GRE group 1
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- tortuous
- twisting, winding, complicated
- assuage
- to soothe, to ease or lessen
- noxious
- harmful, injurious, toxic
- mundane
- of the world, typically concerned with the ordinary
- filibuster
- prolonged speech meant to stall
- connoisseur
- informed and astute judge in manners of taste
- ingenuous
- candid and frank, artless like a child
- magnanimity
- generous personality, especially forgiving
- disparate
- fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
- discordant
- conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
- ennui
- dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting in boredom
- stupefy
- to stun, baffle
- irascible
- easily angered, short-tempered
- waver
- to sway, to be unsettled in opinion
- parody
- humorous imitation
- censure
- severe criticism
- refute
- to successfully argue against, to disprove
- obtuse
- lacking sharp intellect, not clear or precise in thought
- relegate
- to appoint to a lower position, forcibly assign
- onerous
- troubling, burdensome
- obviate
- to anticipate and change to clear out the negative
- enervate
- to suck the energy out, to weaken
- solicitous
- attentive and concerned, eager
- prescience
- foreknowledge of events, knowing before they occur
- sporadic
- random, occurring at sparse intervals
- perfunctory
- cursory, done without care or interest
- static
- not moving, inactive
- capricious
- erratic, inclined to change one's mind impulsively
- prattle
- to casually talk, babble meaninglessly
- aberrant
- deviating from the norm
- inured
- accustomed to accepting the undesirable
- neologism
- a new word, expression, or usage
- martial
- associated with war and armed forces
- anomaly
- abnormality. deviation from normal rule
- audacious
- bold, reckless, fearless
- exculpate
- to remove blame, exonerate
- approbation
- an expression of approval and praise
- chicanery
- trickery
- equivocate
- to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
- nebulous
- lacking form, vague, cloudy
- voracious
- insatiable, appetite for activity, ravenous
- laud
- praise highly
- truculent
- fierce and cruel, eager to fight
- perennial
- reoccurring throughout the year
- eloquent
- articulate, well-spoken and fluent, expressive
- alacrity
- eager and enthusiastic willingness
- exigent
- urgent, needing immediate attention
- nascent
- come into being, early developmental stages