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GREHighFrequencyList
This stack contains Barron's High frequency word list
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Insipid (Adj) | Lacking in flavor; Dull |
| Zealot (N) | Fanatic; Person who shows excessive zeal |
| Whimsical (N) | Capricious; Fanciful |
| Welter (N) | Turmoil; Bewildering jumble |
| Wary (Adj) | Very Cautious |
| Warranted (Adj) | Justified; Authorized |
| Volatile (Adj) | Changeable; Explosive; Evaporating rapidly |
| Vituperative (Adj) | Abusive; Scolding |
| Viscous (Adj) | Sticky; Gluey |
| Viable (Adj) | Practical or Workable; Capable of maintaining |
| Verbose (adj) | Wordy |
| Veracious (V) | Revere |
| Vacillate (V) | Waver; Fluctuate |
| Truculence (N) | Aggressiveness; ferocity |
| Transgression (N) | Violation of a Law; Sin |
| Tractable (Adj) | Docile; Easily managed |
| Tortuous (Adj) | Winding; full of curves |
| Torpor (N) | Lethargy; Sluggishness; Dormant |
| Tirade (N) | Extended scolding; Denunciation; Harangue |
| Tenuous (Adj) | Thin; Rare; Slim |
| Tangential (Adj) | Peripheral; only slightly connected; Digressing |
| Tacit (Adj) | Understood; not put into word |
| Supposition (N) | Hypothesis; Surmise |
| Supersede (V) | Cause to Beset aside; Replace; Make obsolete |
| Substantiate (V) | Establish by Evidence; Verify; support |
| Subside (V) | Settle down; descend; grow quite |
| subpoena (N) | Writ Summoning a witness to appear |
| Strut (N) | Pompous walk; supporting bar |
| Striated (N) | marked with parallel bands; grooved |
| Stolid (Adj) | Dull; impassive |
| Stipulated (V) | Make express conditions; specify |
| Stint (V) | Be thrift; set limits |
| Stigma (N) | Token of disgrace; Brand; |
| Sporadic | Occurring irregularly |
| Spectrum (N) | Colored band produced when a bean of light passed through a prism |
| Specious (Adj) | Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) |
| Soporific (Adj) | Sleep-Causing; marked by sleepiness |
| Solicitous (Adj) | Worried; Concerned |
| Skeptic (N) | Doubter; Person who suspends judgement until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view |
| Shard (N) | Fragment; Generally of pottery |
| Secrete (V) | Hide Away/ cache; produce and release a substance |
| Savor (V) | Enjoy; Have a distinctive flavor; smell/quality |
| Saturate (V) | Satisfy fully |
| sanction (v) | approve; ratify |
| Salubrious (adj) | Healthful |
| Sage (N) | Person celebrated for wisdom |
| Reverent (Adj) | Respectful; Worshipful |
| Reticent (Adj) | Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence |
| Resolve (N) | Determination; Firmness of purpose |
| Resolution (N) | Determination |
| Rescind (V) | Cancel |
| Repudiate (v) | disown; disavow |
| Reprobate (N) | Person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency |
| Reproach (v) | express disapproval or disappointment |
| Relegate (v) | Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| Refute (v); | Disapprove |
| Refractory (adj) | stubborn; unmanageable |
| recondite (adj) | abstruse; profound; secret |
| recluse (n) | hermit; loner |
| recant (v) | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement |
| Recalcitrant (adj) | obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
| rarefied (adj) | made less dense (of gas) |
| Quiescent (adj) | at rest; dormant; temporarily |
| Quibble (N) | Minor objection or complaint |
| Qualified (adj) | limited; restricted |
| pungent (adj) | stinging; sharp in taste or smell |
| proscribe (V) | ostracize; banish; outlaw; prohibit; forbid; disallow; interdict; nix; veto |
| Propriety (N) | Fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper |
| Propitiate (v) | Appease; Conciliate; Make peaceful |
| Propensity (N) | Natural inclination; penchant |
| Proliferate (V) | grow rapidly; spread; multiply |
| Prohibitive (adj) | Tending to prevent the purchase or use something; inclined to prevent/ forbid |
| Profound (adj) | Deep; not superficial, complete |
| Problematic (adj) | Doubtful; Unsettled; Questionable perplexing |
| Probity (n) | Uprightness; incorruptibility; honesty |
| Pristine (adj) | Characteristic of earlier times; primitive unspoiled |
| Prevaricate (v) | Lie; Hide the truth bu equivocating; beat around the bush; belie |
| Presumptuous (adj) | arrogant; taking liberties |
| precursor (n) | forerunner; predecessor |
| Precipitate (adj) | rash; premature; hasty; sudden |
| precarious (adj) | uncertain; risky; unsafe; lacking in stability |
| preamble (n) | introductory statement; preface; prelude |
| Pragmatic (adj) | practical (as opposed to idealistic) concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
| Porous (adj) | full of pores; like a sieve; permeable |
| Plummet (v) | fall sharply; fall straight down; collapse |
| plethora (n) | excess; overabundance |
| platitude (n) | trite remark; commonplace statement |
| plasticity (n) | ability to be molded; elasticity; flexibility; malleability; mobility |
| placate (V) | pacify; conciliate |
| piety (n) | devoutness; reverence for god |
| phlegmatic (adj) | calm; not easily disturbed; unemotional |
| pervasive (adj) | spread throughout; universal; wide spread |
| perfunctory (adj) | superficial; not through; lacking interest; care or enthusiasm |
| perfidious (adj) | Treacherous; disloyal |
| perennial (n) | something long-lasting; recurrent; repeated |
| penury (n) | sever poverty; stinginess; very poor |
| penchant (n) | strong inclination; liking |
| pedantic (adj) | showing off learning; bookish; academic |
| paucity (n) | scarcity; dearth; smallness of quantity; insufficient quantity or number |
| pathological (adj) | pertaining to disease |
| partisan (adj) | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| paragon (n) | model of perfection |
| ostentatious (adj) | showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention |
| oscillate (v) | vibrate pendulum-like; waver |
| opprobrium (n) | infamy; vilification (slander); disgrace arising from shameful conduct; shameful; infamous |
| onerous (adj) | burdensome; difficult; arduous; not easily borne; taxing |
| officious (adj) | meddlesome excessively pushy in offering one's service |
| occlude (adj) | shut; close; obstruct |
| obviate (v) | make unnecessary; get rid of; avert; avoid eliminate; ward off |
| obsequious (adj) | slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic; boot-licking; fawning; toadyism |
| obdurate (adj) | stubborn; refusing to change one's belief |
| neophyte (n) | recent convert; beginner; new member of a religious group; fledgling; freshman; newbie; newcomer; starter |
| negate (N) | cancel out; nullify; deny; cause to have no effect; neutralize; belie |
| mundane (adj) | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; routine; unremarkable; workday |
| morose (adj) | ill-humored; sullen; melancholy |
| mollify(v) | soothe an angry person; make less rigid; softer; appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; placate; pacify |
| mitigate(v) | lessen in intensity; moderate; appease; extenuate; palliate |
| Misanthrope (n) | one who hates mankind |
| meticulous (adj) | excessively careful; painstaking |
| metamorphosis (n) | change of form; ex: metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly |
| mendacious (adj) | lying; habitually dishonest; naturally untrue |
| maverick (n) | rebel; nonconformist; irregular; unorthodox; someone exhibiting great independence; independent in behavior/ thought |
| malleable (adj) | capable of being shaped by pounding impressionable; pliable; easily controlled; tractable |
| malingerer (n) | one who finds illness to escape duty. |
| magnanimity (n) | generosity; magnanimous; generous; largess; open handedness |
| luminous (adj) | shining; issuing light; aglow; lambent; lucent |
| lucid (adj) | easily understood; clear; intelligible; transparently clear; crystal clear; limpid |
| loquacious (adj) | talkative; chatty; gabby; garrulous; talkative; talky |
| log (n) | record of voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activity |
| Levity (n) | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner; silliness; funniness; facetiousness |
| levee (n) | Earthen or stone embankment to prevent river from overflow pier providing landing place on river |
| lethargic (adj) | drowsy; dull; lazy; sluggishness |
| Laud (v) | praise; extol; glorify or honor |
| Latent (adj) | potential but underdeveloped; dormant; hidden |
| lassitude (n) | languor; weariness; listlessness |
| laconic (adj) | brief and to the point; using few words; concise; expressing much in few words |
| itinerary (n) | plan of trip; record of trip; a proposed route of travel; a guidebook for travelers |
| irresolute (adj) | uncertain how to act; weak; doubtful |
| irascible (adj) | irritable; easily angered; hot-tempered; hot-headed; |
| invective (n) | abuse; vehement/ violent denunciation; insulting/ abusive word/ expression |
| inured(adj) | accustomed; hardened |
| inundate (v) | overwhelm; flood; cover; complete; submerge |
| intransigence (n) | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness; |
| intractable (adj) | unruly; stubborn; unyielding; difficult to manage |
| insularity - n | narrow-mindedness; isolation; detached |
| insinuate - v | hint; imply; creep in; introduce/ insert oneself by artful means |
| insensible - adj | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible |
| innocuous - adj | harmless |
| inherent - adj | firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic; always present in here; inherent; characters; basic |
| ingenuous - adj | naive & trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| inert - adj | inactive; lacking power to move |
| indolent - adj | lazy |
| indigence - n | poverty; a state of extreme poverty |
| indeterminate - adj | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite; not clear; vague |
| incorporate - v | introduce into a larger whole; combine; unite; embody; form a corporation |
| inconsequential - adj | insignificant; unimportant; casual; of little or no importance |
| incongruity - n | lack of harmony; absurdity; inappropriate; discrepancy; inconsistency; mismatch; difference; |
| inchoate - adj | recently begun; rudimentary; elementary |
| inadvertently - adv | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly; unknowingly |
| implode - v | burst inward |
| implicit - adj | implied; unquestioning & complete; understood but not stated; tacit |
| implacable - adj | incapable of being pacified merciless; cruel |
| impervious - adj | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged; distressed; unable to penetrate; immune |
| imperturbable - adj | unshakably calm; placid; |
| impermeable - adj | impervious; not permitting passage though it's substance; impossible to permeate |
| impede - v | hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block |
| impassive - adj | without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; poker-faced; inexpressive; apathy; apathetic |
| impair - v | injure; hurt; damage; make worse or less effective |
| immutable - adj | unchangeable; changeless; abiding; constant; fixed; immovable; inflexible |
| idolatry - n | worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion |
| iconoclastic - adj | attacking cherished traditions; one who attacks traditional ideas |
| hyperbole - n | exaggeration; overstatement; extravagant |
| homogeneous - adj | of the same kind; uniform composition through out |
| harangue - n | long; passionate and vehement speech |
| gullible - adj | easily deceived or cheated; naive and easily deceived or tricked |
| guileless - adj | without deceit; sincere; honest; straight forward; frank |
| gregarious - adj | sociable (of an animal); tending to form a group; living in flocks or herds |
| grandiloquent - adj | pompous; bombastic; using high sounding language |
| Gouge - v | overcharge |
| Goad - v | Urge on; cause to do something by continued annoyance; bully |
| garrulous - adj | loquacious; wordy talkative;full of trivial conversation |
| gainsay - v | deny; dispute or contradict; to speak or act against |
| Futile - adj | useless; hopeless; ineffectual; in-vain |
| Frugality - n | thrift; economy; carefulness; conservation |
| forestall - v | prevent by taking action in advance; anticipate |
| Foment - v | stir-up; instigate; abet; incite; agitate; promote the growth of (something evil/unpleasant) |
| Flout - v | reject; mock; disregards; violates |
| fledgling - adj | inexperienced; young; new; tyro; beginner; freshman |
