Deceptively Short Words for the GRE

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blithe
adjective
joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
cant
insincere, conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety
dote
verb
bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually
drawl
verb
say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels
droll
adjective
amusing in an odd way
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drone
noun
male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey
fawn
noun
young deer, esp. one not weaned
feint
noun
movement made in order to deceive an adversary
foil
verb
prevent the success of
forge
verb
form by heating and hammering
glean
verb
gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit
glib
adjective
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so
goad
noun
stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen
gorge
noun
narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs
gouge
noun
chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side
guile
noun
insidious cunning in attaining a goal
hew
verb
strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument
lien
noun
legal claim of property of another person to secure the payment
limn
verb
represent in drawing or painting
loll
verb
recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner
molt
verb
cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth
pine
vw
to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by )
pique
verb
affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride
pith
noun
soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants
prone
adjective
having a natural inclination or tendency to something
pyre
noun
pile or heap of wood or other combustible material
quaff
verb
drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment
shun
verb
keep away from a place, person, object, from motives of dislike, caution
slake
verb
allay thirst, desire, wrath by satisfying
soar
verb
fly upward, as a bird
splice
verb
join together or unite two ropes or parts of a rope by the interweaving of strands
spurn
verb
reject with disdain
taunt
verb
reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner
thrift
noun
economical management
torque
noun
something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation
tout
verb
solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately
wean
verb
accustom a child or young animal to food other than its mother's milk
wend
verb
pursue or direct one's way

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