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GRE Study words
Question | Answer |
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banal | trite and unoriginal |
aphorism | statement of general truth |
ameliorate | improve or make better |
cloying | too sweet or excessively flattering |
euphony | pleasing combination of sounds |
cacophony | mixture of harsh or discordant sounds |
cogent | clean and to the point; appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
ephemeral | short-lived, transitory |
dearth | lack of something |
abjure | swear away: renounce |
intransigent | not flexible; not able to be swayed; stubborn |
elucidate | make clear |
iconoclast | one who smashes revered images; an as attacker of cherished beliefs |
adumbrate | foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily |
alacrity | eager and enthusiastic willingness |
anachronism | something or someone out place in terms of historical or chronological context |
anathema | a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing |
anodyne | soothing, assuages or allays pain, comforts |
antipathy | aversion, dislike |
antithetical | diametrically opposed, as in antithesis |
apocryphal | of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious |
apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause |
apotheosis | deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example |
apposite | appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos |
apprise | give notice to inform |
approbation | an expression of approval or praise |
arcane | mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates |
arrant | impudent; in every way; being completely such, bare-faced, utter |
errant | itinerant; travel from place to place |
ascetic | one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion, austere, stark |
asperity | severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability |
aspersion | an act of defamation or maligning |
assiduous | diligent, hard working |
assuage | to ease or lesson; to appease or pacify |
astringent | having a tightening affect on living tissue; harsh; severe |
attenuate | to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen |
augury | omen, portent, the reading of omens |
august | majestic, venerable |
auspice | protection or support, patronage |
austere | without adornment, bare, severely simple, ascetic |
avarice | greed, especially for wealth |
bedizen | to adorn especially in cheap, showy manner, festoon, caparison |
bellicose | belligerent, pugnacious, warlike |
blandish | to coax with flattery, toad or fawn |
brandish | to shake or wave menacingly |
blithe | carefree, merry |
bombastic | pompous, grandiloquent |
brook | tolerate, endure, countenance |
bucolic | rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
burgeon | grow rapidly or flourish |
burnish | to polish or rub to a shine |
byzantine | labyrinthine, complex |
cadge | to sponge, beg or mooch |
calumniate | to slander, make a false accusation |
canon | an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
capricious | inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable |
cardinal | of basic importance or consequence; primary |
castigation | severe criticism or punishment |
causality | the relationship between cause and effect |
censure | to criticize severely, to officially rebuke |
chary | wary, cautious, sparing |
chasten | to chastise or correct, subdue |
chicanery | trickery or subterfuge |
chimera | an illusion |
choleric | tending toward anger |
churlish | boorish, vulgar, loutish, difficult and intractable |
coda | concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes |
commensurate | matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount or other property |
complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
contemn | to scorn or despise |
contrite | regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness |
corrigible | capable of being set right, correctable, reparable |
countenance | approve of or tolerate |
cozen | to deceive, beguile, hoodwink |
craven | contemptibly, fainthearted, pusillanimous |
credulous | tending to believe too readily, gullible |
damp | to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling |
deleterious | injurious; harmful |
demur | to question or oppose |
denigrate | blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage |
denouement | an outcome or solution; the unravelling of a plot |
depredate | to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner |
derision | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
desiccate | to dry out or dehydrate, to make dry or dull |
desuetude | disuse |
desultory | random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose |
detraction | slandering, verbal attack, aspersion |
diaphanous | transparent; gauzy |
diatribe | a harsh denunciation |
didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
diffident | reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self-confidence |
dilatory | causing delay, procrastination |
dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
din | a loud sustained noise |
dirge | a mournful song or poem for the dead |
disabuse | to undeceive, to set right |
discomfit | to defeat, put down |
discordant | conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound |
disparate | fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
dissemble | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
dissonance | lack of harmony; conflict |
distrait | distracted, absent-minded, especially due to anxiety |
doggerel | trivial, poorly constructed verse |
dross | slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum |
dulcet | melodious, harmonious, mellifluous |
ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
edifying | enlightening informative |
efficacy | the ability to produce and intended result |
effrontery | extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
effusive | gushing; excessively demonstrative |
