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GRE Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
disingenuous lacking in candor, calculating, duplicitous.
ingenious characterized by skill and imagination.
inherent ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential.
inhere to be inherent or innate to something.
inimical damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly.
inimitable one of a kind, peerless.
iniquity wickedness, gross injustice.
iniquitous characterized by wickedness.
innervate to supply with nerves, energize.
innervate usually used to describe a physiological process, as in the fibers that innervate the facial muscles, but it can also be used metaphorically.
enervate lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor.
innocuous harmless; causing no damage.
inscrutable incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious.
insensible unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb.
insipid without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull.
insouciant unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant.
insular parochial, narrow-minded, like an island.
interdict prohibit, forbid, ban, halt.
interdiction a prohibition against something.
intimate to imply, suggest or insinuate.
intimation a hint.
intractable not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate.
intransigent refusing to compromise.
intrepid steadfast, courageous.
inured accustomed to accepting something undesirable.
inveigh to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate.
inveigle to obtain by deception or flattery.
inveterate deep rooted, ingrained, habitual.
irascible easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.
itinerate to travel from place to place.
iterant traveling from place to place.
jejune vapid, uninteresting; childish, immature; lacking nutrition.
jibe to agree, to be in accord.
jocose given to joking; humorous.
jocund high-spirited.
jocularity fun characterized by humor.
kinetic having to do with motion; lively; active.
labile readily open to change, unstable.
lachrymose causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow.
laconic using few words; terse.
lassitude listlessness, languor (weakness or weariness of body or mind), weariness.
frond a large leaf
macabre having death as a subject.
laud to praise highly.
libertine someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute (lacking restraint) life.
limn to draw, outline in detail.
limpid transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled.
list to tilt or lean to one side.
loquacious extremely talkative.
lucid intelligible, sound, clear.
lumber tom move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound.
gait a manner of walking or moving on foot.
luminous characterized by brightness and the emission of light, enlightened, clear.
magnanimity the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving.
malevolent having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred.
malinger to feign illness so as to avoid work.
malleable capable of being shaped or formed, easily influenced.
martial associated with war and the armed forces.
maunder to talk or move aimlessly, mutter.
bellwether an indicator or predictor of something.
maverick an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.
mellifluous sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds.
mendacity the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty.
mendacious false, untruthful.
mendicant a beggar, supplicant.
supplicant a person who supplicates; petitioner.
mercurial characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood.
meretricious tawdry, pretentions, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution.
tawdry cheap and gaudy in appearance.
meticulous characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to detail.
mettlesome courageous, high-spirited.
mettle courage and stamina.
meddlesome included to interfere.
nettlesome prickly or difficult.
militate to have weight or bearing on, to argue against.
milk to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of.
minatory menacing, threatening.
thwart to run counter to so as to oppose or baffle.
mince pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps, tiptoe.
euphemize a word or expression so substituted.
misanthrope one who hates humankind.
candor the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.
misogynist one who hates women.
mitigate to make or become less severe or intense, moderate.
unmitigated absolute or unrelieved.
mollify to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity.
morose sad, sullen, melancholy.
multifarious varied, motley (variegated in color), greatly diversified.
mundane of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary.
lofty elevated in character and spirit.
nadir low point, perigee (the point nearest a planet or a satellite).
nascent coming into being; in early developmental stages.
pinochle a card game.
tenuous flimsy, weak.
natty trimly neat and tidy, dapper.
nebulous vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form.
neologism a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.
neophyte a recent convert; a beginner; novice.
nexus a connection; tie or link; center or focus.
recidivism a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially relapse into criminal behavior.
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