GRE 13

GRE 13

GRE 13


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accolade

approval, honor, praise

aloof

reserved, indifferent

arabesque

a complex ornate design

auspicious

promising, boding well, heartening, encouraging, favorable

bereft

robbed of something

byline

the line that tells you who wrote an article

chaste

pure

colloquial

informal, conversational, common

consternation

worry and concern, dismay

crease

line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket

deliberate

slow; to think over; on purpose

didactic

intended to teach, instructive

disseminate

to scatter, to spread around, to distribute

ecumenical

representing the whole Christian world

engender

to produce, to create, to cause

espouse

to advocate, to support, to marry

extemporize

to speak without preparation or rehearsal

ferrous

concerned with iron or its compounds

foppish

behaving or dressing like a dandy, excessively concerned with fashion

garble

to distort, to confuse, to muddle

guileless

frank, straightforward, honest

hoodwink

to trick, to mislead

implement

to carry out, to provide with the means of carrying out

indicted

accused (of crime)

insentient

unfeeling

itinerate

to travel from place to place, to peregrinate

lectern

reading stand or desk

lynch

assassinate, kill, illegal hanging

mephitic

poisonous, noxious

munificent

generous, charitable

obscure

difficult to understand, hidden, covert

palaver

to flatter, to cajole

penurious

poor, stingy

picayune

insignificant, of little value

portent

warning sign, omen

prevalent

common

proximity

nearness in place, time, occurrence, or relation

ramble

to wander aimlessly

refute

to disprove, to show to be wrong

resolve

firmness