GRE Hit Parade Group 5 & 6
Terms
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- aggrandize
- to increase in inter
- alchemy
- a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
- anachronism
- something or someone out of place in terms of chronological context
- astringent
- harsh
- contiguous
- sharing a border
- convention
- a generally agreed-upon practice
- cynicism
- a belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
- decorum
- polite or appropriate conduct
- derision
- ridicule; scorn
- dessicate
- to dry out
- dilettante
- one with superficial interest in the arts
- disparage
- to belittle
- divulge
- to disclose something secret
- immutable
- not capable of change
- inimical
- harmful
- intractable
- stubborn
- neophyte
- a beginner
- presumptuous
- overstepping due bounds
- pristine
- pure; uncorrupted
- probity
- adherence to highest principles
- proclivity
- a natural inclination
- profligate
- excessively wasteful
- propensity
- a natural inclination
- prosaic
- dull
- pungent
- characterized by strong smell or taste
- quixotic
- foolishly impractical
- quotidian
- occuring or recurring daily
- rarefy
- less dense; to make thin
- recondite
- difficult to understand
- refulgent
- radiant; shiny
- renege
- to go back on a promise
- shard
- a piece of broken glass
- sparse
- thin; not dense
- spendthrift
- one who spends money wastefully
- subtle
- not obvious; elusive
- tacit
- implied
- terse
- brief and concise in wording
- tout
- to pubicly praise or promote
- trenchant
- keen
- unfeigned
- not false or hypocritical
- untenable
- indefensible
- vacillate
- to waver indecisively
- variegated
- mutlicolored
- vexation
- annoyance
- vigilant
- alertly watchful
- vituperate
- to use harsh condemnatory language
- volatile
- changeable
- acumen
- accurate knowledge or insight
- adulterate
- to reduce purity by combining with indferior ingredients
- archaic
- outdated
- aver
- to confirm or support
- dissemble
- to mislead
- eccentric
- departing from the norms
- endemic
- often found in a particular locality or people
- evanescent
- vanishing
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- grandiloquence
- pompous speech
- hackneyed
- commonplace by frequent usage
- hedonism
- devotion to pleasurable pursuits
- hegemony
- the dominance of one state or ideology over others
- iconoclast
- one who undermines traditional conventions
- impassive
- revealing no emotion
- impunity
- immunity from punishment
- inchoate
- not fully formed
- infelicitous
- unfortunate
- insipid
- bland
- loquacious
- extremely talkative
- luminous
- characterized by brightness
- malevolent
- having ill-wited spite or hatred
- misanthrope
- one who hates all humans
- mitigate
- to make less severe
- occlude
- to obstruct or block
- pedagogy
- the art of teaching or training
- penury
- poverty
- pine
- to yearn intensely
- pith
- the essential or central part
- pithy
- precise and brief
- placate
- to calm by making concessions
- platitude
- a superficial remark
- plummet
- to plunge or drop straight down
- prodigal
- extravagant
- profuse
- extravagant
- proliferate
- to grow or increase abundantly
- queries
- questions
- querulous
- quarrelsome
- recalcitrant
- difficult to manage
- repudiate
- to disown
- rescind
- to invalidate
- reverent
- marked by expressing a feeling of respect
- specious
- seeming true, but actually being fallacious
- spurious
- false
- subpoena
- a court order requiring appearance
- succinct
- brief;concise
- superfluous
- exceeding what is necessary
- surfeit
- excess
- tenacity
- persistance to something valued
- tenuous
- flimsy
- tirade
- extremely critical speech
- transient
- passing quickly
- zealous
- fervent; ardent