GREwordlist III Flashcards
luminous
Bright.
magnanimous
Noble. Generous.
magnate
Person of rank or power.
maladroit
Clumsy.
malleable
Moldable. Adaptable.
manifest
Obvious
mercenary
Calculating. Serving merely for money.
misgiving
Doubt.
momentous
Very important.
morose
Gloomy.
myopic
Narrow-minded. Near-sighted.
nadir
Lowest point.
nascent
Coming into existence. Beginning to grow or develop.
nebulous
Vague. Cloudy.
nefarious
Wicked. Evil.
neologism
New word or expression.
nicety
A dainty or elegant thing. Euphemism.
nominal
Slight.
noxious
Toxic. Harmful.
obsolete
Outdated. Old fashioned.
obtuse
Lacking sharpness or intellect.
obviate
To anticipate and prevent or make unnecessary.
officious
Volunteering without being asked.
ominous
Foretelling evil. Threatening.
omnipotent
Almighty.
omniscient
All-knowing.
onerous
Burdensome. Troubling.
opportune
Suitable. Well-timed.
optimum
Best condition.
opulence
Wealth. Abundance.
paean
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving.
palatial
Or. Or relating to a palace. Grand.
parity
Equality.
paucity
Smallness of number or quantity. Scarcity.
penury
Extreme poverty.
perennial
Present at all seasons throughout the year. Lasting.
perfidy
Violation of faith. Treachery.
perfunctory
Cursory. Done merely as a duty.
perspicacious
Having or showing keen understanding
perturbation
Disturbance.
pillage
To take the goods forcefully. Plunder.
pinnacle
Lofty peak. Acme.
pious
Devout. Holy.
placate
Appease.
ponderous
Heavy. Bulky.
posterity
Future generations.
pragmatic
Practical.
prattle
Babble
precarious
Dangerously lacking in security or stability.
preclude
Prevent. Bar.
predilection
An established preference for something.
preeminent
Having highest rank.
premonition
Previous warning.
prescience
Fore-knowledge of events. Foresight.
pretext
Excuse.
prevaricate
Lie. Equivocate.
pristine
Pure. Unspoiled.
profane
Impure. Contrary to religion.
prolific
Fruitful. Productive.
propriety
Appropriateness.
prostrate
Lying flat on the ground.
provincial
Intolerant. Narrow.
pundit
A learned person.
punitive
Punishing.
purge
To cleanse or purify esp. from sin.
quack
Charlatan. Fake.
quadruped
An animal having four feet.
qualms
A sudden feeling of doubt or fear.
rail
To complain angrily.
ramification
Consequence.
rancid
Rotten. Offensive.
ravage
Devastate.
rebuff
To reject or criticize sharply.
recant
To take back publicly.
recapitulate
Summarize.
rectify
Correct.
redress
Relief from distress. Restitution.
refurbish
Remodel.
refute
Disprove.
relegate
To send into exile. To assign to a lower position.
relinquish
Abandon. Quit. Release.
renounce
To give up, refuse or resign by formal declaration.
resuscitate
Revive.
reticent
Tending not to talk or give information.
rift
Cleft. Split. Separation.
saccharine
Nauseatingly sweet.
salient
Prominent. Noticeable.
sanction
Approval.
satiate
To satisfy fully.
scion
Descendent.
scoundrel
Disreputable person. Villain.
scrupulous
Having moral integrity.
serpentine
Winding.
solicitous
Worried. Concerned.
sonorous
Resonant. Impressive.
sordid
Marked by grossness. Dirty.
spurious
Not genuine. False.
squander
To spend wastefully.
stagnant
Not flowing. Motionless.
stalwart
Stout. Strong.
stint
To be frugal. Assigned amount of work.
stymie
Block. Frustrate.
subjugate
Conquer.
sumptuous
Lavish. Opulent.
supersede
Replace.
surfeit
Excess. Super-abundance.
tacit
Understood without being spoken.
taciturn
Disinclined to talk.
tactile
Perceptible through the sense of touch. Tangible.
tempestuous
Stormy.
terrestrial
Of or relating to the earth.
tome
Large book.
tortuous
Winding. Tricky.
transpire
Happen.
truculent
Savage. Belligerent.
ubiquitous
Existing everywhere at the same time. Omnipresent.
unconscionable
Not guided or controlled by conscience. Unscrupulous.
undermine
To weaken.
unimpeachable
Not liable to accusation. Blameless.
untoward
Difficult to manage.
unwitting
Not knowing.
urbane
Very polite and polished in manner.
veracity
Truthfulness.
verbatim
Word for word.
vernacular
Everyday language used by ordinary people.
viable
Capable of living.
virtuoso
Highly skilled artist.
virulent
Highly infectious. Extremely poisonous.
vivacious
Sprightly. Lively.
volatile
Unstable. Explosive.
voracious
Hungry.
wanton
Lustful. Lewd. Merciless. Inhumane.
waver
To fluctuate in opinion.
windfall
Bonus.
xenophobia
Fear or hatred of foreigners.
zealot
Fanatic. Enthusiast.
zenith
Highest point. Pinnacle.
