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GRE Hit List 3
Hit Parade Group 3, Princeton Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acumen | keen, accurate judgment |
| adulterate | to reduce purity combining with inferior ingredients |
| amalgamate | to combine several elements into a whole |
| archaic | outdated; associated with an earlier time |
| aver | to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
| bolster | to provide support |
| bombastic | pompous |
| diatribe | a harsh denunciation |
| dissemble | to disguise; to mislead |
| eccentric | departing from norms |
| endemic | characteristic of or found in a particular locality, region, or people |
| evanescent | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| fervent | greatly emotional or zealous |
| fortuitous | happening by accident or chance |
| germane | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
| grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
| hackneyed | rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasurable pursuits; esp of the senses |
| hegemony | the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
| iconoclast | one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
| idolatrous | given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
| impassive | revealing no emotion |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
| implacable | not capable of being appeased |
| impunity | immunity from punishment |
| inchoate | in an initial stage |
| infelicitous | unfortunate; inappropriate |
| insipid | without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland |
| loquacious | extremely talkative |
| luminous | characterized by brightness and emission of light |
| malevolent | having or showing hatred, spite, or ill will |
| malleable | capable of being shaped or formed; pliable |
| mendacity | dishonesty |
| meticulous | cares much about the detail |
| misanthrope | one who hates all other humans |
| mitigate | to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
| obdurate | unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
| obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness, servile |
| occlude | to obstruct or block |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| pedagogy | the profession or principles of teaching or instructing |
| pedantic | overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
| penury | poverty |
| pervasive | having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
| pine | to yearn intensely; to languish (become weak); to lose vigor |
| pirate | to illegally use or reproduce |
| pith | the essential or central part |
| pithy | precise and brief |
| placate | to appease |
| platitude | a superficial remark |
| plummet | to plunge or drop down |
| polemical | controversial; argumentative |
| prodigal (adj) | wasteful; extravagant; lavish |
| profuse | extravagant; abundant |
| proliferate | to grow fast |
| queries | questions |
| querulous | prone to complaining |
| rancorous | bitter and long-lasting resentment; grudge-holding |
| recalcitrant | doesn't obey authority |
| repudiate | to refuse to have any part in; to disown |
| rescind | to repeal; to retract |
| reverent | feeling/expressing awe, respect |
| rhetoric (n) | the art/study of effective use of language for communication |
| salubrious | promoting health, wellbeing |
| solvent | able to meet financial obligations, and able to dissolve another substance |
| specious | seeming true, but actually false |
| spurious | lacking authenticity or truth; false; counterfeit |
| subpoena | a court order requiring appearance |
| succinct | brief; concise |
| superfluous | exceeding what is necessary |
| surfeit | to feed or supply excess |
| tenacity | persistent determination |
| tenuous | weak |
| tirade | a harsh denunciation; a long and extremely critical speech |
| transient | brief |
| zealous | fervent; devoted to a cause |
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