elegy | a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead, any mournful writing or piece of music |
encomium | glowing and enthusiastic praise, panegyric, tribute, eulogy |
endemic | characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region or people, restricted to or peculiar in that region; indigenous |
enervate | to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
engender | to cause, produce, give rise up |
enigmatic | mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand |
ennui | dissatisfaction, and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
enormity | excessive wickedness, evilness |
ephemeral | brief, fleeting, short-lived |
epicure | one devoted to sensual pleasure particularly food and drink; gourmand, sybarite |
episodic | loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals |
epithet | disparaging word or phrase |
epitome | embodiment; quintessence |
equanimity | composure, self-possession |
equable | level; not able to be easily disturbed |
equivocate | to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
erudite | very learned; scholarly |
eschew | to shun or avoid |
esoteric | intended for or understood by a small specific group |
essay | to test or to try; attempt, experiment |
estimable | worthy, formidable |
evanescent | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
evince | to show clearly, to indicate |
exact | to demand, call for require, take |
excoriate | to censure scathingly, to upbraid |
exculpate | exonerate; to clear of blame |
exemplar | typical or standard specimen; paradigm model |
exhort | to incite, to make urgent appeals |
exigent | urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention |
expatiate | discuss or write about at length; to range freely |
expiate | to atone or make amends for |
expurgate | to remove obscenity, purify, censor |
extant | existing, not destroyed or lost |
extemporaneous | improvised, done without preparation |
extirpate | to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots |
facetious | playful; humorous; not serious |
fallacy | an invalid or incorrect motion, a mistaken belief |
fatuous | silly, inanely foolish |
feckless | ineffectual; irresponsible |
felicitous | apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos, delightful |
fell | a barren or stony hill; an animal's hide |
fervent | greatly emotional or zealous |
fetter | to shackle, put in chains, restrain |
filigree | an ornamental work, especially of delicate lace-like patterns, resembling such as a pattern |
flag | to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline |
flip | sarcastic, impertinent |
florid | flushed with color, ruddy, ornate |
flout | to demonstrate contempt for |
foment | to stir up, incite, rouse |
forbearance | patience, willingness to wait |
forestall | to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action, to circumvent or thwart |
forswear | to renounce, disallow, repudiate |
fortuitous | happening by fortunate accident or chance |
fracas | a noisy fight or quarrel, brawl |
fractious | quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky |
froward | intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient |
fulminate | to attack loudly or denounce |
furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
gainsay | to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose |
gambol | to kip about playfully, frolic |
garner | to gather and save, store up, acquire |
garrulous | pointlessly talkative, talking too much |
gauche | crude, awkward, tasteless |
glib | marked by ease or informality, nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial |
grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
grouse | complain or grumble |
guile | trickery, duplicity, cunning |
guy | a rope or cord attached to something as a brace or guide |
hackneyed | rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
halcyon | calm and peaceful, prosperous |
harangue | to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade |
harrow | to distress, create stress or torment |
hedonism | devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses. |
hegemony | the consistent dominance or influence of one group, state or ideology over others |
heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox |
hermetic | airtight, impervious to outside influence |
heterodox | unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic |
hirsute | hairy, shaggy |
hubris | arrogant presumption or pride |
hyperbole | and exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech |
idolatrous | given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
idyll | a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such |
ignominious | shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful |
imbroglio | difficult or embarrassing situation |
imminent | about to happen, impending |
immutable | not capable of change |
impecunious | lacking funds; without money |
imperious | commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty |
imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
implacable | not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
importune | to ask incessantly |
imprudent | shamelessly bold, insolent, impertinent |
impugn | attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny |
impunity | immunity from punishment, penalty or harm |
impute | to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic |
inchoate | in an initial stage, not fully formed |
incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
indolent | lazy, listless, torpid |
ineluctable | certain, inevitable |
inert | unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically |
ingenuous | artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication |
inimical | damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly |
inimitable | one of a kind, peerless |
iniquity | wickedness, gross injustice |
innervate | supply with nerves, energize |
innocuous | harmless,; causing no damage |
