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GRE SEC 7-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perpicacious (adj) | shrewd, astute, or keen-witted; insightful; intelligent; sgagcious |
| Ostensible (adj) | apparent; represented; surface |
| Obviate (v) | to prevent; to make unnecessary; forestall; preclude |
| Myopic (adj) | lacking foresight; having a narrow view or short-range perspective; short sighted; unthinking |
| Lachrymose (adj) | tearful; teary; weeping |
| Obstinate (adj) | stubborn; unyielding; stubborn; tenacious |
| Pastiche (n) | piece of literature or music imitating other works; medley; spoof |
| Apostate (n) | one who renounces a religious faith; defector; deserter |
| Efficacy (n) | effectiveness; efficiency; force; vigor |
| Oblique (adj) | indirect or evasive; misleading or devious; glancing; tangential |
| Effigy (n) | stuffed doll; likeness of a person; dummy; image |
| Noisome (adj) | stinking; putrid; disgusting; foul |
| Pedant (n) | someone who shows off learning; doctrinaire; scholar |
| Austere (adj) | sever or stern in appearance; undecorated; bleak; grim; harsh; sever |
| Occlude (v) | to stop up; prevent the passage of; block; close |
| Jingoism (n) | belligerent support of one’s country; chaunvinism; nationalism |
| Juncture (n) | point of time, esp where two things are joined; crisis; moment |
| Judicious (adj) | sensible; showing good judgement; circumspect; prudent |
| Nettle (v) | to irritate; annoy; vex |
| Jocular (adj) | playful; humorous; amusing comical |
| Lament (v) | to express sorrow; to grieve; bewail; grieve; mourn |
| Obsequious (adj) | overly submissive and eager to please; compliant; servile |
| Diurnal (adj) | existing during the day |
| Posit (v) | to assume as real or concluded; propose as an explanation; suggest |
| Prescient ( adj) | having foresight; augural; mantic |
| Lassitude (n) | a state of dimished energy; debilitation; fatigue |
| Orotund (adj) | pompous; overblown |
| Laud (v) | to give praise; to glorify; acclaim; applaud; hail; praise; extol |
| Prattle (n) | meaningless; foolish talk |
| Pragmatic (adj) | practical, as opposed to idealistic; rational; realistic |
| Levity (n) | an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual; amusement; humor |
| Ostentation (n) | excessive showiness; flashiness; showiness |
| Opprobrium (n) | public disgrace; discredit |
| Lethargic (adj) | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish, manner; apathetic; languid |
| Prevaricate (v) | to lie or deviate from the truth; equivocate |
| Precis (n) | short summary of facts |
| Opine (v) | to express an opinion; point out; voice |
| Potentate (n) | a monarch or ruler with great power |
| Pusillanimous (adj) | cowardly; without courage; timid |
| Ossify (v) | to change into bone; to become hardened |
| Legerdemain (n) | trickery; chicanery; conjuring |
| Palatial (adj) | relating to a lace; magnificent; grand; stately |
| Palliate (v) to make less serious; ease; alleviate; assuage | |
| Precipitate (v) | to throw violently or bring about abruptly |
| Polygot (n) | a speaker of many languages |
| Jargon (n) | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
| Itinerant (adj) | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| Latent (adj) | potential that is not readily apparent; inert; potential |
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