Gre Vocab Round 4

Front 1

propinquity

Back 1

nearness

Front 2

mislay

Back 2

to lose (an object)

Front 3

meteoric

Back 3

very rapid

Front 4

festoon

Back 4

decorative chain or strip hanging between two points

Front 5

replete

Back 5

filled or well-supplied

Front 6

moiety

Back 6

half; an indefinite portion

Front 7

supercilious

Back 7

behaving or looking superior

Front 8

pusillanimous

Back 8

cowardly

Front 9

wan

Back 9

pale, unnaturally colorless; lifeless

Front 10

pallid

Back 10

pale, typically because of poor health

Front 11

paean

Back 11

song or lyric poem expressing thanks or praise

Front 12

fettle

Back 12

state; condition

Front 13

headlong

Back 13

without pause or delay; recklessly

Front 14

emollient

Back 14

softening and soothing, esp. to the skin

Front 15

accretion

Back 15

growth in size or extent

Front 16

rend

Back 16

to tear; cause emotional pain

Front 17

attrition

Back 17

erosion or wearing away from the surface

Front 18

accretion

Back 18

adding matter to something

Front 19

heterodox

Back 19

unorthodox

Front 20

mercurial

Back 20

changeable; volatile; fickle

Front 21

misfeasance

Back 21

wrongful execution of a rightful act

Front 22

miscible

Back 22

mixable

Front 23

hindmost

Back 23

last

Front 24

sordid

Back 24

ignoble; arousing moral distaste and contempt

Front 25

interdict

Back 25

to prohibit; forbid

Front 26

pronate

Back 26

to turn or rotate (the hand or foot)

Front 27

catholic

Back 27

having broad tastes

Front 28

confound

Back 28

confuse

Front 29

steadfast

Back 29

loyal

Front 30

furnish

Back 30

to supply

Front 31

commodious

Back 31

roomy and comfortable

Front 32

engender

Back 32

cause or give rise to

Front 33

accouter

Back 33

to outfit and equip

Front 34

contumacious

Back 34

stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

Front 35

panacea

Back 35

a remedy for all disease; cure-all

Front 36

indigence

Back 36

poverty; neediness

Front 37

fitful

Back 37

not regular, steady or continuous

Front 38

reticent

Back 38

disinclined to talk

Front 39

concatenate

Back 39

to connect or link in a series

Front 40

nugatory

Back 40

Of no value or importance; useless

Front 41

sententious

Back 41

moralizing in a pompous manner

Front 42

picayune

Back 42

of little value or importance

Front 43

peccadillo

Back 43

a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin

Front 44

impresario

Back 44

a manager; producer

Front 45

expiate

Back 45

to atone for; make amends

Front 46

picaresque

Back 46

of or involving clever rogues or adventurers

Front 47

mettlesome

Back 47

spirited and brave

Front 48

rarefy

Back 48

make less dense

Front 49

disabuse

Back 49

to show someone the error in their thinking

Front 50

inefficacious

Back 50

ineffective

Front 51

purulent

Back 51

full of or forming pus

Front 52

putrefy

Back 52

decay or rot and produce a fetid smell

Front 53

nadir

Back 53

lowest point

Front 54

cumbrous

Back 54

cumbersome

Front 55

didactic

Back 55

instructive

Front 56

nebulous

Back 56

vague

Front 57

depute

Back 57

to appoint or authorize as a representative; delegate

Front 58

obloquy

Back 58

strong public criticism or abuse

Front 59

rapacious

Back 59

greedy; ravenous

Front 60

peerless

Back 60

without equal, perfect

Front 61

urbane

Back 61

polished in manner; refined

Front 62

pique

Back 62

to annoy