GRE Vocab
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52 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Apposite | Suitable, apt, relevant (i.e. information) |
| Callow | Immature (such as a remark) |
| Accede | To comply with, consent to |
| Craven | A coward, abject person |
| Placate | To appease or pacify |
| Ingratitude | Ungratefulness |
| Welter | A confused mass |
| Vaunt | to boast |
| Salient | Prominent |
| Pedestrian | Mediocre, ordinary |
| Ameliorate | To better, improve |
| Cajole | Sweet talk, coax with insincere talk |
| Decorous | Showing propriety, good taste |
| Macerate | To soften by soaking in liquid |
| Commodious | Spacious, convenient, roomy |
| Gibber | To speak foolishly |
| Valance | A drapery hanging over a window |
| Colloquial | Casual, conversational |
| Nettle | To annoy, irritate |
| Workaday | Commonplace |
| Render | To deliver, provide |
| Wooden | Expressionless, dull |
| Arcane | Obscure, mysterious |
| Bereft | Hurt by somebody's death |
| Profusion | Great amount, abundance |
| Blithe | Happy, cheery, merry |
| Voluble | Talkative |
| Impervious | Impenetrable |
| Antipathy | A natural dislike or repugnance |
| Upshot | Final result |
| Contravene | To go against, act contrary to |
| Ungainly | Clumsy and unattractive |
| Implacable | Unable to be pacified or appeased |
| Tumid | Swollen, inflated |
| Truculent | Fierce, cruel |
| Abstruse | Hard to understand, deep |
| Petulant | Peevish, cranky, rude |
| Immutable | Permanent |
| Skulk | To move in a sinister manner |
| Cant | Jargon |
| Innocuous | Harmless, innocent |
| Aseptic | Germ free |
| Intercede | To mediate |
| Stridency | Shrillness of sound |
| Bastion | Strong defense, fortification |
| Mar | To damage |
| Tenuous | Thin, slim, delicate, weak |
| Sordid | Filthy |
| Foist | To falsely identify something as real |
| Whet | To sharpen |
| Sedition | A revolt |
| Amorphous | Having no determinate form |
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