GRE2 Flashcards
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Attest
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to bear witness to
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vindicate
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clear of accusation, blame, or suspicion
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ail
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cause pain
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enfeeble
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to weaken
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convalesce
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recover health after illness; recuperate
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recuperate
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convalesce; recover health after illness
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Debilitate
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to make weak or feeble; enfeeble
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Reminiscent
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awakening memories of something similar
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redolent
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having a pleasant odor
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pungent
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sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh:
Edward’s truculent attitude toward his girlfriends is the reason why they are apart today.
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panegyrize
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to praise a person or event in a formal speech or in writing; to praise highly
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phlegmatic
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showing little emotion, apathetic
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preposterous
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contrary to nature or reason
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vacillate
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to be indecisive; to waver back and forth
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waver
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vacillate
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timorous
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timid, shy, full of apprehension, fearful
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deplore
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to feel or express regret or disapproval
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savory
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pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell
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ambrosial
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pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell
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dilettantish
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showing frivolous or superficial interest; dabble
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eclectic
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choosing from various sources
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dilate
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to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
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metastasized
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spread throughout the body
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piquant
having an agreeably pungent taste
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indolent
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion, lazy, slothful
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queasy
feeling nausea
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meticulous
extremely careful; particular about details
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boast
Speak with excessive pride
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scruple
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
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reproach
express criticism towards
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apogee
highest point, pinnacle
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Apex
the highest point (of something), pinnacle
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encroach
To intrude gradually upon the rights of another; to trespass
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contemplate
to consider carefully and thoughtfully
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Tarnish
make or become dull or discolored; N.
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anecdotal/anecdote
consisting of things that people have said, and not facts/a short account of an incident in someone's life
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depilate
remove hair
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Sanguine
cheerfully optimistic
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intrigue
to arouse the curiosity or interest
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recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority`
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extravagant
recklessly wasteful
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prodigal
wastefully or recklessly extravagant
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lucre
wealth
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penury
extreme poverty
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avarice
extreme greed for material wealth
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adumbrate
foreshadow
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aggrandize
increase in power, wealth, or rank
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dubious
doubtful
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demur
to express disagreement or refuse to do something
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relish
strongly like something
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exuberant
full of happiness,extremely good excitement, and energy:
| a warm and exuberant personality
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rakish
confidently careless and informal
| jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.
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convivial
friendly and agreeable
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temerity
fearless daring,rashness, boldness, state of being intrepid
| recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger
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tepid
moderately warm
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ineluctable
unavoidable, inescapable, inevitable
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diffident
shy and without any confidence:
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impeccable
faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
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avowal
a statement in which you declare or admit something that you believe, support or intend to do.
They were imprisoned for their avowal of anti-government beliefs.
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japery
good-natured mockery
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languish
become week, feeble
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indignant
angered at something unjust or wrong.
| Consumers are indignant at/about the high prices charged by car dealers.
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relinquish
surrender, give up, let go of.
| relinquish to the power of another
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promulgate
to announce; to make known
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acquiesce
submit or comply silently or without protest;
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ominous
threatening
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meticulous
very careful, and giving great attention to detail:
| This book is the result of meticulous research.
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lexicon
the vocabulary of a particular language
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verbiage
pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness:
His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I simply couldn't understand it.
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peripheral
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary.
| not as important as someone or something else
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nascent
beginning to exist or develop:
| a nascent democracy
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falter
to hesitate or waver in action
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strut
walk proudly and pompously
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peccadillo
a minor offense, fault:
| He dismissed what had happened as a mere peccadillo.
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superfluous
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. unnecessary or needless:
superfluous details/information
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nugatory
of no real value; trifling; worthless.trivial, insignificant, frivolous:
a nugatory amount
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preponderant
superior in weight, force, influence, numbers:
| Music does not play a very preponderant role in the school's teaching.
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prolix
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy:
The author's prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.
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jejune
childish:
| He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work.
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exacerbate
to make worse:
| Sunny weather exacerbates the effects of pollution.
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extort
take by force, threat/ blackmail:
| he extorted the police by threatening to kill the hostages.
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abhor
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate:
the citizens abhorred their dictator ruler.
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ambivalent
having mixed feeling about something:
| He was ambivalent about moving to London.
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taciturn
saying very little and not seeming friendly, reticent:
| he was taciturn about revealing his secrets.
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imperious
overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling:
dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand.
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incumbent
someone who has an official job, especially a political one.
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ignominy
public shame, disgrace, or dishonor:
| The Workers' Coalition experienced the ignominy of total defeat in the last election.
