GRE Most frequent words 5

Saurabh J. (India)
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  1. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  2. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  3. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  4. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  5. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  6. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  7. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  8. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  9. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  10. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  11. plethora
    extreme excess
  12. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  13. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  14. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  15. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  16. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  17. prolific
    intellectually productive
  18. propensity
    a natural inclination
  19. propitiate
    make peace with
  20. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  21. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  22. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  23. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  24. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  25. recondite
    difficult to understand
  26. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
Created on Mon Aug 26 08:36:37 EDT 2013

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