GRE 2
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43 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pastiche | spoof, something imitating something else |
| exponent | one who advocates |
| erudite | scholarly, bookish |
| jettison | to get rid of |
| judicious | showing good judgement |
| nominal | in name only |
| impetuous | impulsive; without thinking |
| ribald | humurous in a vulgar way |
| jocular | playful; humurous |
| grievous | causing grief |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| peccadillo | small sin |
| malediction | wishing evil upon someone |
| malinger | pretend to be ill to avoid a responsibility |
| nettle | to irritate or bother |
| mores | fixed customs or manners |
| enervate | diminish in strength |
| epicure | someone with refined taste in food and wine |
| endemic | belonging to a particular area |
| engender | to produce; or cause |
| encomium | warm praise; eulogy |
| garrulous | to talk a lot |
| disabuse | to set right |
| garner | to gather |
| dirge | elegy; funeral hymn |
| pedant | someone who shows off learning |
| inter | to bury |
| insurrection | rebellion |
| polemic | argument; verbal attack |
| lassitude | a state of diminished energy |
| ingratiate | to gain favor with another by deliberate effot |
| indolent | habitually lazy or idle |
| probity | complete honesty and integrity |
| dictum | authoritative statement |
| palliate | to make less serious; ease |
| variegated | varied; marked with different colors |
| verdant | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
| usury | lending money at exorbitant rates |
| vacillate | sway; be indecisive; dither |
| upbraid | to scold sharply |
| vernal | related to spring; fresh |
| itinerant | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| intrepid | fearless; resolutely courageous |
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