GRE GREGMAT Vocabulary List Group 34
- abrasive — 1. overly aggressive and causing irritation; 2. rough enough to wear away the outer surface
2. artful — 1. skillful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; 2. performed with cleverness; ingenious
3. avert — prevent the occurrence of; turn away or aside
4. avid — enthusiastic; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
5. brevity — 1. conciseness; 2. quality of being brief in duration
6. bromide — a trite and unoriginal remark
7. circumstantial — suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively; in great detail
8. cloying — unpleasantly excessive; excessively sweet
9. counterfeit — false, especially of money; inauthentic
10. denigrate — criticize so as to disparage or defame
11. disciple — an active follower of someone, or some philosophy; train; educate
12. extol — praise highly; express admiration
13. forebode — be prescient of some ill or misfortune; inward conviction of a calamity to happen
14. ideologue — a person who advocates an ideology
15. impediment — a hindrance which obstructs progress; a disability affecting the hearing or speech
16. imperative — extremely important; expressing a command
17. impulsive — making rapid decisions carelessly
18. interminable — existing without an end; ceaseless
19. intuitive — spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought; easily understood or grasped by intuition
20. lassitude — lack of energy; fatigue
21. omit — leave out or exclude; fail to do
22. ornate — elaborately ornamented, often to excess
23. paltry — of little monetary worth; trivial
24. pejorative — disparaging; a negative remark
25. prefigure — show or suggest ahead of time; predict or foresee
26. presage — foretell something, a warning
27. prescribe — recommend; assert authoritatively
28. prevail — emerge victorious or dominant; be current, widespread or predominant
29. propitiate — make peace with; appease or pacify
30. recapitulate — summarize or repeat in concise form; reproduce or closely resemble
