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Kaplan Hit Parade 1
Kaplan GRE Hit Parade Group 1
Question | Answer |
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abscond | to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
aberrant | deviating from the norm |
alacrity | eager and enthusiastic willingness |
anomaly | deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality |
approbation | an expression of approval or praise |
arduous | strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
assuage | to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
audacious | adj., daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
austere | adj., without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
axiomatic | adj., taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
canonical | adj., following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
capricious | adj., inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
censure | v., to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
chicanery | n., trickery or subterfuge |
connoisseur | n., an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; an expert |
convoluted | adj., complex or complicated |
disabuse | v., to undeceive; to set right |
discordant | adj., conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
disparate | adj., fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
effrontery | n., extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
eloquent | adj., well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
enervate | v., to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
ennui | n., dissatisfaction and restlessess resulting from boredom or apathy |
equivocate | v., to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
erudite | adj., very learned; scholarly |
exculpate | v., to exonerate; to clear of blame |
exigent | adj., urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
extemporaneous | adj., improvised; done without preparation |
filibuster | n., intentional obstruction |
fulminate | v., to loudly attack or denounce |
ingenuous | adj., artless; frank and candid, lacking in sophistication |
inured | adj., accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
irascible | adj., easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
laud | v., to praise highly |
lucid | adj., clear; easily understood |
magnanimity | n., the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
martial | adj., associated with war and armed forces |
mundane | adj., of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
nascent | adj., coming into being; in early developmental stages |
nebulous | adj., vague; cloud; lacking clearly defined form |
neologism | n., a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
noxious | adj., harmful, injurious |
obtuse | adj., lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
obviate | v., to anticipate and make unnecessary |
onerous | adj., troubling; burdensome |
paean | n., a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
parody | n., a humourous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
perennial | adj., recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
perfidy | n., intentional breach of faith; treachery |
perfunctory | adj., cursory, done with care of interest |
perspicacious | adj., acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
prattle | v., to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
precipitate (adj.) | adj., acting with excessive haste or impulse |
precipitate (v.) | v., to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
predilection | n., a disposition in favor of something; a preference |
prescience | n., foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring |
prevaricate | v., to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
qualms | n., misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
recant | v., to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
refute | v., to disprove; to successfully argue against something |
relegate | v., to forcibly assign, esp. 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, or in scattered instances |
squander | v., to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
static | adj., not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
stupefy | v., to stun, baffle, or amaze |
stymie | v., to block; thwart |
synthesis | n., the combination of parts to make a whole |
torque | n., a force that causes rotation |
tortuous | adj., winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
truculent | adj., fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
veracity | n., truthfulness, honesty |
virulent | adj., extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
voracious | adj., having and insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
waver | v., to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |