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Hit Parade 2010 - 1
GRE Hit Parade 2010 - 1
Question | Answer |
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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. |