Flashcards: GRE's little boogers
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joannalina on July 23, 2009
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Words that get me every time.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 chicanery | trickery; subterfuge |
| equivocate | deliberately ambiguous/unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| ingenuous | naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere |
| inured | accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| inimical | hostile; threatening |
| probity | uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility |
| proclivity | inclination, natural tendency |
| profligate | wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant |
| prosaic | unimaginative; dull |
| refulgent | radiant, shiny, brilliance |
| recondite | not easily understood, abstruse, inscrutable, deep |
| trenchant | cutting; incisive; keen |
| vituperate | to abuse verbally; berate |
| augury | omen, prophecy |
| tenacity | firmness; persistence |
| discommode | cause someone trouble or inconvenience |
| inveigh | complain bitterly |
| ennui | boredom, weariness and dissatisfaction resulting from inactivity |
| stentorian | extremely loud and powerful |
| vicissitudes | sudden, unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life |
| dolorous | sorrowful |
| mordant | biting; caustic; sarcastic |
| ineluctable | unavoidable; inevitable |
| votary | one devoted to some pursuit, worship, study, or way of life. |
| termagant | a quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew. |
| stultify | cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent, frustrate or hinder |
| orison | a prayer |
| compunction | remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt |
| cadge | to beg or get by begging |
| pastiche | a dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the works of other artists, often with satirical intent |
| jejune | dull, lacking maturity or nutrition |
| repletion | the condition of being completely or excessively full. |
| ensconce | to settle comfortably into a place |
| vouchsafe | grant condescendingly, guarantee |
| rancor | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| puckish | whimsical; mischievous; impish. |
| animadversion | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| chimerical | merely imaginary; fanciful. |
| abnegate | refuse or deny oneself; also, to give up (rights, claims, etc.). |
| circumspect | prudent; cautious |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| desultory | moving or jumping from one thing to another; occurring haphazardly |
| effulgent | shining brightly; brilliant |
| encomium | warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric |
| eviscerate | to disembowel; to deprive of vital or essential parts |
| extirpate | root up; uproot; destroy completely |
| gasconade | to brag or boast |
| ignominious | shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful |
| iniquitous | wicked, immoral, unrighteous |
| jingoism | extremely aggressive and militant patriotism |
| lugubrious | mournful |
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