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30 GRE - Tues
Question | Answer |
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Chary | adj. wary/cautious |
Churlishness | n. crude behahavior |
Cloister | verb. to confine, seclude |
Cloying | adj. disgust or sicken with excess sweetness/sentiment |
Cogent | adj. clear/to the point |
Cogitate | v. to think hard |
Comeliness | n. beauty |
Commodious | adj. spacious and roomy |
Compunction | n. a feeling of guilt |
Connotative | adj. containing associated meanings in addition to the primary |
Coterie | n. a clique |
Cozen | v. to trick or deceive |
Craven | adj. lacking courage |
Dearth | n. a scarcity/lack of something |
Demur | v. to raise doubts/objections |
Dessicate | v. to dry out |
Desultory | adj. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
Diaphanous | adj. fineness of texture to promote seeing through |
Diffident | adj. timid/lacking self-confidence |
Dilettante | n. someone who engages in a field as an amateur |
Dirge | n. a song of grief |
Dissemble | v. to mislead/pretend |
Distrait | adj. distracted |
Effete | adj. decadent, self-indulgent, useless |
Effrontery | n. boldness/insolent |
Encomium | n. enthusiastic praise |
Eschew | v. to avoid/abstain from |
Evanescent | adj. vanishing |
Contrite | adj. regretful/seeking forgiveness |
Contumacious | adj. stubbornly disobedient to authority |