GRE5

Aggrandize

to increase in power influnce

tirade

long harsh speech or verbal attack

efficacy

effectiveness

pungent

sharp or irritating to the senses

desultory

jumping from one thing to another, disconnected

stolid

unemotional

meticulous

extremely careful about details

bolster

to support or prop up

esoteric

known or understood by only a few

opprobrium

public disgrace

alleviate

to make more bearable

reticent

silent reserved

dupe

to deceive

chicanery

deception by means of craft or guile

ameliorate

to improve

inchoate

not fully formed, disorganized

elegy

sorrowful poem or speech

analogous

similar or alike in someway

tacit

done without using words

dissemble

to present a false appearence

fanatical

acting excessively enthusiastic

perfidious

disloyal

chauvinist

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

erratic

wondering and unpredictable

onerous

troublesome and oppressive burdensome

repudiate

to reject the validity of

discern

to perceive or recognize

paragon

model of excellence or perfection

dogma

firmly held opinion, religious

exigent

urgent

arbitrate

to judge a dispute between two opposing parties