Printable GRE Vocab Level 1: P - Z flash cards
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| palliate |
to make less serious; to ease. |
| panache |
flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve. |
| panoply |
impressive array. |
| paragon |
model of excellence or perfection. |
| parry |
to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer. |
| pathogenic |
causing disease. |
| pedant |
someone who shows off learning. |
| penury |
an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty. |
| perfidious |
willing to betray someone’s trust. |
| peripatetic |
wandering from place to place, especially on foot. |
| perspicacious |
shrewd, astute, or keen-witted. |
| phalanx |
a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things. |
| philistine |
a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values. |
| pithy |
profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point. |
| quotidian |
occurring daily; commonplace. |
| rarefy |
to become thinner or sparser. |
| replete |
abundantly supplied; complete. |
| spartan |
highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere. |
| sportive |
frolicsome; playful. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud. |
| stolid |
unemotional; lacking sensitivity. |
| supplant |
to replace (another) by force; to take the place of. |
| surly |
rude and bad-tempered. |
| sycophant |
a self-serving flatterer; a yes-man. |
| syncopation |
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm. |
| taciturn |
silent; not talkative. |
| tangential |
digressing; diverting. |
| terrestrial |
earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace. |
| upbraid |
to scold sharply. |
| vacillate |
to physically sway; to be indecisive. |
| venerable |
respected because of age. |
| veracity |
filled with truth and accuracy. |
| verdant |
green with vegetation; inexperienced. |
| vestige |
a trace; a remnant. |
| wizened |
shriveled; withered; wrinkled. |
| zeal |
passion; excitement. |
| palliate |
to make less serious; to ease. |
| panache |
flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve. |
| panoply |
impressive array. |
| paragon |
model of excellence or perfection. |
| parry |
to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer. |
| pathogenic |
causing disease. |
| pedant |
someone who shows off learning. |
| penury |
an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty. |
| perfidious |
willing to betray someone’s trust. |
| peripatetic |
wandering from place to place, especially on foot. |
| perspicacious |
shrewd, astute, or keen-witted. |
| phalanx |
a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things. |
| philistine |
a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values. |
| pithy |
profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point. |
| quotidian |
occurring daily; commonplace. |
| rarefy |
to become thinner or sparser. |
| replete |
abundantly supplied; complete. |
| spartan |
highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere. |
| sportive |
frolicsome; playful. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud. |
| stolid |
unemotional; lacking sensitivity. |
| supplant |
to replace (another) by force; to take the place of. |
| surly |
rude and bad-tempered. |
| sycophant |
a self-serving flatterer; a yes-man. |
| syncopation |
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm. |
| taciturn |
silent; not talkative. |
| tangential |
digressing; diverting. |
| terrestrial |
earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace. |
| upbraid |
to scold sharply. |
| vacillate |
to physically sway; to be indecisive. |
| venerable |
respected because of age. |
| veracity |
filled with truth and accuracy. |
| verdant |
green with vegetation; inexperienced. |
| vestige |
a trace; a remnant. |
| wizened |
shriveled; withered; wrinkled. |
| zeal |
passion; excitement. |
