GRE Flashcards
dupe
to deceive a person;someonw who is easily deceived
duplicity
deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing
eclectic
selecting from or made up from variety of sources
effigy
sculpture or model or person
elegy
a sorrow poem or speech
elocution
art of clear and expressive speech
enervate
to reduce in strenght
engender
to produce,cause or bring about
enigmatic
puzzling;mysterious
ephemeral
lasting a short time
epithet
a word of phase, use unvectivley as a term of abuse
equivocate
to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
erudite
learned;scholarly,bookish
esoteric
known or understood by only a few
estimable
admirable
exculpate
to clear blame;prove innocent
excerbate
to increase bitterness or violence
expound
to set fouth in detail
exultant
to show or feel triumphant joy
fawn
to spoil, to lavish extreme attention on
fiduciary
of a trust; held or given in trust
foment
to arouse or incite
forestall
to prevent by advance action
gradiloquent
pompous or inflated in language
guile
deceit or trickery
heterodox
holding unorthodox opinions, different from the norm
iconoclast
pretending to have virtues or qualities one does not have
impassive
showing or feeling no emotion
impugn
to challenge as false
inchoate
not fully formed;disorganized
inculpate
to charge with fault
incursion
a hostile entrance into a place
indolence
being lazy
ineffable
inexpressable, cannot be put into words
