GRE Hit Parade (group 3)

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Test Prep. It's the Hit Parade for the SAT and GRE. These groups are most important.
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  1. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  2. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  3. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  4. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  5. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  6. bolster
    support and strengthen
  7. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  8. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  9. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  10. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  11. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  12. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  13. exacerbate
    make worse
  14. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  15. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  16. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  17. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  18. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  20. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  21. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  22. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  23. idolatrous
    relating to or practicing idolatry
  24. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  25. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  26. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  27. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  28. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  29. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  30. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  31. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  32. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  33. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  34. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  35. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  36. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  37. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  38. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  39. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  40. occlude
    block passage through
  41. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  42. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  43. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  44. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  45. pine
    have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  46. pirate
    take arbitrarily or by force
  47. pith
    the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience
  48. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  49. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  50. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  51. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  52. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  53. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  54. querulous
    habitually complaining
  55. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  56. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  57. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  58. rescind
    cancel officially
  59. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  60. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  61. salubrious
    promoting health
  62. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  63. specious
    plausible but false
  64. spurious
    plausible but false
  65. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  66. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  67. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  68. tenacity
    persistent determination
  69. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  70. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  71. transient
    lasting a very short time
  72. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
Created on 八月 10, 2012 (updated 八月 10, 2012)

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