GRE Vocabulary #9

Ameliorate (v.)

To make better or more tolerable.

The new law was intended to ameliorate living conditions.

Mejorar

Quotidian (adj.)

Occurring every day; commonplace; ordinary.

Brushing your teeth is a quotidian activity.

Diario / Cotidiano

Vacillate (v.)

To waver in mind, will, or feeling; to hesitate.

I vacillate between ordering pizza or a salad.

Dudar / No decidirse

Amenable (adj.)

Willing to yield or submit; agreeable.

They were amenable to our proposal for a new schedule.

Dispuesto / Flexible

Gregarious (adj.)

Tending to associate with others of one's kind; social.

She is a gregarious person who loves going to parties.

Sociable

Tirade (n.)

A protracted speech usually marked by intemperate or vituperative language.

The manager went on a tirade after the team lost the project.

Ataque verbal / Regaño

Puerile (adj.)

Juvenile; childish; silly.

His puerile jokes are no longer funny to his coworkers.

Infantil / Inmaduro

Placate (v.)

To soothe or mollify especially by concessions; appease.

The company offered a refund to placate the angry customer.

Calmar / Tranquilizar

Commensurate (adj.)

Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

Her salary is commensurate with her years of experience.

Acorde / Proporcional

Egregious (adj.)

Conspicuously bad; flagrant.

It was an egregious error that cost the company millions.

Muy grave / Fatal