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GRE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adage | A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. |
| Affable | Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to. |
| Antipathy | A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion. |
| Approbation | Approval or praise. |
| Castigation | To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism. |
| Circumspection | The quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks; prudence |
| Clandestine | Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. |
| Cogent | Clear, logical, and convincing. |
| Coherent | Logical and consistent. United as or forming a whole. |
| Covert | Not openly acknowledged or displayed. |
| Culpability | Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame. |
| Demur | Raise doubts or objections or show reluctance. |
| Deprecate | Express disapproval of. |
| Disabuse | That an idea or belief is mistaken. |
| Extolled | Praise enthusiastically. |
| Factious | Relating or inclined to a state of faction. |
| Fervor | Intense and passionate feeling. |
| Furtiveness | Sly and stealthy. |
| Garrulous | Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. |
| Genial | Friendly and cheerful. |
| Harangued | Lecture at length in an aggressive and critical manner. |
| Illicent | Forbidden by law, rules, or customs. |
| Inane | Silly, stupid. |
| Ingenuous | Innocent and unsuspecting. |
| Intractable | Hard to control or deal with. |
| Inundated | Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with. |
| Irreverent | Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously. |
| Lauded | Highly praised or admired. |
| Loquacious | Talkative. |
| Meek | Quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on. |
| Mellifious | Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear. |
| Mollify | Appease the anger or anxiety of someone, |
| Noisome | Having an extremely offensive smell. |
| Onerous | Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome. |
| Passable | Just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory. |
| Poignant | Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. |
| Predilection | A preference or special liking for something; bias in favor of something. |
| Probity | The quality of having strong moral principles; honest and decency. |
| Proscribed | Forbid, especially by law. |
| Prudence | The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. |
| Recalcitrant | A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude. |
| Renitent | Resisting physical pressure. |
| Reproach | Expression of disapproval or disappointment. |
| Reprove | Reprimand or censure someone. |
| Sagacious | Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement. |
| Shrewd | Having or showing sharp powers of judgement. |
| Soporific | Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep. |
| Stymied | Prevent or hinder the progress of |
| Surreptitiously | Secretive. |
| Taciturn | Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little |
| Truculent | Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant. |
| Vapid | Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. |
| Vigilant | Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties. |
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