Gre Vocab

Front 1

Waver

Back 1

To move back/forth

Front 2

Neologism

Back 2

The creation of new words/ expressions

Front 3

Arduous

Back 3

Requiring strenuous effort/ taxing

Front 4

Reticent

Back 4

Quiet, reserved

Front 5

Canonical

Back 5

Following in agreement of tradition

Front 6

Obviate

Back 6

To make unecesary

Front 7

Convoluted

Back 7

Complex, complicated

Front 8

Zealous

Back 8

Fervent, devoted to a cause

Front 9

Exacerbate

Back 9

To make worse or more severe

Front 10

Malevolent

Back 10

Ill willed,spiteful, vicious

Front 11

Occlude

Back 11

To block, twart

Front 12

Succint

Back 12

Breif, concise

Front 13

Disabuse

Back 13

To make right

Front 14

Exculpate

Back 14

To remove of blame, exonerate

Front 15

Abberrant

Back 15

Deviating from the norm

Front 16

Effontery

Back 16

Extreme boldness

Front 17

Assuage

Back 17

To lessen, ease

Front 18

Odious

Back 18

Evoking intense dislike

Front 19

Intransigent

Back 19

Unwilling to compromise

Front 20

Prodigious

Back 20

Extraordinary, abundant in extent

Front 21

Prodigial

Back 21

Lavish, profuse, recklessly wasteful

Front 22

Rhetoric

Back 22

Studying the effective use of language for comm and persuasion

Front 23

Prolific

Back 23

Productive, producing large volumes or amounts

Front 24

Opprobrium

Back 24

Contempt, scorn, disgrace

Front 25

Subpeona

Back 25

Order to appear in court

Front 26

Incipient

Back 26

Beginning to come into being

Front 27

Germane

Back 27

Relevant to the subject at hand

Front 28

Mendacity

Back 28

Being untruthful

Front 29

Cogent

Back 29

Convincing

Front 30

Mitigate

Back 30

To make less severe

Front 31

Halcyon

Back 31

Calm, peaceful

Front 32

Mitigate

Back 32

To lessen in severity

Front 33

Profuse

Back 33

Given or coming forth abundantly

Front 34

Redoubtable

Back 34

Worthy of honor

Front 35

Aver

Back 35

To declare

Front 36

Iconoclast

Back 36

Someone who attacks traditional conventions

Front 37

Torpid

Back 37

Lethargic

Front 38

Relegate

Back 38

To forcibly demote

Front 39

Urbane

Back 39

Sophisticated, refined

Front 40

Obtuse

Back 40

Lacking in sharpness of intellect

Front 41

Equivocate

Back 41

To use ambiguous language with the intent to decieve

Front 42

Onerous

Back 42

Troubling, burdensome

Front 43

Pith

Back 43

The main, central part

Front 44

Querulous

Back 44

Prone to complaining

Front 45

Axiomatic

Back 45

Taken as given, a self evident truth

Front 46

Facetious

Back 46

Playful

Front 47

Amalgamate

Back 47

To combine several elements into a whole

Front 48

Hedonism

Back 48

Devotion to pleasurable pursuits

Front 49

Ubiquitous

Back 49

Existing eveywhere at the same time , widespread

Front 50

Supplant

Back 50

To take the place of

Front 51

Obdurate

Back 51

Hard hearted

Front 52

Grandiloquence

Back 52

A pompous speech

Front 53

Pervasive

Back 53

Having the tendency to spread, permeate

Front 54

Surfeit

Back 54

An overabundant, excessive supply

Front 55

Acumen

Back 55

Accurate judgement or insight

Front 56

Idolatrous

Back 56

Giving intense devotion to something

Front 57

Tenacity

Back 57

Persistent determination

Front 58

Tenuous

Back 58

Weak, flimsy