GRE-VOCAB

dolorous

causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

prolix

tediously long-winded or wordy; verbose

Intransigent

refusal to compromise or to abandon an often exteme postion

lugubrious

sad, dismal, or mournful

vituperative

marked by harshly abusive critism

acerbic

harsh in tone

Disconsolate

cheerless

obdurate

unable to persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding

invunerable

indestructable, impervious to arm

irascible

irritable,t esty touchy

aberrant

divgering from the standard type

antithetical

contrary to the very nature of

arcane

secrete or known only to a select group

asectic

austere or self denying , self discipline

austere

severe, unadorned

restive

restless;unasy

resisting outside control; stubborn

disaffection

loss of interest, feeling, or loyalty

attenuation

the act of strecthing something out, making it thinner; the sate of being streched or thinned out

ex:student’s attention

OR

the process by which an infectious organisms, bacteria, or virus becomes less harmful

frugality

the state ora ct of being thrifty; conserving money or resoruces in a careful manner

perfunctory

merelt routine; done only on a surface levels

lacking in exictment, with minimum engagment

immutable

unchaning; fixed, cannot be altered

pithy

strongly worlded, memorable; to the point

prolix

excessivley wordy; too long or drawn out

acerbic

sharply critical; sour

prosaic

mundane; ordinary

with the charititics of prose writing, as opposed to poetry

quotidian

occuring on a daily basis, mundane; ordinary

everyday

happenstance

chance occurrence or circumstance

duplicitous

lying purposefully deceptive

solicitous

concerned, in an earnest, coscientous way

concerned in an anxious or fearful way

extreme careful and precise

practicable

something that can be put into practice; useful

ribbald

inappropriate; irreverent; coarse

maudlin

tearful and emotional in an overdone way

drunk enough to be overwrought; often sad

serendipitous

characterized by chance, luck, or good fortune

formulaic

done according to an established pattern; following a formula

quixotic

likely to make implusive decisons, often in a romatnic or sentimental way

unpredictable

trite

overused, cliche, unoriginal

fervid

intensely enthusiastic or passionate

placate

to make less angry or hostile

prodigal

wastefully extravagant

erudite

having or showing great knowledge

assuage

to make less intense

equivocal

not easily understood or explained

zeal

a strong feel or interest and ethusiam that makes someone very eager or determined to do something

audacious

a willing to take bold risks, showig a lack of respect

diffident

modest or shy because of lack of self confidence

vacillate

to waver between different opionins or actions

pedant

a person who makes an excessive display of learning

laudable

deserving praise and commendation

adulterate

to make something impure or weaker by adding something of inferior quality

laconic

using few words

properity

the state or quality of being correct or proper

enervate

cause to feel drained of energy; weaken

ingenuous

innocent and unsuspecting

deride

to express contempt for; ridicule

garrulous

excessively talkative

prevaricate

avoid telling the truth by not directly answering the question