GRE Verbal Deck 5 Flashcards
Esoteric
Understood by a few
Euphemism
A mild or indirect work or expression substituted for one considered too hard or blunt
It’s Euphemism during Eurphoria as insults are mild
Execrable
Extremely bad or unpleasant
Like excreta
Extraneous
Irrelevant or unrealted to the subject
Facetious
Treating serious issue with deliberately inappropriate humor
Fallacious
Based on mistaken belief
Felicitous
Well-chosen or suited to the circumstances
Fractious
Irritable or quarrelsome
Something that can be fracturing to a relationship
Gainsay
To deny or contradict
Garrulous
Talkative, on trivial matters
Gregarious
Fond of company; sociable
Guileless
Devoid of deceit; innocent and sincere
Gullible
Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Iconoclastic
Attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs or institutions
Idolatry
Extreme admiration, love, or reverance for something or someone
Impassive
Not feeling or showing emotion
Imperturbable
Unable to be upset or excited; calm
Calm like Bible
Impervious
Not affected by or incapable of being penetrated
Implacable
Impossible to be appeased or pacified
Inadvertently
Without intention; accidently
Indigence
Extreme poverty
Indolent
Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Ineluctable
Unavoidable
Ingenuous
Innocent or unsuspecting
Insinuate
To suggest or hint something in an indirect or unpleasent way
Inured
Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant
In-used
Laconic
Using very few words; concise
Lack Elaboration
Levity
Humor or frivolity, espcially in a serious situation
Limpid
Clear and transparent; easily understood
Mangnanimity
Generosity or nobility in forgiving
Maverick
An independent-minded person
Mendacious
Lying
Misogynist
A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women
Mollify
To calm or soothe
Morose
Sullen, gloomy, or ill-tempered
Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action
Occlude
To block or obstruct
Onerous
Involving great deal of effort or difficulty