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GRE vocabulary 1111

QuestionAnswer
vociferously ardently/loudly
impecunious impoverished
indigent poor/needy
extol praise
arcane mysterious
ribald vulgar
incipient at an early age
nascent beginning to exist/develop
japery joking
promulgate to make known/spread
obsequious servile
myopic nearsighted
effulgent radiant/brilliant
unctious oily/greasy person
jejunily childishly
gubernatorial of the governor
homage praise
paean song of joy/triumph
hoary gray with age
septuagenarian someone in their 70s
sobriquent nickname
machination scheme
veneration reverence
syncopation metronomic irregularity
sophism deceptively wrong argument
centrist person with moderate political views
conjecture a guess
guile cleverness
candor truth
artifice ploy
mendacity not truthful
polemical argumentative
sanction authorization
pugnacious stubborn
contentious disputeful
hadaneyed lacking in originality
parsimony frugal
hubris pride
galvanize excite/stimulate
baleful appearing threatening
insouciance lightheartedness
quixotic idealistic
vitriolic accidic/corrosive
salubrious promoting health
vilipend to dismiss/treat with contempt
disavowed refuse to acknowledge/accept
espouse to support
enmity against/hatred
penchant strong liking
pellucid clear in expression
affable pleasant
asinine silly
perspicious clear
stymied thwarted
stolid unemotional
diffident lacking in self confidence
obdurate stubborn/unemotional
impotent powerless
aggrandize to make more important
enervate to annoy/decrease power (?)
ardent passionate
obviate to prevent
mitigate to lessen
paltry worthless
exigent requiring immediate attention
conspicuous obvious
poignant emotional
fecundity fertility
circumspect look around
appelation nickname
aphorism statement of truth
benediction blessing
bucolic fertile area
calorific producing heat
concerted/contrived plan/devise
consecrate declare sacred
levied collected
perfunctory/mundane in a routine way
intrepid fearless
ardent Zealous
expound to explain
repudiate to reject
leverage/capitalize take advantage of
punctilious very careful/exact
belligerent aggressive
pedestrian ordinary
volatile explosive
froward not easily controlled
earthy crude
limpid calm
salutary beneficial
vacillate to be indecisive
paucity shortage
disparity discrepancy
ascetics those who reject worldly indulgences
bacchanalian drunkard
gadflies irritating people
sybarites people concerned with luxury and pleasure
esurient hungry
execrable detestable
epigrams witty sayings
palaver/blather meaningless chatter
histrionic melodramatic
sententious given to excessive moralizing
jocund jolly
celerity speed
ingenuous simple/naive
jurisprudence science/philosophy of law
inimical hostile
recidivism habitual/chronic relapse
sabbatical period of rest
sedulously perseveringly
assiduous diligent/persevering
abett strengthen
perfunctorily superficial
stigmatize to disgrace
deride speak ill of
nepotism favoritism towards family members
munificent generous/bountiful
puerile childish/immature
superannuate out of date/obsolete
parity equality
perfidious disloyal/untrustworthy
fastidious careful with details
farcical absurd
seditious stirring up a rebellion
irresolute indecisive
endemic native to
contumacious resistance
hegemony leadership
cabal intrigue
diaphonous transparent
amorphous vague
obloquy widespread abuse/disgrace
sequestrianism isolation
impartial without bias
meliorate to make better
insolube cant be dissolved
truncate to cut off
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