inscrutable | incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious |
insensible | unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb |
insipid | without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull |
insouciant | unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant |
insular | parochial, narrow-minded, like an island |
interdict | prohibit, forbid, ban, halt |
intimate | imply, suggest or insinuate |
intractable | not easily managed or directed |
intrepid | steadfast, courageous |
inured | accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
inveigh | to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate |
inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
inveterate | deep rooted, ingrained, habitual |
invidious | tending to arouse envy or ill will in others |
irascible | easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts |
itinerate | to travel from place to place |
jejune | vapid, uninteresting; childish, immature; lacking nutrition |
jibe | agree, to be in accord |
jocose | given to joking; humorous |
labile | readily open to change, unstable |
lachrymose | causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow |
laconic | using few words, terse |
lassitude | listlessness, languor, weariness |
libertine | someone unrestrained by mortality or convention or leading a dissolute life |
limn | to draw, outline in detail |
limpid | transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled |
list | to tilt or lean to one side |
loquacious | extremely talkative |
lucid | intelligible, sound, clear |
magnanimity | the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially forgiving |
malevolent | having or showing often vicious ill will, spite or hatred |
maligner | to feign illness as to avoid work |
malleable | capable of being shaped or formed, easily influenced |
martinet | a rigid disciplinarian |
maunder | to talk or move aimlessly, mutter |
mellifluous | sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds |
mendacity | the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty |
mendicant | beggar, supplicant |
mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
meretricious | tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution |
mettlesome | courageous, high-spirited |
militate | to have weight or bearing on, to argue against |
minatory | menacing, threatening |
mince | pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps, tiptoe |
misanthrope | one who hates humankind |
misogynist | one who hates women |
mitigate | to make or become less severe or intense, moderate |
mollify | to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity |
morose | sad, sullen, melancholy |
multifarious | varied, motley, greatly diversified |
nadir | low point, perigee |
nascent | coming into being; in early developmental stages |
natty | trimly neat and tidy, dapper |
nebulous | vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form |
neologism | a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
neophyte | a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
nexus | a connection, tie, or link; center or focus |
nice | exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill |
noisome | offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid |
nonplussed | baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to day, do or think |
nostrum | cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy |
noxious | harmful, injurious |
obdurate | unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible |
obeisance | gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow or curtsy |
obfuscate | to deliberately obscure, to make confusing |
obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient |
obstinate | stubborn. hardhearted; uncompromising; |
obstreperous | noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous |
obtain | to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail |
obtuse | lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression |
obviate | anticipate and make unnecessary |
occlude | to obstruct or block |
occult | hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension |
odious | hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike |
officious | meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted |
onerous | troubling, burdensome |
opaque | impermeable by light; dense in mind |
opprobrium | disgrace, contempt, scorn |
ossified | change into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change |
ostensible | seeming, appearing as such professed |
overweening | presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate |
paean | a strong or expression of praise and thanksgiving |
palliate | to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate |
pandemic | widespread; occurring over a large area or affecting an unusually large percentage of the population. |
panegyric | formal expression of praise |
paradigm | something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understanding shared by a group of discipline that shapes its worldview |
paradox | a contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless |
paragon | something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way |
pariah | an outcast, a rejection and despised person |
parody | a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art, also something so bad as to be potentially mistaken for an intentional mockery |
parry | to block or evade, or ward off, as a blow |
parsimonious | cheap, miserly |
partisan | one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced |
paucity | scarcity, a lacking of |
peccadillo | a slight offense, literally, a minor sin |
pedantic | ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative |
pedestrian | commonplace, trite, unremarkable |
penchant | strong inclination, a liking |
penurious | penny-pinching; excessively thrifty,; ungenerous |
peremptory | admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious |
