group 3 gre
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- sanction
- authoritative permission or approval
- disinterested
- indifferent,
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise
- emollient
- soothing, especially to the skin
- peruse
- to examine with great care
- exonerate
- to clear blame
- burgeon
- to flourish, to grow rapidly
- inveigle
- to obtain by deception or flattery
- adulation
- intense admiration, adoring
- heretical
- violating an accepted dogma or convention
- abate
- to lessen in intensity
- catalyst
- to cause something to change, or something that excelerates a chemical change but does not change itself
- cacophony
- a discordant sound, jarring
- harangue
- to deliver a pompous speech
- chary
- wary, cautious
- castigation
- severe criticism or punishment
- putrefy
- to rot and have a foul odor
- demur
- to question or oppose
- avarice
- greedy for wealth and money
- aesthetic
- appreciative, or responsive to beauty or art
- viscous
- thick and sticky
- odious
- evoking intense dislike
- contrite
- regretful, wanting forgiveness
- ebullience
- energetic, enthusiastic expression of thoughts
- enigmatic
- mysterious, difficult to understand
- accolade
- an expression of praise
- esoteric
- intended for a specific small group
- preen
- to primp, take special care of appearance
- dearth
- small quantity, or lack of
- morose
- sullen, melancholy
- opague
- no light can penetrate
- dogmatic
- stubbornly opinionated
- furtive
- covert, marked by stealth
- prodigious
- extraordinary, abundant in size or force
- fallacy
- a false notion
- cogent
- appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing
- elegy
- mournful poem
- quaff
- to drink deeply
- canon
- an established set of principles, usually religious
- incipient
- become apparent
- urbane
- sophisticated, elegant
- gregarious
- outgoing, enjoying others company
- complaisance
- wanting to please others, complying with wishes
- innocuous
- harmless, causing no damage
- impecunious
- lacking funds, without money
- caustic
- sarcastic, burning or stinging that causes corrosion
- empirical
- based on observation or experiment
- didactic
- intended to teach or instruct
- inert
- unmoving
- discretion
- able to make responsible decisions, or cautious reserve in speech