GRE HP 3
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- castigation
- severe criticism or punishment
- complaisance
- the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
- peruse
- to examine with great care
- abate
- to lessen in intensity or degree
- adulation
- excessive praise; intense adoration
- aesthetic
- dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
- disinterested
- indifferent; free from self-interest
- gregarious
- sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
- discretion
- cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
- impecunious
- lacking funds; without money
- inveigle
- to obtain by deception or flattery
- cacophony
- harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- caustic
- burning or stinging; causing corrosion
- fallacy
- an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
- inert
- unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
- putrefy
- to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
- incipient
- beginning to come into being or to become apparent
- avarice
- greed, esp. for wealth
- urbane
- sophisticated; refined; elegant
- quaff
- to drink deeply
- canon
- an established set of principles or code laws, often religious in nature
- sanction
- authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise
- dearth
- smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
- ebullience
- the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
- heretical
- violating accepted dogma or convention
- preen
- to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
- burgeon
- to grow rapidly or flourish
- chary
- wary; cautious; sparing
- didactic
- intended to teach or instruct
- cogent
- appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
- catalyst
- a person or thing that causes change
- morose
- sad; sullen; melancholy
- innocuous
- harmless, causing no damage
- furtive
- marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
- contrite
- regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
- demur
- to question or oppose
- catalyst
- a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
- dogmatic
- stubbornly opinionated
- viscous
- thick; sticky
- exonerate
- to remove blame
- odious
- evoking intense aversion or dislike
- opaque
- impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
- prodigious
- abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
- esoteric
- intended for or understood by a small, specific group
- empirical
- based on observation or experiment
- emollient
- soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying
- harangue
- to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
- enigmatic
- mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
- accolade
- an expression of praise
- elegy
- a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead