GRE Test Prep
bombastic - Answer (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding
words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
requisite - Answer necessary for relief or supply
apocryphal - Answer of questionable authenticity
laconic - Answer brief and to the point
garrulous - Answer full of trivial conversation
ascetic - Answer practicing great self-denial
taciturn - Answer habitually reserved and uncommunicative
tempestuous - Answer (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
demarcation - Answer the boundary of a specific area
execrable - Answer of very poor quality or condition
prolific - Answer bearing in abundance especially offspring
eclectic - Answer selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
expediency - Answer A means of achieving a particular end, as in a situation requiring
haste or caution.
harrowing - Answer extremely painful
prodigious - Answer so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
stymied - Answer thwarted; stumped; blocked
sidereal - Answer of or relating to the stars or constellations
etiolated - Answer weakened or sickly
circumscribed - Answer restricted or limited
pragmatic - Answer concerned with practical matters
prerogative - Answer A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
esconce - Answer put firmly in a position, hide away
bombastic - Answer (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding
words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
requisite - Answer necessary for relief or supply
apocryphal - Answer of questionable authenticity
laconic - Answer brief and to the point
garrulous - Answer full of trivial conversation
ascetic - Answer practicing great self-denial
taciturn - Answer habitually reserved and uncommunicative
tempestuous - Answer (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
demarcation - Answer the boundary of a specific area
execrable - Answer of very poor quality or condition
prolific - Answer bearing in abundance especially offspring
eclectic - Answer selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
expediency - Answer A means of achieving a particular end, as in a situation requiring
haste or caution.
harrowing - Answer extremely painful
prodigious - Answer so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
stymied - Answer thwarted; stumped; blocked
sidereal - Answer of or relating to the stars or constellations
etiolated - Answer weakened or sickly
circumscribed - Answer restricted or limited
pragmatic - Answer concerned with practical matters
prerogative - Answer A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
esconce - Answer put firmly in a position, hide away
