Vocabulary Master List Review

A comprehensive collection of GRE-style vocabulary definitions ranging from A to Y based on the lecture notes.

What is an Aberration?

Straying away from that is normal

How is Abeyance defined?

Suspended action

What does Ameliorate mean?

Improve make better

According to the notes, what is Apartheid?

Brutal racial discrimination

What are the characteristics of someone who is Assiduous?

Diligent hard-working sedulous

How is the term Audacious defined?

Daring foolishly bold impudent

What is a Barrage?

Artificial obstacle built across a river

What does it mean to Castigate?

To chastise correct by punishing

How is a Chauvinist described in the transcript?

A blindly devoted patriot

What are the qualities of a Cogent argument?

Strong convincing

What is a Connoisseur?

A person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)

What does it mean to be Contrite?

Filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

How is a Conundrum defined?

A riddle dilemma enigma

What is the definition of Decorum?

Propriety properness

What is a Diatribe?

Bitter and violent attack in words

What is the meaning of Duplicity?

Deliberate deception

How is an Ebullient person described?

Overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement

What is an Enigma?

Something that is puzzling

What is Equanimity?

Calmness of temperament

What does it mean to be Facetious?

Humorous funny jocular

What is Garrulity?

Talkativeness

What is an Iconoclast?

Person who attacks popular beliefs

What is the definition of Inchoate?

Not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary

How is Indolence defined?

Laziness

What is a synonym for Loquacious?

Talkative garrulous

What does it mean to be Meticulous?

Giving great attention to details

What is the Nadir?

Lowest weakest point

What are the characteristics of someone who is Obdurate?

Hardened and unrepenting, stubborn, inflexible

What describes an Onerous task?

Needing effort burdensome

What is Penury?

Extreme poverty

How is Quixotic defined?

Generous unselfish

What does it mean to be Sagacious?

Having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage

How is the term Tenuous defined?

Insubstantial flimsy weak

What is the definition of Ubiquitous?

Present everywhere

What is the meaning of Veracity?

Truth

How is Whimsical described?

Full of odd and fanciful ideas