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GRE- Week 1
1-49 Words- Definitions
| What is the definition of- ? | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inchoate (2) | adj. incipient, still developing or incomplete adj. imperfectly formed, incoherent or lacking order |
| obdurate (2) | adj. unyielding to persuasion, resistant to appeals or softening influences adj. persistent in wrongdoing or impenitent; hardened against emotions |
| amalgamate (1) | v. to mix, merge, or combine into a whole |
| effrontery (1) | n. insolence, boldness, or presumption |
| rarefy (2) | v. to make or become thin, less compact, or less dense v. to purify, refine, or make more spiritual |
| diatribe (1) | n. bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation |
| precipitate (6) | v. to throw or fall headlong v. to bring about/cause to happen(abruptly) v. to cause substance to separate, condense adj. speeding dangerously adj. occurring abruptly adj. steep, rushing steeply downward |
| disabuse (1) | v. to free someone from a misconception or deception |
| aver (2) | v. to assert or affirm positively v. to formally assert or prove in a case/cause |
| bolster (1) | v. to support, uphold, hearten, or boost |
| undermine (4) | v. to weaken by washing away support /foundation underneath v. to weaken, injure, ruin by degrees or little at time; sap v. to subvert secretly adj. to dig a mine or tunnel underneath |
| deliberate (2) | v. to think carefully or consider adj. carefully consider/ slowly decide/ done intentionally |
| assuage (3) | v. to make less intense, severe; to ease v. to satisfy, appease, quench v. to pacify, sooth or quiet |
| laconic (1) | adj. concise, terse, extremely sparing with words |
| lucid (3) | adj. intelligible or readily understandable adj. sane or rational adj. translucent or clear; bright/luminous |
| enervate (1) | v. to weaken or sap the strength, vigor or vitality |
| morose (1) | adj. sullen, gloomy, melancholy |
| eulogy (2) | n. a praising speech/tribute to honor someone who died n. high praise |
| placate (1) | v. to soothe the anger of, mollify or appease |
| antagonism (1) | n. hostility, opposition or active resistance |
| skeptical (1) | adj. showing, expressing, or given to doubt or question |
| intrepid (1) | adj. resolutely fearless or undaunted |
| mollify (3) | v. to soothe or calm the temper or feelings v. to soften/make less rigid v. to temper/ lessen intensity of |
| anomalous (2) | adj. deviating from the norm or expectations; irregular adj. uncertain or incongruous in nature |
| mundane (2) | adj. ordinary, practical, common place, banal, uninteresting adj. of or related to this world, opposed to heavens |
| quotidian (1) | adj. everyday, commonplace, ordinary |
| burgeon (2) | v. to produce or send out new growth, sprout or bloom v. to grow, expand, develop quickly and often profusely |
| sap (3) | n. circulatory fluid of a plant, essential bodily fluid/healthy, vitality, energy n. gullible person, fool, dupe v. deplete, drain, weaken- energy/ diminish intensity/ undermine foundations of |
| occult (3) | adj. secret or withheld from uninitiated adj. mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend adj. of, related to, concerned with magic or supernatural |
| gainsay (2) | v. to deny or prove false v. oppose or speak out against |
| pith (3) | n. the core, essence, substance of a matter n. mettle or vigor n. importance or significance |
| gist (2) | n. central point or essence; heart of the matter n. grounds of a legal action |
| hackneyed (1) | adj. unoriginal, trite, banal |
| corroborate (1) | v. to support w evidence, make more certain, confirm |
| plasticity (1) | n. capacity to be molded or made to assume/hold a shape |
| ebullience (1) | adj. liveliness /exuberance, especially in manner or expression |
| plethora (1) | n. excess, profusion, overabundance |
| artless (4) | adj. uncultured or ignorant, lackin knowledge adj. poorly or crudely made adj. without artificiality/ is natural adj. without guile or cunning/is sincere |
| artifice (3) | n. a crafty cunning trick or strategem n. deception/false behavior n. cleverness, skill, ingenuity |
| din (1) | n. a loud, clamorous noise |
| precarious (2) | adj. lacking stability, dangerously uncertain, subject to unknown circumstances adj. based on uncertain or dubious premises |
| default (2) | n. failure to meet obligation (financial, court appearance, participate in contest) v. to fail to do any of above |
| tortuous (3) | adj. winding, containing numerous twists, turns, bends adj. crooked, tricky, devious adj. highly involved, circuitous or complex |
| tenuous (3) | adj. not dense/ is thin or diluted in consistency adj. slender adj. lacking substance/strength/ is flimsy or shaky |
| profuse (2) | adj. present or available in great amount, plentiful, bountiful or copious adj. pouring forth freely or abundantly, extravagant |
| propitiate (1) | v. to gain or regain the favor of, appease or conciliate |
| zenith (1) | n. the highest point, culmination |
| desiccate (2) | v. to dry out completely v. to preserve food by drying |
| veneration (1) | n. the act of regarding or treating with profound respect, awe, admiration |
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