GRE VOCAB PART 1

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ambivalent

having simultaneous and contradictory feelings towards something (mixed feelings)

celestial

heavenly

seminal

highly influential in an ordinary way can also mean containing or contributing the seeds of later development

imperturable

not capable of being disturbed

oblique

not straightforward

clerical

office work

equivocal

open to interpretation so the people don't know what's up

commonplace, trivial, and inconsiderable (all match)

ordinary or not considerable

surfeited

oversupplied or over satisfied

cajolery

persuasion by using flattering characteristics

hedonistic

pleasure seeking

copious

plentiful or having large quantity

adulation

praise or flattery that is excessive

oracular and divinatory (match)

prophetic or relating to oracle

formulating and concocted (match)

to devise or create something

epitomizing

to embody or be a perfect example of (kind of like symbolism)

explained and interpreted (match)

to explain something whether it is sign language or verbal language

substantiate

to verify

foibles and shortcomings (match)

weaknesses or flaws

formulaic, rigid, standard (all match)

which imply they follow in accordance to a specific guide or formula basically to be unoriginal

feasible

workable capable of being done

pundits and commentators (match)

both mean analysts

surmises and speculations (match)

both mean assumptions or conjectures if you want to be fancy

despairing and pessimistic (match)

both mean devoid of hope and expect the worst possible outcome

elegant and chic (match)

both mean elegant and fashionable

strident and shrill (match)

both mean harsh, insistent, and discordant sound, can also mean commanding attention by a loud obtrusive quality

derision and ridicule (match)

both mean mockery ridicule or scorn

unpretentious and modest (match)

both mean not attempting to impress others

infrequent and uncommon (match)

both mean rare

autocratic and despotic (match)

both mean rules by a single person with absolute power

pompous and bombastic (match)

both mean to be arrogant or to be exaggerated but of little meaning

dispersing and scattering (match)

both mean to distribute or spread

inventorying and cataloging (match)

both mean to make a list

correspondents

can mean reporters or can also mean similarity or a writing or letter that is addressed to someone

impeachable

charged with a crime or misconduct

adjective

A word that modifies or describes a noun. Examples: Adjectives in a sentence I like old houses. The boy is tall and skinny.

pedantic

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. Focus on trivial academic points

exonerate, exonerated, exculpated, exculpate, amnesty, acquit, excuse, dismiss, discharge, absolve, condone, and clear - (all match)

clear defendant from blame (not guilty)

reasoned and inferred (match)

conclusions

sanguine

confidently optimistic, hopeful

observable and perceptible (match)

able to be seen

obloquies

abusive criticisms

articulations

acts of vocally expressing

egregious

conspicuously bad

industriously, assiduous, and diligently (all match)

all mean hard working

versatile and protean (match)

basically means easily adapt

dumbfounded

being surprised

plausible

believable (caution: doesn't mean it can happen)

anarchist

believing that government is not necessary

hesitation and dithering (match)

both imply a delay in making a decision

precariousness and instability (match)

both imply something unpredictable

aficionado and devotee (match)

both mean a person likes and knows about a particular interest

expenditures

costs

hampered

created difficulties for

obsequious

describes a person who is excessively fawning

internecine

destructive to both sides of the conflict can also mean deadly

opaque

difficult to see through

arduous

difficult, demanding great effort of labor

flippant, flippancy, blasphemous, impertinence, and irreverent (all match)

disrespectful

ingratiating

eager to impress or please

alluring

enticing or tempting

nefarious

evil

facsimiles

exact copies

chary

extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to); reserved, diffident

propitious

favorable

gourmets and epicures (match)

food connoisseurs (kind of like food judges or critics)

utilitarian

having a useful function

illicit

illegal

impervious

incapable of being affected

disseminating and promulgating (match)

indicate to spread or to announce mainly to promote something

edifying

instructing in a positive way

temerity

lack of caution can also mean excessive confidence or boldness

probable

likely to be true or to happen than it is to be false

diatribes and invectives (match)

long angry speeches

contrived

made or managed in a clever way

avuncular

maternal unlce

aspersions and speculations (match)

mean accusations, assumptions or derogatory (lower the reputation of someone is the meaning of derogatory) remarks

ornate, embellishment, gilding, and embellished (all match)

mean detailed or decorate

spurious, bogus, feigning and deceptive (all match)

mean to be intentionally fake

frank, candid, and blunt (all match)

mean to openly be honest, sincere and forthright

inexorable and ungovernable (match)

mean unstoppable or inevitable

verity

means fact or truth

misdemeanors

minor crimes

apocryphal

questioning authenticity

capricious and mercurial (match)

quickly changing

annal

record of events

pretentious

refers to someone or something that's trying to impress by pretending to be important

apostacies

renunciations of faith

oligarchic

ruled by few meaning it is rules by a group of people not a single person

daunting

scary

apartheid and segregation, segregated (all match)

separating, setting apart, apartheid, discrimination

felonies

serious crimes

connoisseur

someone who has expert or knowledge of something thus being qualified to be a judge or critic

pirating

stolen or stealing something

acerbic

strongly critical or extremely sarcastic

nuanced

subtle and appearing complete qualities, aspects, or distinctions

adequate

sufficient or enough

inveigled, enticed or coaxed (all match)

they mean to gently persuade someone to do something

petulant and boorishness (match)

to be rude

aberrant and eccentric (match)

to deviate depart from something (deviant or deviating)


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