GRE GREGMAT Vocabulary List Group 11
- abhor — detest or regard with deep hatred
2. boisterous — energetic, noisy, and lively
3. chivalrous — honorable and polite
4. churlish — rude or lacking good manners
5. clandestine — secretive; avoiding attention
6. complacent — smugly self-satisfied, often without awareness of potential dangers
7. cumbersome — large, heavy, slow or complicated
8. debilitating — weakening or impairing strength
9. deliberate — 1. think over or discuss carefully; 2. intentional
10. droll — amusing in a quirky or unusual way
11. eccentric — deviating from conventional behavior; quirky
12. fractious — quarrelsome and irritable; unruly
13. limpid — clear, transparent, or easy to understand
14. mawkish — overly sentimental in a way that seems exaggerated or insincere
15. obeisance — reverence(deep respect) for an individual
16. ostentatious — showy or designed to impress
17. panacea — a perfect cure for something
18. perfunctory — done without enthusiasm or effort;
19. perilous — risky and hazardous
20. pervasive — spreading quickly and in great numbers
21. preclude — prevent something from occurring
22. predilection — preference or bias towards something
23. rapacious — very greedy
24. relish — take great pleasure or delight in
25. satirical — using humor or irony to criticize or mock
26. sham — fake; not genuine
27. skirt — go around or avoid something, especially an issue or obstacle
28. sluggish — lacking energy; slow and listless
29. spartan — marked by simplicity, frugality, and avoidance of luxury
30. truculent — aggressively combative or confrontational
(bonus: obstreperous — noisy and difficult to control.
recalcitrant — a person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude
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