GRE 14

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alacrity

n. cheerful promptness' eagerness
animus

n. hostile feeling or intent
arduous

adj. hard; strenuous
catcall

n. shout of disapproval; boo
circumspect

adj. prudent; cautious
contentious

adj. quarrelsome
cumbersome

adj. heavy; hard to manage
deliberate

v. consider; ponder
dictum

n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
egress

n. exit
environ

v. enclose; surround
exiguous

adj. small; minute
fester

v. rankle; produce irritation or resentment
gentility

n. those of gentle birth; refinement
guileless

adj. without deceit
impious

adj. irreverent
indemnify

v. make secure against loss; compensate for loss; 보상하다
insubordination

n. disobedience; rebelliousness
levitate

v. float in the air (especially by magical means)
malady

n. illness
morose

adj. ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
perjury

n. false testimony while under oath
plait

v. braid; intertwine
presumptuous

adj. arrogant; taking liberties
psyche

n. soul; mind
remonstrance

n. protest; objection
reverberate

v. echo; resound
squander

v. waste
superimpose

v. place over something else
tesselated

adj. inlaid; mosaic
verve

n. enthusiasm; liveliness
wheedle

v. cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
foray

n. raid; a quick sudden attack
gavel

n. hammerlike tool; mallet
grotto

n. small cavern
hortatory

adj. encouraging; exhorting
imperceptible

adj. unnoticeable; undetectable
insensate

adj. without feelings
irrevocable

adj. unalterable; irreversible
lectern

n. reading desk
machination

n. evil schemes or plots
mendacious

adj. lying habitually; dishones
monochromatic

adj. having only one color
aureole

n. sun's corona; halo

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2010-09-28T22:34:16Z

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