| flag - v | droop; grow feeble; to sag; bend; hang down; as from weakness; exhaustion; lack of support; fail; lose spirit or courage; sink |
| Fervor - n | glowing ardor; intensity of feeling |
| Felicitous - adj | suitably expressed; well chosen |
| fawning - adj | courting favor by cringing & flattering; attempting to win favor by flattery |
| fatuous - adj | foolish; inane; unreal; illusory; silly; idiotic; absurd; stupid |
| fallacious - adj | false; misleading; wrong |
| facilitate - v | help bring about; makes less difficult; make easier; alleviate |
| facetious - adj | joking; humorous |
| extrapolation - n | projection; conjecture; assumption; calculation of the value of a function; out side of the range |
| exigency - n | urgent situation; emergency |
| exculpate - v | clear from blame; forgive; pardon; condone |
| exacerbate - v | worsen; embitter |
| euphemism - n | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; pomposity; grandiloquence |
| eulogy - n | expression of praise; often on the occasion of someone's death |
| esoteric - adj | hard to understand; known only to chosen few; mysterious |
| erudite - adj | learned; scholarly; well-educated; cultured |
| equivocate - v | lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth |
| equanimity - n | calmness of temperament; composure; coolness |
| ephemeral - adj | short-lived; fleeting; momentary; passing |
| enhance - v | increase; improve; add to; adorn; amplify; reinforce; raise |
| engender - v | cause; produce |
| enervate - v | weaken; tire; wear out |
| endemic - adj | prevailing among a specific group of people or in specific area or country; native; local; regional |
| emulate - v | imitate; rival; try to excel; make like; compete |
| empirical - adj | based on experience; practical |
| embellish - v | adorn; ornament; enhance as a story; make beautiful |
| elicit - v | draw out by discussion; delineate |
| elegy - n | poem or song expressing lamentation; dirge |
| effrontery - n | shameless; boldness; barefaced; audacity |
| efficacy - n | power to produce desired effect; efficiency; productiveness |
| eclectic - adj | selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources |
| ebullient - adj | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
| dupe - n | someone easily fooled |
| dormant - adj | sleeping; lethargic; latent |
| dogmatic - adj | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal; bullheaded |
| Document - v | provide written evidence; archive; record |
| divest - v | strip; deprive; remove |
| diverge - v | vary; go in different direction from the same point; branch; branch off; depart; deviate; split |
| distill - v | pure; concentrate |
| distend - v | expand; swell out; bulge; |
| dissonance - n | discord; unharmonious; cacophony |
| dissolution - n | disintegration; looseness in morals |
| disseminate - v | distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
| dissemble - v | disguise; pretend; hide from natural |
| disparate - adj | basically different; unrelated |
| disparage - v | belittle; express negative opinion |
| dismiss - v | eliminate from consideration; reject |
| disjointed - adj | disconnected; lacking orderly continuity |
| disinterested - adj | unprejudiced; free from bias; not interested; free from self interest |
| disingenuous - adj | not naive; sophisticated; wordy wise |
| discrete - adj | separate; unconnected; distinct |
| discrepancy - n | lack of consistency; difference |
| discredit - v | defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve |
| discordant - adj | not harmonious; conflicting |
| discerning - adj | mentally quick & observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgement; discriminating |
| disabuse - v | correct a false impression; undeceive |
| dirge - n | lament with music; funeral song |
| Digression - n | wandering away from the subject |
| Diffuse - adj | wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas); verbose; disperse |
| Diffidence - n | shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity |
| Dichotomy - N | split; branching into two parts |
| Diatribe - n | bitter scolding; invective; denunciation; abuse |
| Deterrent - n | something that discourages; hindrance |
