GRE Vocab - List 8
Communication & Journalism 429 with Lowell at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
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atheist
person who does not believe in God
colloquial
local and informal
dotard
foolish old man
furrow
groove
instigator
troublemaker; person who entices other to do something
misnomer
wrong name
percipient
perceptive; insight
quaff
drink down quickly
staunch
loyal; faithful; dependable
vilification
blackening someone's name
atrophy
waste away from lack of use
collusion
plotting and planning
drawl
speak slowly with words running together
furtive
hidden and secret
insurgent
a rebel
misogynist
hater of women
perdition
damnation
quagmire
marsh; bog
stereotype
fixed image
vindicate
prove right; remove blame
attenuate
weaken
commandeer
take possession of
drivel
nonsense
futile
useless; hopeless
interminable
never-ending
misrepresentation
deliberately deceiving
peremptory
in a commanding manner
quaint
picturesque
stevedore
dockworker
virtuoso
an accomplished musician
augment
increase; make bigger
complacent
self-satisfied; smug
droll
dryly amusing
galleon
ancient type of sailing ship
intermittent
sporadic; irregular
mitigate
lessen; make less severe
perfidy
treachery
quandary
dilemma; puzzle
stifle
suppress
virulent
dangerous; harmful
auspicious
favorable; promising to turn out well
compliant
easy to control; submissive
drone
monotonous noise
gambol
frolic; leap; bound
intransigence
stubbornness
modicum
small amount
perfunctory
superficial; cursory
quarantine
isolation to prevent spread of diseases
stoic
known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure
vital
essential; alive; important
austere
severely plain
concatenate
link together
dubious
doubtful
garble
distort; confuse; muddle
intransigent
stubborn; unyielding
momentous
very important
peripatetic
nomadic; moving from place to place
quarry
something that is hunted; mine for stone
stoke
add fuel to; strengthen
vitriolic
corrosive; strongly attacking
aversion
a dislike of
concatenation
linking into chains
dupe
to fool someone
garish
gaudy
intrepid
brave
monotonous
dull; unvarying
peripheral
on the edge; not important
querulous
always complaining
stolid
impassive; dull; indifferent
vivacity
liveliness; animation
balk
hinder and prevent; hesitate over
conciliate
to bring together; end a dispute
dynamic
lively; vibrant; energetic
garner
gather; collect
inveterate
habitual
moratorium
temporary prohibition or halt activity
perjury
telling lies under oath
quirk
oddity
stratagem
plot; plan; trick
vivify
enliven
banal
common; dull
concise
stated in few words
ebullient
very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy
garrulous
talkative
invidious
arousing envy
moribund
on the point of death
pernicious
destructive; harmful
ramble
wander aimlessly
strident
loud and harsh
vociferous
noisy; loud in speech
banality
dullness; ordinariness
condescend
talk down to
eccentric
unusual; quirky; odd
gaunt
emaciated; bony & angular
inviolable
cannot be invaded
morose
gloomy; bad tempered
persnickety
fussy; fastidious
ramifications
outcomes; subdivisions of complex systems
stringent
strict or severe
volatile
dangerously unstable; evaporates easily
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