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GRE
Stack 7
Term | Definition |
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inured | accustomed; hardened |
invective | insult or abuse |
irresolute | uncertain how to act |
lumber | move heavily |
luminous | emitting or reflecting or glowing light |
malleable | capable of being shaped by pounding; flexible |
flout | reject mockingly, scoff at |
profligacy | wasteful extravagance |
precursor | biochemical substance that gives rise to another substance, as in a chemical reaction |
prevaricate | speak misleadingly; lie, equivocate |
supposition | something that is supposed; assumption |
oscillate | swing to and fro like a pendulum; vacillate |
ostentation | gaudy display, excessive showiness |
palpable | perceptible by touch, easily perceived, obvious |
enervate | to reduce mental or moral vigor; weaken |
endemic | prevalent in a particular region or among a particular group; native |
encomium | glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; high praise |
elicit | draw forth, evoke, provoke |
dissonance | lack of agreement; disagreement |
dissolution | dissolving into parts; termination |
dissemble | hide behind a false appearance, conceal ones motives |
proscribe | to condemn or forbid as harmful; prohibit |
pundit | learned authority; expert |
effrontery | shameless boldness |
pungent | acid-tasting; strong-smelling, bitter |
quiescent | at rest, still, dormant |
rarefied | made less dense; refined |
grandiloquent | using inflated language; bombastic |