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GRE
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Term | Definition |
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desultory | disappointing in performance |
diatribe | bitter |
dichotomy | branching into two parts |
veracious | truthful, honest |
truculence | aggressiveness |
occlude | to close up or block off |
felicitous | very well suited or expressed |
denigrate | to attack the reputation of |
craven | lacking courage |
imperturbable | marked by extreme calm |
reclusive | seeking isolation |
recondite | difficult to understand |
erudition | deep scholarly knowldege |
antipathy | intense dislike |
zealotry | intolerance of conflicting beliefs |
desiccate | dry up |
assuage | alleviate, ease or lessen |
prodigality | recklessness with money |
equivocate | speak misleadingly |
engender | cause to exist or to develop |
propriety | correctness of behavior |
precipitate | showing undue haste or expectedness |
pedantic | showing off ones learning |
euphemism | mild expression used in place of an unpleasant one. ex; nazis used different name for genocide. |