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GRE SEC 15-16
Question | Answer |
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Fallow (n) | doemant; unused |
Fetid (adj) | foul-smelling; putrid; funky; noisome; rank; stinky |
Fatuous (adj) | stupid; foolishly self satisfied |
Fawn (v) | to grovel; bootlick; grovel; ponder |
Cosset (v) | to pamper; trat with great care; pet; spoil; love |
Furtive (adj) | secret; stealthy; clandestaine; shifty; underhand |
Flag (v) | to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
Deleterious (adj) | subtly or unexpectedly harmful; adverse; Inimical; hurtful |
Florid (adj) | excessively decorated or embellished; elaborate; rococo ornate |
Frenetic (adj) | frantic; frenzied; delirious; mad; wild |
Foment (v) | to arouse or incite; agitate; inflame; kindle; instigate |
Fractious (adj) | unruly; rebellious; cranky; quarrelsome |
Forestall (v) | to prevent or delay; anticipate |
Fortuitous (adj) | happening by chance; fortunate; haphazard; lucky |
Burgeon (v) | to grow and flourish |
Frugality (n) | tending to be thrifty or cheap; prudence; sparing |
Coalesce (v) | to grow together to form a single whole; amalgamate |
Cacophony (n) | harsh; jarring moise |
Fecund (adj) | fertile; fruitful; productive |
Ford (v) | to cross a body of water by wading; traverse |
Fanatical (adj) | acting excessively enthusiastic; folled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
Cabal (n) | a secret group seeking to overturn something; mob; clan |
Coterie (n) | an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose; clique; set |
Caustic (adj | biting in wit; acerbic; trenchant; biting |
Dictum (n) | authoritative statement |
Yoke (v) | to join together; bind; harness; pair |
Wizened (adj) | shriveled, withered; wrinkled |
Wraith (n) | a ghost or specter; apparition |
Winsome (adj) | charming; happily engaging; attractive; delightful |
Wanton (adj) | undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless; capricious; lewd; licentious |
Waver (v) | to fluctuate between choices |
Whimsical (adj) | lightly acting in a fanciful o capricious manner; unpredictable |
Wily (adj) | clever; deceptive |
Vacillate (v) | to physically sway or to be indecisive; dither; falter; oscillate; waver |
Usury (n) | the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates; loan-sharking |
Venerable (adj) | respected because eof age; elderly; respectable |
Venerate (v) | to respect deeply; adore; honor; iodize |
Veracity (n) | filled with the truth and accuracy |
Verbose (adj) | wordy; superfluous |
Verdant (adj) | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
Vernal (adj) | related to spring; fresh; youthful |
Vestige (n) | a trace; remnant; relic; remains; sign |
Vex (v) | to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
Vicissitude (n) | a change or variation; ups and downs; inconstancy |
Vim (n) | vitality and energy; force; power |
Viscous (adj) | thick and adhesive, like a slow flowing fluid; thick |
Vituperate (v) | to abuse verbally; berate; reproach; castigate; scold |
Volatile (adj) | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
Voluble (adj) | talkative; speaking easily; glib |
Wan (adj) | sickly pale; ashen; sickly |
Castigate (v) | to punish or criticize harshly |