Gre AV Group 3 Flashcards
equipoise
(noun) equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
errant
(adjective) traveling; itinerant; peripatetic
eschew
(verb) to shun or avoid
estimable
(adjective) worthy; formidable
evince
(verb) to show dearly; to indicate
excoriate
(verb) to censure scathingly; to upbraid
exegesis
(noun) critical examination; explication
exemplar
(noun) typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model
expatiate
(verb) to descant; to discourse; to discuss or write about at length
expiate
(verb) to atone or make amends for
expostulate
(verb) to argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
expurgate
(verb) to remove obscenity; to purify; to censor
exscind
(verb) to cut out or extirpate
extant
(adjective) existing; not destroyed or lost
extirpate
(verb) to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; to exscind
fallow
(adjective) untilled; inactive; dormant
fatuous
(adjective) silly; inanely foolish
feckless
(adjective) ineffectual; irresponsible
felicitous
(adjective) apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen; apropos
fetid
(adjective) stinking; smelly; malodorous
fetter
(verb) to shackle; to put in chains
filigree
(noun) an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
florid
(adjective) flowery; ruddy; ornate
foment
(verb) to incite; to rouse
forbearance
(noun) patience; willingness to wait
forestall
(verb) to act in a way to hinder; to exclude or prevent an action; to avert
forswear
(verb) to renounce; to disallow; to repudiate
fracas
(noun) noisy quarrel; imbroglio; brawl
fractious
(adjective) quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable
frieze
(noun) a semi-sculptural, raised-surface ornamental facade to a building
froward
(adjective) intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant
gainsay
(verb) to deny, dispute, contradict, to oppose
gambol
(verb) to skip about playfully
garner
(verb) to gather and save; to store up
gauche
(adjective) crude; awkward; tasteless
gossamer
(adjective) delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
guile
(noun) artfulness; trickery; chicanery; duplicity
hallow
(verb) to make holy; to consecrate
harrow
(verb) to distress; to create stress; to torment
heretical
(adjective) unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
hermetic
(adjective) sealed by fusion; airtight
heterodox
(adjective) unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic
hirsute
(adjective) hairy; shaggy
homiletics
(noun) the art of preaching
homily
(noun) a sermon or morally instructive lecture
iconoclastic
(adjective) attacking cherished belief; heretical; heterodox
idyll
(noun) a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode; ma literary or musical piece describing such
ignominious
(adjective) shameful; dishonorable; ignoble; undignified
imbroglio
(noun) difficult or embarrassing situation
impassive
(adjective) expressionless; stoic; stolid; unsusceptible to emotion; apathetic; phlegmatic
imperious
(adjective) commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty
importune
(verb) to ask incessantly; to beg; to nag
impugn
(verb) to attack or assail (verb)ally; to censure; to execrate
impute
(verb) to attribute to a cause or source; to ascribe
indefatigable
(adjective) doggedness; tirelessness
indolent
(adjective) lazy; listless; torpid
ineluctable
(adjective) certain; inevitable
ingenuous
(adjective) guileless; trusting; naive; credulous
inherent
(adjective) ingrained within one’s nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established
inimical
(adjective) hostile; adverse; unfriendly
