Cracking the GRE 2006: Hit Parade 1
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- abscond
- to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide (v.)
- aberrant
- deviating from the norm (adj.)
- alacrity
- eager and enthusiastic willingness (n.)
- anomaly
- deviation from the noraml order, form, or rule; abnomality (n.)
- approbation
- an expression of approval or praise (n.)
- arduous
- strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort (adj.)
- assuage
- to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify (v.)
- audacious
- daring and fearless; recklessly bold (adj.)
- austere
- without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (adj.)
- axiomatic
- taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (adj.)
- canonical
- following or an agreement with accepted, traditional standards (adj.)
- capricious
- inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable (adj.)
- censure
- to criticize severely; to officially rebuke (v.)
- chicanery
- trickery or subterfuge (n.)
- connoisseur
- an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
- convoluted
- complex or complicated (adj.)
- disabuse
- to undeceive; to set right (v.)
- discordant
- conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound (adj.)
- disparate
- fundamentally distinct or dissimilar (adj.)
- effrontery
- extreme boldness; presumptuousness (n.)
- eloquent
- well-spoken, expressive, articulate (adj.)
- enervate
- to weaken; to reduce in vitality (v.)
- ennui
- dissatisfaction and restlesness resulting from boredom or apathy (n.)
- equivocate
- to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (v.)
- erudite
- very learned; scholarly (adj.)
- exculpate
- urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention (v.)
- exigent
- urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention (adj.)
- extemporaneous
- improvised; done without preparation (adj.)
- filibuster
- intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action (n.)
- fulminate
- to loudly attack or denounce (v.)
- ingenuous
- artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication (adj.)
- inured
- accostomed to accepting something undesirable (adj.)
- irascible
- easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts (adj.)
- laud
- to praise highly (v.)
- lucid
- clear; easily understood (adj.)
- magnanimity
- the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (n.)
- martial
- associated with war and the armed forces (adj.)
- mundane
- of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary (adj.)
- nascent
- coming into being; in early developmental stages (adj.)
- nebulous
- vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form (adj.)
- neologism
- a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or sentences (n.)
- noxious
- harmful, injurious (adj.)
- obtuse
- lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression (adj.)
- obviate
- to anticipate and make unnecessary (v.)
- onerous
- troubling; burdensome (adj.)
- paean
- a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving (n.)
- parody
- a humerous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art (n.)
- perennial
- recurrent through the year ormany years; happening repeatedly (adj.)
- perfidy
- intentional breach of faith; treachery (n.)
- perfunctory
- cursory; done without care or interest (adj.)
- perspicacious
- acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (adj.)
- prattle
- to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner (v.)
- precipitate (adj.)
- acting with excessive haste or impulse (adj.)
- precipitate (v.)
- to cause or happen before anticipated or required (v.)
- predilection
- a disposition in favor of something (n.)
- prescience
- foreknowledge or events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (n.)
- prevaricate
- to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead (v.)
- qualms
- misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy (n.)
- recant
- to retract, esp. a previously held believe (v.)
- refute
- to disprove; to succesfully argue against (v.)
- relegate
- to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position (v.)
- reticent
- quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings (adj.)
- solicitous
- concerned and attentive; eager (adj.)
- sordid
- characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul (adj.)
- sporadic
- occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances (adj.)
- squander
- to waste by spending or using irresponsibly (v.)
- static
- not moving, active or in motion; at rest (adj.)
- stupefy
- to stun, baffle, or amaze (v.)
- stymie
- to block; thwart (v.)
- synthesis
- the combination of parts to make a whole (n.)
- torque
- a force that causes rotation (n.)
- tortuous
- winding, twisting; excessively complicated (adj.)
- truculent
- fierce and cruel; eager to fight (adj.)
- veracity
- truthfulness; honesty (n.)
- virulent
- extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hotile or antagonistic (adj.)
- voracious
- having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous (adj.)
- waver
- to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in an opinion (v.)