GRE Set 3
Terms
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- egregious (adj)
- Remarkably bad; outstanding in an undesirable way.
- carp (verb)
- To find fault; to criticize words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly.
- recant (verb)
- Take back, admit an error.
- sedulous (adj)
- Carefully organized, diligent, painstaking.
- lampoon (noun)
- Written work using satire to belittle or attack someone.
- debacle (noun)
- A disaster or failure.
- promontory (noun)
- A high point of land; a part that projects outward.
- ennui (noun)
- A feeling of weariness and disgust; tedium.
- preponderance (noun)
- A great amount (of something. Could refer to weight, quantity, power, influence, etc.)
- stodgy (adj)
- Dull; uninteresting; plain; unattractive; unfashionable.
- retrench (verb)
- To cut off; to pare away.
- repast (noun)
- A meal; the food and drink served at a meal.
- dowdy (adj)
- Not stylish; unattractive.
- obtrude (verb)
- To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation.
- prodigious (adj)
- Of great size, power or amount; amazing..
- indignant (adj)
- Feeling wrath, as when a person
- rotund (adj)
- Plump, chubby..
- overt (adj)
- Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
- quandary (noun)
- State of uncertainty or perplexity.
- jibe (verb)
- To be in accord, to agree, to fit together conceptually
- paucity (noun)
- A lack of something.
- indelible (adj)
- Unable to be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced.
- culpable (adj)
- Guilty, responsible, deserving blame.
- exertion (noun)
- Vigorous effort.
- subjugate (verb)
- Subdue, bring under control.
- blatant (adj)
- Glaringly obvious; sounding loudly and harshly
- ferret (verb)
- Search out and bring to light; to drive out from a hiding place.
- vagrant (noun)
- Person who wanders from place to place; one lacking a set place to live.
- persevere (verb)
- To pursue steadily any project or course begun
- squabble (verb)
- To scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
- preclude (verb)
- Prevent, make impossible.
- complicity (noun)
- Partnership in wrong-doing.
- surreptitious (adj)
- Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means
- furtive (adj)
- Characterized by stealth; surreptitious
- willful (adj)
- Having a set purpose; self-determined.
- upshot (noun)
- Final issue; conclusion; the end result.
- mawkish (adj)
- Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
- incense (verb)
- To cause to be extremely angry; infuriate.
- hoodwink (verb)
- To take in by deceptive means; deceive.
- aseptic
- Free of pathogenic microorganisms;
- abdicate
- To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
- abject
- Brought low in condition or status.
- adduce
- To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument
- appal
- To fill with consternation or dismay
- peramble
- A preliminary statement, especially the introduction to a formal document that serves to explain its purpose
- perambulator
- a baby carraige
- animadversion
- Strong criticism; A critical or censorious remark
- equanimity
- The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure.
- antipodes
- Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
- antiphony
- A composition that
- aquatint
- A process of etching capable of producing several tones by varying the etching time of different areas of a copper plate so that the resulting print resembles the flat tints of an ink or wash drawing.