GRE Hit Parade Group 3 2
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- acumen
- keenness and depth of perception. accurate judgement or insight
- discernment
- the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning
- adulterate
- to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients
- amalgamate
- to merge into a single body. to combine several elemnts into a whole
- aver
- to declare positively. to state as fact, assert
- bolster
- to provide support or reinforcement
- bombastic
- pompous, grandiloquent
- grandiloquent
- a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
- diatribe
- a harsh denunciation
- dissemble
- to hide under a false appearance. to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
- eccentric
- departing from norms or conventions
- endemic
- belonging or native to a particular people or country. characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment
- evanescent
- tending to vanish like vapor
- exacerbate
- to make worse or more severe
- fervent
- exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling : ZEALOUS. greatly emotional or zealous.
- fortuitous
- occurring by chance. FORTUNATE, LUCKY. happening by accident
- germane
- being at once relevant and appropriate : FITTING (omit details that are not germane to the discussion)
- hackneyed
- to make common or frequent use of. to make trite, vulgar, or commonplace
- halcyon
- calm and peaceful
- hegemony
- preponderant influence or authority over others : DOMINATION. the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
- iconoclast
- a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions or conventions
- idolatrous
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Given to idolatry: 1 : the worship of a physical object as a god
2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something - impassive
- giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS. revealing no emotion
- imperturbable
- marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : SERENE
- implacable
- not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
- impunity
- exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
- inchoate
- being only partly in existence or operation. in an initial stage, not fully formed.
- infelicitous
- not appropriate or well-timed. unfortunate. inappropriate.
- insipid
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1 : lacking taste or savor : TASTELESS *insipid food*
2 : lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : DULL, FLAT - malevolent
- having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
- mendacity
- to be mendacious: given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth. dishonesty
- misanthrope
- a person who hates or distrusts humankind
- obdurate
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1 a : stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b : hardened in feelings
2 : resistant to persuasion or softening influences. unyielding. - obsequious
- marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
- fawning
- to show affection
- occlude
- to obstruct or block off
- opprobrium
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1 : something that brings disgrace
2 a : public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious - pedagogy
- the art, science, or profession of teaching or instructing
- pedantic
- from pedant: one who makes a show of knowledge b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
- penury
- poverty. destitution
- pervasive
- having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
- pine
- to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable
- pith
- the essential part : CORE
- pithy
- precise and brief.
- placate
- to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : APPEASE
- platitude
- a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
- polemical
- being a polemic : CONTROVERSIAL, argumentative
- prodigal
- characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : LAVISH. extravagant
- querulous
- habitually complaining
- rancorous
- being rancor: bitter deep-seated ill will
- recalcitrant
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1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2 a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : RESISTANT - repudiate
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2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN
3 a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force *repudiate a contract* b : to reject as untrue or unjust *repudiate a charge* - salubrious
- favorable to or promoting health or well-being
- specious
- seeming true,but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
- spurious
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2 : outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities : FALSE *the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity*
3 a : of falsified or erroneously attributed origin : FORGED *a spurious signature* b : of a deceitful nature or quality *spurious excuses* - succinct
- brief, concise
- superflous
- exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
- surfeit
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1 : an overabundant supply : EXCESS
2 : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink) - tenuous
- having little substance or strength : FLIMSY, WEAK
- transient
- fleeting, passing quickly, brief