Manhattan GRE Advanced list- 8/10

Omar S. (India)
A very learnable list of the Manhattan GRE 500 advanced words, ordered by difficulty.
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  1. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  2. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  3. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  4. primacy
    the state of being first in importance
  5. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  6. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  7. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  8. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  9. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  10. investiture
    the ceremonial promotion of a person to an office or rank
  11. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  12. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  13. fracas
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  14. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  15. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  16. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  17. milieu
    the environmental condition
  18. dovetail
    a mortise joint formed by interlocking parts
  19. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  20. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  21. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  22. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  23. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  24. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
  25. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  26. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  27. antedate
    be earlier in time than
  28. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  29. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  30. militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
  31. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  32. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  33. echelon
    level of authority in a hierarchy
  34. gestation
    the period during which an embryo develops
  35. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  36. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  37. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  38. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  39. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  40. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  41. modish
    in the current fashion or style
  42. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  43. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  44. seraphic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  45. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  46. vim
    a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  47. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  48. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  49. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  50. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  51. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  52. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  53. viscid
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  54. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  55. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  56. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  57. recondite
    difficult to understand
  58. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
Created on Sat Oct 26 03:54:47 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Nov 20 12:09:44 EST 2013)

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