Cracking the New GRE (2012) Hit Parade Group 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acerbic | having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
| Aggrandize | to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| Alchemy | a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold. |
| Amenable | agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
| Anachronism | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| Astringent | having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe |
| Contiguous | sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| Convention | a generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
| Credulous | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
| Cynicism | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| Decorum | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| Derision | Scorn; ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
| Desiccate | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| Dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| Disparage | to slight or belittle |
| Divulge | to disclose something secret |
| Fawn | to flatter or praise excessively |
| Flout | to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
| Garrulous | pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
| Glib | marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
| Hubris | overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
| Imminent | about to happen; impending |
| Immutable | not capable of change |
| Impetuous | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| Indifferent | having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
| Inimical | damaging; harmful; injurious |
| Intractable | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| Intrepid | steadfast and courageous |
| Laconic | using few words; terse |
| Maverick | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
| Mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
| Mollify | to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
| Neophyte | a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
| Obfuscate | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| Obstinate | stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising |
| Ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
| Pervade | to permeate throughout |
| Phlegmatic | calm, sluggish; unemotional |
| Plethora | an overabundance; a surplus |
| Pragmatic | practical rather than idealistic |
| Presumptuous | overstepping due bounds; taking liberties |
| Pristine | pure; uncorrupted; clean |
| Probity | adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity |
| Proclivity | a natural predisposition or inclination |
| Profligate | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
| Propensity | a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
| Prosaic | dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| Pungent | characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
| Quixotic | foolishly impractical |
| Quotidian | occurring or recurring daily, commonplace |
| Rarefy | to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
| Recondite | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| Refulgent | radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| Renege | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| Sedulous | diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| Shard | a piece of broken pottery or glass |
| Soporific | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| Sparse | thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
| Spendthrift | one who spends money wastefully |
| Subtle | not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
| Tacit | implied; not easily stated |
| Terse | brief and concise in wording |
| Tout | to publicly praise or promote |
| Trenchant | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| Unfeigned | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| Untenable | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| Vacillate | to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| Variegated | multi=colored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
| Vexation | annoyance; irritation |
| Vigilant | alertly watchful |
| Vituperate | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| Volatile | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
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