GRE Vocab Flashcards D4
precipitate
hurried, rushed; to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
pristine
fresh and clean; uncorrupted
prodigal
lavish, wasteful
proliferate
to grow & spread quickly
propitiate
to pacify or conciliate; to appease or calm
propriety
correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
prudence
wisdom, caution, or restraint
pungent
sharp and irritating to the senses
quaff
to drink deeply, guzzle
quail
to shrink back in fear, lose courage; cower
qualify
to limit
qualms
misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy
queries
questions, inquires, reservations
querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome
quiescent
motionless
quotidian
habitual, commonplace; occurring or recurring daily; ordinary
rail
to complain bitterly; berate, abuse
ramify
to be divided, to branch out; diverge
rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment; hatred
rapacious
voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey; maraud, ravenous
rarefy
to make thinner or sparser
rebus
riddle
recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority, stubborn; difficult to manage; disobedient, rebellious
recant
to retract previously held belief
recapitulate
to summarize, to repeat concisely
repudiate
to reject the validity of; disown
reticent
silent, reserved; reluctant to talk
rhetoric
effective writing and speaking
sagacious
having sound judgment, perspective, wise; very insightful or smart
salacious
appealing to or causing sexual desire; erotic, raunchy
salient
prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant or pertinent
salubrious
promoting health or well-being
salutary
beneficial to one’s health; remedial, wholesome
sanctimony
self-righteousness, pretended piety or reverence; hypocritical
sanguine
cheerful, confident, optimistic
sap
to weaken the vitality of
satiate
to satisfy fully or overindulge
soporific
causing sleep or lethargy
specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; sophistry
stigma
a mark of shame or discredit
stolid
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
sublime
lofty or grand
table
to remove from consideration
tacit
implied or unspoken; done without using words
taciturn
silent, not talkative
talisman
something believed to have magic power or bestowed good luck
tamp
to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows, ram
tautology
repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument
tawdry
cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent
tenacity
stubborn; persistent to something
tender
to offer formally
tirade
long, harsh speech or verbal attack
torpor
state of low physical or mental energy; apathy
transitory
temporary, lasting a brief time
ubiquitous
existing everywhere at same time; widespread
umbrage
offense, resentment
undulate
to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
unfeigned
genuine, not false or hypocritical
untenable
indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
untoward
troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
upbraid
to scold, reprimand, chastise, blame
urbane
sophisticated, refined, elegant
vacillate
to sway physically; fluctuate or to be indecisive
variegated
multicolored, variety of patches of different color
vaunt
to brag or boast
venal
capable of being bought or bribed
venerate
to revere, respect
veracity
truthfulness, accuracy
verbose
wordy
verisimilitude
appearing true or real
veritable
authentic, real, genuine
vex
to annoy or bother
volatile
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
waft
light breeze, a puff
waver
to fluctuate between choices
welter
to toss about, to writhe; to be in turmoil
wend
to go, proceed, walk
whet
to sharpen or stimulate
whimsical
acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
zeal
passion, excitement
