GRE I
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- aberration
- something that differs from the norm
- abhor
- to hate, detest
- acquiesce
- to agree without protesting
- alacrity
- eagerness, speed
- amiable
- friendly
- appease
- to calm, satisfy
- arcane
- obscure, secret, known only by a few
- avarice
- excessive greed
- brazen
- excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious
- brusque
- short, abrupt, dismissive
- cajole
- to urge, coax
- callous
- harsh, cold, unfeeling
- calumny
- a false, slanderous statement.
- candor
- honesty, frankness
- chide
- to voice disapproval
- circumspect
- cautious
- clandestine
- secret
- coerce
- to make somebody do something by force or threat
- coherent
- logically consistent, intelligible
- complacency
- self-satisfied ignorance of danger
- confidant
- a person entrusted with secrets
- connive
- to plot, scheme
- crepuscular
- of or like twilight; dim
- cumulative
- increasing, building upon itself
- debase
- to lower the quality or esteem of something
- decry
- to criticize openly
- deferential
- showing respect for anotherÂ’s authority
- demure
- quiet, modest, reserved
- deride
- to laugh at mockingly, scorn
- despot
- one who has total power and rules brutally
- diligent
- showing care in doing oneÂ’s work
- elated
- overjoyed, thrilled
- eloquent
- expressive, articulate, moving
- embezzle
- to steal money by falsifying records
- empathy
- sensitivity to anotherÂ’s feelings as if they were oneÂ’s own
- enmity
- ill will, hatred, hostility
- erudite
- learned
- fabricate
- to make up, invent
- feculent
- full of foul matter; laden or polluted with filth; fetid.
- feral
- wild, savage
- flabbergasted
- astounded
- forsake
- to give up, renounce