Barron GRE word list 6
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- condign
- adequate; severe and well deserved
- surfeit
- satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff;
- pundit
- authority on a subject; expert; learned person
- jingoist
- extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist
- aquiline
- curved; hooked; or or like an eagle
- mordant
- biting; sarcastic; stinging
- homily
- sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning
- rankle
- irritate; fester; annoy
- rotundity
- roundness; sonorousness of speech
- privation
- lack of the basic necessities or comforts of lift; hardship; want
- quirk
- sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy;
- jetsam
- things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)
- lien
- legal claim or right on a property
- whorl
- ring of leaves around stem
- petulant
- touchy; peevish; ill-tempered
- lechery
- gross lewdness; lustfulness
- entomology
- study of insects
- molt
- periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers
- expatiate
- talk at length; speak or write in detail
- askance
- with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distrust); ex. look askance at
- dour
- sullen; gloomy; stubborn
- prate
- talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly
- palimpsest
- reused writing material; something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface