GRE 55

Yu-Chen W.
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  3. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  4. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  5. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  6. exacerbate
    make worse
  7. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  8. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  9. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  10. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  11. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  12. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  13. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  14. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  15. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  16. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  17. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  18. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  19. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  20. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  21. specious
    plausible but false
  22. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  23. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  24. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  25. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  26. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  27. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  28. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  29. obviate
    do away with
  30. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  31. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  32. bolster
    support and strengthen
  33. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  34. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  35. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  36. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  37. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  38. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  39. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  40. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  41. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  42. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  43. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  44. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  45. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  46. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  47. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  48. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  49. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  50. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  51. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  52. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  53. plethora
    extreme excess
  54. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  55. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
Created on 七月 10, 2012 (updated 七月 10, 2012)

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