GRE Vocab (D-I)

Question 1

debauch

Answer 1

to ruin or debase
- I can cause a debacle when I debauch something.

Question 2

defunct

Answer 2

no longer working
- de- (not) -funct (functioning)

Question 3

demagogue

Answer 3

a political leader who appeals to the prejudices of the common people
-Kamala Harris is a demagogue as she appeals to the black women, she may as well be a demogorgan.

Question 4

demur

Answer 4

shows reluctance; raise objections

Question 5

denigrate

Answer 5

criticize unfairly or disparage
-She denigrated the poor so much that they felt they might as well disintegrate from existence.

Question 6

despot

Answer 6

a tyrant
-She was the almighty and powerful ruler she was in de-spot.

Question 7

diaphanous

Answer 7

light and translucent

Question 8

dirge

Answer 8

a song of sorrow for the dead

Question 9

discomfit

Answer 9

to make someone uncomfortable

Question 10

disparate

Answer 10

different from one another

Question 11

disrepute

Answer 11

state of disgrace
-disgraceful reputation from her disrepute

Question 12

duplicity

Answer 12

deceitfulness

Question 13

duress

Answer 13

intimidation or coercion to force someone to perform an act

Question 14

eclectic

Answer 14

wide-ranging

Question 15

edict

Answer 15

an official order

Question 16

ebullient

Answer 16

cheerful and lively

Question 17

efficacious

Answer 17

has the power to achieve a particular results
-effective

Question 18

effluvia

Answer 18

an unpleasant odor

Question 19

elegy

Answer 19

a poem of reflection, typically a lament for the dead
-an elegant eulogy

Question 20

elicit

Answer 20

evoke or draw-out
-explicit

Question 21

elude

Answer 21

escape one’s grasp
-eluBe

Question 22

emollient

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soothing

Question 23

equanimity

Answer 23

mental calmness

Question 24

evanescent

Answer 24

fading quickly from sight

Question 25

evince

Answer 25

to reveal the presence of -use evidence to evince the true story

Question 26

exhort

Answer 26

strongly encourage someone to do something

Question 27

execrable

Answer 27

extremely bad or unpleasant

Question 28

exigent

Answer 28

pressing, demanding

Question 29

expedient

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convenient though possibly improper

Question 30

expiate

Answer 30

atone (make amends) for guilt or sin

Question 31

extol

Answer 31

to praise

Question 32

fallacious

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false, based on mistaken belief

Question 33

fatuous

Answer 33

silly and pointless -fat people

Question 34

flagrant

Answer 34

obviously offensive

Question 35

forbearance

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restraint, self-control -to forgo or forbear something, to abstain

Question 36

fortuitous

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happening by chance

Question 37

fractious

Answer 37

irritable and difficult to control

Question 38

grandiloquent

Answer 38

pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner - eloquent --> grandiloquent

Question 39

gratuitous

Answer 39

uncalled for, unnecessary

Question 40

hapless

Answer 40

unfortunate -The situation she was in was so unfortunate/hapless she became hOpEless.

Question 41

hegemony

Answer 41

leadership or dominance, particularly of one country over another

Question 42

impecunious

Answer 42

having little money, penniless

Question 43

impede

Answer 43

prevent or hold back

Question 44

impetuous

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acting without care - you must train your pet so it doesn't act impetuous.

Question 45

impinge

Answer 45

to encroach on

Question 46

impute

Answer 46

to attribute to

Question 47

inane

Answer 47

ridiculous - insane

Question 48

inchoate

Answer 48

just beginning, not fully formed

Question 49

incontrovertible

Answer 49

unable to be denied -you can't say no to a convertable

Question 50

inimical

Answer 50

tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly

Question 51

injunction

Answer 51

an authoritative order

Question 52

innocuous

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benign, not harmful

Question 53

inoculate

Answer 53

to immunize someone

Question 54

insurgent

Answer 54

rebel or revolutionary

Question 55

interlocutor

Answer 55

someone engaged in conversation -she is interlocked in this conversation.

Question 56

inure

Answer 56

to be accustomed to something, particularly something unpleasant -If you endure something enough soon you will be inure to it.

Question 57

intransigent

Answer 57

stubborn; unwilling to change one's views

Question 58

inveterate

Answer 58

long-established and unlikely to change (habit)

Question 59

irreverence

Answer 59

lack of respect for -In dance, you perform a reverence to say thank you, this is the opposite of being thankful so you must lack respect.