GRE vob list 3 Flashcards
lucid
clear
magnanimous
generous or forgiving
maladroit
clumsy, tactless
S:munificent
A:miserly
root: anim+spirit
malfeasance
misconduct or wrondoing often commited by a public official
malign
to speak harmful untruths about, to slander
malinger
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
maxim
an expression of general truth or principle
minatory
menacing, threatening
misanthrope
a person who dislikes other
miser
a person,one who hoards to excess and never spends
mitigate
to soften, to lessen
mollify
to calm or make less severs
nascent
starting to develop
neophyte
a newcomer to something
obdurate
stubborn; resistant to persuasion
obfuscate
to render indistinct or dim
oblique
not direct
obsequious
overly submissive and eager to please
obsolete
old and out of use
obstreperous
noisily defiant, unruly
obtuse
not sharp
obviate
to prevent; to make unnecessary
occlusion
to stop up; to prevent the passage of
omnivorous
eating or absorbing everything
opprobrium
public disgrace
panegyric
formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
paragon
model of excellence or perfection
paucity
smallness of quality; scarcity; scantiness
penchant
tendency
penurious
living in poverty
perfidious
willing to betray one’s trust, disloyal
perfunctory
performed merely as routine duty
peripatetic
walking or traveling about;itinerant
pernicious
harmful
perquisite
a benefit or gratuity
perspicacious
having keen mental perception and understanding
pertinacious
persistent, stubborn
petulant
showing sudden irritation,esp over some annoyance
philanderer
one who carries on adultery
philology
charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
plethora
a large amount
precept
a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct
precipitate
to throw violently or bring about abruptly
preclude
to prevent the presence of
precocious
unusually advance or mature in mental development
predilection
preference, liking
prescient
having knowledge of things before the happen
prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
prodigal
wasteful
promulgate
to make known by open declaration
propitiate
to satisfy; to appease
propound
to set fourth for consideration
propriety
correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs
proscribe
to condemn as harmful or odious
proselytize
to convert or attempt to recruit
prudent
with wisdom, caution or restraint
puerile
childish, immuture
pugnacious
eager to fight, aggressive
punctilious
strict or exact in the observance of formalities, fussy
pusillanimous
lacking courage or resolution
querulous
full or complaint
quiescent
calm and still
ravenous
hungry
recumbent
lying down; reclining; learning
refractory
stubborn; rebllious
rejoinder
to reply, retort
remonstrate
to say or plead in protest or objection
reprobate
a depraved or wicked person
repudiate
to reject
reticent
silent, reserved
revile
to criticize with harsh language
sedition
incitement of dicontent or rebellion against a government