Study GRE vocab 3 Flash Cards

 
Pile Management Card
GRE vocab 3

loading
Zealous a.
fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person).
Transient a.
fleeting; passing quickly; brief.
Tirade n.
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation.
Tenuous a.
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak.
Tenacity n.
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination.
Surfeit n/v.
an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess.
Superfluous a.
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.
Succinct a.
brief; concise.
subpoena n.
a court order requiring appearance and or testimony.
Spurious a.
lacking authencity or validity; false; counterfeit.
Specious a.
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false.
Solvent a.
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance.
Salubrious a.
promoting health or well-being.
Rhetoric n.
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion.
Reverent a.
marked by feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (n. form: reverence).
Rescind v.
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract.
Repudiate v.
to refuse to have anything to do with; disown.
Recalcitrant a.
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage.
Rancorous a.
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (n. form: rancor).
Querulous a.
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish.
Queries n.
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations.
Proliferate v.
to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly.
Profuse a.
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant.
Prodigal a.
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish.
Polemical a.
controversial; argumentative.
Plummet v.
to plunge or drop straight down.
Platitude n.
a superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful.
Placate v.
to appease; to calm by making concessions.
Pithy a.
precise and brief.
Pith n.
the essential or central part.
Pirate v.
to illegally use or reproduce.
Pine v.
to yearn intensively; to languish; to lose vigor.
Pervasive a.
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout.
Penury n.
poverty; destitution.
Pedantic a.
overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show offish about one's knowledge.
Pedagogy n.
the profession or principles of teaching or instructing.
Opprobrium n.
disgrace; contempt; scorn.
Occlude v.
to obstruct or block.
Obsequious a.
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.
Obdurate a.
unyielding; hard hearted; intractable.
Mitigate v.
to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate.
Misanthrope n.
one who hates all other humans (adj. form: misanthropic).
Meticulous a.
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail.
Mendacity n.
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj. form: mendacious).
Malleable a.
capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable.
Malevolent a.
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (n. form: malevolence).
Luminous a.
characterized by brightness and the emission of light.
Loquacious a.
extremely talkative (n. form: loquacity).
Insipid a.
without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland.
Infelicitous a.
unfortunate; inappropriate.
Inchoate.
in an initial stage; not fully formed.
Impunity n.
immunity from punishment or penalty.
Implacable a.
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed.
Imperturbable a.
marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness.
Impassive a.
revealing no emotion.
Idolatrous a.
given to intense or excessive devotion to something (n. form: idolatry).
Iconoclast n.
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions.
Hegemony n.
the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others.
Hedonism n.
devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure).
Halcyon a.
calm and peaceful.
Hackneyed a.
rendered trite (= stereotype) or commonplace by frequent usage.
Grandiloquence n.
pompous speech or expression ( adj form:grandiloquent).
Germane a.
relevant to subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter.
Fortuitous a.
happening by accident or chance.
Fervent a.
greatly emotional or zealous (n. form: fervor).
Exacerbate v.
to make worse or more severe.
Evanescent a.
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing.
Endemic a.
characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people.
Eccentric a.
departing from norms or conventions.
Dissemble v.
to disguise or conceal; to mislead.
Diatribe n.
a harsh denunciation.
Bombastic a.
pompous; grandiloquent (n. form: bombast).
Bolster v.
to provide support or reinforcement.
Aver v.
to state as a fact; to declare or assert.
Archaic a.
outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time.
Amalgamate v.
to combine several elements into a whole (n. form: amalgamation).
Adulterate v.
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients.
Acumen n.
keen, accurate judgment or insight.
Place this card into pile: