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GRE Vocab - Final
Final Stack - Big Kahuna
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnegate | to deny, renounce |
| abut | to touch, to be in contact with |
| adumbrate | to sketch, outline in a shadowy way |
| ambulatory | itinerant, walking around |
| ancillary | accessory, subordinate; helping |
| aplomb | poise, confidence |
| apothegm | a short, instructive saying |
| bacchanalian | drunkenly festive |
| beatific | saintly, angelic |
| belie | to misrepresent, expose as false |
| benison | blessing |
| bilious | easily irritated, relating to bile |
| bonhomie | good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
| carom | to strike and rebound |
| cavalcade | a procession |
| chattel | piece of personal property |
| choleric | easily angered, short tempered |
| cistern | tank for rainwater |
| cognomen | family name; any name, especially a nickname |
| commodious | roomy, spacious |
| compunctious | feeling guilty or having misgivings |
| conflagration | a big destructive fire |
| consangiuneous | of the same origin; related by blood |
| contumacious | rebellious |
| corrugate | to mold in a shape with parallel grooves and ridges |
| cosset | to pamper, treat with great care |
| declivity | downward slope |
| deleterious | harmful, destructive, detrimental |
| descry | to discover or reveal |
| didactic | excessively instructive |
| diluvial | relating to a flood |
| distaff | the female branch of the family |
| doughty | courageous |
| droll | amusing in a wry, subtle way |
| dyseptic | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
| ebullient | exhilarated, full of enthusiam and high spirits |
| effluvia | outpouring of gases or vapors |
| emend | to correct a text |
| ennui | boredom, lack of interest and energy |
| evince | to show clearly, display, signify |
| expatiate | to wanter, to discuss or describe at length |
| expiate | to atone for, make amends for |
| expurgate | to censor |
| extemporaneous | unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment |
| fatuous | stupid; smugly foolish |
| fecund | fertile, fruitful, productive |
| fey | doomed |
| filial | appropriate for a child |
| fracas | noisy dispute |
| fractious | unruly, rebellious |
| fulsome | excessive, overdone, sickenly abundant |
| gambol | to dance or skip playfully around |
| gauche | crude, socially awkward |
| gnostic | having to do with knowledge |
| hackneyed | worn out by over-use |
| hoary | very old, whitish or gray from age |
| inculcate | to teach; impress in the mind |
| inculpate | to blame, charge with a crime |
| indefatigable | never tired |
| indigent | very poor |
| indubitable | unquestionable |
| ingress | entrance |
| insuperable | insurmountable, unconquerable |
| interlocutor | someone taking part in a diologue |
| internecine | deadly to both sides |
| interstice | a space between things |
| inure | to harden, accustom, become used to |
| invidious | likely to provoke ill will, offensive |
| jingoism | belligerent support of one's country |
| kismet | fate |
| lapidary | relating to precious stones |
| lassitude | lethargy, slugishness |
| legerdemain | trickery |
| libidinous | lustful |
| licentious | immoral; unrestrained by society |
| liniment | medicinal liquid used externally to ease pain |
| lissome | easily flexed, limber, agile |
| malapropism | humorous misuse of a word |
| manifold | diverse, vaired; comprised of many parts |
| martinet | strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
| maudlin | overly sentimental |
| mawkish | sickeningly sentimental |
| mordacious | caustic, biting |
| mote | small particle, speck |
| neologism | new word or expression |
| numismatics | coin collecting |
| obstreperous | troublesome, boisterous, unruly |
| palliate | to make less serious, ease |
| panegyric | elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise |
| panoply | impressive array |
| parochial | of limited scope or outlook, provincial |
| pastiche | piece of literature or music imitating other works |
| peccadillo | minor sin or offense |
| peculation | theft of money or goods |
| penumbra | partial shadow |
| perambulate | walk about |
| periphrastic | using circumlocution |
| plait | braid |
| pneumatic | relating to air; worked by compressed air |
| prognosticate | to predict |
| prolix | tedious, wordy |
| promulgate | to make known publicly |
| propinquity | nearness |
| prurient | lustful, exhibiting lewd desires |
| quotidian | occuring daily, commonplace |
| raconteur | a witty, skillful storyteller |
| raillery | lighthearted jesting |
| rapprochement | reestablishing a cordial relationship |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control |
| recidivism | tendency to repeat previous behaviours |
| recreant | disloyal, cowardly |
| renitent | resisting pressure, obstinate |
| repast | meal |
| reprobate | morally unprincipled person |
| rococo | very highly ornamented |
| sacrosanct | extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
| sagacious | shrewd, wise |
| scurrilous | vulgar, low, indecent |
| senescent | aging, growing old |
| sepulchral | typical of a place of burial |
| seraphic | angelic, pure |
| simper | to smirk, smile foolishly |
| slake | to quench or moderate |
| solecism | grammatical mistake |
| solipism | belief that the self is the only reality |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| sonorous | producing full, rich sound |
| staid | self-restrained, strait-laced |
| threnody | a sad poem or song |
| trammel | to impede or hamper |
| trenchant | acute, sharp, incisive, forceful, effective |
| truculent | savage and cruel, fierce, ready to fight |
| turgid | swollen, bloated |
| turpitude | inherent vileness, foulness, depravity |
| tyro | beginner, novice |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| unctuous | greasy, oily, smug and falsely earnest |
| variegated | varied, marked with different colors |
| virile | manly, having qualities of an adult male |
| waspish | easily irritated. |
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