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GRE VOCABULARY

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debacle
disaster, collapse, a rout
sedition
a revolt
ratify
to make valid, confirm
adept
skilled, practiced
whet
to sharpen
waft
to move gently by wind or breeze
foist
to falsely identify as real
conglomeration
mixture, collection
shoddy
of inferior quality
mar
to damage
bastion
fortified place
convoke
to call to assembly
tepid
lacking warmth
cant
insincere or hypocritical statements of high ideals; the jargon of a particular group or occupation
skulk
to move secretly
petulant
peevish, cranky, rude
abstruse
hard to understand
infamy
a bad reputation; infamous
tumid
swollen, inflated
guise
appearance
ungainly
clumsy and unattractive
upshot
the final act or result
antipathy
a natural dislike or repugnance
verbose
talkative, wordy
impervious
impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through unaffected
voluble
fluent (characterized by a great flow of words)
blithe
happy, cheery, merry
bereft
hurt by someone's death
arcane
obscure, secret, mysterious
epitome
model, tpification, representation
amass
to collect together; to accumulate
wooden
to be expressionless or dull
workaday
commonplace
render
deliver, provide
nettle
to annoy, irritate
colloquial
casual, common; conversational; idiomatic
arid
extremely dry
indifferent
unconcerned
iota
a very small piece
dissent
to disagree; to differin opinion
valence
short drapery hanging over the window frame
venue
location
meander
to go aimlessly
commodious
spacious and convenient; roomy
augment
to increase or add to; make larger
macerate
to soften by steeping in liquid
cajole
to coax with insincere talk
quandary
dilemma
pedestrain
mediocre, ordinary
unprecedented
unheard of; exceptional
salient
noticeable, prominent
yore
former period of time
solace
hope, comfort
vaunt
to boast
ingratitued
ungratefulness
welter
a confused mass, turmoil
juncture
critical point; meeting
arable
suitable as land for plowing
pungent
sharp; stinging
serrated
having a saw-toothed edge
generic
common; general; universal
craven
a coward; abject person
placate
to appease or pacify
transpire
to take place; to come about
accede
to comply with; to consent to
economical
not wasteful; thrifty
callow
being young or immature
relegate
to banish; to put to a lower position
tedious
time-consuming
truncate
to shorten by cutting
guffaw
boisterous laughter
stoked
to feed fuel to especiall to a fire
apposite
suitable, apt, relevant
alluded
to refer indirectly to something
vogue
modern fashion
xenophobia
fear of foreign people
die
a tool used for sharpening
enormity
evilness
epicure
one devoted to sensual pleasure
episodic
loosely connected
essay
to test or try
exact
to call for , requrie or take
fell
a stony or barren hill
forbearance
patience, willingness
gauche
crude, ackward,
gainsay
to deny and dispute
gossamer
delicate, tenuous
hallow
set apart as holy
imbroglio
difficult or embaressing situation
intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
insular
narrow minded like an island
insensible
uncounscious, unresponsive, unaware
lachrymose
causing tears
jibe
to agree
jejune
vapid, uninteresting, childish, immature, lacking nutrition
lumber
to move heavily and clumsily with a rumbling sound
mince
speak to carefully
minatory
menacing, threatening
milk
to exploit
mettlesome
courageous
nice
exacting, extremely or even excessively precise, done with delicacy or skill
natty
trimly neat and tidy
nadir
low point
nostrum
a cure all , placebo, questionable remedy
nonplussed
baffled,at loss for what to say
noisome
offensive,especially to one's sense of smell
obtain
to be established
occult
hidden, concealed
officous
meddlesome
pariah
an outcast
palliate
to make something appear less serious, mitigate
parry
to block, evade or ward off, as in blocking a blow
pedestrian
commonplace, trite
parsimonious
cheap, miserly
paucity
scarcity, a lacking of
partisan
one sided committeed to a party
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