GRE Hard 1 Flashcards
spate
Multitude or Great number
Dearth
scarce
paucity
scare
secular
having to do with the material, temporal world
fatuous
foolish or childish
incontrovertible
undeniable
nullifying
invalidating” or “abolishing
aberration
depart from what is normal
concatenation
a series of interconnected things
inculcation
instill by persistent instruction
impugned
challenged
emblematized (emblematic)
symbolic representation
approbated
Approved
grandiloquent
pompous
chauvinism
extreme patronism
haughty
conceited, snobbish
intransigence
refusal of change
insouciance
carefree
cynosure
a person at the center of attention
epicures
food connoisseurs
aficionados
knowledgable and enthusiastic about an activity
pundits
analyst
categorical
clear or absolute
pragmatic
practical
verbose
wordy
dispassionate
unbiased
contested
questions, didsputed
heterodox
unorthodox, contrary to generally accepted opinion
collusion
Conspiracy; working together to plot
contingency
unforeseen event
corroboration
supporting with evidence
minatory
threatening” or “menacing,
palliative
soothing
evanescent
fleeting” or “quickly vanishing
cajoled
gently coaxed, talked into
precipitated
Incited, give rise to,
doughty
fearless
poltroon
coward
impassiveness
lacking emotions
parlous
full of danger or uncertainty (perilous)
pertinacious
stubborn
recumbent
laying down
repudiated
rejected
plenary
complete
circuitous
not direct
jejune
too simple
monolithic
colossal, huge
exorbitant
excessive
apotheosis
highest point in the development of something
discomfiture
embarrassed
edifying
instructing
expurgating
removing offesive partes