GRE Hit Parade Group 2

To lessen in intensity or degree

An expression of praise

Excessive praise; intense adoration

Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

To make better or more tolerable

One who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an oact of religious devotion

greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious)

A universally recognized principle (adj form: axiomatic)

To grow rapidly and flourish

Rustic and pastoral; characteristic or rural areas and their inhabitants

Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj form: cacophonous)

An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj form: canonical)

Severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate)

A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

Burning or stinging; causing corrosion

Wary; cautious; sparing

Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

The willingness to comply with thte wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant)

Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)

Deserving blame (noun form: culpability)

Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

To question or oppose

Intended to reach or instruct

Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet)

Free of bias or self-interest; impartial

Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles (noun form: dogma)

The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj form: ebullient)

Composed of elements drawn from various sources

A mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj form: elegiac)

Soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin.

Based on observation or experiment

Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma)

Brief; fleeting

Intended for or understood by a small, specific group

a speech honoring the dead (verb form: eulogize)

To remove blame

playful; humorous

An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj form: fallacious)

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

To deliver a pompus speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech

Violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heretic)

an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form: hyperbolic)

Lacking funds; without money

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

Harmless; causing no damage

Refusing to compromise (noun form: intransigence)

To obtain by decption or flattery

Sad; sullen; melancholy

Evoking intense aversion or dislike

Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light

The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rythm (verb form: oscillate)

Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Extremely harmful; potentially causing death

To examine with great care (noun form: perusal)

Extremely reverant or devout; showing strong religious devotion (noun form: piety)

One that precedes and indicates or announces another

To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordianry

Producing large volumes or amounts; productive

To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

To drink deeply

Stillness; motionlessness;quality of being at rest (adj. form: quiescent)

Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Authoratative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to

A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

Sordid; wrethed and dirty as from neglect (noun form: squalid)

Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (noun form: stoicism)

To take the place of; supersede

Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form: torpor)

Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread

Sophisticated; refined; elegant (noun form: urbanity)

To defame; to characterize harshly

Thick; sticky (noun form: viscosity)