Gre Vocab 3

Front 1

accolade

Back 1

an expression of praise

Front 2

adulation

Back 2

intense adoration

Front 3

catalyst

Back 3

a person or thing that causes change

Front 4

caustic

Back 4

burning or stinging; causing corrosion

Front 5

chary

Back 5

wary, cautious

Front 6

cogent

Back 6

convincing

Front 7

complaisance

Back 7

willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Front 8

contrite

Back 8

penitent, seeking forgiveness

Front 9

dearth

Back 9

a lack, small quantity

Front 10

demur

Back 10

to question or oppose

Front 11

discretion

Back 11

cautious in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

Front 12

disinterested

Back 12

un-biased, impartial

Front 13

ebullience

Back 13

enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Front 14

elegy

Back 14

a mournful poem

Front 15

emollient

Back 15

soothing, something that soothes and softens the skin

Front 16

empirical

Back 16

based on observation and evidence

Front 17

eulogy

Back 17

a speech honoring the dead

Front 18

facetious

Back 18

humorous, playful

Front 19

fallacy

Back 19

a mistaken belief

Front 20

furtive

Back 20

marked by stealth, secretive

Front 21

harangue

Back 21

to deliver a long pompous speech; n. a pompous speech

Front 22

heretical

Back 22

violating accepted dogma or convention

Front 23

impecunious

Back 23

lacking funds, without money

Front 24

incipient

Back 24

to come into being, becoming apparant

Front 25

inert

Back 25

unmoving, lethargic, sluggish

Front 26

innocuous

Back 26

harmless

Front 27

inveigle

Back 27

to obtain by deception or flattery

Front 28

morose

Back 28

sad, sullen, melancholy

Front 29

odious

Back 29

evoking intense diversion or dislike

Front 30

penurious

Back 30

penny-pinching, thrifty, cheap

Front 31

pernicious

Back 31

extremely harmful, potentially causing death

Front 32

peruse

Back 32

to examine with great care

Front 33

pious

Back 33

extremely devout, showing strong religious devotion

Front 34

preen

Back 34

to dress up, to groom

Front 35

prodigious

Back 35

large/abundant in size, force, or extent

Front 36

prolific

Back 36

productive

Front 37

putrefy

Back 37

to rot and decay

Front 38

quaff

Back 38

to drink deeply

Front 39

quiescense

Back 39

motionless

Front 40

redoutable

Back 40

awe-inspiring, worthy of honor

Front 41

sanction

Back 41

authoritative permission; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

Front 42

satire

Back 42

a literary work that criticizes human vice through humor

Front 43

squalid

Back 43

sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect

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stoic

Back 44

seemingly unaffected to pleasure or pain; steadfast

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supplant

Back 45

to replace

Front 46

torpid

Back 46

extrem sluggishness

Front 47

ubiquitious

Back 47

existing everywhere at the same time, widespread

Front 48

urbane

Back 48

sophisticated

Front 49

vilify

Back 49

to defame; to characterize harshly

Front 50

viscous

Back 50

thick; sticky

Front 51

acumen

Back 51

keen, accurate judgement or insight

Front 52

aver

Back 52

to state as a fact, to declare or assert

Front 53

bolster

Back 53

to provide support or reinforcement