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30 GRE words - Wed
Question | Answer |
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Excoriate | v. to censure scathingly |
Exculpate | v. to clear of blame |
Execrate | v. to denounce as vile/evile; to curse or detest |
Exhort | v. to strongly encourage/urge |
Exigent | adj. urgent |
Expatiate | v. to speak/write at length/detail |
Expiate | v. to atone for (guilt/sin) |
Extemporaneous | adj. improvised |
Extempore | adj. done with little/no prepration |
Extemporize | v. to improvise |
Extirpate | v. to destroy completely |
Fatuous | adj. silly and pointless |
Fervid | adj. intensely enthusiastic/passionate |
Fetter | n. chain/shackle |
Froward | adj. difficult to deal with/contrary |
Fulminate | v. to loudly denounce |
Fulsome | adj. complimentary to an excessive degree |
Gainsay | v. deny or contradict (a false statement) |
Hackneyed | adj. rendered trite by frequent usage |
Halcyon | adj. calm and peaceful |
Harangue | n. a long and pompous speech |
Ignominious | adj. disgraceful/shameful |
Imbroglio | n. an embarassing situation |
Immutable | adj. incapable of change |
Impetuous | adj. hastily energetic/impulsive |
Importune | v. to ask pressingly for something |
Imprecation | n. a spoken curse |
Impugn | v. to dispute the validity of |
Impute | v. attribute, ascribe |
Inchoate | adj. in an initial stage |