Still To Learn GRE WORDS - I

Question 1

precipitate

Answer 1

to cause (something) to happen quickly or suddenly

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Question 3

laconic

Answer 3

using few words

Question 4

mitigate

Answer 4

make less severe, serious, or painful

Question 5

propriety

Answer 5

the state or quality of being correct or proper

the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.

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ingenuous

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innocent and unsuspecting

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venerate

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regard with great respect

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prevaricate

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avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question

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contention

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the act of competing as for profit or a prize

Question 10

contentious

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showing an inclination to disagree

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efficacy

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capacity or power to produce a desired effect

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morose

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showing a brooding ill humor

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emulate

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strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.

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mollify

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cause to be more favorably inclined

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imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm and composure

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anomalous

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deviating from the general or common order or type

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anachronism

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something located at a time when it could not have existed

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effrontery

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audacious behavior that you have no right to

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contrite

Answer 19

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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ameliorate

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to make better

Question 21

probity

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complete and confirmed integrity
the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
“financial probity”

Question 22

tacit

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understood or implied without being stated.
“your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement”
implied by or inferred from actions or statements

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solicitous

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Characterized by showing interest and concern

“She was always solicitous about the welfare of her students

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tenuous

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Very weak or slight.

“The tenuous link between interest rates and investment”

Question 25

soporific

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inducing sleep
tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
“the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect”

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zealot

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a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

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proliferate

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increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
“the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s”

grow rapidly

Question 28

reprobate

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a person without moral scruples

an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).

Question 29

specious

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superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
“a specious argument”

plausible but false

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torpor

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a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
“they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism”

a state of motor and mental inactivity

Question 31

propensity

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an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.
“a propensity for violence”

a natural inclination

Question 32

repudiate

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refuse to accept or be associated with.
“she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”

refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

Question 33

tortuous

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full of twists and turns.
“the route is remote and tortuous”

marked by repeated turns and bends