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gre words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| facilitate | to make less difficult. |
| factotum | a handyman |
| fallacious | based on false ideas |
| fallow | plowed but now sowed: uncultivated |
| fatuous | foolishly self-satisfied |
| fauna | animas of a period or region |
| fawning | seeking favor by flattering |
| felicitous | suitably expressed; well chosen, appropriate |
| feral | existing in a wild or untamed state |
| fervor | warmth and intesity of emotion |
| fervent | full of strong emotion, or impassioned |
| fetid | having a bad smell |
| fetter | to bind, confine |
| fiat | arbitary order; authorization |
| fetter [noun] | something that restricts or restrains |
| fiat | arbitary order; authorization |
| fidelity | loyalty, faith, exact correspondence |
| fillibuster | use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law |
| finnese | to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse that is, refinement in performance |
| fissure | crevice |
| flag | to droop; grow weak |
| fledging | novice, beginner |
| flora | plants of a region or area |
| florid | ruddy, reddish, flowery |
| flourish | an embellishment or ornament |
| flourish [v] | to grow vigorously or to thrive |
| flout | to treat scornfully |
| flux | flowing; a continuous moving |
| foment | to incite, arouse |
| forbearance | patience |
| forestall | to prevent, delay |
| formidable | menacing, threatening |
| forswear | renounce, repudiate |
| founder | to sink; fail; collapse |
| fracas | noun--a loud quarrel; brawl the police were called in to break up a fracas that had erupted in the bar. |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious |
| fresco | painting done on plaster |
| frieze | ornamental band on a wall |
| froward | stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobediant |
| frugality | thrift |
| fulminate | to attack loudly; denounce |
| fulsome | [adj] excessive as to be disgusting the actor was embarrassed by the fulsome praised he received after winning the academy award for best actor. |
| fusion | union; synthesis |
| futile | ineffective; useless; fruitless |
| gainsay | to deny; dispute; oppose |
| gambol | to frolic; leap playfully |
| garrulous | very talkative; wordy |
| gauche | coarse and uncouth; clumsy |
| geniality | cheerfulnessl kindliness; sociability |
| gerrymander | to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party |
| glib | fluent in an insincere way; offhand |
| goad | [verb] to prod; urge on |
| gossamer | sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs |
| gouge | verb- to tear out; scoop out; overcharge |
| grandiloquent | adj- pompous, bombastic |
| gregarious | adj-sociable |
| grouse | to complain |
| guileless | free of cunning and deceit |
| guise | ruse, false appearance; pretense |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| gustatory | adj- affecting the sense of taste |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous |
| hallowed | adj- holy; sacred |
| harangue | noun- a long, pompous speech; tirade |
| harrowing | extremely distressing; terrifying |
| herbivorous | relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants |
| hermetic | tightly sealed; magical |
| heterodox | unorthodox, not widely accepted |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher; the symbols used in advance mathematics |
| hirsute | adj-covered with hair |
| histrionic | adj. relating to exaggerated emotional behavior for effect; theatrical arts or performances |
| homeostasis | automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature, chemical balance, etc, within itself |
| homily | noun- sermon; tedious moralizing lecture, platitude |
| homogeneous | adj- composed of identical parts; uniform in composition |
| hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions |
| idolatry | idol worship; blind or excessive devotion |
| igneous | produce by fire; volcanic |
| imbroglio | n complicated situation, an entanglement |
| immutable | adj. unchangable |
| impair | verb to damage or injure |
| impassive | adj- showing no emotions |
| impecunious | adj- poor; having no money |
| impede | verb- to hinder; block |
| impermeable | adj- impossible to penetrate |
| imperturbable | adj- not easily disturbed |
| impervious | adj- incapable of being affected impossible to penetrate |
| impinge | verb- to encroach |
| implacable | adj- inflexible, unable of being pleased |
| implausible | adj- unlikely, unbelievable |
| implicit | adj- implied |
| implode | verb- to collapse within itself |
| imprecation | noun- to curse |
| impute | verb- to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic |
| inadvertently | adv. carelessly; unintentionally |
| incarnate | adj. having bodily form |
| inchoate | adj. imperfectly formed or formulated |
| incongruity | adj- state of not fitting |
| inconsequential | adj- insignificant; unimportant |
| incorporate | verb- introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine |
| incursion | sudden invasion |
| indeterminate | uncertain; indefinite |
| indigence | noun- poverty |
| indigent | adj- poverty |
