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1. 1. alacrity

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   Cheerful speed and eagerness. Example: She accepted the extra project with alacrity, and had a plan ready the same day. Hook: alacrity and alert both suggest being ready to go.

2. 2. ameliorate

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   To make a bad situation better, without necessarily fixing it. Example: New drainage did ameliorate the flooding, though the street still gets wet in storms. Hook: it comes from Latin melior, better.

3. 3. assuage

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   To ease pain, worry or anger. Example: The apology did little to assuage her disappointment. Hook: it comes from Latin suavis, sweet, so it sweetens the sting.

4. 4. mitigate

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   To make something less severe or harmful. Example: Sandbags helped mitigate the damage from the river. Hook: mitigate softens consequences, while assuage softens feelings.

5. 5. ascetic

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   Living with strict self-denial, often for spiritual reasons. Example: He led an ascetic life, with one meal a day and no furniture but a mat. Hook: ascetic and austere both describe a plain, strict life.

6. 6. capricious

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   Changing suddenly and without a clear reason. Example: The capricious manager approved the plan on Monday and rejected it on Tuesday. Hook: a capricious person is like the weather.

7. 7. censure

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   To criticize formally and severely. Also a noun: strong official disapproval. Example: The committee voted to censure the senator for the remark. Do not confuse it with censor, which means to cut material out.

8. 8. cogent

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   Clear, logical and convincing, usually of an argument. Example: Her cogent reply left the critics with nothing to add. Hook: cogent arguments force you to agree.

9. 9. corroborate

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   To confirm with additional evidence. Example: A second witness corroborated her account. Hook: the root is the one in robust, which means strong.

10. 10. diffident

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    Shy and lacking self-confidence, especially in speaking up. Example: A diffident speaker, he rarely offered an opinion in meetings. Do not mix it up with indifferent, which means uninterested.

11. 11. enervate

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    To weaken or drain of energy. Example: The heat and humidity enervated the hikers by noon. False friend: it does not mean to energize, even though it looks like it.

12. 12. ephemeral

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    Lasting a very short time. Example: Fame on the internet can be ephemeral, gone within a week. Hook: think of a mayfly, which lives about a day.

13. 13. equivocal

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    Open to more than one meaning, often on purpose to avoid commitment. Example: The mayor gave an equivocal answer and never said yes or no. Hook: equi- and voc-: two voices at once.

14. 14. esoteric

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    Understood by only a small group of specialists. Example: The lecture was so esoteric that even other physicists struggled to follow. Hook: esoteric is the opposite of mainstream.

15. 15. garrulous

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    Talking a lot, especially about unimportant things. Example: The garrulous neighbor could turn a five-minute hello into an hour. Contrast: laconic.

16. 16. laconic

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    Using very few words. Example: Asked how the trip went, he gave a laconic answer: fine. Hook: the word comes from Laconia, the region around Sparta, whose people were known for short replies.

17. 17. obdurate

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    Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or feelings. Example: The obdurate board ignored every request to reconsider. Hook: the root dur- means hard, as in durable, so obdurate means hard to move.

18. 18. perfunctory

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    Done quickly and with little care, only as a duty. Example: He gave the report a perfunctory glance before signing it. Hook: a perfunctory act is just going through the motions.

19. 19. recalcitrant

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    Stubbornly resisting authority or control. Example: The recalcitrant student refused every instruction. Hook: it comes from a Latin word for kicking back, like a mule.

20. 20. spurious

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    False or not genuine, though it may look real. Example: The study found a spurious link between ice cream sales and drowning, since both rise in summer. Hook: spurious claims fool you at first glance.

Hvordan ordforråd optræder i GRE

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Sortér i anden runde de fejlede kort i grupper på to eller tre lignende ord, og sammenlign dem. Ord som mitigate, assuage og ameliorate ligger tæt på hinanden, men er ikke ens. Skriv én linje om, hvad der adskiller hvert par. Pas til sidst på de falske venner: enervate betyder at svække, ikke at give energi, og cogent handler om et overbevisende argument, ikke om at være klar i almindelighed.

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