GRE Hit Parade Group 4

Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

To increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige

A medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold

Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

Tending to believe too readily; gullible

An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

To slight or belittle

To disclose something secret

To flatter or praise excessively

To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Pointlessly talkative, talking too much

Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

About to happen; impending

Not capable of change

Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

Damaging; harmful; injurious

Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Steadfast and courageous

Using few words; terse

An independent individual who does not get along with a group or party

Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

A recent convert; a beginner; novice

To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

To permeate throughout

Calm; sluggish; unemotional

An overabundance; a surplus

Practical rather than idealistic

Overstepping due bounds (as or propriety or courtesy); taking liberties

Pure; uncorrupted; clean

Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

A natural predisposition or inclination

Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

A natural inclination or tendency, penchant

Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste

Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

Occuring or recurring daily; commonplace

To make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

Radiant; shiny; brilliant

To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

Diligent; persistent; hard-working

A piece or broken pottery or glass

Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals

One who spends money wastefully

Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern

Implied; not explicitly stated

Brief and concise in wording

To publicly praise or promote

Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Genuine; not false or hypocritical

Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver

Multicolored; characterized by a variety or patches of different color

Annoyance; irritation

Alertly watchful

To use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severly or abusively; berate

Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive