GRE Flashcards 2 (C-D-E)

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cadge: VERB

to sponge, beg, or mooch
calumniate: VERB

to slander, make a false accusation
chicanery: NOUN

trickery or subterfuge
churlish: ADJECTIVE

boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable
contemn: VERB

to scorn or despise
cozen: VERB

to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink
craven: ADJECTIVE

contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
depredate: VERB

to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
desuetude: NOUN

disuse
didactic: ADJECTIVE

intended to teach or instruct
dilatory: ADJECTIVE

causing delay, procrastinating
dilettante: NOUN

one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
discomfit: VERB

to defeat, put down
distrait: ADJECTVE

distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
doggerel: NOUN

trivial, poorly constructed verse
dogmatic: ADJECTIVE

authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles; stubbornly opinionated
dross: NOUN

slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
effrontery: NOUN

extreme boldness; presumptuousness
egress: NOUN

exit
excoriate: VERB

to censure scathingly, to upbraid
expiate: VERB

to atone or make amdends for
expurgate: VERB

to remove obscenity, purify, censor
extirpate: VERB

to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots
evince: VERB

to show clearly, to indicate
exigent: ADJECTIVE

requiring immediate action or attention
expatiate: VERB

discuss or write about at length; to range freely
eschew: VERB

to shun or avoid

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