Gre 500 4

Front 1

Droll

Back 1

amusing in a wry, subtle way

Front 2

Divine

Back 2

to foretell or know by inspiration

Front 3

Demur

Back 3

to express doubts or objections

Front 4

Abate

Back 4

to reduce in amount, degree, or severity

Front 5

Ribald

Back 5

humorous in a vulgar way

Front 6

Slake

Back 6

to calm down or moderate

Front 7

Sybarite

Back 7

a person devoted to pleasure or luxury

Front 8

Analgesia

Back 8

a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

Front 9

Jingoism

Back 9

belligerent support of one's country

Front 10

Juncture

Back 10

point in time, especially where two things are joined

Front 11

Mannered

Back 11

artificial or stilted in character

Front 12

Potentate

Back 12

a monarch or ruler with great power

Front 13

Glower

Back 13

to glare or stare angrily and intensely

Front 14

Pithy

Back 14

profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point

Front 15

Philistine

Back 15

a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

Front 16

Phalanx

Back 16

a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things

Front 17

Crescendo

Back 17

steadily increasing in volume or force

Front 18

Cabal

Back 18

a secret group seeking to overturn something

Front 19

Corroborate

Back 19

to support with evidence

Front 20

Candid

Back 20

impartial and honest in speech

Front 21

Blithe

Back 21

joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

Front 22

Apostate

Back 22

some one who rejects their faith

Front 23

Dither

Back 23

to act confusedly or without clear purpose

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Largess

Back 24

generous giving to others who may seem inferior

Front 25

Latent

Back 25

potential that is not readily apparent

Front 26

Listless

Back 26

lacking energy and enthusiasm

Front 27

Demagogue

Back 27

a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice

Front 28

Amortize

Back 28

to diminish bu installment payments

Front 29

Contrite

Back 29

deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

Front 30

Caustic

Back 30

biting in wit

Front 31

Levity

Back 31

an inappropriate lack of seriousness
overly casual

Front 32

Viscous

Back 32

thick and adhesive
like a slow flowing fluid

Front 33

Polemic

Back 33

controversy
argument
verbal attack

Front 34

Placate

Back 34

soothe or pacify

Front 35

Mitigate

Back 35

soften
lessen

Front 36

Lassitude

Back 36

a state of diminished energy

Front 37

Intransigent

Back 37

uncompromising
refusing to be reconciled

Front 38

Itinerant

Back 38

wandering from place to place
unsettled

Front 39

Mollify

Back 39

ease or make less severe

Front 40

Tangential

Back 40

digressing
diverting

Front 41

Opprobrium

Back 41

public disgrace

Front 42

Occlude

Back 42

to stop up
prevent the passage

Front 43

Flag

Back 43

to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

Front 44

Maelstrom

Back 44

whirlpool
turmoil
agitated state of mind

Front 45

Banal

Back 45

predictable
cliche'
boring

Front 46

Iconoclast

Back 46

one who opposes established beliefs, customs or institutions

Front 47

Cacophony

Back 47

harsh
jarring noise

Front 48

Ersatz

Back 48

fake

Front 49

Efficacy

Back 49

effectiveness

Front 50

Deference

Back 50

respect
courtesy

Front 51

Garrulous

Back 51

tending to talk a lot

Front 52

Continuously

Back 52

not broken

Front 53

Continually

Back 53

occurring repeatedly over time