GRE Wordlist 8

WORD MEANING Synomyns
afflict cause pain or trouble
prevaricate speak or act in an evasive way
adept very skilled or proficient
fortitude courage in pain or adversity
impunity exemption from punishment immunity, indemnify
pervasive spreading widely
intense happiness;
felicity
ability to find apt expression for one's thought
tenable able to be defended against attack or objection
imperative importance, and crucial
stretched tightly, not slack;

taut
(of music or writing) concise
ornery bad tempered or difficult to deal with
dreary dull or repetitive
inimical tending to obstruct or harm
fawning displaying exaggerated flattery or affection
obsequious obdient or attentive to an excessive degree

hegemony leadership or dominance especially by one state or social group over others.
vexation annoyed, frustated or worried
inchoate just begun and so not fully formed rudimentary, nascent
hackneyed unorignal, overused or trite cliche
cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do

chary wary, cautious, circumspect
something
compendium a collection of concise but detailed information
surfeit excessive amount of something surplus
paucity present in only small quantity scarcity
involve deeply in an argument, conflict or difficult

embroil
situation
spurious false or fake
"divorce is assumed to have deleterious

deleterious causing harm or damage effects on children"
delectable delicious
pathos a quality that evokes pity and sadness
recklessly extravagent or wasteful in the use of

profligate prodigal
resources
stoicism the endurance of pain without display of feelings patience, fortitude
"The speaker attacked him with great

acrimony bitterness and ill-feeling acrimony."
"the AGM dissolved into acrimony"
"they were treated as social pariahs"

pariah an outcast
reject,
untouchable,
"the case had taken up an undesirable
inordinate excessive ; unusually or disproportionately large
inordinate amount of time"
adulation excessive praise or admiration

"he found it difficult to cope with
the adulation of the fans"
The voters are too complacent to
"you can't afford to be complacent
complacent self-satisfied change the government.
about security"
pleased, especially with oneself or
one's merits, advantages, situation,
etc., often without awareness of
complaisant willing to please others the most complaisant child I've some potential danger or defect;
ever met. self-satisfied:
"the glib phrases soon roll off the

glib fluent but insincere and shallow
tongue"
bellicose hostile and aggressive belligerent, acrimony India is clearly frustrated with its
destitute, bellicose neighbor.
vehement intense, passionate or forceful "her voice was low but vehement"
all fulminated against the new

fulminate express vehement protest
curriculum
an inquiry exonerated those

exonerate absolve/ clear from the blame
involved
release someone from (a duty or
obligation).
divulge disclose, reveal
inscrutable impossible to understand or interpret enigmatic
peeve annoyed or irritated not pleased
penury extreme poverty destitute, impoverish
they lambasted the report as a gross

lambast criticize harshly
distortion of the truth you have to
admire the
tenacity of
tenacity the ability to be able to grip something firmly determination, persistence, grip these two guys
His life of hedonism suddenly seems

hedonism the pursuit of pleasure; self-indulgance empty when he begins to fall in love
with Grace.
showing a rude and
effrontery impertinent behavoir Insolent arrogant lack of respect.
to make something obscure, unclear or

obfuscate Confuse
unintelligible
revamp give new and improved form to renovate, refurbish
occlude stop, close up or obstruct

thick make-up can
occlude the pores
sixteen miserable months
rancorous bitterness or resentment acrimonious, vitriol, malice
of rancorous disputes
timorous showing nervousness or lack of self-confidence
a timorous voice
amity friendly relations
bile anger, bitterness or irritability
detente the easing of hostility or strained relations
apocryphal of doubtful authenticity
disavow deny reject, refute, repudiate
After consecutive
despondent disheartened, discouraged
the process of fully taking in and understanding "the assimilation of the knowledge of the Vedas"
assimilation
information or ideas
based on the principle that all people are equal and

egalitarian
deserve equal rights
the practice of persuading someone to do

coercion
something by force or threats
exemplify clarify by giving an example
"the invaders had soon subjugated most of the

bring under domination or control, especially by
subjugate population"
conquest

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WORD MEANING Synomyns

afflict cause pain or trouble

prevaricate speak or act in an evasive way

adept very skilled or proficient

fortitude courage in pain or adversity

impunity exemption from punishment immunity, indemnify

pervasive spreading widely

tenable able to be defended against attack or objection

imperative importance, and crucial

stretched tightly, not slack;

ornery bad tempered or difficult to deal with

dreary dull or repetitive

inimical tending to obstruct or harm

fawning displaying exaggerated flattery or affection

obsequious obdient or attentive to an excessive degree

vexation annoyed, frustated or worried

inchoate just begun and so not fully formed rudimentary, nascent

hackneyed unorignal, overused or trite cliche

cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do

compendium a collection of concise but detailed information

surfeit excessive amount of something surplus

paucity present in only small quantity scarcity

involve deeply in an argument, conflict or difficult

spurious false or fake

"divorce is assumed to have deleterious

pathos a quality that evokes pity and sadness

recklessly extravagent or wasteful in the use of

"The speaker attacked him with great

"they were treated as social pariahs"

adulation excessive praise or admiration

"the glib phrases soon roll off the

all fulminated against the new

an inquiry exonerated those

inscrutable impossible to understand or interpret enigmatic

peeve annoyed or irritated not pleased

penury extreme poverty destitute, impoverish

they lambasted the report as a gross

His life of hedonism suddenly seems

to make something obscure, unclear or

revamp give new and improved form to renovate, refurbish

occlude stop, close up or obstruct

amity friendly relations

bile anger, bitterness or irritability

detente the easing of hostility or strained relations

apocryphal of doubtful authenticity

disavow deny reject, refute, repudiate

based on the principle that all people are equal and

the practice of persuading someone to do

exemplify clarify by giving an example

"the invaders had soon subjugated most of the

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