GRE Vocab

Proposterous

Absurd

Pithy

Concise

Preordained

Make a decision in advance

Preternatural

Abnormal in a mysterious say

Lascivious

Inappropriately sexual

Prescient

Predict

Venerate

Respect

Lionize

To grant someone celebrity status

Acerbic

Sharply critical or sarcastic

Slanderous

Damaging someone’s reputation

Caustic

Synonym of acerbic- sharply critical or sarcastic

Abreast of

Monitor something or keep up to date with something

Proponent

Person who mostly publicly supports a particular idea or persuades people to do something

Demarcate

Set boundaries

Whitewash

Coverup unpleasant facts

Trumpet

To loudly report something

Taciturn

Quiet

Improvident

To not provide for the future

Inimical

Harmful

Pallid

Pale

Aghast

Horrified

Impecunious

Having little or no money

Enigmatic

Mysterious

Emblematic

Symbolize

Pragmatic

Practical

Posit

Claim

Mendaciously

Dishonestly

Lauded

To praise

Panned

Criticize

Listlessly

Unenergetically

Emulate

To try to imitate someone or do it in a better way

Coda

The concluding part

Prologue

Beginnging

Trying

Hard

Hardy

Strong