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Gre words- Top GRE words in context
Term | Definition |
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Abate | to reduce in amount, degree or severity |
Abscond | to leave secretly |
Abstain | to choose not to do something |
Abyss | an extremely dark hole |
Adulterate | to make impure |
Advocate | to speak in favor of |
Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
Aggrandize | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
Alleviate | to make more bearable |
Amalgamate | to combine, to mix together |
Ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain, able to be interpreted several ways |
Ameliorate | to make better, to improve |
Anachronism | something out of place in time |
Analogous | similar or alike in some way, equivalent to |
Anomaly | deviation from what is normal |
Antagonize | to annoy or provoke to anger |
Antipathy | extreme dislike |
Apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
Arbitrate | to judge a dispute between tow opposing parties |
Archaic | ancient, old-fashioned |
Ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
Articulate | able to speak clearly and expressively |
Assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
Attenuate | to reduce in force or degree, to weaken |
Audacious | fearless and daring |
Austere | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
Banal | predictable, cliched, boring |
Bloster | to support, to prop up |
Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
Cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
Candid | impartial and honest in speech |
Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
Catalyst | something that brings about a change in something else |
Caustic | biting in wit |
Chaos | great disorder or confusion |
Chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
Chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
Cogent | convincing and well reasoned |
Condone | to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
Convoluted | Intricate and complicated |
Corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |
Credulous | too trusting, gullible |
Crescendo | steadily increasing volume or force |
Decorum | appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety |
Deference | respect, courtesy |
Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt. to mock |
Desiccate | to dy out thoroughly |
Desultory | jumping from one thing to another, disconnected |
Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
Diffident | lacking self-confidence |
Dilate | to make larger, to expand |
Dilatory | intended to delay |
Dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
Dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
Disabuse | to set right, to free from error |
Discern | to perceive, to recognize |
Disparate | fundamentally different, entirely unlike |
Dissemble | to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character |
Dissonance | a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds |
Dogma | a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
Dogmatic | dictatorial in one's opinions |
Dupe | to deceive, a person who is easily deceived |
Eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
Efficacy | effectiveness |
Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
Emulate | to copy, to try to equal or excel |
Enervate | to reduce in strength |
Engender | to produce, cause or bring about |
Enigma | a puzzle, a mystery |
Enumerate | to count, list or itemize |
Ephemeral | lasting a short time |
Equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
Erratic | wandering and unpredictable |
Erudite | learned, scholarly, bookish |
Esoteric | known or understood by only a few |
Estimable | admirable |
Eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
Euphemism | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
Exacerbate | to make worse |
Exculpate | to clear from blame, prove innocent |
Exigent | urgent, requiring immediate action |
Exonerate | to clear of blame |
Explicit | clearly stated or shown, forthright in expression |
Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
Fawn | to seek favor |
Fervid | intensely emotional, feverish |
Florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
Forment | to arouse or incite |
Frugality | a tendency to be thrifty or cheap-find those deals |
Garrulous | tending to talk a lot-ashley h. |
Gregarious | outgoing, sociable |
Guile | deceit or trickery |
Gullible | easily tricked or fooled |
Homogenous | of a similar kind |
Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
Imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed |
Impervious | impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected |
Impetuous | quick to act without thinking-drunk people |
Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
Inchoate | not fully formed, disorganized |
Ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
Inimical | hostile, unfriendly-kalliope towards men |
Innocuous | harmless |
Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
Intransigent | uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled |
Inundate | to overwhelm, to cover with water |
Irascible | easily made angry |
Laconic | using few words |
Lament | to express sorrow, to grieve |
Laud | to give praise, to glorify |
Lavish | to give unsparingly, extremely generous or extravagant |
Lethargic | acting in a n indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
Loquacious | talkative, gibber gabber lady |
Lucid | clear and easily understood |
Luminous | bright, brilliant, glowing |
Malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
Malleable | capable of being shaped, like dough |
Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol |
Meticulous | extremely careful about details-ocd |
Misanthrope | a person who dislikes others, scrooge |
Mitigate | to soften, to lessen, like a lesser sentence from a judge |
Mollify | to calm or make less severe |
Monotony | lack of variation |
Naive | lacking sophistication or experience-think irmo people |
Obdurate | hardening in feeling, resistant to persuasion |
Obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please |
Obstinate | stubborn, unyielding |
Obviate | to prevent, to make unnecessary |
Occlude | to stop up, to prevent the passage of-doodoo |
Onerous | troublesome and oppressive, burdensome |
Opaque | impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light |
Opprobrium | public disgrace-politicians |
Ostentation | excessive showiness |
Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma |
Paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
Pedant | someone who shows off learning |
Perfidious | willing to betray one's trust |
Perfunctory | done in a routine way, indifferent |
Permeate | to penetrate |
Philanthropy | charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness |
Placate | to soothe or pacify |
Plastic | able to be molded, altered or bent |
Plethora | excess, cat lady |
Pragmatic | practical as opposed to idealistic |
Precipitate | to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation |
Prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth |
Pristine | fresh and clean, uncorrupted-baby grace |
Prodigal | lavish, wasteful-beverly hills |
Proliferate | to increase in number quickly-rabbits |
Propitiate | to conciliate, to appease |
Propriety | correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs |
Prudence | wisdom, caution or restraint |
Pungent | sharp and irritating to the senses |
Quiescent | motionless |
Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
Repudiate | to reject the validity of |
Reticent | silent, reserved |
Rhetoric | effective writing or speaking |
Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
Specious | deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious |
Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
Sublime | lofty or grand |
Tacit | done without using words-eye contact bro |
Taciturn | silent, not talkative |
Tirade | long, harsh speech or verbal attack-yiannis |
Torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness-gre studying |
Transitory | temporary, lasting a brief time-kalliope's relationship |
Vacillate | to sway physically, to be indecisive |
Venerate | to respect deeply |
Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
Verbose | wordy |
Vex | to annoy |
Volatile | easily aroused or changeable, lively or explosive |
Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
Whimsical | acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable |
Zeal | passion, excitement-for life! |