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obsequious
too willing to praise or obey someone:
| obsequious servants
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scourge
a cause of affliction or calamity, epidemic:
| Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.
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abate
become less in amount or intensity, diminish:
| By the weekend, the storms had abated.
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revel
to enjoy a situation or activity very much:
| He revelled in his role as team manager.
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homage
honor or respect shown publicly:
| Fans paid homage to the actress who died yesterday.
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paean
any song of praise:
| The song is a paean to solitude and independence.
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banter
playful conversation:
| we had such a nice banter as friends.
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rebuff
to refuse someone's suggestion or offer, in an unfriendly way:
The company has rebuffed several buyout offers.
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espouse
to support a belief or way of life:
| Both major parties have now abandoned these principles; only the bnp still espouses all of them.
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jubilant
showing great joy:
| The fans were jubilant at/about/over England's victory.
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fawning
extreme flattery
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pensive
meditative, dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
| She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
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livid
very angry:
| the parents were very livid about their son's indecent behavior.
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amble
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll:
| We ambled home across the fields.
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grovel
to humble oneself, act in a fearful and servile way; to lie face downward; to indulge in something base or unworthy:
She grovelled to the producer to get that part.
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lament
express deep regret
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dawdle
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter:
| Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
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resilient
strong power to recover, strong enough to get better quickly after damage, illness, shock, (adj.):
Growth figures show that the economy is still fairly resilient.
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fortitude
mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty:
| Next day he died, having shown the greatest fortitude.
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emblazon
v. to inscribe or decorate conspicuously:
| Her name was emblazoned across the front of the theatre. cars emblazoned with the company logo
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Annihilate
to destroy something completely:
| a city annihilated by an atomic bomb
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allay
to lessen or relieve:
| I tried to allay his fears about the interview.
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extoll
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
| to extol the beauty of Naples.
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indemnify
to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability):
The insurance also indemnifies the house against flooding.
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lascivious
arousing sexual desire:
| lascivious photographs
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esoteric
understood by only few with special knowledge:
| poetry full of esoteric allusions.
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behest
strong request:
| The budget proposal was adopted at the president's behest.
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captious
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding:
someone who is captious is a person who always points out the faults of her friend.
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tantrum
fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper:
Tom threw a tantrum in the middle of the supermarket.
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irascible
easily provoked to anger; very irritable, petulant:
| She's becoming more and more irascible as she grows older.
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profligate
morally corrupt, dissolute, immoral:
| the state legislature was profligate in its use of the oil lease windfall
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smug
(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous:
| "I've never lost a match yet," she said smugly.
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satiate/surfeit
too much of something
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saccharine
sugary,too sweet or too polite:
| i don't trust her saccharine smiles.
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deject
sadden, depress, discourage:
| the sad news dejects me
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fetid
bad stinking smell:
| fetid breath
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solitary
(adj.) one who lives in solitude, alone, without companion:
| the lonely boy remained solitary and was isolated from the play group.
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adroit
skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind:
| She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.
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aloof
unfriendly, at distance, reserved, not involved in something, standoffish:
He seems arrogant and aloof.
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incipient
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage:
| incipient wrinkles
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stagger
to walk, move, or stand unsteadily, to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate:
After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.
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piddling
amounting to very little; trifling; negligible:
| a piddling sum of money. They are making piddling profits of less than £20 000.
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vagrant
homeless: vagrant man
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impecunious
poor, impoverished:
| I first knew him as an impecunious student living in a tiny bedsit.
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indigent
poor, impoverished
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indulge
(v.) to give in to a wish or desire, give oneself up to:
| They indulged in a bit of gossip.
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remedy
something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment:
The remedy for the traffic problem is to encourage people to use public transport.
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reprimand
(v. or n.) a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority:
Watts has already been reprimanded for disclosing confidential information.
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penchant
a strong liking:
| Miguel has a penchant for fast cars.
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effulgent
radient:
| The diamonds were simply effulgent under the Jeweler's light.
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unctuous
excessively smug, describes people or behaviour expressing too much praise, interest, friendliness, etc., in a way that is false and unpleasant:
his unctuous manner/voice/smile
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cryptic
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
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equanimous
calm, emotionally stable:
| It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such impertinence.
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impertinent
rude or not showing respect:
| I hope he didn't think me impertinent when I asked him about his private life.
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proliferate
to increase in number very quickly:
| Your own question is an example. Questions like this are beginning to proliferate.
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languor
lack of physical or mental energy, lassitude
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lassitude
laziness, lack of physical or mental energy:
| Shareholders are blaming the company's problems on the lassitude of the managing director.
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concede
to acknowledge as true:
| Even the company chairman concedes that the results are disappointing.
