strange GRE words
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- spate
- a large number or amount or extent; a sudden forceful flow
- rhinestone
- an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste
- oblique
- having a slanting or sloping direction
- churl
- a crude person; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; a bad-tempered person
- coddle
- treat with excessive indulgence; cook in nearling boiling water
- apartheid
- any system or caste that separates people according to race
- adventitious
- associated by chance and not an integral part
- derriere
- butt
- promulgate
- to make known by open declaration
- ablution
- act of cleansing
- sumptuous
- luxurious, superior in quality
- sybarite
- a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
- racketeer
- someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- miscreant
- a person without moral scruples
- bumptious
- offensively self-assertive
- magnate
- a powerful or influential person, a ronna
- arrogate
- to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously
- complacent
- self-satisfied, unconcerned
- insidious
- intended to trap or beguile
- elocution
- art of clear and expressive speaking
- prurient
- characterized by lust
- capitulate
- to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
- indigent
- deficient in what is requisite
- propitious
- presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
- compunction
- a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong
- fusillade
- continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism
- sunder
- break apart
- sere
- having lost all moisture
- circumspect
- watchful and discreet
- animus
- hostile feeling or attitude
- whet
- make keen or more acute; sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- waspish
- very irritable
- expound
- to set forth in detail
- miscegenation
- interbreeding of races
- abstemious
- sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
- perquisite
- a gratuity, tip
- moon
- have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
- gadfly
- a persistently annoying person
- panoply
- a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
- precept
- a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct
- refractory
- unresponsive; stubbornly resistant
- inamorata
- a female lover
- reprobate
- a depraved or wicked person
- rueful
- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- petulant
- showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance
- panacea
- hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
- bilious
- characterized by an excess secretion of bile; irritable, cranky
- fiduciary
- of a trust; held or given in trust
- incisive
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; suitable for cutting or piercing
- equable
- not varying; not easily irritated
- convoke
- to call together
- doctrinate
- a particular principle advocate, as of a government or religion
- philology
- the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity and determine their meaning
- adjure
- to beg or command
- aphorism
- a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
- confluence
- merging into one
- ruddy
- inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
- sedition
- incitement of discontent or rebellion aginst a government
- rebuff
- reject outright and bluntly; force or drive back
- festoon
- decorate with a string of flowers
- abeyance
- temporary cessation or suspension
- restive
- being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay
- wanton
- occurring without motivation or provocation; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- contravene
- to come into conflict with
- invective
- abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
- trammel
- catch in or as if in a trap; place limits on
- dystrophy
- faulty or inadequate nutrition or development
- exult
- to show or feel triumphant joy
- invective
- of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
- knell
- ring as in announcing death
- execrable
- adbominable
- deign
- to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
- yen
- yearn
- roiled
- aroused to impatience or anger
- epigram
- a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
- avocation
- something one does in addition to a principle occupation
- grandstand
- perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause
- disport
- to divert or amuse oneself
- incendiary
- involving deliberate burning of property; arousing to action or rebellion; flammable
- pertinacious
- resolute
- greenhorn
- an awkward and inexperienced youth