GRE words-2

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Excoriate - flay; abrade-

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Glisten ()

Glister ()

Glitter ()

Harbinger- Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Masochist - person who enjoys his own pain -

Forthright - straightforward; direct; frank -

Tergiversate- to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause


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Pass - old-fashioned; past the prime -

Headstrong - stubborn; willful; unyielding -

Killjoy - grouch; spoilsport -

Surrogate - substitute -

Foment - stir up; instigate -

Rebus - puzzle in which pictures stand for words -

Geniality - cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy -

Skittish - lively; frisky -

Verbatim - word for word -

Serendipity - gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental -

Musty- stale, spoiled by age -

Perfunctory - superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm-

Floccinaucinihilipilification- Something worthless

Marshal - put in order -

Spartan - lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined

Inadvertently - carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight -

Stupor - state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness -

Disconsolate - sad -

Grandiose - imposing; impressive -

Cloying - distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental -

Gnome - dwarf; underground spirit-

Importunate - urging; demanding -

Awry - distorted; crooked -

Malapropism - comic misuse of a word -


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Livid - lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged -

Immaculate - pure; spotless -

Egregious - notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking

Abnegation - renunciation; self-sacrifice

Cognizance - Knowledge -

Sanguine - cheerful; hopeful -

Guffaw - boisterous laughter -

Cherubic - angelic; innocent-looking

Chary - cautious; sparing or restrained about giving-

Bigotry - stubborn intolerance

Punctilious - laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise -

Niceties- justness

Debunk - expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule

Ebullient - showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm -

Arcane - secret; mysterious

Desultory - aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

Cavalier - casual and offhand; arrogant

Apogee - highest point

Berserk - frenzied

Behemoth - huge creature; something of monstrous size or power

Succulent - juicy; full of richness

Defamation - harming a person's reputation - ,

Vendetta - blood feud-

Quaint - odd; old-fashioned; picturesque

Figurative - not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech


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Stalwart - strong, brawny; steadfast

Vehement - impetuous; with marked vigor; zeal

Supersede - cause to be set aside; replace

Trepidation- fear; trembling agitation

Verve-enthusiasm; liveliness

Reconcile - correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel

Exasperate- vex-

Preen - make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction -

Fiasco- total failure

Peccadillo - slight offense

Carafe - glass water bottle -

Prune: cut away; trim - (?)

Titillate - tickle, (v) excite -

Apparition - ghost

Placid - Calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity

Silt - sediment deposited by running water

Alimony- payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce -

Covenant - agreement

Apex- tip; summit; climax

Loquacious - excessively talkative, chatty, wordy, chatterbox

Indict - Formally accuse or charge (someone) with a serious crime

Genuflect- Lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of

respect or to propose

Squalid- Extremely dirty and unpleasant as a result of poverty or neglect -

Deference - A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard


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Accolade award; merit; praise -

Capitulate- to surrender

Avant Garde - new and unusual or experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing them.

Synonym: Vanguard

Abject - wretched, degraded, very pity condition

Spurious - false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Not being what it purports to be

Cadaverous - Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony

Adherent - supporter; follower

Agape - open mouthed, shocked

Munificent- very generous; lavish

Loiter - To wander as an idle vagrant; hang around; linger

Impertinent - insolent; impudent; rude; trifling; inattentive; frivolous

Flaccid - Soft and hanging loosely or limply

Confiscate - To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury; seize; commandeer

Abate - To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen

Culinary - related to cooking, the art of preparing and cooking foods

Swindler- cheater

Tryst - meeting; to mutually agree to meet at a certain place

Reprieve - temporary stay; to relieve for a time, or temporarily

Penchant - strong inclination; liking; a bias in favor of something

Onerous - burdensome; oppressive- ; ; ; ;

Nonplus - bring to a halt by confusion; perplex- ; ;

Listless - lacking in spirit or energy- ;

Impromptu - without previous preparation- ; ; ;

Heyday - time of greatest success; prime -


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Grovel - crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate -

Forbearance - patience; the act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience

Decimate - kill, usually one out of ten; to destroy a measurable or large proportion of

Concerted - mutually agreed on; done together

Affinity - kinship; Companionship; acquaintance

Windfall - fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event; an unexpected legacy, or other gain

virtuoso - One devoted to virtue; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent

admirer of curiosities, etc.

Unobtrusive - inconspicuous; not blatant; reticent- ; -

Titter - nervous laugh; a restrained laugh- ;

Sedentary - requiring sitting; Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man- ;

Rendezvous - A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet-

Plagiarize - steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own

Opus - work; a work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

Nemesis - revenging agent; the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified;

divine vengeance - ; ;

Internecine - mutually destructive; Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive-

Gerontocracy - government ruled by old people

Erudite - learned; scholarly; Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned

Desiccate - To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit

Confidant - trusted friend; One to whom secrets are entrusted

Bilious - suffering from indigestion; irritable

Wheedle - To entice by soft words; cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

Vociferous - clamorous; noisy; Making a loud outcry

Upbraid - scold; reproach; to charge with something wrong or disgraceful


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Thrive - prosper; flourish; to prosper in any business; to have increase or success

Surreptitious - secret; clandestine

Retrospective - looking back on the past; having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive

Penance - self-imposed punishment for sin -

Ordain - command; arrange; consecrate; to set in order; to arrange according to rule

Nostrum - questionable medicine; any scheme or device proposed by a quack

Modish - fashionable; conformed to the fashion

Lewd lustful; given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous

Inebriety - habitual intoxication; Drunkenness; inebriation

Gargantuan - huge; enormous; prodigious; inordinate

Fanaticism - excessive zeal; Excessive enthusiasm; religious frenzy

Extol - praise; glorify; to place on high; to lift up; to elevate

Dolorous - sorrowful; Occasioning pain or grief; painful

Boorish - rude; insensitive; like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly

Antagonistic - hostile; opposed

Whinny - neigh like a horse; the ordinary cry or call of a horse

Veneer - thin layer; cover

Urchin - A roguish, mischievous boy

Tightwad - excessively frugal person; miser

Simper - smirk; smile affectedly

Rotunda - circular building or hall covered with a dome

Opulence - extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance

Neologism - new or newly coined word or phrase

Mendacious - lying; false; given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person

Lament - grieve; express sorrow; to mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail


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Insensate - without feeling; wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish

Haggle - argue about prices; to be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters

Gait - manner of walking or running; speed

Febrile - Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms

Equanimity - calmness of temperament; Evenness of mind or temper

Docile - obedient; easily managed

Blithe - joyous; gay; careless; cheerful

Alleviate - relieve; to lighten or lessen the force or weight of

Wanton - unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste; profligate; careless

Voyeur - Peeping-

Undulate - move with a wavelike motion -

Thrifty - careful about money; economical

Stickler - perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right

Rubble - fragments, debris; a mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium-

Parched - extremely dry; very thirsty

Nexus - connection

Limbo - region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; a place or state of imprisonment or

confinement

Garish - gaudy; Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention

Felicity - happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)

Ennui - boredom

Decant - pour off gently; to pour from one vessel into another

Clamor - noise; any loud and continued noise

Amenable - readily managed; willing to be led

Waylay - ambush; lie in wait - wait in hiding to attack


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Viscous - Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; gluey

Unfaltering - steadfast -

Turmoil - confusion; strife

Slapdash - haphazard; careless; sloppy

Raconteur - story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill

Portly - stout; corpulent -

Ovation - enthusiastic applause; an expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public

favorite; victory

Nirvana - in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an

impersonal beatitude- ;

Megalomania - mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth,

power, or importance

Lush - (of a plant or grass) growing very well

Implore - entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, pray, plead, adjure, conjure, solicit, petition, crave, appeal,

request, and ask

Hone - A stone of a fine grit, or a slab covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening

cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors - -

Grotto - small cavern; A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave

Flout - reject; to mock or insult; to treat with contempt -

Elucidate - explain; enlighten; to make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate

Derelict - neglectful of duty; abandoned; given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian-

Cajole - coax; wheedle; to deceive with flattery or fair words

Bourgeois - middle class; a man of middle rank in society; one of the shop keeping class

Anguish - acute pain; extreme suffering

Motley - Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored

Vindictive - revengeful; Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; Punitive

Unfledged - immature; Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed


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Torpid - sluggish in functioning or acting

Sanguinary - bloody, gory, bloodthirsty, slaughterous, sanguineous -

Quaff - drink with relish; to drink largely or luxuriously

Ravenous - extremely hungry; Eager for prey or gratification; ravenous appetite or desire

Olfactory - concerning the sense of smell; pertaining to the sense of smell

Insularity - narrow-mindedness; isolation

Hovel - An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce from the weather; A poor cottage; a small,

mean house; a hut

Gadfly - animal-biting fly; an irritating person

Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

Expedite - hasten; Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt

Convivial - festive; gay; characterized by joviality

Blurt - To utter suddenly and unadvisedly -

Amorous - Inclined to love; having a propensity to love; moved by sexual love; loving

