GRE (Hit List Parade 2011) Group 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abscond | v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. (To steal off and hide) |
| Adversity | Hardship, difficulty; opposition |
| Aggravate | to make worse/intensify something |
| Arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| Bombast | (n) speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning |
| Cacophony | Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| Castigation | Severe criticism or punishment |
| Censure | to criticize harshly |
| Chicanery | trickery, fraud, deception |
| Coercive | Forcing someone to do something against their will |
| Condemn | express strong disapproval of |
| Conspire | to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal |
| Covert | secret or hidden |
| Cower | v. To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
| Craven | lacking courage-coward |
| Denigrate | to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of |
| Denounce | to criticize publicly |
| Derision | ridicule; mockery |
| Diatribe | a bitter verbal attack |
| Discomfit | to defeat, put down |
| Disingenious | Not Candid; Insincere; Not Honest; |
| Dissemble | (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
| Exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |
| Fraud | a deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gain |
| Furtive | done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen |
| Garrulous | talkative, rambling |
| Harangue | (v) To deliver a ranting speech (verb form of bombast) |
| Impudent | disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior |
| Inopportune | coming at a bad time; not appropriate |
| Irascible | easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
| Malevolant | adj. wishing harm or evil to others; showing or having ill will toward others; spiteful |
| Martial | associated with war and the armed forces |
| Misanthrope | a person who hates or despises people |
| Morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner |
| Obdurate | (adj) stubborn; hardhearted |
| Obsequious | Overly submissive and eager to please |
| Obstinate | stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
| Onerous | troubling; burdensome |
| Opprobrium | disgrace; contempt; scorn |
| Pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
| Perjury | lying under oath |
| Provoke | Anger, arouse, bring to action |
| Recalcitrant | marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance |
| Secrete | to ensconce, conceal, or stow |
| Specious | seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) |
| Spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Squander | To spend foolishly, waste |
| Tirade | A long, angry speech, usually very critical |
| Vexation | annoyance; irritation |
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