GRE TEST

confounds

confusing

redudiate

reject completely

Anticipates

expect something before it happens

polarizez

divides people. into oppsite

overlooked

ignored

patent

obvious easy to see.

improbable

unlikely to happen

pervasive

spread, everywhere

forgery

A fake copy

Ballooned

grew very quickly, or became much larger

Discrepancy

A difference that shouldnt exist; inconsistency

Ambiguity

unclear meaning

Duplicity

dishonesty

Craft

skills

cunning

clever in trickery or dishonest way

Naivete

innocence; lack experince

vexation

frustration annyoying

ubiquitous

found everywhere

solicitous

showing care and concern for someone

munificent

extremely genours

irritable

easily annoyed

laconic

using very few words

fastidious

very careful; hard to please

taciturn

quiet; says very little

mendacity

Lying

prevarication

Avoiding the truth; lying indirectly

insensitivity

lack of concern for others feelings

baseness

a lack of moral principles, dishonor, or low worth

Avarice

Greedy

Doctrinaire

Strictly following a theory or set of beliefs without caring about real-world facts or practical problems

Eclectic

Choosing ideas or styles from different sources

Judicious

wise; showing good judgment

Cynical

Believing people are mostly selfish

Indefeasible

cannot be taken away or canceled

Defiant

Openly resisting authority or rules

pedestrian

ordinary, lacking imagination

jettison

throw away; get rid of

Distilled

reduced to the most important part

Abrasive

Rude and harsh; or rough to touch

intelligible

Easy to understand

Compromise

to weaken

Blighted

Damaged; ruined

Picturesque

Beautiful like a painting

Pristine

perfectly clean or untouched

Vulnerable

easy to hurt or attack

Ahistorical

ignoring or not considering history

Anachronistic

belonging to the wrong time period

objective

fair; based on facts

germane

relevant; closely related to the topics

Sporadically

Happening occasionally and irregulary

irascibly

in an easily angered manner

persistently

continuing without giving up

pugnaciously

in a quarrelsome or argumentative way

Fitfully

Irregularly

Judiciously

wisely; with good judgment

Recapitulates

to summarize, give the main points

unpretentiousness

simple, modest

Apposite

Suitable or relevent