GRE Vocab Card 5 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Recapitulate
To review by a brief summary; summarize
Pervasive
Spread throughout
Arcane
Known or understood by few; mysterious; secret; obscure
Munificent
Generous; extremely liberal in giving
Fastidious
Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
Avarice
Insatiable greed for riches
Debase
To reduce in quality or value; adulterated
Jettison
To discard; cast overboard
Modish
In the current fashion; stylish
Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
Pernicious
Causing harm or ruin; deadly; hurtful
Defamatory
Injurious to reputation; slanderous
Florid
Reddish; rosy; flowery; showy
Inveigle
To entice or lure by flattery or artful talk
Dubious
Doubtful; of uncertain outcome
Intractable
Not easily controlled or directed
Evanescence
Vanishing; fading away
Recrudescent
Breaking out afresh; revived
Transitory
Not lasting; brief; short-lived
Inimical
Harmful; unfavorable; hostile
Repudiate
Reject as having no authority
Vociferous
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Preclude
To keep from happening; make impossible
Fortuitous
Occurring at happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause
