Tough GRE Words Part II
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90 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 curmudgeon | a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person |
| epicure | a person who cultivates a refined taste, esp. in food and wine; connoisseur |
| veracity | habitual truthfulness |
| amortize | to liquidate or extinguish esp. by periodic payments |
| minatory | menacing; threatening |
| excoriation | denouncing or berating severely |
| salutary | favorable to or promoting health / wholesome |
| exigent | urgent |
| peccadillo | a very minor or slight sin or offense |
| precarious | uncertain; unstable; insecure / dangerous / unfounded |
| adroit | skillful; adept |
| lambaste | to beat or whip severely / to reprimand or berate harshly (excoriate) |
| extol | to praise highly |
| viscid | sticky; viscous |
| turpitude | vile, shameful, or base character; depravity |
| philistine | lacking in or hostile to culture / smugly commonplace or conventional |
| aesthete | someone devoted to beauty and beautiful things |
| odium | intense hatred or dislike |
| countenance | appearance, esp. of the face / composure / encouragement; moral support |
| panache | a grand or flamboyant manner |
| interminable | incapable of being terminated |
| tendentious | having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose |
| culpable | blameworthy |
| aggregate | total; combined |
| stratify | to form or place in strata or layers |
| credulity | gullibility |
| munificent | very generous |
| doldrums | a state of inactivity or stagnation |
| deprave | to make morally bad or evil |
| poseur | a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself |
| ponderous | of great weight / awkward / dull and labored |
| dullard | a stupid, insensitive person |
| gait | a manner of walking, stepping, or running |
| tenuous | thin in form / consistency |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| consternation | sudden dread, confusion / dismay |
| waft | to cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water |
| precipitate | to hasten the occurrence of |
| prolixity | wordiness |
| feckless | ineffective / lazy |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
| touting | to spy on (esp. information) |
| probity | integrity and uprightness; honesty |
| centrifuge | an apparatus that rotates at high speed to separate substances of different densities |
| glib | readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so |
| banal | unoriginal; commonplace; predictable; trite |
| accretion | a gradual build up or enlargement |
| cadge | to borrow without intent to repay / to beg |
| abjure | to renounce or reject; to officially disclaim |
| specious | seemingly true, but actually false; deceptively attractive |
| ardor | great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion |
| inure | to become beneficial or advantageous |
| stanch | o stop the flow of |
| anodize | to coat a metal with a protective film by chemical or electrolytic means |
| assay | an analysis of a substance to determine is components; the substance to be analyzed; the result |
| outset | the beginning or start |
| effrontery | shameless or impudent boldness; an instance of it |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; mean / a disease due to lack of vitamin C |
| pith | the important or essential part; essence |
| obdurate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn |
| supine | lying on the back, face or front upward / inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indifference |
| disdain | to despise / haughty contempt |
| temerity | reckless boldness |
| prosaic | commonplace; dull; matter-of-fact / having the character or form of prose rather than poetry |
| refractory | stubbornly disobedient |
| untoward | unfavorable or unfortunate / improper |
| colonnade | a series of regularly spaced columns or trees |
| eschew | to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid |
| dejection | depression or lowness of spirits / fecal discharge |
| axiomatic | self-evident; obvious |
| pretense | a false show of something |
| permissive | habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something / granting permission |
| inerrancy | lack of error; infallibility / the belief that the Bible lacks error |
| exhort | to urge, advise, or caution earnestly |
| abject | utterly hopeless / contemptible / shamelessly servile; slavish |
| bolster | to support |
| incisive | remarkably clear and direct / penetrating |
| fractious | refractory or unruly / readily angered dilettant an amateur |
| bravado | a pretentious, swaggering display of courage |
| exalt | to elevate; praise; extol |
| polemic | a controversial argument / a person engaged in such an argument |
| impugn | cast doubt upon , attack the credibility of, attempt to discredit, challenge |
| ascetic | exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification |
| ignominious | marked by disgrace, dishonor, public contempt |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm / worthy of respect |
| inveterate | settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling assiduous constant / persevering |
| insidious | intended to entrap or beguile / stealthily deceitful |
| atavistic | something reverting to an earlier type |
| sedulous | diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous / carefully maintained |
| sagacity | acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment |
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