Barron GRE word list 3
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- scurrilous
- abusive; obscene; indecent
- progenitor
- ancestor
- asperity
- sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather)
- salient
- prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous
- brook
- tolerate; endure (ex. brook no interference)
- ductile
- malleable; pliable
- ribald
- marked by vulgar lewd humor; wonton; profane
- pugilist
- boxer
- semblance
- outward appearance
- numismatist
- person who collects coins
- list
- tilt; lean over (to one's side)
- gaunt
- lean and angular; thin and bony
- pan
- criticize harshly
- unseemly
- unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent
- rebuff
- reject bluntly; snub; beat back
- canny
- shred in money matters; thrifty
- overwrought
- nervous or excited; extremely agitated; wrought-up
- mete
- to give out by measure; distribute; administer
- untoward
- unexpected and adverse; unfortunate
- perspicuous
- easy to understand
- denigrate
- blacken; defame
- lexicon
- dictionary
- bode
- foreshadow; portend
- vapid
- lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless
- immaculate
- spotless