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GRE Basic Study Guide. Abscond - answerdepart secretly and hide adversity - answera state of misfortune or affliction aggravate - answermake worse arduous - answerdifficult to accomplish belie - answerto contradict, to give a false impression bombast - answerpompous or pretentious talk or wri...

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Abscond - answer✔depart secretly and hide

adversity - answer✔a state of misfortune or affliction

aggravate - answer✔make worse

arduous - answer✔difficult to accomplish

belie - answer✔to contradict, to give a false impression

bombast - answer✔pompous or pretentious talk or writing

castigation - answer✔punishment; severe criticism or disapproval

censure - answer✔harsh criticism or disapproval

coercive - answer✔serving or intended to compel by force or authority

condemn - answer✔express strong disapproval of

conspire - answer✔engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

covert - answer✔secret or hidden

cower - answer✔To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

denigrate - answer✔to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of

denounce - answer✔to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

derision - answer✔the act of deriding or treating with contempt

diatribe - answer✔a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

discomfit - answer✔cause to lose one's composure

disingenuous - answer✔not straightforward; crafty

dissemble - answer✔hide under a false appearance

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exacerbate - answer✔make worse

fraud - answer✔something intended to deceive

furtive - answer✔marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

impudent - answer✔marked by casual disrespect

inopportune - answer✔coming at a bad time; not appropriate

irascible - answer✔quickly aroused to anger

malevolent - answer✔wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

martial - answer✔suggesting war or military life

misanthrope - answer✔someone who dislikes people in general

morose - answer✔showing a brooding ill humor

obsequious - answer✔attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

obstinate - answer✔persist stubbornly

onerous - answer✔troubling; burdensome

pedantic - answer✔marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial
aspects

perjury - answer✔criminal offense of making false statements under oath

recalcitrant - answer✔stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

secrete - answer✔generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

spurious - answer✔plausible but false

tirade - answer✔a long, angry speech, usually very critical

vexation - answer✔something or someone that causes anxiety

amalgamate - answer✔to bring or combine together or with something else

assuage - answer✔to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease,
satisfy, quench

bolster - answer✔support and strengthen

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burgeon - answer✔grow and flourish

buttress - answer✔(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure

capricious - answer✔impulsive and unpredictable

catalyst - answer✔something that causes an important event to happen

caustic - answer✔harsh or corrosive in tone

centrifuge - answer✔an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a
suspension

converge - answer✔move or draw together at a certain location

conversion - answer✔the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

corrosion - answer✔a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

decibel - answer✔unit of measurement for the loudness of sounds

distill - answer✔remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the
process of distillation

divest - answer✔reduce or dispose of

enervate - answer✔weaken mentally or morally

ephemeral - answer✔enduring a very short time

eradicate - answer✔destroy completely, as if down to the roots

expel - answer✔force to leave or move out

extend - answer✔span an interval of distance, space or time

facilitate - answer✔make easier

incubation - answer✔maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its
development

intransigent - answer✔not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course

inundate - answer✔fill or cover completely, usually with water

lackluster - answer✔lacking brilliance or vitality

lethargic - answer✔deficient in alertness or activity

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