Gre Hit Parade Group 1

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abscond - v

Back 1

to depart clandestinely, to steal off and hide

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abberant - adj

Back 2

deviating from the norm

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alacrity - n

Back 3

eager and enthusiastic willingness

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anomaly - n

Back 4

abnormality

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approbation - n

Back 5

an expression of approval or praise

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arduous - adj

Back 6

strenuous, requiring significant effort

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assuage - v

Back 7

to ease or lessen, to passify

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audacious - adj

Back 8

daring and fearless, recklessly bold

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austere - adj

Back 9

severely simple, bare; ascetic

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axiomatic - adj

Back 10

taken as a given truth

Front 11

canonical - adj

Back 11

in alignment with accepted standards

Front 12

capricious - adj

Back 12

erratic, unpredictable; changing one's mind impulsively

Front 13

censure - v

Back 13

to criticize harshly

Front 14

chicanery - n

Back 14

trickery or subterfuge

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connoisseur - n

Back 15

expert; and informed judge of taste

Front 16

convoluted - adj

Back 16

overly complicated

Front 17

disabuse - v

Back 17

to set right; to free from deception or error

Front 18

discordant - adj

Back 18

conflicting, disonant in sound

Front 19

disparate - adj

Back 19

fundamentally dissimilar

Front 20

effrontery - n

Back 20

extreme boldness

Front 21

eloquent - adj

Back 21

well spoken

Front 22

enervate - v

Back 22

to weaken or reduce in vitality

Front 23

ennui - n

Back 23

feeling of discontent due to disinterest or satiety

Front 24

equivocate - v

Back 24

to use ambiguous language to deceive

Front 25

erudite - adj

Back 25

well learned, astute, scholarly

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exculpate - v

Back 26

exonerate, to clear of blame, vindicate

Front 27

exigent - adj

Back 27

urgent, pressing

Front 28

extemporaneous - adj

Back 28

improvised, without preparation

Front 29

filibuster - n

Back 29

an intentional obstruction, especially of legislature via long speech

Front 30

fulminate - n

Back 30

to loudly attack or denounce

Front 31

ingenuous - adj

Back 31

free from restraint; lacking in sophistication; frank, candid

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inured - adj

Back 32

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Front 33

irascible - adj

Back 33

easily angered

Front 34

laud - v

Back 34

to praise highly

Front 35

lucid - adj

Back 35

clear, easily understood

Front 36

magnanimity - n

Back 36

forgiving quality of generosity, noble in mind and hart

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martial - adj

Back 37

associated with war and armed forces

Front 38

mundane - adj

Back 38

typical, ordinary

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nascent - adj

Back 39

coming to be, in early development

Front 40

nebulous - adj

Back 40

vague, unclear, lacking defined form

Front 41

neologism - n

Back 41

new word, expression or usage, or the creation of

Front 42

noxious - adj

Back 42

toxic, harmful

Front 43

obtuse - adj

Back 43

lacking intellect; not precise

Front 44

obviate - v

Back 44

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Front 45

onerous - adj

Back 45

troubling, burdensome

Front 46

paean - n

Back 46

a song or hymn of praise

Front 47

parody - n

Back 47

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule

Front 48

perennial - adj

Back 48

recurrent; throughout the year or many years

Front 49

perfidy - n

Back 49

intentional breach of faith; treachery

Front 50

perfunctory - adj

Back 50

cursory, done without care or interest

Front 51

perspicacious - adj

Back 51

acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

Front 52

prattle - v

Back 52

to babble meaninglessly

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precipitate - adj

Back 53

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Front 54

precipitate - v

Back 54

to cause something to happen before anticipated or required

Front 55

prescience - n

Back 55

foreknowledge of events

Front 56

predilection - n

Back 56

preference

Front 57

prevaricate - v

Back 57

to mislead; to deliberately avoid the truth

Front 58

qualms - n

Back 58

reservations, misgivings, cause for hesitancy

Front 59

recant - v

Back 59

to retract, especially a previously held belief

Front 60

refute - v

Back 60

to disprove; to argue against successfully

Front 61

relegate - v

Back 61

to forcibly assign, especially to a lower possition

Front 62

reticent - adj

Back 62

reserved, quiet

Front 63

solicitous - adj

Back 63

concerned and attentive

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sordid - adj

Back 64

foul; characterized by filth

Front 65

sporadic - adj

Back 65

occurring occasionally, or in scattered instances

Front 66

squander - v

Back 66

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Front 67

static - adj

Back 67

not moving, at rest

Front 68

stupefy - v

Back 68

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Front 69

stymie - v

Back 69

to block, to thwart

Front 70

synthesis - n

Back 70

the combination of parts to make a whole

Front 71

torque - n

Back 71

a force that causes rotation

Front 72

tortuous - adj

Back 72

twisting, winding or crooked; not direct or straightforward, intricate; deceitfully indirect

Front 73

truculent - adj

Back 73

fierce, cruel, savagely brutal; aggressively hostile, belligerent

Front 74

veracity - n

Back 74

truthfulness, honesty

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virulent - adj

Back 75

extremely harmful or poisonous; hostile, antagonistic

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voracious - adj

Back 76

having an insatiable appetite

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waver - v

Back 77

to wave to and fro, to sway; to be unsettled in opinion