GRE 4

Raah S.
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  1. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  2. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  3. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  4. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  5. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  6. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  7. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  8. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  9. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  10. bent
    stooped (used of the back and knees)
  11. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  12. castigation
    verbal punishment
  13. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  14. causality
    the relation between reasons and effects
  15. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  16. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  17. chortle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  18. defray
    bear the expenses of
  19. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  20. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  21. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  22. detente
    the easing of tensions or strained relations
  23. distrait
    having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
  24. edacious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  25. egress
    the act or means of going out
  26. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  27. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  28. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  29. fawn
    a young deer
  30. fete
    an elaborate party, often outdoors
  31. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  32. gambit
    a chess move in which the player sacrifices minor pieces
  33. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  34. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  35. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  36. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  37. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  38. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  39. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  40. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  41. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  42. homily
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
  43. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  44. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  45. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  46. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  47. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  48. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  49. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  50. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  51. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  52. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  53. maraud
    raid and rove in search of plunder
  54. modish
    in the current fashion or style
  55. moot
    of no legal significance, as having been previously decided
  56. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  57. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  58. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  59. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  60. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  61. obtain
    be valid, applicable, or true
  62. obtuse
    lacking in insight or discernment
  63. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  64. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  65. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  66. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  67. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  68. parry
    impede the movement of
  69. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  70. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  71. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  72. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  73. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  74. plenary
    full in all respects
  75. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  76. protean
    taking on different forms
  77. prurient
    characterized by lust
  78. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  79. querulous
    habitually complaining
  80. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  81. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  82. rebus
    a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
  83. recommence
    cause to start anew
  84. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  85. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  86. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  87. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  88. sieve
    a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material
  89. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  90. tenacity
    persistent determination
  91. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  92. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  93. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  94. upbraid
    express criticism towards
  95. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  96. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  97. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  98. vintner
    someone who sells wine
  99. whet
    sharpen by rubbing
  100. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
Created on Thu Jun 14 09:17:54 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Jul 12 20:16:11 EDT 2012)

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