GRE Hit Parade #1

Abscond

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Adversity

Hardship or difficulty; opposition

Aggravate

To worsen or intensify

Arduous

Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

Belie

To give a false impression of; to misrepresent

Bombast

Cacophony

Castigation

Severe criticism or punishment

Censure

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Chicanery

trickery or subterfuge

Coercive

Serving or intended to compel by force or authority

Condemn

To blame or denounce

Conspire

To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act

Covert

Hidden; clandestine

Cower

To shrink in fear; to cringe

Craven

Contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

Denigrate

To blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

Denounce

To publicly condemn or criticize

Derision

Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

Diatribe

A harsh denunciation

Discomfit

To defeat; to put down

Disingenuous

Insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness

Dissemble

To disguise or conceal; to mislead

Exacerbate

To make worse or more severe; to increase in violence

Fraud

Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

Furtive

Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Garrulous

Pointlessly talkative; talking too much