Gre Words 1 Flashcards
Panegyric
A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something
Elegiac
Having a mournful quality
boorish
rough and bad mannered; coarse
halcyon
period of time in the past that was idyllically happy/peaceful
piquant
sharp/appetizing flavor
pusillanimous
timid
injudicious
unwise
unbedizened
to dress/decorate gaudily
ingenuous
innocent/unsuspecting
disingenuous
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
accretion
the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
adumbration
to
foreshadow vaguely : intimate.
cogency
the quality of being clear, logical, and convincing; lucidity.
prescience
the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.
limning
depict or describe in painting or words.
asseverating
to affirm or declare positively or earnestly
abnegation
denial; especially : self-denial
denial; especially : self-denial
splenetic
archaic : given to melancholy
2: marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
iniquitous
very unfair or evil
diaphanous
insubstantial, vague, see-through
dilatory
slow; : causing a delay
: tending to be late : slow to do something
fatuous
foolish or silly or stupid
indolent
not liking to work or be active
cogitation
the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.
