GRE Vocabulary — Group 2

To officially cancel or do away with a law, agreement, or right through formal authority.

Difficult to understand because it is overly complex, technical, or abstract.

Marked by sharp bitterness or ill will, especially in speech or disagreement.

The ability to make fast, accurate judgments and decisions in a particular field.

Skillful and clever in using one's hands or mind, especially under pressure.

A cheerful eagerness or brisk readiness to do something.

To make a bad or difficult situation better, often gradually.

Lacking a clear, fixed shape or structure.

Something or someone placed in the wrong time period, out of step with the present era.

Deliberately unlikely to cause offense or provoke strong feeling; bland and inoffensive.

A strong, deep-seated feeling of dislike or aversion toward someone or something.

Widely circulated as if true but likely fictional or unverified.

Understood by only a very small number of people; obscure and secretive in nature.

Practicing strict self-discipline and avoidance of physical pleasure, often for spiritual reasons.

Showing great care, effort, and persistence in one's work or duties.

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense, or to satisfy a need.

Showing a bold willingness to take risks, sometimes to the point of recklessness.

An extreme, often selfish desire for wealth or material gain.

So ordinary and overused that it has become dull and unoriginal.

To give a false or misleading impression of something.

Openly hostile and eager to fight or argue.

To support, strengthen, or reinforce something.

Using inflated, showy language that sounds impressive but says little.

Rude, clumsy, and unaware of proper social behavior.

The quality of expressing something in few words; shortness of duration or expression.