GRE Group 29

Abscond

Escape secretly (flee, bolt)

Apogee

Highest point (peak, pinnacle)

Aspersion

Damaging or unkind remark (slander, defamation, calumnia)

Bawdy

Humorously indecent and vulgar (risqué, lewd)

Chagrin

Disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake (mortification, "disgusto")

Collude

Secretly cooperate, to deceive or cheat (conspire, scheme)

Commiserate

Express sympathy (condole, empathize)

Conflagration

Large destructive event or fire (blaze, inferno)

Contretemps

Small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing embarrassment (misstep, mishap)

Conviction

Strong belief (certainty, confidence)

Also to be found guilty of a crime (condena)

Croon

Sing in a low voice and sentimental (hum, warble)

Depose

Remove someone important from a powerful position (overthrow, oust)

Détente

an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other (truce, reconciliation)

Dowdy

Not attractive of fashionable (drab, shabby)

Echelon

Level or rank (tier, position)

Ennui

Being bored, tired and generally dissatisfied because nothing interesting happens

(listlessness, weariness)

Expatiate

Speak or write in great detail for a long time (elaborate, detail)

Fraught

Filled with tension and anxiety

Full of unpleasant things, such as problems or dangers

(laden, anxious)

Fulcrum

Essential support, or essential to make it work or happen (pivot, cornerstone)

Imbroglio

Complicated and unwanted situation full of trouble and problems (entanglement, quandary)

Jocund

In a happy mood (merry, jolly)

Languish

- To be weak or fail to improve

- To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time (like in jail)

(wither, droop)

Nadir

Lowest point, least hope and achievement (bottom, trough)

Nimble

Quick and agile in movement or thoughts (spry, deft)

Ominous

Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen (menacing, portentous)

Outlandish

Unusual or bizarre, difficult to accept or like (eccentric, strange)

Propitious

Likely to result in success or promising (auspicious, advantageous)

Prurient

Obsessively interested in sexual things (lustful, lecherous)

Sadistic

Getting pleasure from cruelty (cruel, barbaric)

Zenith

Highest point (apex, summit)