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Barron's GRE 800-Set 3

Terms in this set (50)

bucolic
characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
burgeon
to grow and flourish
burnish
to polish
buttress
to reinforce; support
cacophonous
unpleasant or harsh-sounding
cadge
to beg; sponge
callous
thick-skinned; insensitive
calumny
false and malicious accusation; slander
canard
false; deliberately misleading story
canon
an established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
cant
insincere talk; language of a particular group
cantankerous
irritable; ill-humored
capricious
fickle
captious
faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
cardinal
of foremost importance
carnal
of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
carping
to find fault; complain
cartography
science of making maps
caste
any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification
castigation
punishment; chastisement; criticism
cataclysm
a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change
catalyst
something that causes change
categorical
absolute; without exception
caucus
smaller group within an organization
causal
involving a cause
caustic
burning; stinging; causing corrosion
celestial
concerned with sky or heavens; sublime
centrifugal
moving away from a center
centripetal
moving or directed toward a center
champion
to defend or support
chasten
to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
chicanery
trickery; fraud
chivalry
the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
churlish
rude; boorish
circuitous
roundabout
clairvoyant
one who can predict the future; psychic
clamor
noisy outcry
clique
a small, exclusive group
cloister
to confine; seclude
coagulate
thicken; congeal
coalesce
to cause to become one
coda
concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
codify
to systematize
cognizant
informed; conscious; aware
collage
artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements
commensurate
proportional
compendium
brief, comprehensive summary
complacent
self-satisfied
complaisant
overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others
complement
something that completes or makes up a whole
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