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GRE B125
B125-149
Question | Answer |
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Lassitude | A state of diminished energy |
Latent | Potential that is not readily apparent |
Laud | To give praise, to glorify |
Lavish | Extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly |
Lethargic | Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
Loquacious | Talkative |
Lucid | Clear and easily understood |
Luminous | Bright, brilliant, glowing |
Malinger | To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
Malleable | Capable of being shaped |
Metaphor | A figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol |
Meticulous | Extremely careful about details |
Misanthrope | A person who dislikes others |
Mitigate | To soften, to lessen |
Mollify | To calm or make less severe |
Monotony | No variation, tediously the same |
Naive | Lacking sophistication or experience |
Obdurate | Hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion |
Obsequious | Overly-submissive and eager to please |
Obstinate | Stubborn, unyielding |
Obviate | To prevent; to make unnecessary |
Occlude | To stop up, prevent the passage of |
Onerous | Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
Opaque | Impossible to see though, preventing the passage of light |
Opprobrium | Public disgrace |