GREGMAT Vocab: Group 2 #31-60

adulterate

damage/corrupt

advocate

support, be in favor

aggrandize

enhance one's power

alacrity

eagerness to do something

ambivalent

having conflicting emotions, unsure

ameliorate

improve a bad situation

amenable

receptive / open to change

anachronistic

of wrong time or era

audacious

bold, unafraid / rude, disrespectful

avaricious

greedy

banal

unoriginal, dull, lacking creativity

benign

harmless / kindhearted, nice

brazen

excessively forward

calumny

defamation

candid

honest

castigate

scold harshly

caustic

(of speech) hostile, bitter / (of a chemical) corrosive, acidic

construe

to understand

contrite

feeling regretful

convoluted

difficult to understand

covet

strongly desire

craven

lacking bravery

decorum

polite behavior

deft

highly skilled

demur

hesitate, object

derivative

based on someone else's work

desiccate

dry out

diatribe

an angry rant

incredulous

doubtful, disbelieving

ingenuous

naïve, lacking experience