GMAT Vocabulary List 6

English Vocabulary - Vocabulary List - GMAT Vocabulary List

1) v. to weaken; often through subtle means

a) undermine
b) caustic
c) extol
d) surpass

2) v. to be advantageous; to be necessary

a) behoove
b) guise
c) pessimism
d) rivet

3) n. one who believes that others are motivated entirely by selfishness.

a) insinuate
b) bode
c) abbreviate
d) cynic

4) adj. existing independently of others; a large quantity

a) incorporeal
b) eccentric
c) substantive
d) tentative

5) v. to free from guilt

a) mien
b) exculpate
c) obsequious
d) menagerie

6) v. to mourn or grieve

a) lament
b) privy
c) effrontery
d) phlegmatic

7) adj. friendly; amiable

a) affable
b) objective
c) covenant
d) debase

8) adj. glowing through haze; shocking, sensational

a) distant
b) lurid
c) knavery
d) intangible

9) n. being stripped

a) garish
b) sojourn
c) agrarian
d) divestiture

10) adj. stingy, miserly

a) cacophony
b) bereft
c) savor
d) penurious