| indolent | adj- habitually lazy; idle |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| incorporate | introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine [verb] |
| incursion | sudden invasion [noun] |
| indeterminate | uncertain; indefinite [adj] |
| indigence | poverty [noun] |
| indolent | [adj] habitually lazy; idle |
| ineluctable | [adj] not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable |
| inert | [adj] unable to move; sluggish |
| ingenuous | [adj] naive and trusting; lacking sophistication |
| inherent | [adj] firmly established by nature or habit |
| innocuous | [adj] harmless |
| insensible | [adj] unconscious; unresponsive |
| insinuate | [v] to suggest; say indirectly; imply |
| insipid | lacking in flavor; dull |
| insouciant | [adj] indifferent; lacking concern or care -- considering the gravity of the situation, nancy's colleagues could not understand her insouciant attitude. |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness;isolation [noun] the insularity of mmany tribes in new guinea allows anthropologist to study cultures that have been relatively uninfluenced by the modern world. |
| insuperable | insurmountable; unconquerable [adj] |
| intangible | [adj] not material |
| interdict | [v] to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advnace or entry of under US law, interdicted goods can be seized by customs official |
| internecine | adj deadly to both sides |
| interpolate | verb to insert; change by adding new words or material |
| interregnum | interval between reigns; gap in continuity |
| inundate | to cover with water; overwhelm; to flood |
| inured | [verb] hardened; accustomed; use to |
| invective | [noun] verbal abuse the debated judge cautioned partcipants not to engage in invective but rather in reasoned and decorous discourse. |
| inveigh | [verb] to disapprove; to protest vehemently |
| inveigle | [verb] to win over by flattery or coaxing |
| inveterate | [adj] confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted |
| invidious | [adj] likely to provoke ill will; offensive |
| irascible | [adj] easily angered the irascible old man complains every time someone makes a little noise |
| irresolute | [adj] unsure of how to act; weak |
| itinerant | [adj] wandering from place t place; unsettled |
| itinerary | [noun] route of a traveler's journey we planned our itinerary to be flexible, so that if we especially enjoyed a particular place we could stay there longer. |
| jaundiced | adj having a yellowish discoloration of the skinl affected by envy, resentment, or hostility noun- a medical condition often due to liver disease and characterized by yellowness of the skin. |
| jibe | [verb] to be in agreement |
| jocose | [adj] fond of joking; jocular; playful |
| juggernaut | [noun] huge force destorying everything in its path |
| junta | [noun] group of people united in political intrigue |
| juxtapose | [verb] place side by side |
| kudos | noun- fame, glory; honor |
| labile | [adj] - likely to change |
| laconic | [adj] - using few words |
| lambaste | verb- to thrash verbally and physically |
| lascivious | [adj] lustful |
| lassitude | noun- lethargy; sluggishness |
| latent | [adj]- present but hidden; potential |
| laud | [verb]- to praise |
| lethargic | adj - inactive |
| levee | [noun]- an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing |
| levity | [noun]- light manner or attitude |
| liberal | [adj] tolerant; broad-minded, generous; lavish |
| libertine | [noun]= one without moral restraint |
| libido | noun- sexual desire |
| lilliputian | adj- extremely small |
| limn | verb- to draw; describe |
| limpid | adj- clear, transparent |
| linguistic | adj- pertaining to language |
| litany | [noun]- lengthy recitation; repetitive chant |
| literati | noun- scholarly or learned person |
| litigation | noun- legal proceedings |
| log | noun- record of a voyage; record of daily activities |
| loquacious | adj- talkative |
| lucid | adj- birght, clear, intelligible |
| lucre | noun- money or profits |
| luminous | adj - bright, brilliant, glowing |
| lustrous | adj- shining |
| Machiavellian | adj- crafty, double-dealing |
| machinations | noun- plots or schemes |
| maelstrom | noun- whirlpool;turmoil |
| magnanimity | noun- generosity; nobility |
| malign | verb- to speak evil of |
| malinger | verb- to feign illness to escape duty |
| malleable | adj- capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| maverick | noun- dissenter |
| megalomania | noun- delusions of power or importance |
| menagerie | noun- a variety of animals kept together |
| mendacious | adj- dishonest |
| mendicant | noun- a beggar |
| meretricious | adj- gaudy; plausible but false; specious |
| mesmerize | verb- to hypnotize |
| metamorphosis | noun- change/transformation |
| metaphysics | noun- a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality |
| meteorological | adj- concerned with the weather |
| meticulous | adj- very careful; fastidious |
| mettle | noun- courage; endurance |
| mettlesome | adj- full of courage and fortitude; spirited |
| mettlesome | adj- full of courage and fortitude; spirited |
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