GRE Hit Parade Group 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
| aberrant | Deviating from the norm |
| alacrity | Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
| anomaly | Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality |
| approbation | An expression of approval or praise |
| arduous | Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
| assuage | To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
| audacious | Daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
| austere | Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
| axiomatic | Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
| canonical | Following or in agreement with accepted, transitional standards |
| capricious | Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable |
| censure | To criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
| chicanery | Trickery or subterfuge |
| connoisseur | an expert able to appreciate a field |
| convoluted | highly involved or intricate |
| disabuse | To undeceive; to set right |
| discordant | Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
| disparate | Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| effrontery | Extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
| eloquent | Well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
| enervate | To weaken; to reduce in vitality |
| ennui | Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| equivocate | To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
| erudite | Very learned; scholarly |
| exculpate | Exonerate, to clear of blame |
| exigent | Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
| extemporaneous | Improvised, done without preparation |
| filibuster | Intentional obstruction; esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
| fulminate | To loudly attack or denounce |
| ingenuous | Artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication |
| inured | Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| irascible | Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
| laud | To praise highly |
| lucid | Clear, easily understood |
| magnanimity | The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
| martial | Associated with wars and the armed forces |
| mundane | Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
| nascent | Coming into being; in early developmental stages |
| nebulous | Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
| neologism | A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
| noxious | Harmful, injurious |
| obtuse | Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
| obviate | To anticipate and make unnecessary |
| onerous | Troubling, burdensome |
| Paean | A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| parody | A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
| perennial | Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
| perfidy | Intentional breach of faith; treachery |
| perfunctory | Cursory; done without care or interest |
| perspicacious | Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
| prattle | To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
| precipitate | To cause or happen before anticipated or required. Acting with excessive haste or impulse. |
| predilection | A disposition in favor of something; preference |
| prescience | Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurrence |
| prevaricate | To deliberately avoid the truth, to mislead |
| qualms | Misgivings; reservations; cause for hesitancy |
| recant | To retract, esp. a previously held belief |
| refute | To disprove; to successfully argue against |
| relegate | To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
| reticent | Quiet; reserve; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings |
| solicitous | Concerned and attentive; eager |
| sordid | Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
| sporadic | Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
| squander | To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| static | Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
| stupefy | To stun, baffle, or amaze |
| stymie | To block; to thwart |
| synthesis | The combination of parts to make a whole |
| torque | A force that a causes rotation |
| tortuous | Winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
| truculent | Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| veracity | Truthfulness; honesty |
| virulent | Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| voracious | Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
| waver | To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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