GRE 2012 practice set two (compendium of princeton, kaplan and barron's)
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83 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pervasive | spread throughout |
| tensile | strength against tension, stretchable |
| apocryphal | of questionable authority |
| conduit | secret route |
| forbearance | patience or restraint |
| inordinate | exceeding ordinary limits |
| commensurate | equal |
| inadvertently | accidentally |
| deferential | submissive, respectful |
| belied | contradicts |
| dandled | cosset, pamper |
| sacrosanct | holy, extremely sacred |
| sapid | a pleasant flavor, full of flavor |
| senescence | Process of aging |
| cautery | burning, scarring |
| adjured | finished for the day |
| seminal | seeds, sowing, carries the seeds, influencing others. |
| spurned | flout, show contempt |
| consecrated | made holy |
| contrived | planned/devised a plan. |
| expound | explain |
| leverage | take advantage of |
| hubris | arrogance, overbearing pride |
| aver | statement of fact, declare. |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| rancorous | bitter, deep seated, resentment |
| polemical | controversial, argumentative |
| contiguous | sharing a border, touching, abut |
| prosaic | dull, ordinary |
| nonplussed | baffled, bewildered |
| insouciant | carefree |
| perfidious | faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
| coniferous | needle-leaved, such as pines |
| gravitas | serious in demeanor |
| egress | an exit |
| endogamy | marriage without a particular group |
| ethos | character particular to a person, people or culture, beliefs , (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era |
| abnegation | denial |
| volatile | extreme or explosive changes |
| vassal | servant or slave |
| circumvent | parry; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| inimitable | matchless, unreproducible, not capable of being copied. |
| promulgation | announcement |
| exhortation | a speech intended to persuade |
| zeitgeist | spirit of the time |
| cessation | a temporary or complete discontinuance |
| incessant | without stop |
| centrist | of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas |
| ascertain | to make sure of, to determine |
| certitude | freedom from doubt. |
| preclude | to prevent the presence of existence or occurrence of. |
| commensurate | suitable |
| conciliate | to placate, to win over |
| recumbent | to lying down, reclining, leaning |
| didactic | intended for instruction |
| amoral | neither more or immoral |
| atypical | not typical |
| adjoin | to be in close contact with |
| enamored | inflamed with love, charmed, captivated |
| ambient | moving freely, circulating |
| abate | to reduce in amount |
| ardor | intense passion and feeling |
| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| attenuate | to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
| perambulator | one who makes a tour of inspection on foot. |
| ambulatory | of pertaining to, or capable of walking |
| animus | hostile feeling or attitude |
| equanimity | mental or emotional stability |
| philanderer | one who carries on flirtations |
| androgynous | being both male and female |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| antipodal | opposite side of the globe. |
| apogee | highest point or most distinct point |
| apostasy | total desertion of one's religion, principles |
| recidivist | one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime. |
| recant | to withdraw or disavow |
| percipient | having perception, discerning, discriminating |
| precept | a commandment, direction, rule of conduct |
| precipice | a cliff with a vertical face. |
| discord | lack of harmony |
| infamous | known in a NEGATIVE way. |
| apotheosized | someone who is positively recognized for something. , To glorify |
| deify | exalt to the position of a God |
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