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GRE Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abase | degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteem. |
| abreast | side by side (with preposition of); keeping up with, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with. |
| abyss | a deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infinite. |
| accede | agree, give consent; assume power (usually as "accede to"). |
| acidulous | slightly acid or sour; sharp or caustic. |
| aerie | dwelling or fortress built on a high place; the nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk, built on a mountain or cliff. |
| albeit | (conjunction) although, even though. |
| aloof | distant physically or emotionally; reserved; indifferent. |
| amortize | gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset. |
| annul | make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules). |
| antedate | be older than, precede in time; assign to an earlier date. |
| apostle | pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus). |
| arbiter | judge, umpire, person empowered to decide matters at hand. |
| ardent or ardor | very passionate, devoted, or enthusiastic. |
| arrogate | claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so. |
| ascribe | assign or credit to a certain cause or source. |
| aseptic | free from germs. |
| assail | attack violently, assault. |
| attuned | in harmony; in sympathetic relationship. |
| balloon | swell or puff out; increase rapidly. |
| baying | howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf. |
| besiege | attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround. |
| bevy | group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group. |
| bilk | cheat or defraud. |
| blight | disease that kills plants rapidly or any cause of decay or destruction; ruin or cause to wither. |
| blithe | joyous, merry; excessively carefree (so as to ignore important concerns). |
| bombastic | far too showy or dramatic than is appropriate; pretentious. |
| bonhomie | friendliness, open and simple good heartedness. |
| brook | suffer or tolerate. |
| catholic | universal, broad-minded. |
| circumscribe | strictly limit a role, range of activity, or area; in math, to be constructed around so as to touch as many points as possible. |
| circumspect | cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences. |
| chamber | climb awkwardly or with difficulty, scramble. |
| cloying | disgustingly or distastefully sweet. |
| coda | final part of a musical composition; an ending, especially one that sums up what has come before. |
| coffer | chest for storing valuables; financial resources, a treasury. |
| collude | conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes. |
| connote | suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning. |
| contraries | things that are opposing; either of two opposite things. |
| convoke | call together, as to a meeting. |
| cosset | treat as a pet; pamper. |
| coterie | close or exclusive group, clique. |
| cupidity | greed, great or excessive desire. |
| curmudgeon | bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch. |
| declaim | speak in an impassioned, pompous, or oratorical manner; give a formal speech. |
| declivity | downward slope. |
| delimit | fix, mark, or define the boundaries of. |
| demagogue | A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people. |
| dictum | formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb. |
| dilate | to become wider or make wider, cause to expand; to speak or write at length, elaborate upon. |
| distaff | female, especially relating to the maternal side of the family; women or women's work; a staff that holds wool or flax for spinning. |
| dither | act indecisively; a state of fear or trembling excitement. |
| diurnal | occurring every day; happening in the daytime (rather than at night). |
| doff | take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one's hat as a gesture. |
| dovetail | join or fit together. |
| droll | funny in an odd way. |
| duplicity | deceit, double-dealing, acting in two different ways for the purpose of deception. |
| dyspeptic | grumpy, pessimistic irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion). |
| echelon | a level, rank, or grade; the people at that level. |
| effigy | representation or image of a person, especially a crude facsimile used to mock a hated person. |
| emaciate | make abnormally thin, cause to physically waste away. |
| ersatz | artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute. |
| erstwhile | former, previous; in the past, formerly. |
| ethos | the character, personality, or moral values specific to a person, group, time period, etc. |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words. |
| expedient | suitable, proper, effective, often at the expense of ethics or other considerations. |
| faction | group or clique within a larger organization; party strife and dissension. |
| fastidious | excessively particular, difficult to please; painstaking, meticulous, requiring excessive attention to detail. |
| fecund | fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly producing offspring, vegetation, or creative or intellectual work. |
| fervid | very hot; heated in passion or enthusiasm. |
| fledgling | a young bird that has just recently gotten its feathers, an inexperienced person; new or inexperienced. |
| fluke | stroke of luck, something accidentally successful. |
| forage | wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a raid. |
| ford | place where a river or similar body of water is shallow enough to walk or ride a vehicle across; to cross at such a place. |
| frenetic | wildly excited, frantic, distracted. |
| gestation | pregnancy; the period from conception until birth of an animal or (metaphorically) of an idea or plan. |
| glacial | pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic. |
| glower | stare in an angry, sullen way. |
| graft - Part I | insert part of a plant into another plant, where it continues to grow; join living tissue (such as skin) to part of the body where it will continue to live and grow; |
| graft - Part II | attach as if by grafting; the part so grafted (as in a graft of skin); the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, especially by abusing one's power. |
| grandstand | perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers. |
| visceral | elating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect. |
| ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere. |
| voluble | speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently. |
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