GRE Word List II

August G. (United States of America)
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  1. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  2. tetchy
    easily irritated or annoyed
  3. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  4. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  5. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  6. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  7. garner
    assemble or get together
  8. august
    profoundly honored
  9. augment
    enlarge or increase
  10. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  11. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  12. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  13. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  14. inauspicious
    boding ill
  15. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  16. minacious
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  17. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  18. litigious
    of or relating to legal proceedings
  19. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  20. perfidious
    tending to betray
  21. unalloyed
    free from admixture
  22. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  23. frivolity
    the trait of being not serious or sensible
  24. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  25. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  26. imprudent
    not sensible, responsible, or wise
  27. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  28. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  29. prospicient
    planning thoughtfully for the future
  30. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  31. logy
    sluggish and slow to react
  32. stuporous
    stunned or confused and slow to react
  33. chagrined
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  34. abashed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  35. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  36. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  37. convoke
    call together
  38. convene
    meet formally
  39. collar
    a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
  40. prehend
    take hold of; grab
  41. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  42. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  43. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  44. prevarication
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  45. equivocation
    intentional vagueness or ambiguity
  46. tergiversation
    falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
  47. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  48. lull
    make calm or still
  49. bevel
    a sloping edge where two surfaces meet at a non-right angle
  50. chamfer
    a sloping edge where two surfaces meet at a non-right angle
  51. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  52. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  53. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  54. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  55. gander
    mature male goose
  56. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  57. maladroitness
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  58. reproach
    express criticism towards
  59. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  60. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  61. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  62. pinched
    as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
  63. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  64. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  65. openhandedness
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  66. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  67. imprimatur
    formal and explicit approval
  68. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  69. writ
    a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  70. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  71. denude
    make bare or strip of a covering
  72. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  73. prosy
    lacking wit or imagination
  74. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  75. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  76. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  77. militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
  78. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  79. unguent
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
  80. unction
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
  81. salve
    a preparation applied externally as a soothing remedy
  82. virtuoso
    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  83. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  84. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  85. pestilent
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  86. baneful
    evil or sinister
  87. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  88. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  89. paean
    a hymn of praise
  90. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  91. vitriol
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  92. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  93. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  94. fulmination
    the act of exploding with noise and violence
  95. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  96. philippic
    a speech of violent denunciation
  97. providence
    prudence and care exercised in the management of resources
  98. concision
    terseness and economy in writing or speech
  99. succinctness
    terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
  100. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  101. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  102. perfunctorily
    in a set manner without serious attention
  103. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  104. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  105. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  106. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  107. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  108. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  109. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  110. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Created on Sat Nov 07 03:12:14 EST 2009 (updated Sat Nov 07 13:04:20 EST 2009)

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