GRE PRACTICE WORDS
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- abberant
- Deviating from normal or correct
- ambrosial
- extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious
- antediluvian
- ancient; outmoded; (literally,before the flood)
- aver
- to declare
- barefaced
- unconcealed, shameless, or brazen
- blandishment
- speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something
- burgeon
- to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth
- buttress
- to support. a support
- cadge
- to get something by taking advantage of someone
- caprice
- impulse
- complaisant
- willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo (n: complaisance)
- conflagration
- a great fire
- corporeal
- of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible. (In older writings, coeporeal could be a synonym for corporal. This usage is no longer common)
- corporal
- of the body: "corporal punishment." a non-commissioned officer ranked between a sergeant and a private.
- craven
- cowardly; a coward
- dearth
- lack, scarcity
- deprecation
- belittlement