GRE Vocab Group 2
Terms
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- disabuse
- to undeceive; to set right
- bucolic
- pastoral, rustic; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
- hyperbole
- an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
- axiomatic
- possessing self-evident truth; taken as a given
- effrontery
- extreme boldness; presumptuousness
- fulminate
- to loudly attack or denounce
- lucid; adj
- sane, rational
- oscillation; noun
- the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
- paean; noun
- a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
- penurious; adj
- penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
- perfidy; noun
- intentional breach of faith; treachery
- pernicious; adj
- extremely harmful; potentially causing death
- precipitate; adj
- acting with excessive haste or impulse
- perspicacious; adj
- acutely perceptive; having keen discernment; acutely insightful and wise
- pious; adj
- extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
- precipitate; verb
- to cause or happen before anticipated or required
- precursor; noun
- one that precedes and indicates or announces another
- predilection; noun
- a disposition in favor of something; preference
- prolific; adj
- producing large volumes or amounts; productive
- qualms; noun
- misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy;Qualm is a disturbing feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt
- quiescence;noun
- stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest; dormancy
- recant; verb
- to retract; esp. a previously held belief
- redoubtable; adj
- arousing fear, awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
- reticent; adj
- quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
- satire; noun
- a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
- sordid; adj
- characterized by filth, grim, or squalor; foul; squalid
- squalid; adj
- sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect or poverty; morally repulsive
- squander; verb
- to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
- stoic; adj
- indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
- stymie; verb
- to block; thwart
- stymie; noun
- a position or condition in which you find yourself;
- supplant; verb
- to take the place of; supersede; replace, usurp
- synthesis; noun
- the combination of parts to make a whole
- torpid; adj
- lethargic; sluggish; dormant; apathetic; biological suspended animation or hibernation
- torque; noun
- a force that causes rotation
- ubiquitous; adj
- existing everwhere at the same time; constantly encoutnered; widespread
- veracity; noun
- truthfulness; honesty
- vilify; verb
- to defame; to characterize harshly, spread negative information about
- virulent; adj
- extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic, hateful
- abscond; verb
- to depart clandestinely; to steal away and hide
- ameliorate; verb
- to make tolerable; to make better
- arduous; adj
- strenuous; taxing; requiring a lot of effort
- ascetic; noun
- one who practices rigid self-denial; esp in an act of religious devotion
- axiom; noun
- universally recognized principle
- canonical; adj
- in agreement or following accepted and conventional standards
- contentious; adj
- argumentative; quarelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
- convoluted; adj
- intricately complicated; complex
- culpable; adj
- deserving of blame; blameworthy
- eclectic; adj
- composed of elements from various sources
- ephemeral; adj
- brief; fleeting
- erudite; adj
- scholarly, very learned
- eulogy; noun
- speech of praise for the dead
- extemporaneous; adj
- improvised, done w/ out preparation
- facetious; adj
- playful, humorous