perfidy | intentional breach of faith, treachery |
perfunctory | cursory, done without care or interest |
peripatetic | itinerant, traveling, nomadic |
pernicious | extremely harmful, potentially causing death |
perspicacious | acutely perceptive, having keen discernment |
peruse | to examine with great care |
pervade | to permeate throughout |
petrous | like a rock, hard, stony |
petulant | impatient, irritable |
philanthropic | humanitarian; benevolent |
philistine | a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values |
phlegmatic | calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic |
picaresque | involving clever rogues or adventurers |
pied | multicolored, usually in blotches |
pillory | to punish, hold up to public scorn |
piquant | agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating |
pique | resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride |
pirate | to use or reproduce illegally |
pith | the essential or central part |
placate | to appease, to calm by making concessions |
plaintive | mournful, melancholy, sorrowful |
plangent | pounding, thundering, resounding |
plastic | moldable, pliable, not rigid |
platitude | a superficial or trite remark, especially one offered as meaningful |
plethora | an overabundance, a surplus |
pluck | courage, spunk, fortitude |
plumb | tho measure the depth, to examine critically |
plummet | to plunge or to drop straight down |
poignant | distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulation, emotional |
polemical | controversial, argumentative |
pragmatic | practical rather than idealistic |
prate | chatter, babble |
prattle | to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
precarious | uncertain, risky, dangerous |
precept | rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught |
precipitate | acting with excessive haste or impulse |
precursor | something that precedes and indicates or announces another |
predilection | a disposition in favor of something, preference |
preempt | to replace, to supersede, to appropriate |
preen | to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care |
prescience | knowing of events prior to their occurring |
presumptuous | overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties |
prevaricate | to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead |
prize | to pry, press or force with a lever |
probity | adherence to highest principles uprightness |
proclivity | a natural predisposition or inclination |
prodigal | recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish |
prodigious | abundant in size, force, or extent, extraordinary |
profligate | excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant |
prolix | long winded, verbose |
propinquity | nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship |
propitiate | to appease or pacify |
propitious | auspicious, favorable |
propriety | appropriateness; conformity with standards of acceptable behavior |
prosaic | dull, unimaginative |
proscribe | to outlaw or prohibit |
Provident | frugal, looking into the future |
puerile | childish, immature |
pugnacious | contentious, quarrelsome, given to fighting, belligerent |
punctilious | precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette |
pundit | an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions |
pungent | characterized by strong, sharp smell or taste, penetrating to the point |
pusillanimous | coward, craven |
putrefy | to rot, decay and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous |
quaff | to drink deeply |
quail | to shrink back in fear, lose courage |
qualify | to limit |
qualms | misgivings, reservations, causes for heistancy |
queries | questions, inquiries, reservations |
querulous | prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome |
quiescence | stillness, motionlessness, quality of being quiet |
quotidian | occurring or recurring daily, commonplace |
rail | to complain about bitterly |
ramify | to be divided or subdivided, branch out |
rancorous | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
rapacious | voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey |
rarefy | to make or become thin, less dense, refine |
rebus | riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like the words |
recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage |
recapitulate | to summarize, to repeat concisely |
recondite | hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure |
reconnoiter | to engage in a reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of |
recumbent | leaning, resting, prone |
redolent | fragrant, suggestive or evocative |
redoubtable | awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
refulgent | radiant, shiny, brilliant |
refute | to disprove, successfully argue against |
regale | to delight or entertain, feast |
relegate | to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place of position |
remonstrate | to protest, object |
rent | torn, split apart, pierced as by sound |
repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for |
repudiate | to refuse to have anything to do with, disown |
rescind | to invalidate, repeal, retract |
resolute | adamant, steadfast, determined |
reticent | quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
reverent | marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
rhetoric | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
risible | hilarious, provoking laughter |
rubric | authoritative rule, heading, title or category |
rue | regret, feel remorse |
sagacious | having sound judgement, perceptive, wise |
salacious | appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy |
salient | prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant |
salubrious | promoting health or well-being |
salutary | remedial, wholesome, causing improvement |
sanctimony | self-righteousness, pretended piety |
sanction | authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance |
sanguine | cheerful, confident, optimistic |
