Gre Vocab 2

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rancorous

Back 1

Bitter, resentful

Hint 1

Latin ranc - rancid

Front 2

recalcitrant

Back 2

uncooperative with authority or discipline

Hint 2

Latin calcitrare - to kick

Front 3

repudiate

Back 3

refuse to accept or be associated with

Hint 3

pudere - to shame

Front 4

salubrious

Back 4

health-giving, healthy

Hint 4

salud - health

Front 5

solvent

Back 5

financially sound, able to pay all debts

Hint 5

dissolving of debt

Front 6

specious

Back 6

superficially plausible, but actually wrong

Hint 6

attractive alternative but not correct

Front 7

spurious

Back 7

false or fake

Hint 7

"born out of wedlock"

Front 8

subpoena

Back 8

a summons to attend court

Hint 8

Latin - under penalty

Front 9

surfeit

Back 9

an excessive amount of something

Hint 9

SURplus

Front 10

tenuous

Back 10

very weak or slight

Hint 10

insubstantial

Front 11

acerbic

Back 11

sharp & forthright way of speaking OR acidic, sour

Hint 11

as in with wit

Front 12

aggrandize

Back 12

to enhance the wealth or status of

Hint 12

GRANDiose

Front 13

credulous

Back 13

believing too easily

Hint 13

gullible

Front 14

derision

Back 14

complete ridicule or mockery

Front 15

dilettante

Back 15

person who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment

Hint 15

amateur

Front 16

glib

Back 16

fluent but insincere and shallow

Hint 16

speech lacking substance

Front 17

immutable

Back 17

unchanging over time, unable to be changed

Hint 17

as in DNA trait expression

Front 18

inimical

Back 18

sinister, intending to obstruct or harm

Hint 18

damaging

Front 19

intractable

Back 19

difficult to control, hard to deal with

Hint 19

stubborn

Front 20

mollify

Back 20

reduce the severity of, soften

Hint 20

assuage

Front 21

neophyte

Back 21

person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

Hint 21

neo - new

Front 22

obfuscate

Back 22

render obscure, unclear, unintelligible

Hint 22

occlude

Front 23

phlegmatic

Back 23

person having a calm disposition

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composed

Front 24

probity

Back 24

having strong moral principles

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honesty, decency

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prosaic

Back 25

commonplace or dull

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prose - ordinary form of spoken language

Front 26

quixotic

Back 26

exceedingly unrealistic, idealistic, impractical

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foolhardy

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quotidian

Back 27

occurring daily

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le pain quotidian - our daily bread

Front 28

rarefy

Back 28

to make more refined

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"rarefy the air" - make the air in a room more pure

Front 29

recondite

Back 29

little known, abstreuse

Hint 29

obscure

Front 30

refulgent

Back 30

shining brightly

Hint 30

luminous

Front 31

sedulant

Back 31

perservering

Hint 31

resilient

Front 32

soporific

Back 32

tending to induce drowsiness or sleep

Hint 32

snoreworthy

Front 33

tout

Back 33

attempt to sell something

Hint 33

aggresive salesmanship

Front 34

trenchant

Back 34

vigorous or incisive in expression or style

Hint 34

pithy

Front 35

untenable

Back 35

Not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

Hint 35

vulnerable to being rejected

Front 36

variegated

Back 36

Exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks.

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Irregular in color

Front 37

alloy

Back 37

Substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed

Hint 37

mixture of metals

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august

Back 38

inspiring reverence or admiration

Hint 38

redoubtable

Front 39

brook

Back 39

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)

Hint 39

put up with