GRE 18 Words

disinterestedness

unbiased (don’t have an angle)

disquieting ritual

feeling of unease (worry/ anxiety)

injudicious

lack of wisdom (imprudent)

cautious

careful (wary)

patent (noun)

permit

patent (adj)

Obvious

frivolity

lack of seriousness

intrinsic

inborn (congenital) (belonging naturally)

impenetrability

inscrutability (impossible to understand (mystery)

penitential

contrite (deep sorrow)

austerity

stern (rigor, severity)

prolixity

long-windedness

intractable

stubborn (unmanageable)

impetuous

rash (precipitate)

prodigality

extravagance (wasteful)

taciturnity

reticence (reserve, uncommunicativeness)

volubility

loquacious (talkative)

pellucidity

transparent

intrinsic

essential (inherent, congenital)

rumination

contemplation

prosaic

mundane (dull)

vociferous

clamorous (noisy)

fortuitous

lucky (unforeseen)

indecorous

inappropriate (unseemly)