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Word List-27 (selected words only)

GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. inveterate
    habitual
  2. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  3. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  4. invoke
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
  5. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  6. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  7. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  8. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  9. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
  10. irreproachable
    free of guilt; not subject to blame
  11. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  12. isotope
    atom with same atomic number, different number of neutrons
  13. isthmus
    a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  14. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  15. jabber
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  16. jaded
    exhausted
  17. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  18. jaunt
    a journey taken for pleasure
  19. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  20. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  21. jibe
    shift from one side of the ship to the other
  22. jingoist
    an extreme bellicose nationalist
  23. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  24. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  25. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  26. jollity
    feeling jovial and full of good humor
  27. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  28. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  29. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  30. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  31. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  32. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  33. juxtapose
    place side by side
  34. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  35. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  36. kernel
    a single whole grain of a cereal
  37. killjoy
    someone who spoils the pleasure of others
  38. kindle
    catch fire
  39. kindred
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  40. kismet
    fate or fortune
  41. kleptomaniac
    someone with an irrational urge to steal
  42. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  43. knead
    use the hands to mix and work something into a uniform mass
  44. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  45. knoll
    a small natural mound
  46. knotty
    tangled in snarls
  47. kudos
    an expression of approval and commendation
  48. labile
    liable to change
  49. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  50. laceration
    the act of tearing irregularly
  51. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  52. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  53. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
  54. laconic
    brief and to the point
  55. laggard
    someone who takes more time than necessary
Created on 六月 3, 2013 (updated 六月 29, 2013)

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