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GRE SEC 3-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exacerbate (v) | to make worse |
| erudite (adj) | learned; scholarly; bookish |
| expurgate (v) | to censor |
| ersatz (adj) | fake |
| euphemism (n) | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
| eulogy (n) | speech in praise of someone |
| propitiate (v) | to conciliate; to appease |
| probity (n) | complete honesty and integrity |
| eschew (v) | to shun; to avoid |
| ethos (n) | beliefs or character of a group |
| exculpate (v) | to clear from blame; prove innoncent |
| fervid (adj) | intensely emotional; feverish |
| proclivity (n) | a natural inclination or predispostion; predilection; prejucide; penchant |
| panegyric (n) | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
| embelish (v) | to add ornamental or ficitious details; adorn; exxagerate |
| anomaly (n) | deviation from what is normal |
| proliferate (v) | to increase in number quickly; breed; procreate |
| eloquent (adj) | persuausive and moving, especially in speech |
| euphony (n) | pleasant, harmonious sound |
| enervate (v) | to reduce in strength; debilitate, weaken |
| pithy (adj) | profound or substantial yet concise; succinct, and to the point |
| penury (n) | an oppresive lack of resources; severe poverty; destitution; impoverishment |
| estimable (adj) | admirable, creditable, laudable, meritorious |
| eclectic (adj) | selecting or made from a variety of sources |
| esoteric (adj) | known or understood only by a few, obscure, arcane |
| effrontery ( n) | impudent boldness; audacity |
| endemic (adj) | belonging to a particular area; inherent |
| incarnadine (adj) | blood-red in color; reddened; ruby |
| ephemeral (adj) | lasting a short time; evanescent; fleeting; momentary |
| plethora (n) | excess; glut; overabundance |
| inexorable(adj) | inflexible; unyielding |
| implacable (adj) | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful; inexorable; intransigent |
| engender (v) | to produce, cause , or bring about; generate; procreate; proliferate |
| impervious (adj) | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected; imprgnable; resistant |
| impugn (v) | to call into question; to attack verbally |
| inchoate (adj) | not fully formed; disorganized; amorphous; incoherent incomplete |
| panoply (n) | impressive array; display; fanfare; parade; shine; show |
| impecunious (adj) | poor; having no money; destitute; indigent; needy; penniless |
| inculcate (v) | to teach; impress in the mind; indoctrinate; instill; preach |
| peccadilo (n) | minor sin or deffense; failing; fault; lapse; misstep |
| profligate (adj) | corrupt; degenerate; dissolate; extravagant; prodgial; wasteful |
| imperturbable (adj) | not capable of being disturbed; dispassionate; impassive; serene; stoical |
| encomium (n) | warm praise; tribute; eulogy |
| emulate (v) | to copy; to try to equal or excel; ape; initiate; simulate |
| engima ( n) | a puzzle; a mystery; conundrum; perplexity |
| indolent (adj) | habitually lazy or idle |
| enumerate (v) | to count, list, or itemize; catalog; index; tabulate |
| pathogenic (adj) | causing disease; infecting; noxious |
| imprecation (n) | a curse; damnation |
| elegy (n) | a sorrowful poemor speech; dirge; lament |
| impasse (n) | blocked path; dilemma with no solution; deadlock; stalemate |
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