GRE vocabulary

wealth or greed

foreshadowing, or image of things to come

impossible to see through

Related words: opacity, obscure

passion, excitement

Related words: ardency, fervor

intensely emotional; feverish

learned, scholarly, bookish

to make something unpleasant less severe (to make more bareable)

similar meanings: allay, appease, conciliate, mitigate, pacify, palliate, placate, propriate

deviation from what is normal

• related words: anomalous
• simialr meaning: aberrance, aberration, preternaturalness

puzzle,mystery

similar meaning: conundrum,perplexity

undecided; trying to deceive

similar meaning: ambiguous, evasive, waffling

to soothe or pacify

related words: placid, implacable

similar meaning: appease, conciliate, mollify

clear and easily understood

related words: lucidity, lucent

similar meaning: clear, explicit, limpid

extremely generous

lavish; wasteful

similar meaning: lavish, profligate, spend thrift

to choose not to do something

similar meaning: forbear, refrain, withhold

to make impure

lack of interest or emotion

similar meaning: impassivity, stolidity

fearless and daring

similar meaning: plucky, valorous, gallant, intrepid, doughty, mettlesome, valiant

changing ones mind quickly

similar meaning: arbitrary, erratic, mercurial, fickle, whimsical

to provide supporting evidence

similar meaning: authenticate, buttress, validate, substantiate

to dry out thoroughly

to produce, cause, or bring about

similar meaning: beget, proliferate, spawn

lasting a short time

similar meaning: evanescent, transient

using few words

similar meaning: curt, terse, pithy

worthy of praise

talkative

similar meaning: effusive, garrulous

to soften; to lessen

similar meaning: allay, mollify, palliate,

someone who shows off learning

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

related word: appropriate

similar meaning: decency, seemliness, decorum, modesty

to sway physically; to be indecisive

similar meaning: dither, oscillate

easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

similar meaning: capricious

extreme dislike

smiliar meaning: animosity, aversion, repellence, animus, enmity

to support; to prop up

similar meaning: buttress, underpin

harsh, jarring noise

similar meaning: discord, clamor, din

to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

similar meaning: gibe, ridicule, jeer, scoff

a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

similar meaning: dissension, contention, dissent, discord, dissidence

to reduce in strength

similar meaning: debilitate, enfeeble, sap

speech in praise of someone

similar meaning: extol, laud

tending to talk alot

similar meaning: effusive, loquacious

showing innocence or childlike simplicity

similar meaning: naive, guileless, unaffected

a person who dislikes others

hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion

similar meaning: tenacious, transigent, recalcitrant

excessive showiness

a contradiction or dilemma

to lie or deviate from the truth

similar meaning: equivocaate, perjure

to respect deeply

similar meaning: revere

gleefully

to give in

open

not equal

shamefull

extremely respectful

to cut down

a reduction

suggesting a party atmosphere

expression of respect

expressing respect and praise

(OPPOSITE OF PLACATE-to make peaceful)relentless; unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

similar meaning: relentless, inexorable, unrelenting, intransigent

to express sorrow; to grieve

similar meaning: bewail, deplore,

troubled

clever, having intellect

known or understood by only a few

lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm

rudely brief in speech

troubling

ordinary

inauthentic

declare; assert

harmless

obscure

uncertain

the act of exhaling

to leave secretly; to flee or escape

an extremely deep hole

to speak in favor of

concerning the appreciation of beauty

to increase in power, influence, and reputation

to make more bearable

to combine; to mix together

doubtful or uncertain

to make better; to improve

something out of place in time

similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

to annoy or provoke to anger

to judge a dispute between two opposing parties

ancient; old fashioned

intense and passionate feeling

able to speak clearly

to reduce; to weaken

severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

predictable, cliched, boring

pompous in speech and manner

to punish or criticize harshly

something that brings about a change in something else

biting in wit; clever

someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

deception by means of craft or guile; for example a used car dealer using crafty words to sell their cars

convinsing and well-reasoned

to overlook, pardon, or disregard

intricate and complicated; complex