GRE Word List
VEHEMENT
marked by forceful energy : powerful
The meaning of the word vehement is marked by forceful energy : powerful.
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|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
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| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| farce | stuff |
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| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |