Kaplan GRE words
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- cursory
- going rapidly over something; hasty
- preclude
- to prevent the presence of
- abject
- utterly hopeless; wretched
- predilection
- preference; liking
- abjure
- to renounce an oath
- impetuous
- characterized by sudden rash action or emotion
- ablution
- act of cleansing
- importune
- to urge or press with excessive persistence
- deign
- to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
- presentiment
- a feeling of anticipation over a future event
- abrogate
- to abolish by formal means
- impugn
- to challenge as false
- prevaricate
- to lie or deviate from the truth
- abstruse
- hard to understand; secret, hidden
- rejoinder
- to reply; retort
- inchoate
- not fully formed; disorganized
- derision
- an act of mockery
- irascible
- easily made angry
- proclivity
- inclination; bias
- acrimonious
- caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
- incursion
- a hostile entrance into a place
- querulous
- full of complaints
- desultory
- jumping from one things to another
- proffer
- to offer
- epithet
- a word or phrase, used invectively as a term of abuse
- adjure
- to beg or command
- recumbent
- lying down; reclining
- admonish
- to counsel against something
- adventitious
- accidental
- refractory
- stubborn, rebellious
- indolence
- state of being lazy or slothful
- disabuse
- to set right
- aver
- to affirm, to declare to be true
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence
- promulgate
- to make known by open declaration
- laconic
- using few words
- propitiate
- to conciliate; appease
- disport
- to divert or amuse oneself
- eugenics
- improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics
- propound
- to set forth for consideration
- doctrine
- a particular principle advocate
- propriety
- correct behaviour, obedience to rules and customs
- avocation
- something one does in addition to a principle occupation
- proscribe
- to condemn as harmful or odious
- proselytize
- to convert or attempt to recruit
- magnate
- a powerful or influential person
- animus
- hostile feeling or attitude
- protract
- to prolong, draw out
- remonstrate
- to say or plead in protest, objection or reproof
- insidious
- intended to trap or beguile
- dour
- sullen, gloomy
- benevolent
- desiring to do good to another
- puerile
- childish, immature
- maladroit
- clumsy, tactless
- apotheosis
- glorification; glorified ideal
- insolent
- boldly rude or disrespectful
- pugilist
- a fighter or boxer
- replete
- abundantly supplied
- approbation
- praise, consideration
- pugnacioius
- to quarrel or fight readily
- benign
- having a kindly disposition
- arrogate
- to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously
- intransigent
- uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
- malapropism
- humorous misuse of a word
- assiduous
- diligent, persistent
- invective
- of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
- reprobate
- a depraved or wicked person
- pusillanimous
- lacking courage or resolution
- malevolent
- characterized by or expressing bad will
- epigram
- a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
- reticent
- silent, reserved
- malfeasance
- misconduct or wrong-doing often committed by a public official
- expound
- to set forth in detail
- revile
- to criticize with harsh language
- malign
- to speak harmful untruths about, to slander
- circumspect
- watchful and discreet
- maxim
- an expression of general truth or principle
- mellifluous
- pleasing, musical
- cognate
- related by blood; having a common ancester
- minatory
- menacing, threatening
- sedition
- incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
- complaisant
- inclined or disposed to please
- misanthrope
- a person who dislikes others
- foment
- to arouse or incite
- subjugate
- to conquer
- fortuitous
- happening by luck
- subterfuge
- an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
- conscription
- draft
- nascent
- starting to develop
- fractious
- irritable, peevish
- supplicate
- to make humble and earnest entreaty
- contravene
- to come into conflict with
- neologism
- a newly coined word, phrase or expression
- neophyte
- a recent convert
- grandiloquent
- pompous or inflated in language
- perfidious
- willing to betray one's trust
- obdurate
- hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion
- guile
- deceit or trickery
- tenable
- capable of being held, maintained or defended
- peripatetic
- walking or traveling about; itinerant
- obfuscate
- to render indistinct or dim
- tendentious
- having a predisposition towards a point of view
- petulant
- showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance
- conflagration
- a large destructive fire
- tractable
- easily managed or controlled
- philology
- the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity
- transcendent
- going beyond ordinary limits
- perspicacious
- having keen mental perception and understanding
- obviate
- to prevent; to make unnecessary
- transitory
- temporary; lasting a brief time
- pertinacious
- persistent, stubborn
- occlude
- to stop up; to prevent the passage of
- unconscionable
- unscrupulous
- precept
- a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct
- noisome
- offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul
- onerous
- troublesome and oppressive
- dearth
- a scarce supply; a lack
- rapacious
- greedy; ravenous; taking by force
- verdure
- fresh rich vegetation
- divestiture
- the sale, liquidation or spinoff of a corporate division or subsidiary
- panegyric
- formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
- vociferous
- crying out noisily
- panoply
- a wide-ranging an impressive array or display
- gossamer
- something delicate, light or flimsy