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Hit Parade 2010 - 1
GRE Hit Parade 2010 - 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abscond | to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide (verb) |
| aberrant | deviating from the norm (adj); noun form (aberration) |
| alacrity | noun; eager and enthusiastic willingness; cheerful willingness |
| anomaly | noun; deviation from the normal order, form, or rule. (adj form: anomalous) |
| approbation | noun; an expression of approval or praise (official approval) |
| arduous | adjective; strenuous, |
| assuage | verb; to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
| audacious | adjective; daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun: audacity) |
| austere | adj; without adornment; bare; severely simply (noun: austerity) |
| axiomatic | adj; taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun: axiom) |
| canonical | adj: following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun: canon) |
| capricious | adj; inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable |
| censure | verb; to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
| chicanery | noun; trickery or subterfuge. |
| connoisseur | noun; an informed and astute judge in matters of taste |
| convoluted | adj; complex or complicated |
| disabuse | verb; to undeceive; to set right |
| discordant | adj; conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
| disparate | adj; fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| effrontery | noun; extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
| eloquent | adj; well-spoken;expressive |
| enervate | verb; to weaken; to reduce in vitality. |
| ennui | noun; dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| equivocate | verb; to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj: equivocal) |
| erudite | adj; very learned, scholarly (noun: erudition). |
| exculpate | verb; exonerate; to clear of blame |
| exigent | adj; urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention/ requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable |
| extemporaneous | adj; improvised; done without preparation |
| filibuster | noun; intentional obstruction; |
| fulminate | verb; to loudly attack or denounce; to cause to explode |
| ingenuous | adj; artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication; free from reserve |
| inured | adj; accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| irascible | adj; easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts |
| laud | verb; to praise highly (adj: laudable) |
| lucid | adj; clear, easily understood |
| magnanimity | noun; generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving. |
| martial | adj; associated with war and armed forces |
| mundane | adj; of the world, associated with the ordinary |
| nascent | adj; in the early development stages |
| nebulous | adj; vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form. |
| neologism | noun; a new word, expression, or usage |
| noxious | adj; harmful, injurious |
| obtuse | adj; lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in though or expression |
| obviate | verb; to anticipate and make unnecessary |
| onerous | adj; troublesome, burdensome |
| paean | noun; a song or hymn of praise and thanskgiving |
| parody | noun; a humorous imitation intended for ridicule |
| perennial | adj; recurrent throughout the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
| perfidy | noun; intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form - perfidious) |
| perfunctory | adj; cursory; done without care or interest |
| perspicacious | adj; acutely perceptive; having keen mental perception and understanding(noun form - perspicacity) |
| prattle | verb; to babble meaninglessly |
| precipitate | adj; to cause or happen before anticipated or required. |
| precipitate | verb; acting with excessive haste or impulse; to bring about prematurely |
| predilection | noun; a disposition in favour of something; preference |
| prescience | noun; foreknowledge of events; foresight (adj: prescient) |
| prevaricate | verb; to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
| qualms | noun; misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
| recant | verb; to retract, especially a previously held belief or statement |
| refute | verb; to disprove; to successfully argue against |
| relegate | verb; to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position |
| reticent | adj; quite, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
| solicitous | adj; concerned and attentive; eager |
| sordid | adj; characterized by filth, grime, or squalor. foul |
| sporadic | adj; occurring only occasionally |
| squander | verb; to waste by spending or using irresponsibly, |
| static | adj; not moving; at rest |
| stupefy | verb; to stun, baffle, or amaze |
| stymie | verb; to block, thwart |
| synthesis | noun; the combination of parts to make a whole |
| torque | noun; a force that causes rotation |
| tortuous | adj; winding, twisting; excessively complicated. |
| truculent | adj; fierce and cruel. eager to fight |
| veracity | noun; truthfulness, honesty |
| virulent | adj; extremely harmful or poisonous. hostile |
| voracious | adj; having an insatiable appetite for some activity or pursuit. ravenous |
| waver | verb; to mot to and fro. to be unsettled in opinion. |
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