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GRE
Stack 6
Term | Definition |
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burnish | make shiny by rubbing |
complaisant | eager to please |
contention | claim or thesis |
contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse |
inchoate | not fully formed; lacking order |
inconsequential | insignificant, unimportant |
penury | extreme poverty; indigence |
plethora | excess, superabundance |
porous | allowing passage of air or liquids; permeable |
mercurial | rapid and unpredicatable |
neophyte | novice, beginner |
opsequious | slavishly attentive |
obviate | prevent (problems), make unnecessary |
opprobrium | disgrace caused by shameful behavior |
recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn; refractory |
recant | retract a previous statement |
redoubtable | causing fear or awe, commanding respect |
speciousness | superficial but misleading appearance of correctness; deceptiveness |
stigma | mark of disgrace |
stint | be frugal, set limits, be thrifty; restrict |
tacit | understood without being put into words; unspoken |
tenuous | having little substance or strength; weak |
tirade | bitter outburst; diatribe |
burgeon | develop rapidly |
discrete | separate, unconnected, isolated |
paucity | insufficiency of number; scarcity |
propitiate | to gain or regain the favor of; soothe |
intractable | not easily governed, managed; stubborn |
intransigence | refusal of any compromise |
inundate | cover with a flood; submerge |