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GRE English
pg 25-29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Juxtapose, to | To place side by side |
| Ken | Range of knowledge |
| Kismet | Fate |
| Kith | Familiar friends |
| Labile | Unstable |
| Laconic | Brief and to the point |
| Languor | Lassitude, depression |
| Largess | Generous gift |
| Lassitude | Languor, weariness |
| Legerdemain | Sleight of hand |
| Lethargy | Torpor |
| Ligneous | Like wood |
| Limn | To draw or paint, to describe or depict |
| Limpid | Clear |
| Lionize, to | To treat as a celebrity |
| Loquacious | Talkative, garrulous |
| Lucre | Money |
| Lurid | Wild, sensational |
| Macerate, to | To soften in a liquid, to cause to waste away, to grow thin |
| Magniloquent | Boastful, pompous |
| Maladroit | Clumsy, bungling |
| Malaise | Uneasiness, distress |
| Manumit, to | To emancipate, to free from slavery |
| Marshal, to | To put in order |
| Martinet | Strict disciplinarian |
| Matrix | Mold, die |
| Melange | Medley, miscellany |
| Mendacious | Lying, false |
| Mendacity | A lie |
| Metaphysical | Pertaining to speculative philosophy |
| Mettle | Courage, spirit |
| Miasma | Swamp gas |
| Milieu | Environment, means of expression |
| Militate, to | To work against |
| Minaret | Slender tower |
| Minion | A servile dependent |
| Misanthrope | One who hates mankind |
| Misapprehension | Error, misunderstanding |
| Miscreant | Wretch, villian, heretic, infidel, unbeliever |
| Misogynist | Woman hater |
| Modicum | Limited quantity of something |
| Modish | Fashionable |
| Moiety | Half, part |
| Mollify, to | To soothe |
| Mordant | Biting, sarcastic, stinging |
| Mortise, to | To fashen |
| Mugwump | Defector from a party, indicisive person |
| Multifarious | Varied, greatly diversified |
| Munificent | Very generous |
| Nadir | Lowest point |
| Nether | Lower |
| Nettle | To annoy, to vex |
| Nice | Precise |
| Nicety | Minute distinction |
| Nitid | Bright, lustrious |
| Noisome | Foul smelling, unwholesome |
| Nonage | Immaturity |
| Nonplus, to | To bring to a halt by confusion |
| Nosegay | Fragrant bouquet |
| Nuance | Shade of difference in meaning or color |
| Nubile | Marriageable |
| Obdurate | Stubborn |
| Objurgation | Severe rebuke, scolding |
| Oblique | Slanting |
| Obloquy | Slander, disgrace, infamy |
| Obsequious | Slavishly attentive, servile, sycophantic |
| Obsequy | Funeral ceremony |
| Obstreperous | Boisterous, noisy |
| Obtrusive | Pushing forward |
| Obtuse | Blunt, stupid |
| Obviate, to | To make unnecessary |
| Occlude, to | To shut, to close |
| Offal | waste, garbage |
| Officious | Meddlesome, trying to please excessively |
| Omniscient | All-knowing |
| Onus | Burden, responsiblilty |
| Opprobrious | Disgraceful |
| Oracular | Foretelling, mysterious |
| Orotund | Round resonant quality, inflated speech, bombastic |
| Ostensible | Apparent, professed |
| Ovid | Egg shaped |
| Oxymoron | A combination of opposite or contradictory terms, |
| Paean | Song of praise or joy |
| Palaver | Discussion, misleading speech, chatter |
| Palliate, to | To mitigate |
| Paradigm | Model, example, pattern |
| Paragoric | Medicine that eases pain |
| Parley | Conference |
| Paroxysm | Fit or attack of pain, laughter, or rage |
| Parricide | Person who murders his own father |
| Parse, to | To break a sentance down into its gramatical parts |
| Parsimonious | Stingy |
| Pastiche | Imitation of anothers style of music or writing |
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