GRE Flash Cards 2
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- Impetuous
- Marked by impulsive anger or violence, as in a hasty and forceful expression of anger
- Lionize
- v. To esteem highly, treat as if of high importance
- Aesthetic
- adj. Pertaining to beauty or to art
- Commensurate
- adj. Equal or in proper proportion
- Cordial
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adj. Courteous and gracious
While the neighbors were not friends particularly, they were always cordial to one another, greeting each other as they came in and out of their houses - Autonomy
- n. Control over one's own person; the right of self-government, independence from outside governance
- Temestuous
- adj. Stormy
- Bequest
- That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift
- Penury
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n. State of extreme poverty.
Jobless, and facing many expensive medical bills, Maria found herself in a state of hardship and penury. - Sanction
- v. Allow, approve, endorse
- Overwrought
- adj. Overworked; overexcited
- Ameliorate
- v. To improve`
- Blasphemy
- n. An indignity offered to a god in words or writing; speaking evil of a god
- Supplicant
- One who entreats or asks submissively
- Peccadillo
- n. Tiny fault; slight transgression