Of the 97 words in my flashcards from A to C that I studied a couple days ago, forty of them just won’t stick. That means of the words I studied a couple days ago, I scored 58%. A solid “F”. GRE verbal, here I come.

D:

1. contumacious - rebellious
2. cogent - convincing and well reasoned
3. coalesce - to grow together to form a single whole
4. cloying - sickly sweet; excessive
5. caustic - biting in wit
6. castigate - to punish or criticize harshly
7. canard - a lie
8. calumny - a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation
9. cabal - a secret group seeking to overturn something
10. burnish - polish
11. bonhomie - good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
12. blight - to afflict; destroy
13. bilk - to cheat; defraud
14. bevy - group
15. banal - predictable; cliched; boring
16. august - dignified; grandiose
17. augury - prophecy; prediction of events
18. attenuate - to reduce in force or degree; weaken
19. assuage - to make something unpleasant less severe
20. arrogate - to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
21. ardor - intense and passionate feeling
22. approbation - approval and praise
23. apostate - one who renounces a religious faith
24. apocryphal - of questionable authority or authenticity
25. anodyne - something that calms or soothes pain
26. amortize - to diminish by installment payments
27. amalgamate - to combine; to mix together
28. alacrity - speed or quickness
29. affected - phony; artificial
30. aerie - a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling
31. acme - highest point; summit; the highest level or degree attainable
32. acidulous - sour in taste or manner
33. accretion - a growth in size; an increase in amount
34. abstemious - moderate in appetite
35. abscond - to leave secretly
36. abjure - to reject; abandon formally
37. abeyance - temporary suppression or suspension
38. aberrant - deviating from what is normal or expected
39. abate - reduce in amount, degree, or severity
40. abase - to humble; disgrace