GRE 500-600 Day 4
Terms
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- peremptory
- leaving no chance for refusal, imperative, diva like (only red m&m), bossy
- misanthrope
- a person who hates mankind
- pedestrian
- adj. commonplace
- mutineer
- a person who participates in a rebellions against authority
- plasticity
- the ability to be molded
- polymorphic
- have many different forms
- monograph
- a detailed study written on one area of field of study
- obeisance
- a bow, curtsy or other similiar gesture showing deep respect or deference
- poseur
- a person who attempts to impress other by pretending to be more than they are
- polyglot
- a person who is multilingual
- miscreant
- a depraved person, a villian
- precept
- a commandement
- maladroit
- unskillful, awful
- phenomenology
- the study of human consciousness and self-awareness as a preface to or a part of philosphy
- palpable
- able to be touched; plains to see, hear, etc
- plutocracy
- rule by the wealthiest
- mordant
- caustic and biting; burning; able to fix colors, as dye
- multiplicity
- a larger number of variety
- pacific
- peaceful
- prescience
- knowledge of the future
- osseous
- bony
- perturbation
- agitation
- nucleate
- to form into a nucleas, to gather into a core
- opulence
- wealth; abundance
- morbidity
- a morbid state, the proportion of disease in a certain area
- malapropism
- a habit of using words in a ridiculous way
- multifarious
- having many different parts or forms
- preponderate
- to exceed in weight
- petulant
- displaying sudden and impatient irritation, such as petulant whining
- oscillate
- to swing to and fro
- obviate
- to render unnecessary beforehand