GRE COMMON WORDS 2 Flashcards
desultory
jumping from one thing to another
diatribe
an abusive condemnatory speech
diffident
lacking self condifence
dilate
to make larger; to expland
dilatory
intended to delay
dilenttante
someone with amatuerish and superficial interest in a topic
dirge
a funeral hymn or mournful speech
disabuse
to set right; free from error
discern
to percieve; to recognize
DISPARATE
DIFFERENT; ENTIRELY UNLIKE
DISSEMBLE
to present a false appearance; to mislead
DISSONANCE
a harsh or disagreeable combination; often of sounds
DOGMA
a firmly held opinion; often a religious belief
DOGMATIC
dictatorial in ones opinion
DUPE
to decieve; a person who is easily deceived
ECLECTIC
selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
EFFICACY
effectiveness
elegy
sorrowful poem or speech
eloquent
persuasive and moving esp in speech
emulate
to copy; to try to equal or excel
enervate
to reduce in strength
engender
to produce, cause, or bring about
enigma
a puzzle, a mystery
ENUMERATE
TO COUNT;LIST;OR ITEMIZE
EPHEMERAL
LASTING A SHORT TIME
EQUIVOCATE
TO USE EXPRESSIONS OF DOUBLE MEANING IN ORDER TO MISLEAD
ERRATIC
UNPREDICTABLE
ERUDITE
LEARNED;SCHOLARLY;BOOKISH
ESOTERIC
KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A FEW
ESTIMABLE
ADMIRABLE
EULOGY
SPEECH IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
EUPHEMISM
USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD IN PLACE OD A MORE DISTASTEFUL ONE
EXACERBATE
TO MAKE WORSE
EXCULPATE
TO CLEAR BLAME OF; TO PROVE INNOCENT
EXIGENT
URGENT REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION
EXONERATE
TO CLEAR BLAME OF
EXPLICIT
CLEARLY STATED OR SHOWN
FANATICAL
acting excessively enthusiastic; extreme unquestioned devotion
FAWN
to grovel
FERVID
INTENSELY EMOTIONAL
FLORID
EXCESSIVELY DECORATED
FOMENT
to arouse or incite
FRUGALITY
the tendency to be thrifty or cheap
GARRULOUS
TENDING TO TALK A LOT
GUILE
deceit or trickery
GULLIBLE
EASILY DECIEVED
HOMOGENOUS
OF A SIMILAR KIND
