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GRE Study
Masters program lock in
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abound | Be present in large quantities |
| Amorphus | Lacking structure; unclear |
| Austere | (of a person) strict and stern in character |
| Belie | give a false impression of; mask |
| Capricous | having varying moods; fickle |
| Cerebral | related to the brain |
| Congenial | (of a person) likable and friendly. often due to shared interests |
| Conspicous | easily noticed; ovbious |
| Cursory | lacking effort; without care |
| Duanting | scary or frightening (of a task) seeming impossible |
| Deify | Look up to someone or soemthing as a god |
| Didactic | meant for teaching, educational, sometimes in a condescending manner |
| Disseminate | distribute or circulate broadly |
| Feasible | likely to be achieved; practical |
| Flout | break a rule without guilt |
| Homogeneous | composed of similar parts; alike |
| Humdrum | boring; unlikely to excite |
| insipid | without flavor; lacking energy |
| loquacious | likely to talk alot; wordy |
| misantrhopic | having a distaste for humans and society |
| misnomer | a misleading or innacurate name |
| negligent | lacking care or attention |
| obsequious | excessively submissive to authority |
| placate | decrease someone's anger or other negative emotion |
| proclivity | a fondness or liking for something |
| puerile | immature and childish |
| quixotic | excessively viosionary; unfeasible |
| spendthrift | someone who spends money recklessly |
| taciturn | of few words; speaking little |
| wary | exercising caution; careful |
| adulterate | damage the quality of; corrupt |
| advocate | support; be in favor of |
| aggrandize | enhance one's power or standing |
| alacrity | eagerness to do something |
| ambivalent | having conflicting emotions; unsure |
| ameliorate | improve a bad feeling or bad situation |
| amenable | (of a person) receptive to change; open |
| anachronistic | of the wrong time or era |
| audacious | bold; unafraid of risks |
| avaricious | greedy; always wanting more |
| banal | unoriginal and dull; lacking creativty |
| benign | harmless; having little effect |
| Brazen | shameless and excessively forward |
| calumny | slander and defamation |
| Candid | honest; without deception |
| castiagate | scold someone harshly |
| caustic | (of speech) hostile and bitte |
| construe | understand something subjectively |
| convulted | difficult to understand or follow |
| covet | strongly desire; yearn for |
| craven | lacking bracery; weak-kneed |
| decorum | politeness and proper behavior |
| deft | highly proficient; skilled |
| Demur | hesitate or objectl express doubt |
| Derivative | based on someone else's work (often used in anegative sense) |
| Desiccate | dry out; remove all moisture |
| Diatribe | an angry rant; verbal abuse |
| incredulous | doubtful and disbelieving |
| ingenuous | naive and lacking experience |
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