GRE Hit Parade 4
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- ACERBIC (adj)
- having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
- AGGRANDIZE (verb)
- to increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige
- ALCHEMY (noun)
- a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold
- AMENABLE (adj)
- agreeable; responsive to suggestion
- ANACHRONISM (noun)
- something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
- ASTRINGENT (adj/noun)
- having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
- CONTIGUOUS (adj)
- sharing a border; touching; adjacent
- CREDULOUS (adj)
- tending to believe too readily; gullible (credulity)
- CYNICISM (noun)
- an attitude or quality of belief that all ppl are motivated by selfishness
- DECORUM (noun)
- polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
- DERISION (noun)
- scorn; ridicule, contemptuous treatment (derisive; deride)
- DESICCATE (noun)
- to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
- DILETTANTE (noun)
- one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
- DISPARAGE (verb)
- to slight or belittle
- DIVULGE (verb)
- to disclose something secret
- FAWN (verb)
- to flatter or praise excessively
- FLOUT (verb)
- to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
- GARRULOUS (adj)
- pointlessly talkative, talking too much
- GLIB (adj)
- marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
- HUBRIS (noun)
- overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
- IMMINENT (adj)
- about to happen; impending
- IMMUTABLE (adj)
- not capable of change
- IMPETUOUS (adj)
- hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
- INIMICAL (adj)
- damaging; harmful; injurious
- INTRACTABLE (adj)
- not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
- INTREPID (adj)
- steadfast and courageous
- LACONIC (adj)
- using few words; terse
- MAVERICK (noun)
- an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
- MERCURIAL (adj)
- characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
- MOLLIFY (verb)
- to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
- NEOPHYTE (noun)
- a recent convert; a beginner; a novice
- OBFUSCATE (verb)
- to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
- OBSTINATE (adj)
- stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
- OSTENTATIOUS (adj)
- characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
- PERVADE (verb)
- to permeate throughout (adj form pervasive)
- PHLEGMATIC (adj)
- calm; sluggish; unemotional
- PLETHORA (noun)
- an overabundance; a surplus
- PRAGMATIC (adj)
- practical rather than idealistic
- PRESUMPTUOUS (adj)
- overstepping due bounds; taking liberties; going beyond what is right or proper
- PRISTINE (adj)
- pure; uncorrupted; clean
- PROBITY (noun)
- adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
- PROCLIVITY (noun)
- a natural predisposition or inclination; a propensity
- PROFLIGATE (adj)
- excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
- PROPENSITY (noun)
- a natural inclination or tendency; penchant; a proclivity
- PROSAIC (adj)
- dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
- PUNGENT (adj)
- characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
- QUIXOTIC (adj)
- foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
- QUOTIDIAN (adj)
- occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
- RAREFY (verb)
- to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
- RECONDITE (adj)
- hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
- REFULGENT (adj)
- radiant; shiny; brilliant
- RENEGE (verb)
- to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
- SEDULOUS (adj)
- diligent; persistent; hard-working
- SHARD (noun)
- a piece of broken pottery or glass
- SPARSE (adj)
- thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
- SPENDTHRIFT (noun)
- one who spends money wastefully
- TACIT (adj)
- implied; not explicitly stated
- TERSE (adj)
- brief and concise in wording
- TOUT (verb)
- to publicly praise or promote
- TRENCHANT (adj)
- sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
- UNFEIGNED (adj)
- genuine; not false or hypocritical
- UNTENABLE (adj)
- indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
- VACILLATE (verb)
- to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver
- VARIEGATED (adj)
- multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
- VEXATION (noun)
- annoyance; irritation (noun form vex)
- VIGILANT (adj)
- alertly watchful
- VITUPERATE (verb)
- to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
- VOLATILE (adj)
- readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive