GRE Hit Parade
Vocabulary Cards: 77
- 1.
- to depart clandestinely
- to steal off and hide
- 2.
- deviating from the norm
- 3.
- eager and enthusiastic willingness
- 4.
- deviation from the normal order,form, or rule
- abnormality
- 5.
- deviation from the normal order,form, or rule
- abnormality
- 6.
- an expression of approval or praise
- 7.
- strenous taxing
- requiring significant effort
- 8.
- to ease or lessen
- to appease or pacify
- 9.
- daring and fearless
- recklessly bold
- 10.
- without adornment
- bare
- severely simple
- ascetic
- 11.
- taken as a given
- posessing self-evident truth
- 12.
- following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
- 13.
- inclined to change one's mind impulsively
- erratic, unpredictable
- 14.
- to criticize severely
- to officially rebuke
- 15.
- trickery or subterfuge
- 16.
- an informed and astute judge in matters of taste
- expert
- 17.
- complex or complicated
- 18.
- to undeceive
- to set right
- 19.
- conflicting
- dissonant or harsh in sound
- 20.
- fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
- 21.
- extreme boldness
- presumtousness
- 22.
- well-spoken, expressive, articulate
- 23.
- to weaken
- to reduce in vitality
- 24.
- dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
- 25.
- to use ambigous language with a deceptive intent
- 26.
- very learned
- scholarly
- 27.
- exonerate
- to clear of blame
- 28.
- urgent, pressing
- requiring immediate action or attention
- 29.
- improvised
- done without preparation
- 30.
- intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
- 31.
- to loudly attack or denounce
- 32.
- artless
- frank and candid
- lacking in sophistication
- 33.
- accustomed to accepting something undesirable
- 34.
- easily angered
- prone to temperamental outbursts
- 35.
- to praise highly
- 36.
- clear
- easily understood
- 37.
- the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
- 38.
- associated with war and the armed forces
- 39.
- of the world
- typical of or concerned with the ordinary
- 40.
- coming into being
- in early developmental stages
- 41.
- vague
- cloudy
- lacking clearly defined form
- 42.
- a new word, expression, or usage
- the creation or use of new words or senses
- 43.
- harmful, injurious
- 44.
- lacking sharpness of intellect
- not clear or precise in thought or expression
- 45.
- to anticipate and make unnecessary
- 46.
- troubling
- burdensome
- 47.
- a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
- 48.
- a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
- 49.
- recurrent through the year or many years
- happening repeatedly
- 50.
- intentional breach of faith
- treachery
- 51.
- cursory
- done without care or interest
- 52.
- acutely perceptive
- having keen discernment
- 53.
- to babble meaninglessly
- to talk in an empty and idle manner
- 54.
- acting with excessive haste or impulse
- 55.
- a disposition in favor of something
- preference
- 56.
- foreknowledge of events
- knowing of events prior to their occurring
- 57.
- to deliberately avoid the truth
- to mislead
- 58.
- misgivings
- reservations
- causes for hesitancy
- 59.
- to retract, esp. a previously held belief
- 60.
- to disprove
- to successfully argue against
- 61.
- to forcibly assign esp. to a lower place or position
- 62.
- quiet
- reserved
- reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
- 63.
- concerned and attentive
- eager
- 64.
- characterized by filth, grime, or squalor
- foul
- 65.
- occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
- 66.
- to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
- 67.
- not moving, active, or in motion
- at rest
- 68.
- to stun, baffle, or amaze
- 69.
- to block
- thwart
- 70.
- the combination of parts to make a whole
- 71.
- a force that causes rotation
- 72.
- winding, twisting
- excessively complicated
- 73.
- fierce and cruel
- eager to fight
- 74.
- truthfulness, honesty
- 75.
- extremely harmful or poisonous
- bitterly hostile or antagonistic
- 76.
- having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
- ravenous
- 77.
- to move to and fro
- to sway
- to be unsettled in opinion