GRE VOCAB 9

Question 1

bombastic

Answer 1

pompous

Question 2

bedizen

Answer 2

dress in a vulgar, showy manner

Question 3

avuncular

Answer 3

benevolent and tolerant, like an uncle

Question 4

avocation

Answer 4

secondary occupation

Question 5

aver

Answer 5

to affirm

Question 6

atavism

Answer 6

return of trait after several generations of absence

Question 7

guile

Answer 7

artful or crafty deception

Question 8

argot

Answer 8

specialized vocab

Question 9

artless

Answer 9

natural, simple, uncontrived; free from deceit, guileless

Question 10

maxim

Answer 10

a principle or rule of conduct

Question 11

axiom

Answer 11

self-evident truth that requires no proof

Question 12

adage

Answer 12

a traditional saying

Question 13

apothegm

Answer 13

short, pithy, instructional saying

Question 14

astringent

Answer 14

harsh, severe, caustic

Question 15

aspersion

Answer 15

slander

Question 16

asperity

Answer 16

1.harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.
2.
hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather.
3.
roughness of surface; unevenness.
4.
something rough or harsh.