GRE word list princeton review Beyond the hit parade Group 2

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Words from 'Cracking the GRE' by Princeton Review Beyond the hit parade Group 2.
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  1. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  2. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  3. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  4. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  5. apogee
    the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  6. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  7. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  8. asperity
    harshness of manner
  9. asseverate
    state categorically
  10. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  11. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  12. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  13. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  14. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  15. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  16. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  17. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  18. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  19. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  20. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  21. descry
    catch sight of
  22. desuetude
    a state of inactivity or disuse
  23. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  24. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  25. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  26. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  27. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  28. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  29. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  30. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  31. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  32. expiate
    make amends for
  33. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  34. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  35. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  36. gainsay
    take exception to
  37. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  38. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  39. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  40. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  41. inimitable
    matchless
  42. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  43. inveterate
    habitual
  44. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  45. lubricious
    characterized by lust
  46. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  47. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  48. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  49. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  50. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  51. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  52. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  53. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  54. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  55. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  56. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  57. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  58. plangent
    loud and resounding, often in a mournful way
  59. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  60. propitiate
    make peace with
  61. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  62. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  63. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  64. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  65. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  66. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  67. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  68. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  69. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  70. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  71. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  72. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  73. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  74. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  75. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  76. vitiate
    make imperfect
  77. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
Created on Mon Sep 30 08:49:33 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 07 07:23:03 EDT 2013)

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