TOP 12 GRE VOCAB Flashcards
equivocal
subject to two or more interpretations used to mislead or confuse
debatable
doubtable
shady
disputable
dubious
fishy
queer
anomaly
deviation or departure from the norm
peculiar
oddity
rarity
abnormal
abnormality
exception
lucid
clear to understanding
having full sense of one’s faculties
logical, clear, coherent
precipitate
to throw violently, to throw down
to cause to condense or fall
the product or result
exhibiting violent or unwise speed
consequence
backlash
outcome
fate
aftereffect
product
overhasty
headlong
cursory
sudden
impetuous
abrubt
Think of rain falling hard, fast and violently
assuage
to pacify or quiet
to lessen in intensity
to put an end to
palliate
alleviate
mitigate
ease mollify
help
soothe
alley
lighten
AS U age you get more quiet and less intense, so assuage means to quiet to lessen in intensity
erudite
having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition
educated
knowledgeable
learned
lettered
literate
scholarly
well-read
opaque
hard to understand
obtuse
thickheaded
cryptic
equivocal
obscure
nebulous
enigmatical
If something is opaque, you can’t see through it, so it is thick and hard to understand.
prodigal
recklessly
characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure
one who has returned after an absence
extravagant
high-rolling
profligate
spendthrift
squandering
thriftless
unthrifty
wasteful
squanderer
She’s a product gal, she likes to waste money of expensive things
enigma
something hard to understand or explain
an inscrutable or mysterious person
an obscure speech or writing
closed book
conundrum
head-scratcher
mystery
mystification
puzzle
puzzlement
riddle
secret
fervid
very hot
marked by extreme fervor
ardent
blazing
burning
charged
demonstrative
emotional
fervent
feverish
fiery
flaming
glowing
hot-blooded
Fervid looks like fever, when you have a fever you are hot, burning up. Like you have a fever to do something,
placate
to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : APPEASE
appease
assuage
conciliate
disarm
gentle
mollify
pacify
propitiate
Cate the baby keeps crying, woud you please play w/ Cate so she stops crying and give her a pacifier too.