Vintner - winemaker; seller of wine

Unrequited - not reciprocated

Shimmer - glimmer intermittently; to shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam;

to glisten; to glimmer-

Relish - savor; enjoy; tasting or eating with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification

Queasy - easily nauseated; squeamish; sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit

Pachyderm - thick-skinned animal -

Natation - swimming; the act of floating on the water

Malodorous - foul-smelling

Impuissance - powerlessness; feebleness

Hapless - unfortunate; without hap or luck; luckless

Garrulity - talkativeness; loquacity


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Frugality - prudent economy; thrift

Comely - attractive; agreeable

Blas- bored with pleasure or dissipation

Awe - solemn wonder; great fear mingled with respect

Vapid - insipid; inane; lifeless, flavorless, prosaic

Unscathed - unharmed

Abash - To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of

guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit; embarrass

Slacken - slacken slow up; loosen; To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in

tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather

Repartee - clever reply; retort; rejoinder -

Quintessence - purest and highest embodiment; the fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural

body

Pediatrician - physician specializing in children's diseases

Obese - Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy; exceedingly fat

Necromancy - The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the

black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment

Macerate - To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by

steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber -

Jaunty - lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree

Insinuate - To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent

movement -

Hedonism - belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life-

Gusto - enjoyment; enthusiasm; Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy

Foppish - Fop-like; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing;

affected in manners; vain about dress and appearance

Egress - The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure; exit

Dispassionate - calm; impartial; free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by

passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed


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Bevy - A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes; large group

Allure - To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to

invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract

Wistful - vaguely longing; sadly pensive; full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive;

contemplative

Satiate - surfeit; satisfy fully; o satisfy fully the appetite or desire of

Revelry - boisterous merrymaking; the act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity -

Quiver - A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person; V: To shake or move with slight and

tremulous motion; to tremble -

Prostrate - stretch out full on ground; lying prone, or with the head to the ground -

Ovoid - egg-shaped; a solid resembling an egg in shape

Mollycoddle - pamper; indulge excessively

Lull - To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet

Jollity - gaiety; cheerfulness; Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; -

Inquisitive - unduly curious; prying; seeking knowledge; ;

Hoard - stockpile; accumulate for future use

Gainsay - deny; contradict; controvert; dispute; forbid

Flaunt - To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of;

Din - Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar

Expatriate - exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land

Coquette - flirt; jilt, minx

Belligerent - quarrelsome; Pertaining or tending to war; of or relating to belligerents as, a belligerent tone;

belligerent rights

Catharsis - purging or cleansing of any passage of the body-

Mar- Destroy or injure severely- !!

Eccentric - Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; odd; whimsical; irregular

Stoic - person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain


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Laudatory - Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers

of Dryden -

Repudiate - To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject- ; ;

Ogle - glance coquettishly at; make eyes at; an amorous side glance -

Sybarite - A luxurious person; lover of luxury

Jargon - Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech; language used by special group; gibberish

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Zephyr- ; ; ;

Histrionic - of or pertaining to actors or acting; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly

dramatic, in behavior or speech; theatrical

Maudlin - Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly

Curmudgeon - churlish, miserly individual; niggard, miser, skinflint, tightwad;

Toga-

Banter - To address playful good-nature ridicule to, being the subject of the jesting;

Flippancy - trifling gaiety; lack of seriousness; flippant; frivolous- ;

Somnambulist - sleepwalker

Quibble - To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant

or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate

Piety - devoutness; reverence for God

Anachronism - something or someone misplaced in time

Intractable - unruly; stubborn; unyielding; difficult

Endemic - prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

Vituperative - abusive; scolding

Levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity.

Equivocate - lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

Bemused - confused; lost in thought; preoccupied


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Jocund - Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive

Gregarious - sociable

Diadem - Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty;

hence (later), also, a crown, in general

Diadem - an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty- ;

Recalcitrant - obstinately stubborn, disobedient, unruly, refractory

Metamorphosis - change of form; the change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the

living organism; metabolism.

Pulchritude - beauty, loveliness, prettiness, fairness, comeliness

Convoluted - coiled around; involved; intricate

Meticulous - excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous

Eclectic - selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources

Austere - forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented- ; ;

Hyperbole - exaggeration; overstatement

Obsequious - slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic-

Harangue - long, passionate, and vehement speech

Tenuous - thin; rare; slim

Embellish - adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story

Aesthetic - artistic

Confound - confuse; puzzle

Decorum - propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners

Pragmatic-practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something

Soporific - sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness

Exigency -urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention.

