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GMAT Vocabulary # GMAT/M97

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adj. glib
(a) living for pleasure
(b) having lines or grooves
(c) smooth and slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner; easily fluent; careless; insincere
(d) cowardly; fearful
 
adj. opalescent
(a) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked
(b) mixed with a darker color
(c) iridescent
(d) not final or of a definite result; unconvincing
 
adj. resplendent
(a) dazzling and shining; gleaming; brilliant; dazzling
(b) secretive; sly; shifty; stealthy; surreptitious
(c) silent; reserved; shy; self-restraint
(d) transparent; intelligible; lucid; clear; understandable
 
adj. egocentric
(a) of the worst or lowest degree
(b) self-centered; viewing everything in relation to oneself; egoistic; selfish
(c) insensitive; materialistic; rude; ill-mannered
(d) commonplace; trite; banal; unoriginal
 
adj. obscure
(a) not easily understood; dark; vague
(b) imposing; magnificent; grand
(c) impure in thought and act; lustful
(d) asking earnestly and submissively

 

adj. pejorative
(a) religious; narrow-minded; provincial
(b) threatening; foreboding
(c) soggy; dull in action as if from alcohol; wet; lumpy; doughy
(d) making things worse; villifying; depreciatory
 
adj. capricious
(a) changeable; fickle
(b) harmful; malign; sinister; malicious
(c) without equal; incomparable; matchless
(d) very light; airy; heavenly; not earthly; delicate
 
adj. palpable
(a) touchable; clear; obvious; substantial; tangible
(b) generally occurring; predominant; widespread
(c) too sugary; too sentimental or flattering
(d) thick and dense; cloudy; confused; muddy; murky
 
adj. tentative
(a) transparent; intelligible; lucid; clear; understandable
(b) making or willing to make concessions; appeasing; pacifying
(c) concerning everyone; existing everywhere; comprehensive; worldwide
(d) not confirmed; indefinite; temporary; experimental
 
adj. novel
(a) buried; concealed; undisclosed; hidden
(b) cutting; keen or incisive words; incisive; forceful
(c) new; strange
(d) not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable

adj. glib (c) smooth and slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner; easily fluent; careless; insincere
adj. opalescent (c) iridescent
adj. resplendent (a) dazzling and shining; gleaming; brilliant; dazzling
adj. egocentric (b) self-centered; viewing everything in relation to oneself; egoistic; selfish
adj. obscure (a) not easily understood; dark; vague
adj. pejorative (d) making things worse; villifying; depreciatory
adj. capricious (a) changeable; fickle
adj. palpable (a) touchable; clear; obvious; substantial; tangible
adj. tentative (d) not confirmed; indefinite; temporary; experimental
adj. novel (c) new; strange


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