GRE Vocabulary Words set 2

Fecklessness

Weak or ineffective

Dynamism

the quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress

Egoism

an ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.

Incendiary

Designed to cause fires

Veracious

Speaking or representing the truth

Luminary

Enlightening person

Clangorous

Clanging noise; loud resonant metallic sound

Tepid

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Augment

To make larger, increase

Dubious

Hesitating or doubting

precocious

showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

impecunious

having little or no money

assiduous

persistent, attentive, diligent

abtruse

difficult to understand

hortatory

tending or aiming to exhort

Extant

Still in existence

Malign

Evil in nature or effect

Penchant

A strong attraction or inclination

disseminate

to scatter or spread widely

promulgate

to announce; to make known

confound

confuse; puzzle

Banal

predictable; cliched; boring

Insipid

lacking interest or flavorful

fortuitous

accidental, occurring by a happy chance

foresight

ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future

Prescient

Showing knowledge of events before they happen

serendipitous

occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way

pretension

use of affection to impress/ a claim

commensurate

proportional

kindred

having similar origin, nature, or character

coalesce

combine in a mass or whole

iconoclastic

characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

Integrative

serving or intending to unify separate things.

doctrinaire

rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic

heterodox

unorthodox

dogmatic

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

scanty

inadequate; minimal

omnipresent

present everywhere

meager

Lacking in quantity or quality

acute

extremely sharp or intense

ameliorate

to make better

obsolete

out-of-date, no longer in use

disparate

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

quotidian

occurring daily; commonplace

herald

to bear news; to announce

harbinger

an omen or sign

cursory

hasty, not thorough

perfunctory

done without care; in a routine fashion

efficacy

effectiveness

Prevalence

Commonness

canny

having or showing shrewdness and good judgement

shrewd

having or showing sharp powers of judgement