GRE VOCAB Flashcards
(75 cards)
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Panegyric
A
a formal expression of praise
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Desiccated
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uninterested, lacking vitality
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turgid
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swollen with pride
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proscribe
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Command against, forbid by law
5
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desideratum
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something desired as necessity
6
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Facile
A
Lacking depth
7
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Pontification
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Talk in a pompous way
8
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tyro
A
someone new to the field
9
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exiguity
A
lacking in quality
10
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capitulate
A
surrender
11
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promulgate
A
state or announce
12
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canard
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deliberately misleading fabrication
13
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splenetic
A
very irritable
14
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graft
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corruption through bribery
15
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bereft
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unhappy in love
16
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dissolution
A
debauchery
17
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ineluctable
A
inescapable
18
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dissemble
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hide one’s true belief through deceit
19
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chimera
A
something desired but not achievable
20
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baleful
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ominous
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ersatz
A
fake
22
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anachronism
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not time appropriate
23
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browbeat
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bossy
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chagrin
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highly embarrassed
25
atavism
throwback
26
phlegmatic
not showing any emotions
27
apothegm
short saying
28
ineffable
too sacred to be uttered
29
untrammeled
not bound by anything
30
hagiographic
excessively flattering
31
umbrage
the feeling of anger caused by being offended
32
probity
scruples
33
lugubrious
excessively mournful
34
insolent
rude and arrogant behavior
35
effrontery
insolent or impertinent behavior
36
impertinent
rude
37
desultory
lacking a plan
38
punctilious
precise according to details
39
perspicacious
acutely insightful
40
concur
agree
41
vitriolic
biting, caustic, malice
42
verisimilitude versus vicissitude
he appearance of being true or real- verisimilitude
| change in one's circumstances for worse- vicissitude
43
indigent
poor, having very little
44
turpitude
depravity
45
truculent
fierce savage nature, a truculent woman is a virago
46
sedulously
done diligently and
47
churlish
lacking manners
48
presentiment
the feeling of evil to come
49
puerile
characteristic of a child
50
untenable
(of theories) incapable of being defended
51
surreptitious
taking pains not to be caught
52
hubris
overbearing pride
53
imperious
showing arrogant superiority
54
invidious
likely to cause resentment
55
encumber
hold back
56
stalwart
dependable
57
recrimination
mutual accusations
58
hobble
hold back
59
rarefied
make more subtle or refined
60
disabuse
to make someone believe that their view or belief is not valid
61
arch
tease lightly
62
Apotheosis
the highest point of development
63
Peremptory
Bossy
64
benign
innocent
65
benighted
fallen into a state of ignorance
66
curmudgeon
bad-tempered, surly person
67
tendentious
a person likely to lean towards controversial views
68
mulct
swindle
69
propitiate
to placate or appease
70
hedge
to equivocate
71
vituperate
to criticize harshly
72
sententious
moralizing in a pompous manner
73
venial
easily excused or forgiven
74
execrate
to curse or hiss at
75
pollyannaish
extremely optimistic
