GRE 1 Flashcards
Hubris
Excessive pride or confidence
Enmity
A feeling or condition of hostility
Hackneyed
Made commonplace or trite. Stale. Banal.
Craven
Cowardly. Contempidly. Timid. Pusillanimous.
Disseminate
Scatter or spread widely. Disperse. Broadcast
Asinine
Foolish. Unintelligent.
Baleful
Full of menacing influences
Espouse
To make ones own, adopt. Embrace.
Endemic
Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place
Infallible
Absolutely trustworthy
Genial
Warmly and pleasantly cheerful. Cordial.
Harlot
Prostitute.
Innocuous
Not harmful
Contentious
Tending to argument or strife
Expostulate
To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done
Enjoin
To prescribe with authority or emphasis. The doctor enjoined a strict diet.
Affected
Influenced in a harmful way
Aberrant
Departing from the right, normal or usual course. Exceptional. Abnormal
Abortive
Failing to succeed, unsuccessful. A abortive scheme.
Analgesic
A remedy that relieves pain
Decamp
Depart from a camp
Cognate
Related by birth
Blight
Any cause of impairment ruin or frustration. To cause to wither or decay
Abeyance
Temporary inactivity or suspension
Insouciance
Lack of care or concern. Indifference.
Manifest
Readily perceived by the eye (adj.)
Incertitude
Uncertainty or doubtful ness
Rakish
Jaunty, dashing, smart
Conviviality
Friendly, agreeable
Temerity
Reckless, boldness
Ineluctable
Incapable of being evaded (inescapable)
Incommensurate
Inadequate, disproportionate
Ennui
Weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest
Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful
Japery
Good natured mockery
Languished
To become weak or feable
Plunder
To rob of goods or valuables
Castigate
To punish, reprimand severely
Relinquish
To renounce or surrender
Acquiesce
Comply silently without protest
Promulgated
Publish proclaim formally in support
Callow
Immature or inexperienced
Ominous
Threatening, portending evil or harm
Ebullient
Overflowing with fervor enthusiasm or excitement
Propitiate
To conciliate. To appease.
Perfunctory
Done in a routine way
Obstinate
Stubborn. Unyielding.
Foment
To arouse or incite
Expurgate
To censor. To amend by removing words.
Redolent
Having a pleasant odor, fragrant
Panegyric
A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing. Eulogy.
Guile
Deceit or tickery
Exigent
Urgent. Requiring immediate action.
Exculpate. Exonerate.
To clear from blame
Alacrity
Cheerful readiness, promptness or willingness.
Sagacious
Having or showing acute mental discernment. Sage = wise
Salubrious
Favorable to or promoting health
Misanthrope
Person who dislikes others
Laconic
Using few words
Obviate
To prevent. To make unnecessary.
Prevaricate
To lie or deviate from the truth
Precipitate
To throw violently or bring about abruptly.
Proliferate
To increase in number quickly
Opprobrium
Public disgrace
Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
Specious
Deceptively attractive. Seemingly plausible but fallacious
Ingenuous
Innocence or childlike simplicity
Onerous
Burdensome oppressive or troublesome
Scintilla
trace amount
Molt
To shred hair or skin
Tacit
Done with using words. Taciturn = quiet
Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind from strain
Coalesce
To grow together or into one body
Recondite
Dealing with very profound difficult or abstruse subject matter
Truculent
Fierce. Cruel. Savagely.
Torpor
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness.
Pedant
Someone who shows off learning
Quiescent
Motionless.
Propriety
Correct behavior
Laud
To give praise
Venerate
To respect deeply. “Respect the Venn diagram”
Impetuous
Quick to act without thinking
Garrulous
Tending to talk a lot. Loquacious.
Apocryphal
Of questionable authority or authenticity.
Plucky
Courageous. Spunky.
Pallid
Lacking color or liveliness
Prattle
Meaningless foolish talk
Abase
To reduce or lower. Humble. Degrade.
Inchoate
Not fully formed. Disorganized.
Imprecation
A curse. “Shouting imprecations”
Yoke
To join together
Approbation
Approval and praise. Extol, exalt, hail, acclaim.
Curmudgeon
Cranky person. Usually old
Plebeian
Crude or coarse. Characteristic of commoners. “ Obama is trying to be plebeian by wearing jeans”
Contumacious
Rebellious
Coterie
An intimate group of persons with a similar purpose “British red coats”
Wily
Clever. Deceptive. Wily coyote
Abjure
To renounce, repudiate or retract. “The jury abjured their verdict when they relaized they were wrong”
Collusion
A secret agreement. Conspiracy.
Demur
To make objection. “He demurred when they said they didn’t want to go to the concert”
Eminent
High in station, rank or repute. Prominent. Distinguished.
Inimical
Hostile. Unfriendly.
Requite
To make repayment or return for. Unrequited love.
Obdurate
Hardened in feeling. Resistant to persuasion. Obese people are often obdurate to new diets.
Intransigent
Uncompromising. Refusing to be reconciled. The president was intransigent about creating transgender bathrooms.
Perfidious
Willing to betray ones trust
Insolence
Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech
Calumny
A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something
Effrontery
Shameless or impudent boldness. Barefaced audacity.
Abnegate
To refuse or deny oneself. Reject. Renounce.
Deportment
Conduct. Behavior.
Exalt
To raise in rank. To praise.
Equivocate
To use ambiguous or unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead. The politician equivocated in an attempt to get equal votes.
Indolent
Having or showing a dispositions to avoid exertion. Slothful.
Abhor
To regard with aversion. Detest utterly. Loath.
Abrogate
To abolish by formal or official means
Flout
To treat with disdain, scourn or contempt. To flout the rules.