GRE Hit Parade Group 2
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- ABATE (verb)
- to lessen in intensity or degree
- ACCOLADE (noun)
- an expression of praise
- ADULATION (noun)
- excessive praise; intense adoration
- AESTHETIC (adj)
- dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
- AMELIORATE (verb)
- to make better or more tolerable
- ASCETIC (noun)
- one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
- AVARICE (noun)
- greed, esp. for wealth (adj form avaricious)
- AXIOM (noun)
- a universally recognized principle
- BURGEON (verb)
- to grow rapidly or flourish
- BUCOLIC (adj)
- rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
- CACOPHONY (noun)
- harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- CANON (noun)
- an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
- CASTIGATION (noun)
- severe criticism or punishment
- CAUSTIC (adj)
- burning or stinging; causing corrosion
- CHARY (adj)
- wary; cautious; sparing
- COGENT (adj)
- appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
- COMPLAISANCE (noun)
- the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
- CONTENTIOUS (noun)
- argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disgreement
- CONTRITE (adj)
- regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
- CULPABLE (adj)
- deserving blame (noun form culpability)
- DIDACTIC (adj)
- intended to teach or instruct
- DISCRETION (noun)
- cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj form discrete)
- DISINTERESTED (adj)
- free of bias or self-interest; impartial
- DOGMATIC (adj)
- expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
- EBULLIENCE (adj)
- the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj form ebullient)
- ECLECTIC (adj)
- composed of elements drawn from various sources
- ELEGY (noun)
- a mounrful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj form elegiac)
- EMOLLIENT (adj/noun)
- soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
- EMPIRICAL (adj)
- based on observation or experience
- ENIGMATIC (adj)
- mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
- EPHEMERAL (adj)
- brief; fleeting
- ESOTERIC (adj)
- intended for or understood by a small, specific group
- FACETIOUS (adj)
- playful; humorous
- FURTIVE (adj)
- marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious; expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty
- GREGARIOUS (adj)
- sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
- HARANGUE (verb/noun)
- to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
- HERETICAL (adj)
- violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form heresy)
- INCIPIENT (adj)
- beginning to come into being or to become apparent
- INERT (adj)
- unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
- INNOCUOUS (adj)
- harmless; causing no damage (antonym: pernicious)
- INTRANSIGENT (adj)
- refusing to compromise (noun form intransigence)
- INVEIGLE (verb)
- to obtain by deception or flattery
- ODIOUS (adj)
- evoking intense aversion or dislike
- OPAQUE (adj)
- impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
- OSCILLATION (noun)
- the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (oscillate)
- PENURIOUS (adj)
- penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
- PERNICIOUS (adj)
- extremely harmful; potentially causing death
- PERUSE (verb)
- to examine with great care (noun form perusal)
- PIOUS (adj)
- extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (piety)
- PRECURSOR (noun)
- one that precedes and indicates or announces another
- PREEN (verb)
- to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
- PRODIGIOUS (adj)
- abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
- PROLIFIC (adj)
- producing large volumes or amounts; productive
- PUTREFY (verb)
- to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj form putrid)
- QUAFF (verb)
- to drink deeply
- QUIESCENCE (noun)
- stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj form quiescent)
- REDOUBTABLE (adj)
- awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
- SANCTION (noun/verb)
- authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
- SATIRE (noun)
- a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj form satirical)
- SQUALID (adj)
- sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (noun form squalor)
- STOIC (adj)
- indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (noun form stoicism)
- SUPPLANT (verb)
- to take the place of; supercede
- TORPID (adj)
- lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form torpor)
- UBIQUITOUS (adj)
- existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
- URBANE (adj)
- sophisticated; refined; elegant (noun form urbanity)
- VILIFY (verb)
- to defame; to characterize harshly
- VISCOUS (adj)
- thick; sticky (viscosity)