GRE GREGMAT Vocabulary List Group 24
- assail — attack physically or verbally
2. benevolent — showing kindness or goodwill
3. berate — scold or criticize harshly
4. buoyant — lighthearted and lively; having a cheerful attitude
5. buttress — support or reinforce
6. condone — forgive, excuse, or overlook
7. contravene— go against or violate a rule, law, or convention
8. denounce — criticize or speak out against
9. despotic — of a ruler with absolute power; tyrannical
10. deviate — go off course from; stray from some norm
11. disinterested — unbiased
12. escalate — increase or intensify
13. exorcize — drive out (such as an evil spirit or some other thing) from a person, place, or thing
14. finicky — fussy or hard to please
15. foil — prevent (something) from being accomplished
16. intertwined — twisted or linked closely together
17. inundate — flood or overwhelm
18. ironclad — unbreakable or extremely strong
19. jeopardize — put in danger; threaten
20. mercurial — having a volatile character; fickle
21. oblivious — not aware of or not noticing something
22. perpetrate — commit something (often a crime); carry out
23. plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy
24. poignant — emotionally moving
25. quiescent — being at rest; inactive or quiet
26. reiterate — say or do again, multiple times
27. subside — become lower; decrease; become less intense
28. subsume — include or contain something else
29. surmount — overcome something, typically a challenge
30. tangential — only superficially relevant
