GRE - the Hard ones - Part 1
Vocabulary Cards: 25
- 1.
- Characteristic of a particular region or people
- 2.
- to disguise or conceal, mislead
- 3.
- a harsh denunciation
- 4.
- pompous, grandiloquent
- 5.
- keen, accurate judgement or insight
- 6.
- the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
- 7.
- devotion to pleasurable pursuits
- 8.
- calm and peaceful
- 9.
- rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
- 10.
- fervent, ardent, impassioned, devoted to a cause
- 11.
- fleeting, passing quickly, brief
- 12.
- persistent determination
- 13.
- an overabundant supply, excess, to feed or supply to excess
- 14.
- lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
- 15.
- plausible but false, seeming true, but actually being fallacious, misleadingly attractive
- 16.
- able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance
- 17.
- promoting health or well being
- 18.
- to refuse to have anything to do with, disown
- 19.
- difficult to manage, obstinately defiant of authority
- 20.
- bitter long lasting resentment
- 21.
- prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish
- 22.
- controversial, argumentative
- 23.
- a superficial remark
- 24.
- to appease, to calm by making concessions
- 25.
- precise and brief