GRE 2
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- emigrate
- V to move to a new country; to move a new place to live; to expatriate
- demagogue
- a leader of the people but more a rabble rouser
- enigma
- N a mystery riddle
- conjecture
- To guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence
- emulate
- Vt to strive to equal or excel usually through imitation emulator emulation emulous be emulous of
- exhaustive
- Adj thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
- concord
- Harmony; agreement
- curtail
- to shorten; to cut short ...
- distend
- to swell; to extend a great deal
- clique
- An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
- exacerbate
- V to make worse ;
- deride
- to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
- cogent
- Powerfully convincing
- empirical
- Adj relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical ; ~philosophy Empiricism
- covert
- secret; hidden
- condone
- To overlook; to permit to happen
- cognizant
- Aware; conscious
- comprehensive
- Covering or including everything
- culpable
- deserving blame; guilty
- congenital
- A trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate
- disparate
- different; incompatible; unequal
- egocentric
- A selfish; believing that one is the center of everything n egoism egoistic -tical
- consummate
- Perfect; complete; supremely skillful
- debacle
- violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat
- euphemism
- N a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
- efface
- Vt to erase; to rub away the features of eclipse Cf effaceable effacement
- delude
- to deceive
- disdain
- arrogant scorn; contempt
- discrete
- unconnected; separate; distinct
- construe
- To interpret
- desultory
- without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
- endemic
- A native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous n endemicity
- conducive
- Promoting
- circumvent
- To frustrate as though by surrounding
- dubious
- A full of doubt; uncertain a ~ friend be ~ about cf dubitable
- destitute
- extremely poor; utterly lacking
- cosmopolitan
- at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated
- complicity
- Participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice
- deleterious
- harmful
- concurrent
- Happening at the same time; parallel
- despondent
- extremely depressed; full of despair
- dilettante
- someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
- digress
- to stray from the main subject
- epigram
- N a brief and usually witty or satirical saying
- deference
- submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
- circuitous
- Round about; not following a direct path
- dearth
- lack; scarcity
- concise
- Brief and to the point; succinct
- enervate
- V to reduce the strength or energy of especially to do so gradually
- contentious
- Argumentative; quarrelsome
- disinterested
- not taking sides; unbiased
- erudite
- Adj scholarly; deeply learned ;
- exacting
- Adj extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
- debauchery
- wild living; excessive intemperance
- emigrant
- a n immigrate
- docile
- easily taught; obedient; easy to handle
- duplicity
- N the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception cf duplication duplicate a n v
- conciliatory
- Making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
- deluge
- a flood; an inundation
- ebullient
- A boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant; n ebullience-cy n ebullition
- contrived
- Artificial; labored
- equivocal
- Adj ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
- coerce
- To force someone to do or not to do something
- despot
- an absolute ruler; an autocrat
- corollary
- something that follows; a natural consequence
- cliche
- An overused saying or idea
- circumscribe
- To draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict.
- exemplify
- V to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
- circumspect
- Cautious
- discriminate
- to notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate ;
- dissolution
- the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration
- epitome
- N a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm ;
- dialectical
- relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
- depravity
- extreme wickedness or corruption
- doctrinaire
- inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic
- edify
- Vt to enlighten; to instruct especially in moral or religious matters; cfedifying
- enormity
- N extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity
- circumlocution
- An indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
- commensurate
- Equal; proportionate
- decorous
- proper; in good taste; orderly
- exasperate
- V to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of
- decimate
- to kill or destroy a large part of 10:1
- definitive
- conclusive; providing the last word
- ephemeral
- A lasting a very short time
- decadent
- decaying or decayed especially in terms of morals
- clemency
- Mercy; forgiveness; mildness
- eccentric
- A not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
- complacent
- Self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
- conjure
- To summon or bring into being as if by magic
- dogmatic
- arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something often a system of beliefs is beyond dispute
- debilitate
- to weaken; to cripple
- daunt
- to make fearful; to intimidate
- contingent
- Dependent; possible
- deduce
- to conclude from evidence; to infer
- confluence
- A flowing together especially of rivers; place where they begin to flow together
- disparage
- to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about usually in a somewhat indirect way
- comprise
- To consist of; to be composed of cf constitute compose
- evanescent
- Adj fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period
- connoisseur
- An expert particularly in matter of art or taste
- conventional
- common; customary; unexceptional
- defame
- to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of
- coup
- a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group ;
- exhort
- V to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
- didactic
- intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic
- collusion
- Conspiracy; secret cooperation
- espouse
- V to support; to advocate
- dictum
- an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb
- exalt
- V to raise high; to glorify
- countenance
- face; facial expression especially an encouraging one
- complement
- To complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart
- egalitarian
- A believing in the social and economic equality of all people
- egregious
- A extremely bad; flagrant
- compelling
- Forceful; causing to yield
- cynic
- one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
- disseminate
- to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known
- discreet
- prudent; judiciously reserved
- contrite
- Admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful
- equitable
- Adj fair
- congenial
- Agreeably suitable; pleasant
- esoteric
- Adj hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
- cursory
- hasty; superficial
- coherent
- Holding together; making sense
- covenant
- a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
- culinary
- relating to cooking or the kitchen
- engender
- V to bring into existence; to create; to cause produce ment
- criterion
- standard; basis for judgment
- ethereal
- Adj heavenly as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether heavenly
- consecrate
- To make or declare sacred
- credulous
- eager to believe; gullible
- consonant
- Harmonious; in agreement
- covet
- to wish for enviously
- culminate
- to climax; to reach full effect
- encroach
- Vi to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass on upon
- copious
- Abundant; plentiful
- degenerate
- to break down; to deteriorate
- condescend
- To stoop to someone else level usually in an offensive way; to patronize
- equanimity
- N composure; calm
- coalesce
- To come together as one; to fuse; to unite ;
- diffident
- timid; lacking in self-confidence
- eclectic
- A choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources n cf eclecticism
- dormant
- A inactive; as though asleep; asleep ~volcano ~window
- convivial
- Fond of partying; festive
- domestic
- having to do with the household or family; not foreign
- consensus
- Unanimity or general agreement
- colloquial
- Conversational; informal in language
- cognitive
- Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental
- cryptic
- mysterious; mystifying; clandestine mysterious;
- elliptical
- Adj oval; missing a word or words; obscure
- civil
- Polite; civilized; courteous
- deprecate
- to express disapproval of
- dissipate
- to thin out drift away or dissolve; to cause to thin out drift away or dissolve; to waste or squander
- elicit
- Vt to bring out; to call forth ~a laugh from ~a reply elicitation n
- discern
- to have insight; to see things clearly to discriminate; to differentiate
- delineate
- to describe accurately; to draw in outline
- denizen
- inhabitant
- contiguous
- Side by side; adjoining
- elusive
- Adj hard to pin down; evasive elude V elusion
- distinguish
- to tell apart; to cause to stand out
- Ellipsis
- ellipsoid
- enfranchise
- V to grant the privileges of citizenship especially the right to vote
- effusion
- N a pouring forth Effuse v Effusive a
- corroborate
- to confirm; to back up with evidence
- desiccate
- to dry out
- derogatory
- disapproving; degrading
- compendium
- A summary; an abridgment