GRE Vocabulary 2023 Exam Graded A+

allay - ANSWER-diminish or put at rest analogous - ANSWER-comparable in certain respects anodyne i.e. She refused to take anodynes - ANSWER-eliminating physical pain; innofensive antedates - ANSWER-precede in time; come before (something) in date. antideluvian - ANSWER-of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood. aprocyphal - ANSWER-(of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. bellicose - ANSWER-demonstrating aggression/willingness to fight cadge i.e. He's always cadging free meals and free trips from/off his clients. - ANSWER-ask for or obtain (something someone is not strictly entitled) cauterized - ANSWER-seal wound OR used to/didn't notice circumscribed - ANSWER-to restrict something, or draw around commensurate i.e. Many people may not find the rewards commensurate with the time and effort required. - ANSWER-corresponding in size or degree, in proportion conduit - ANSWER-a channel for conveying water/fluid contemptuous - ANSWER-showing contempt (the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn)/scornful contentious - ANSWER-adj argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement demarcates - ANSWER-set the boundaries/limits of; separate or distinguish from denoument - ANSWER-the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.