Kaplan Random 40 GRE 2011 Set 4 of 10
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Kaplan Random 40 GRE 2011 Set 4 of 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 DESCRY | to discover or reveal |
| JUGGERNAUT | huge force destroying everything in its path |
| IMPOLITIC | unwise |
| THRENODY | a sad poem or song |
| DROLL | amusing in a wry, subtle way |
| INTIMATION | clue, suggestion |
| SCINTILLA | very small amount |
| ABUT | to touch, to be in contact with |
| RAPACIOUS | greedy; predatory |
| DISCOMFIT | to cause perplexity and embarrassment |
| UNTOWARD | not favorable; unruly |
| RESTIVE | impatient, uneasy, restless |
| TRAMMEL | to impede or hamper |
| INVIDIOUS | likely to provoke ill will, offensive |
| SENTIENT | aware, conscious, able to perceive |
| VITUPERATE | to abuse verbally |
| LARGESS | generosity; gift |
| JINGOISM | belligerent support of one's country |
| MNEMONIC | relating to memory; designed to assist memory |
| ACME | highest point, summit |
| SAGACIOUS | shrewd, wise |
| CHARLATAN | quack, fake |
| PRIVATION | lack of usual necessities or comforts |
| BEHEMOTH | huge creature |
| PLANGENT | resounding; plaintive |
| PANEGYRIC | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
| LUGUBRIOUS | sorrowful, mournful |
| SHIRK | to avoid a task due to laziness or fear |
| QUERULOUS | inclined to complain, irritable |
| PENCHANT | inclination |
| STYMIE | to block or thwart |
| PERNICIOUS | very harmful |
| BILIOUS | easily irritated, relating to bile |
| LASSITUDE | lethargy, sluggishness |
| SLAKE | to quench or moderate |
| BULWARK | defense wall; anything serving as defense |
| LEGERDEMAIN | trickery |
| PROTAGONIST | main character in a play or story, hero |
| BIFURCATE | divide into two parts |
| OUSTER | expulsion, ejection |
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