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GRE WL 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered, quarrelsome |
| derogatory | uncomplimentary |
| exemplify | to serve as a good example |
| impecunious | having no money |
| lucid | clear |
| ornate | highly decorated |
| precipice | steep slope |
| salubrious | health-giving |
| truant | shirker, someone absent without permission |
| ambulatory | able to walk around (used of hospital patients) |
| capacious | spacious |
| desecrate | to damage or pollute a holy place |
| exhaustive | complete and thorough |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, silly |
| orthodox | conventional |
| precipitous | done in a hurry (?), sudden and dramatic change to a worse situation, done suddenly and without careful consideration |
| salutary | something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial |
| truncate | cut short |
| ameliorate | make better |
| capitulate | surrender, give in to |
| desecration | spoiling something holy |
| exonerates | acquits, absolves, removes blame |
| impoverished | destitute, poor |
| lukewarm | 1. unenthusiastic, 2. neither hot nor cold |
| ossify | 1. turn to bone, 2. become fixed and rigid |
| preclude | prevent or make impossible |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically holy |
| tumult | uproar, noise |
| amelioration | improvement |
| carping | constant criticism |
| desist | stop, discontinue, cease |
| impromptu | unrehearsed, spontaneous |
| lummox | clumsy person |
| ostentatious | showy |
| precocious | developing early |
| sanction | give approval to |
| turpitude | depravity |
| cartographer | person who makes maps |
| despondent | having no hope, miserable |
| expatriate | refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country |
| inadvertent | not intentional |
| luscious | juicy, moist, succulent |
| oust | push out of a position |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty, bloody |
| tyro | novice, beginner |
| amity | friendship |
| castigate | scold strongly |
| destitution | hardship, poverty, misery |
| expedient | convenient, practical, although possibly immoral |
| incantation | chant, invocation, prayer |
| lynch | assassinate, kill, illegal hanging |
| predicament | dilemma, difficult situation |
| sanguine | optimistic, cheerful |
| ubiquitous | found everywhere, omnipresent |
| amorphous | lacking in shape |
| catharsis | purging of pent-up emotions |
| deter | put off, prevent |
| expedite | make faster |
| machinations | plots and plans |
| overwrought | worked up, in an emotional state |
| preeminent | famous, outstanding |
| sardonic | mocking |
| unalloyed | undiluted, total |
| analgesic | medicine to combat pain |
| caucus | type of private political meeting |
| exposition | clear explanation |
| incessant | without stopping |
| maelstrom | whirlpool, storm in the ocean |
| prerogative | right or privilege |
| unctuous | oily, using excessive flattery |
| caustic | burning |
| extol | praise |
| incipient | just beginning |
| magnanimous | generous, big-hearted |
| palisade | fence made of posts |
| prescient | having fore-knowledge |
| scale | to climb |
| undermined | damaged, attacked |
| anarchy | chaos, lack of government |
| cavalcade | procession of vehicles |
| extradite | deport from one country back to the home country |
| magnate | powerful businessman |
| palliative | a remedy that improves but doesn't cure |
| presentiment | a feeling that something might happen |
| scapegoat | person on whom blame is placed for faults of others |
| underscore | emphasize |
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