Gre Vocab 2

Front 1

Brackish

Back 1

1. Having a somewhat salty taste
2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.

Front 2

Circuitous

Back 2

Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course

Front 3

Germane

Back 3

Being both pertinent and fitting

Front 4

Rueful

Back 4

1. Inspiring pity or compassion.
2. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret.

Front 5

Caparison

Back 5

1. An ornamental covering for a horse or for its saddle or harness; trappings.
2. Richly ornamented clothing; finery.

Front 6

Proscribe

Back 6

to denounce or condemn

Front 7

Adjure

Back 7

1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.

Front 8

Attenuate

Back 8

to make slender, fine, or small

Front 9

Foist

Back 9

1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy
2. To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery

Front 10

Lope

Back 10

to run or ride with a steady, easy gait

Front 11

Bete Noire

Back 11

One that is particularly disliked or that is to be avoided

Front 12

Nicety

Back 12

1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment:

Front 13

Philistine

Back 13

A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.

Front 14

Imbrue

Back 14

to saturate, to stain

Front 15

Quell

Back 15

to pacify, quiet, supress

Front 16

Wrest

Back 16

1. To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements
2. To usurp forcefully

Front 17

Imperious

Back 17

Arrogantly domineering or overbearing

Front 18

Obtuse

Back 18

a. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
b. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.

Front 19

Supernal

Back 19

1. Celestial; heavenly.
2. Of, coming from, or being in the sky or high above.

Front 20

Tenebrous

Back 20

Dark and gloomy.