DREW'S GRE WORD LIST FROM HIT PARADE
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- sagacious
- wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning
- connoisseur
- an expert, particularly in matter of art or taste
- precipitate
- to cause to happen abruptly
- allusion
- an indirect reference to something else, especially something in literature; a hint
- pervade
- to spread throughout
- inept
- clumsy; incompetent
- exposition
- expounding or explaining; explanatory treatise
- paradox
- a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
- abstinent
- abstaining; voluntarily not doing something
- polemic
- a powerful argument made in refutation of something
- comprehensive
- covering or including everything
- arbiter
- one who decides; a judge
- levee
- an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river
- feasible
- able to be done
- consensus
- unanimity or near unanimity
- contentious
- argumentative; quarelsome
- erratic
- unpredictable or wandering
- genre
- an artistic class or category
- exuberant
- extremely joyful or vigorous; profuse in growth
- manifest
- visible; evident
- indulgent
- lenient; yielding to desire
- frenetic
- frantic; frenzied
- genial
- cheerful and pleasant; friendly; helpful
- cynic
-
one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who
believes people are motivated only by selfishness - audacity
- boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
- squalid
- filthy; repulsive; wretched; degraded
- permeate
- to spread or seep through; to penetrate
- partisan
- one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea
- discourse
- to converse; to formally discuss a subject
- bereave
- to deprive or leave desolate, especially through death
- conjure
- to summon or bring into being as if by magic
- lament
- to mourn
- sanction
- authorize or approve; ratify or confirm
- vex
- to annoy; to pester; to confuse
- luminous
- giving off light; glowing; bright
- conventional
- common; customary; unexceptional
- renaissance/renascence
- a rebirth or revival
- anomaly
- an aberration; an irregularity
- superfluous
- extra; unnecessary
- inherent
- part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic
- litigate
- to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings
- synthesis
- the combining of parts to form a whole
- implicit
- implied rather than expressly stated
- tractable
- easily managed or controlled; obedient
- indignant
- angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy
- conciliatory
- making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
- impede
- to hinder; to obstruct; to slow something down
- piquant
- pungent
- placid
- pleasantly calm; peaceful
- corroborate
- to confirm; to back up with evidence
- inert
- inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically
- flippant
- frivolously shallow and disrespectful
- forbear
- to refrain from; to abstain
- substantive
- having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial
- vindicate
- to clear from all blame or suspicion
- satiric
- using sarcasm or irony
- frugal
- economical; penny-pinching
- subjugate
- to subdue and dominate; to enslave
- palliate
- to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies
- idyllic
- charming in a rustic way; naturally peacefull
- impromptu
- without preparation; on the spur of the moment
- decorous
- in good taste; orderly
- surreptitious
- sneaky; secret
- visionary
- a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
- sullen
- gloomy or dismal
- plumb
- to measure the depth of something
- reciprocal
- mutual; shared; interchangeable
- ostentatious
- excessively conspicuous; showing off
- parallel
- a comparison made between two things
- antipathy
- firm dislike; dislike; hatred
- equivocal
- ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
- qualify
- to modify or restrict
- laconic
- using few words, especially to the point of being rude
- sterile
- unimaginative; unfruitful; infertile
- prodigy
- an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accompishment or occurence
- judicious
- exercising sound judgment
- impervious
- not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
- eclectic
- choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
- tacit
- implied; not spoken
- pathology
- the science of diseases; any deviation from a healthy, normal condition
- pristine
- original; unspoiled; pure
- mandatory
- authoritatively ordered or commanded; necessary
- spurious
- doubtful; bogus; false
- dissonant
- inharmonious; in disagreement
- infer
- to conclude; to deduce
- debauchery
- corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living
- disseminate
- to scatter or spread widely