Obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing an unrepentant, obdurate sinner b : hardened in feelings The obdurate enemy was merciless. | ||||
| Fete | To celebrate someone | ||||
| Apprehension | Fearful expectations | ||||
| Quandary | : a state of perplexity or doubt | ||||
| Renege | Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation | ||||
| Derisive | expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn : expressing or causing derision derisive laughter Given such follies …, it's easy to be derisive of Jerry Lewis … — James Wolcott Derive | ||||
| Rankle | ran·kled; ran·kling \ˈraŋ-k(ə-)liŋ \ intransitive verb 1 : to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness 2 : to feel anger and irritation transitive verb : to cause irritation or bitterness in | ||||
| Assail | To attack violently Assault | ||||
| Urbane | notably polite or polished in manner Debonair | ||||
| Grovel | Show submission or fear | ||||
| Smattering | 1 : superficial piecemeal knowledge a smattering of carpentry, house painting, bricklaying — Alva Johnston 2 : a small scattered number or amount a smattering of spectators | ||||
| Tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also : ignoble a tawdry attempt to smear his opponent | ||||
| Piquant | engagingly provocative; also : having a lively arch charm 2 : agreeably stimulating to the taste; especially : spicy pi·quant·ly adverb pi·quant·ness noun Poignant | ||||
| Despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression despondent about his health de·spon·dent·ly adverb | ||||
| Sullen | 1 : menacing or threatening in appearance surly weather 2 obsolete : arrogant, imperious 3 : irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner : crabbed | ||||
| Buck | Resist | ||||
| Spurn | Reject with contempt | ||||
| Vacuous | Devoured of intelligence, matter, significance | ||||
| Tout | Advertise in a strongly positive terms; show off | ||||
| Leery | Suspicious, Wary | ||||
| Aphoristic | 1 : a concise statement of a principle 2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage the high-minded aphorism, "Let us value the quality of life, not the quantity" | ||||
| Brusquely | In a blunt and direct manner | ||||
| Dereliction | a : an intentional abandonment b : the state of being abandoned 2 : a recession of water leaving permanently dry land 3 a : intentional or conscious neglect : delinquency dereliction of duty b : fault, shortcoming | ||||
| Foible | : a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior : weakness admired their teacher despite his foibles … talent is always balanced by foible. — Janna Malamud Smith | ||||
| Connive | Taking part in immoral and unethical plots | ||||
| Sedulous | 1 : involving or accomplished with careful perseverance sedulous craftsmanship 2 : diligent in application or pursuit a sedulous student Assiduous | ||||
| Quibble | 1 : to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words 2 a : cavil, carp b : bicker | ||||
| Carp | To find fault or complain querulously | ||||
| Carping | : marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism carp·ing·ly \ˈkär-piŋ-lē \ adverb Captious; fault finding, judgmental, caviling, | ||||
| Exasperate | To irritate intensely | ||||
| Ploy | : escapade, frolic 2 a : a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent b : a devised or contrived move : stratagem a ploy to get her to open the door — Robert B. Parker | ||||
| Vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste — William Styron 2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status a mind vitiated by prejudice 3 : to make ineffective fraud vitiates a contract | ||||
| Goad | Urge on with unpleasant comments | ||||
| Wanton | Showing no moral restraint, without check or limit | ||||
| Begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure begrudge money begrudged the weeks spent away from home 2 : to look upon with disapproval or envy begrudge their rivals' success | ||||
| Cavalier | Given to haughty disregard of others | ||||
| Behooves | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for it behooves us to go intransitive verb : to be necessary, fit, or proper it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something. "it behoves the House to assure itself ... | ||||
| Hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence | ||||
| Vie | To compete for something | ||||
| Inkling | A slight sugges or vague understanding | ||||
| Sordid | : marked by baseness or grossness : vile sordid motives 2 a : dirty, filthy b : wretched, squalid 3 : meanly avaricious : covetous 4 : of a dull or muddy color | ||||
| Perquisite | : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages; especially : one expected or promised 2 : gratuity, tip 3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession | ||||
| Amply | More than is adequate | ||||
| Vanquish | Come out better in a race or competition or conflict | ||||
| Exasperate | 1 : irritated or annoyed especially to the point of injudicious action : exasperated 2 : roughened with irregular prickles or elevations exasperate seed coats | ||||
| Hector | To bully or intimidate | ||||
| Vicissitudes | Change in one’s circumstance usually for the worse | ||||
| Defray | To help pay the cost in part or full | ||||
| Choleric | An outburst of temper, easily angered | ||||
| Byzantine | Intricate and complex | ||||
| Expunge | 1 : to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion 2 : to efface completely : destroy 3 : to eliminate from one's consciousness expunge a memory |
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