sap | to enervate or weaken the vitality of |
satiate | to overindulge, satisfy or excess |
satire | a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision |
saturnine | gloomy, dark, sullen, morose |
scurvy | contemptible, despicable |
sedulous | diligent, persistent, hard-working |
seine | a large net hung out and dragged to catch fish |
sere | withered, arid |
seminal | like a seed, constituting a source originative |
shard | a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part |
simper | to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile |
sinecure | position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income |
singular | exceptional, unusual, odd |
sinuous | winding, curvy, moving lithely, devious |
slake | to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of |
sodden | soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull |
solder | to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun |
solicitous | concerned and attentive, eager |
solvent | able to meet financial obligations |
sophistry | fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic |
sophomoric | exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgement, pretentious |
soporific | causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep |
sordid | characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul |
specious | seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive |
splenetic | bad-tempered, irritable |
sporadic | occurring only in occasionally, or in scattered instances |
spurious | lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit |
squalid | sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect |
squander | to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
stanch | to stop the flow of a fluid |
static | not moving, active or in motion; at rest |
steep | to saturate or completely soak |
stentorian | extremely loud and powerful |
stint | to restrain, be sparing or frugal |
stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast |
stolid | calm, impassive |
striated | striped, grooved, or banded |
strut | a structural support used to brace a framework |
stupefy | to stun, baffle, or amaze |
stymie | to block, thwart |
subpoena | a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
subtle | not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern, crafty or sly |
succinct | brief, concise |
succor | assistance, relief in time of distress |
sundry | various, miscellaneous, separate |
supercilious | disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
supine | inactive, lying on one's back apathetic, mentally or morally slack |
supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
suppliant | asking humbly, beseeching |
supplicant | beggar, one who prays or begs for something |
surfeit | to feed or supply in excess |
sycophant | someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite |
synthesis | the combination of parts to make a whole |
table | to remove from consideration |
taciturn | not talkative, silent |
talisman | something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck |
tautology | repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument |
tawdry | cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent |
tenacity | the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued |
tendentious | biased, showing marked tendencies |
tender | offer formally |
tenuous | having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak |
terse | brief and concise in wording |
timorous | timid, fearful, diffident |
tirade | a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation |
toady | sycophant, flatterer, yes-man |
torpid | lethargic, sluggish, dormant |
torque | a force that causes rotation |
torrid | scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried |
tortuous | winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
tout | publicly praise or promote |
tractable | docile, obedient, easily led |
transient | fleeting, passing quickly, brief |
travesty | mockery, caricature, parody |
trenchant | sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut |
truculent | fierce, scathing, eager to fight |
turbid | muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque |
turgid | swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate |
turpitude | depravity, baselessness |
tyro | novice, beginner or learning |
ubiquitous | existing everywhere at the time, constantly encountered, widespread |
umbrage | offense, resentment |
undulate | to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate |
unfeigned | genuine, not false or hypocritical |
untenable | indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable |
untoward | troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse |
upbraid | to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise |
urbane | sophisticated, refined, eloquent |
usury | charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest |
vaunt | to brag or boast |
venal | capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary |
venerate | to revere |
veracity | truthfulness, honesty |
verisimilitude | appearing true or real |
veritable | authentic, real, genuine |
vexation | annoyance, irritation |
vigilant | alertly watchful |
vilify | to defame, characterize harshly |
virulent | extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile, or antagonistic |
viscus | thick, sticky |
vitiate | to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective |
vituperate | to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely |
volatile | readily changing to vapor; changeable, fickle, explosive |
voracious | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous |
waft | light breeze, puff |
waver | to move to and fro, to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
welter | to writhe, to toss about to be in turmoil |
wend | to go, proceed, walk |
whet | to sharpen or stimulate |
whimsical | imaginative, unpredictable |
zealous | fervent, ardent, impassioned |