GRE Word Smart III
Terms
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- umbrage
- n. offense, resentment
- undulate
- v. to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
- unfeigned
- adj. genuine, not false or hypocritical
- untenable
- adj. indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
- untoward
- adj. troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
- upbraid
- v. to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise
- urbane
- adj. sophisticated, refined, elegant
- usury
- n. charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
- vacillate
- v. to waver indecisively /sway from one side to the other
- variegated
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adj. multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
Distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified - vaunt
- v. to brag or boast
- venal
- adj. capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary
- venerate
- v. to revere
- verisimilitude
- n. appearing true or real
- vigilant
- adj. alertly watchful
- vilify
- v. to defame, characterize harshly
- virulent
- adj. extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
- vitiate
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v. to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective
Fraud will vitiate the contract. - vituperate
- v. to use harsh condemnatory language / abuse or censure severely
- voracious
- adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous
- waft
- n. a light breeze, a puff
- welter
- v. to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil
- wend
- v. to go, proceed, walk
- zealous
- adj. fervent, ardent, impassioned