GRE Vocab 2
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35 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 platitude | stale, overused expression |
| trite | shallow, superficial |
| rapt | extremely attentive |
| ascetic | self-denying, abstinant, austere |
| encomiastic | praising |
| peregrinate | to travel or journey |
| mephitic | poisonous |
| apostate | one unfaithful to their religion |
| anodyne | a medicine that relieves pain |
| extripate | to destroy completely |
| capricious | whimsical |
| scurrilous | obscene |
| froward | disobedient |
| indolent | lazy |
| propound | put forward, as of an idea |
| obviate | to make unnecessary |
| disinterested | unbiased |
| restive | on edge |
| intransigence | stubbornness or unwillingness to change |
| acrimony | bitterness, animosity |
| proliferate | to increase in number |
| deference | respectful submission |
| garrulous | excessively talkative |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm |
| imperious | overbearing |
| concession | the act of yielding |
| veracious | truthful |
| appropriate | to take possession of |
| abnegation | self-denial |
| intemperance | excessive indulgence |
| truculent | aggressively hostile |
| pernicious | very harmful |
| benison | blessing |
| anethema | curse |
| obfuscate | to confuse |
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