Greg Mat GRE Vocab Group 4

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obsolete

no longer produced or used; out of date

opaque

not able to be seen through; not transparent; hard or impossible to understand

placid

not easily upset or excited; calm and peaceful with little movement or activity

polemical

of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

vacillate

waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

scrupulous

(of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

recondite

(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse

pedantic

excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous

garrulous

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

tranquil

free from disturbance; calm

prophetic

accurately predicting what will happen in the future

prudent

acting with or showing care and thought for the future

approbation

approval or praise

precipitate

cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely

intimate

closely acquainted; familiar; state or make known

corroborate

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)

disparate

essentially different in kind; not able to be compared

invigorate

give strength or energy to

profundity

great depth of insight or knowledge

fervid

intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

ephemeral

lasting for a very short time

enervate

make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality

mitigate

make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

emulate

match or surpass (a person or achievement, typically by imitation

cherish

protect and care for someone lovingly; keep a hope or ambition in one's mind

abstain

restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something; formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion

paradigmatic

serving as a typical example of something; of or denoting the relationship between a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles

inimical

tending to obstruct or harm

incendiary

tending to stir up conflict; (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires


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