GRE word list princeton review group 2

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Words from 'Cracking the GRE' by Princeton Review Hit parade Group 2.
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  3. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  4. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  5. ameliorate
    make better
  6. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  7. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  8. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  9. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  10. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  11. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  12. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  13. castigation
    verbal punishment
  14. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  15. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  16. chary
    characterized by great caution
  17. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  18. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  19. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  20. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  21. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  22. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  23. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  24. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  25. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  26. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  27. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  28. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  29. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  30. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  31. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  32. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  33. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  34. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  35. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  36. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  37. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  38. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  39. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  40. furtive
    secret and sly
  41. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  42. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  43. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  44. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  45. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  46. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  47. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  48. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  49. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  50. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  51. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  52. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  53. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  54. oscillation
    a complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
  55. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  56. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  57. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  58. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  59. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  60. preen
    clean with one's bill
  61. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  62. prolific
    intellectually productive
  63. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  64. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  65. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  66. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  67. sanction
    official permission or approval
  68. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  69. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  70. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  71. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  72. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  73. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  74. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  75. vilify
    spread negative information about
  76. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
Created on Mon Sep 16 04:26:08 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 03 01:10:39 EDT 2013)

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