Gre Vocab- Part 1

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aberrant (adj)

Back 1

deviating from the norm

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alacrity (n)

Back 2

eager and enthusiastic willingness

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approbation (n)

Back 3

an expression of approval or praise

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assuage (v)

Back 4

to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify

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audacious (adj)

Back 5

daring and fearless, recklessly bold

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austere (adj)

Back 6

without adornment, bare, severely simple

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axiomatic (adj)

Back 7

taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth

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capricious (adj)

Back 8

unpredictable, erratic, inclined to change one’s mind impulsively

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censure (v)

Back 9

to criticize severely, to officially rebuke

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chicanery (n)

Back 10

trickery or subterfuge

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disabuse (v)

Back 11

to undeceive, to set right

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disparate (adj)

Back 12

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery (n)

Back 13

extreme boldness, presumptuousness

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enervate (v)

Back 14

to weaken, to reduce in vitality

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equivocate (v)

Back 15

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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erudite (adj)

Back 16

very learned, scholarly

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exculpate (v)

Back 17

exonerate, to clear of blame

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fulminate (v)

Back 18

to loudly attack or denounce

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ingenuous (adj)

Back 19

artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

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inured (adj)

Back 20

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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irascible (adj)

Back 21

easily angered, prone to tempermental outbursts

Hint 21

John is irascible.

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lucid (adj)

Back 22

easily understood, clear

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nascent (adj)

Back 23

coming into being, in early developmental stages

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neologism (n)

Back 24

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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obviate (v)

Back 25

to anticipate and make unnecessary (e.g. to prevent)

Hint 25

None

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onerous (adj)

Back 26

troubling, burdensome

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paean (n)

Back 27

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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perfidy (n)

Back 28

intentional breach of faith, treachery

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perfunctory (adj)

Back 29

cursory, done without care or interest

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perspicacious (adj)

Back 30

acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

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precipitate (adj)

Back 31

acting with excessive haste or impulse

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precipitate (v)

Back 32

to cause to happen before anticipated or required

Hint 32

None

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predilection (n)

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a disposition in favor of something, preference

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prevaricate (v)

Back 34

to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead

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recant (v)

Back 35

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

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reticent (adj)

Back 36

quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Hint 36

Jake is reticent.

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solicitous (adj)

Back 37

concerned and attentive, eager

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stymie (v)

Back 38

to block, thwart

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tortuous (adj)

Back 39

winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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truculent (adj)

Back 40

fierce and cruel, eager to fight

Hint 40

Vikings were propbably truculent.

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virulent (adj)

Back 41

extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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cursory (adj)

Back 42

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough