2016년 8월 7일 일요일

COMMON GRE WORDS

abscond: to leave secretly

venerate: respect

attenuate: reduce

capricious: changing mind quickly

abyss: deep hole

castigate: punish

cogent: convincing

condone: overlook

corroborate: provide supporting evidence

adulterate: to make impure

archaic: old fashioned

ardor: passionate feeling

bombastic: pompous

cacophony: jarring noise

chicanery: deception

convoluted: complicated

decorum: propriety

deference: respect

deride: mock

desultory: disconnected

diatribe: condemnatory speech

dilate: expand

dilettante: superficial interest in a topic

dirge: funeral hymn

disabuse: free from error

discern: recognize

dupe: deceive

emulate: copy

enervate: reduce in strength

enumerate: list

estimable: admirable

eulogy: speech in praise

exacerbate: make worse

exculpate: prove innocent

exigent: urgent

exonerate: clear of blame

fanatical: enthusiastic

foment: incite

gregarious: outgoing

imperturbable: not disturbed

impervious: impossible to penetrate

impetuous: quick without thinking

inchoate: disorganized

inimical: hostile

innocuous: harmless

insipid: lacking interest

intransient: uncompromising

inundate: overwhelm

irascible: easily angry

lavish: extravagant

lethargic: sluggish

loquacious: talkative

malinger: evade responsibility

obdurate: resistant to persuasion

obsequious: eager to please

obviate: prevent

occlude: prevent

opprobrium: public disgrace

ostentation: showiness

pedant: showing off learning

perfidious: willing to betray

perfunctory: indifferent

permeate: penetrate

plethora: excess

precipitate: bring about abruptly

prevaricate: lie

pristine: uncorrupted

propitiate: conciliate

propriety: correct behavir

prudence: wisdom

pungent: sharp

quiescent: motionless

satiate: satisfy

specious: attractive

stigma: mark of shame

stolid: unemotional

sublime: grand

taciturn: silent

tirade: verbal attack

torpor: sluggishness

transitory: temporary

vacillate: indecisive

verbose: wordy

vex: annoy

volatile: lively

whimsical: unpredictable



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