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GRE Hit List 2
Hit Parade Group 2, Princeton Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to lesson in intensity |
| accolade | an expression of praise |
| adulation | excessive praise; intense adoration |
| aesthetic | dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| ascetic | one or practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion (think of a monk) |
| avarice | greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious) |
| axiom | a universally recognized principle |
| burgeon | to grow rapidly or flourish |
| bucolic | rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
| cacophony | harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| canon | an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
| castigation | severe criticism or punishment (verb: castigate) |
| catalyst | a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
| caustic | burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
| chary | wary; cautious |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
| complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| contrite | regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| dearth | smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
| demure | to question or oppose |
| didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
| discretion | cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
| disinterested | free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
| dogmatic | expressing a rigid opinion or assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| elegy | a mournful poem; esp. one lamenting the dead |
| emollient | soothing, esp. to the skin, making less harsh |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment |
| enigmatic | mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
| ephemeral | brief; fleeting |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
| eulogy | a speech honoring the dead |
| exonerate | remove from blame |
| facetious | silly; playful; humorous |
| fallacy | an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
| furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
| gregarious | sociable; outgoing; friendly |
| harangue | to deliver a pompous speech or tirade (verb) or a long, pompous speech (noun) |
| heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heresy) |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement (i could eat a hippo i'm so hungry) |
| impecunious | lacking funds, no cash moneys |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or apparent |
| inert | unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
| innocuous | harmless |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
| morose | sad |
| odious | evoking intense aversion or dislike |
| opaque | impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
| oscillation | the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
| penurious | penny-pinching |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
| peruse | to exame with great care |
| pious | extremely reverent or devout; very religious |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
| preen | to dress up;to primp |
| prodigious | abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
| prolific | producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
| putrefy | to rot |
| quaff | to drink deeply |
| quiescence | stillness; motionless |
| redoubtable | awe-inspiring |
| sanction | authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance (n); to give permission (v) |
| satire | a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor |
| squalid | sordid; foul |
| stoic | unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
| supplant | to take the place of |
| torpid | lethargic; sluggish |
| ubiquitous | existing everywhere at the same time |
| urbane | sophisticated |
| vilify | to defame, to characterize harshly |
| viscous | thick; sticky |
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