Abstemious - sparing in eating and drinking; temperate


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Adulterate - make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances- ;

Aver - assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

Secrete - hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism

Reprobate - person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency

Tirade - A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue

abounding in censorious and bitter language= Harangue

Sedative - calming drug or influence; soothing, calming, restful, anodyne; n tranquilizer, tranquillizer

Proximity - nearness, vicinity, closeness, propinquity, neighborhood, neighborhood, adjacency

Ostentatious - showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention; a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly

conspicuous; pretentious; boastful

Indolence - Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.; n Laziness

Babble - Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle; to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter

inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles

Bivouac-

Ascetic- Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion

Garrulous - Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious; excessively

talkative, especially about unimportant subjects

Occlude -To shut up; to close; to take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron,

platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen

Ambivalence - the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Sheaf - A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or

straw

Occult - secret; concealed; unknown; Existing but not immediately perceptible; mysterious; secret;

supernatural

Supercilious - Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt

Archipelago - Any large body of water studded with islands or the islands collectively themselves; any sea or

broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands

Peripatetic - Walking about; itinerant

Quizzical - Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. Bantering;

comical; humorously serious


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Naivet - quality of being unsophisticated; Native simplicity; artlessness

Junket - To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; especially one taken for pleasure by an official at

public expense

Filial - pertaining to a son or daughter

Emancipate - Set free; to set free from the power of another; to liberate

Coy - Shy; modest; coquettish

Berate - Scold strongly; to rate or chide vehemently

Poultice - soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

Hilarity - boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity

Dubious - doubtful; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined

Nauseate - Cause to become sick; to reject with disgust; to loathe

Obelisk - tall column tapering and ending in a pyramid

Equestrian - Rider on horseback

Gambit - opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

Voluble - fluent; glib; moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words

Ford - place where a river can be crossed on foot

Wean - accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity; transfer from dependence on mother's

milk to another form of nourishment

Untenable - unsupportable; baseless, groundless

Sobriety - moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness

Emollient - soothing or softening remedy; Softening; making supple

Tawdry - cheap and gaudy; without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace

Slither - slip or slide

Alacrity - cheerful promptness; A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity

Obstetrician - physician specializing in delivery of babies

Coiffure - hairstyle


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Reconnaissance- An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining

information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition; survey of enemy by soldiers;

reconnoitering

Painstaking - The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance; showing hard work; taking great

care

Paltry- Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; insignificant; petty

Nascent- Evolving; being evolved or produced; incipient; coming into being

Obdurate - Hardened in feelings; stubborn

Mawkish - Sickening; insipid; easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious

Dotage - senility; Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness

of old age

Quay dock

Impale- pierce with a pale; pierce

Lachrymose - producing tears; given to shedding tears

Befuddle - confuse thoroughly; to becloud and confuse, as with liquor

Exonerate - acquit; exculpate; to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame

Beatitude - blessedness; state of bliss

Impecunious - without money

Dearth - scarcity

Imperturbable - calm; placid

Dappled - spotted; Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated

Acuity - sharpness

Knead - mix; work dough

Copious - Plentiful; Plenteous

Betroth - become engaged to marry; to engage or promise in order to marriage

Laconic - brief and to the point

Knell - tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell


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Abominable- Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very

hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable; Excessive; large

Agility - nimbleness; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily

Complacent - self-satisfied

Jovial - good natured; merry

Laudable - praiseworthy; commendable

Browbeat - bully; intimidate

Chagrin - vexation; disappointment

Abdicate- renounce; give up

Kleptomaniac - person who has a compulsive desire to steal

Bullion - gold and silver in the form of bars

Lank - long and thin

Filigree- delicate, lace-like metalwork

Carapace- shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab)

Jingoism - extremely aggressive and militant patriotism

Kindle - start a fire; inspire

Baffle- frustrates; perplex

Jostle - shove; bump

Babble - chatter idly

Abscond - depart secretly and hide

Jaded- exhausted; fatigued; surfeited

Languid - weary; sluggish; listless

Knoll- little, round hill

Conk () ()

Connate ()


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Cabal ()

Cabby ()

Glum Moody and melancholic

Glut ()

Gluten A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to

dough

Agglutinate String together; united as if by glue

Advent Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

Debar ()

Debark

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Debase ()

Debasement ( )

Leaven - cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven

Edify - instruct; correct morally

Dirge - lament with music

Voluptuous - gratifying the senses

Outlandish - bizarre; peculiar; unconventional

Culpable - deserving blame

Languor - lassitude; depression

Bereavement - state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

Tantrum - fit of petulance; caprice

Swelter - be oppressed by heat

Scapegoat - someone who bears the blame for others-

Fathom - comprehend; investigate

Libido - emotional urges behind human activity


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