GRE Vocab - Group 5
Terms
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- aggrandize; verb
- to increase in intensity, power, or prestige
- alchemy; noun
- a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold; also interpersonal chemistry
- anachronism; noun
- something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
- astringent; adj
- having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; acerbic
- contiguous; adj
- sharing a border, touching, adjacent
- convention; noun
- a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
- cynicism; noun
- An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others
- decorum; noun
- polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
- derision; noun
- scorn, ridicule, contemtuous treatment
- desiccate; verb
- to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
- dilettante; noun
- one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
- disparage; verb
- to slight or belittle
- divulge; verb
- to disclose something secret
- immutable; adj
- unchangeable; not capable of change
- inimical; adj
- damaging; harmful; injurious; unfriendly; hostile
- intractable; adj
- hard to manage or direct; stubborn; obstinate
- neophyte; noun
- one that is new to something; a recent convert; a beginner
- presumptuous; adj
- overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
- pristine; adj
- pure; uncorrupted; clean; primitive or original
- probity; adj
- adherence to highest principles; uprightness;Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
- proclivity; noun
- a natural predisposition or inclination; predilection
- profligate; adj
- excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
- propensity; noun
- a natural inclination or tendency; penchant; predilection
- prosaic; adj
- dull; unimaginative; straight-forward; matter of fact
- pungent; adj
- characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste; to the point; sharp
- quixotic; adj
- foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals; idealistic w/ out regard to practicality
- quotidian; adj;
- occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
- rarefy; verb
- to make or become thin, less dense, to refine
- recondite; adj
- hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
- refulgent; adj
- radiante; shiny; brilliant
- renege; verb
- to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise; to renounce or disown
- shard; noun
- a piece of broken pottery or glass
- sparse; adj
- thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
- spendthrift; noun
- one who spends money wastefully
- subtle; adj
- not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern; crafty, sly, devious
- tacit; adj
- implied; not explicitly stated; implied or inferred from actions or statements
- terse; adj
- brief and concise in wording
- tout; verb
- to publicly praise or promote; to solicit or importune
- trenchant; adj
- sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating; forceful, effective; distinct; clear-cut
- unfeigned; adj
- genuine; not false or hypocritical
- untenable; adj
- indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
- vacillate; verb
- to waver indecisively between one course of aciton or opinion and another; waver
- variegated; adj
- multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of idfferent color; diversified
- vexation; noun
- annoyance irritation
- vigilant; adj
- alertly watchful
- vituperate; verb
- to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severly or abusively; berate
- volatile; adj
- readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive; lighthearted & flighty