GRE Group 24

Assail

Attack violently or criticize strongly (assault, criticize)

Benevolent

Kind and helpful (compassionate, altruistic)

Berate

To criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone (rebuke, chastise)

Buoyant

Happy and confident, making profit (optimistic, resilient)

Buttress

Strengthen or support something (reinforce, bolster)

Condone

To accept or allow behaviour that is wrong (pardon, tolerate)

Contravene

To go against or break (a law, a principle)

(violate, breach)

Denounce

Publicly condemn (criticize, censure)

Despotic

Tyrannical (dictatorial, authoritarian)

Deviate

Depart from norm (stray, diverge)

Disinterested

Impartial and unbiased (neutral, objective)

Escalate

Increase or intensify (amplify, heighten)

Exorcise

Expel evil spirits

To remove the bad effects of a frightening or upsetting event

(banish, cleanse)

Finicky

Too much concerned with details

Difficult to please

(fastidious, meticulous)

Foil

Character that is an antagonist of another character.

To prevent someone or something from being successful

(obstruct, impede)

Intertwined

Twisted together or closely connected to be difficult to separate (interwoven, entangled)

Inundate

Flood or overwhelm (deluge, swamp)

Ironclad

Firm and unchangeable (rigid, inflexible)

Jeopardize

Put at risk or in danger (endanger, imperil)

Mercurial

Changing suddenly and often.

Intelligent, enthusiastic, and quick.

(volatile, fickle)

Oblivious

Not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you (ignorant, heedless)

Perpetrate

Commit a harmful act (execute, carry out)

Plaintive

Expressing sorrow or melancholy (mournful, lamenting)

Poignant

Emotionally moving (heartfelt, touching)

Quiescent

Temporarily inactive or quiet (still, tranquil)

Reiterate

Repeat for clarity (emphasize, restate)

Subside

Decrease or recede (abate, diminish)

Subsume

To include in a larger group (incorporate, encompass)

Surmount

To deal successfully with a difficulty or problem (conquer, prevail)

Tangential

Slightly related (peripheral, diverging)