| Desultory - adj | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
| Desiccate - v | Dry up; lose water/ moisture; dehydrated |
| Connoisseur - n | Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art |
| Derivative | Unoriginal; banal; obtained from another source |
| Deride - v | Ridicule; make fun of; treat with contempt |
| Contempt | Dishonor; Worthless |
| Denigrate - v | Blacken; defame; slander; malign |
| Delineate - v | Portray; depict; Sketch; describe; outline |
| Deference - N | Courteous regard for another's wish; Respect |
| Default | Failure to act |
| Decorum | Propriety; Appropriateness; Orderliness & good taste in manners |
| Daunt (v) | Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten |
| Craven - n | Cowardly; Fearful |
| Convoluted - adj | Coiled around; involved; intricate; complicate; complex |
| Converge | Approach; Tend to meet; come together |
| Conundrum - n | Riddle; Difficult problem |
| Contentious - adj | Quarrelsome; Controversial; Likely to cause arguments |
| Contention - N | Claim; Thesis; Struggling; Competition; Assertion |
| Confound - v | Confuse; Puzzle |
| Condone | Overlook; Forgive; Give tacit approval; excuse; condone; pardon |
| Conciliatory - adj | Reconciling; Soothing; Win the friendly feeling; placate |
| Compliant | Yielding; conforming to requirements |
| Complaisant | Trying to Please; Obliging; willing to please others |
| Compendium | Brief; Comprehensive summary |
| Commensurate | Equal in extent; of the same size |
| Cogent | Convincing |
| Coda | Concluding section of a musical/ literary composition; finale |
| Coagulate | Thicken; congeal; clot |
| Chicanery | Trickery; Deception |
| Caustic | Burning; Sarcastically biting |
| Catalyst | Agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected & unchanged |
| Castigation | Punishment; Severe criticism; Sensitive even to mild criticism |
| Capricious - adj | Unpredictable; Fickle |
| Cacophonous | Discordant; Inharmonious |
| Buttress | Support; Prop up |
| Burnish | Make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| Burgeon | Grow forth; send out buds |
| Boorish | Rude; Insensitive; Ill mannered |
| Bombastic | Pompous; using inflated language; Puffer up with conceit; big-talking |
| Bolster | Support; Reinforce; Long pillow; Strengthen |
| Beneficent - adj | Kindly; Doing good |
| Belie | Contradict; Give a false impression |
| Banal | Unoriginal; Hackneyed; Commonplaces; Trite |
| Aver | State confidently; Affirm; say; verify |
| Autonomous | Self-governing |
| Austere | Forbidding stern; severely simple & UN-ornamented |
| Audacious | Daring; Bold |
| Attenuate | Make thin; weaken; faded |
| Assuage | Ease/ Lessen (pain); Satisfy (hunger); Sooth(anger); Abate |
| Assiduous | Diligent; Cause to become homogeneous; hard-working |
| Ascetic | Practicing self-denial; Austere; avoiding physical pleasure & comforts |
| Artless | without guile; open & honest |
| Arduous | Hard Strenuous |
| Appropriate | Acquire; Allocate |
| Approbation | Approval |
| Apprise | Inform; Increase the value of appreciate; notify; give notice |
| Appease | Pacify soothe; relieve; gentle; placate |
| Apathy | Lack of caring; Indifference |
| Antipathy | Aversion; Dislike |
| Anomalous | Abnormal; Irregular |
| Anarchy | Absence of governing body, State of disorder |
| Analogous | Comparable; Similar; Correspondent |
| Anachronism | Misplaced in time |
| Ameliorate | Improve; Get Better |
| Ambivalence | Contradictory/ Conflicting emotional attitudes |
| Ambiguous | Unclear or doubtful in meaning having more than one interpretation |
| Amalgamate | Combine; Unite in one body |
| Alleviate | Relieve; Ease; Facilitate |
| Alacrity | Cheerful promptness; eagerness smartness |
| Aggregate | Gather; Accumulate; sum; total; the whole amount |
| Aesthetic | Artistic; Beautiful |
| Adulterate | Corrupt; Debase; Make impure by adding a inferior substance |
| Admonish | Warn or speak with gentle disapproval/ discourage |
| Abstemious | Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; a light eater |
| Abscond | Depart secretly & hide; run away; usually includes taking something or somebody with |
| Abeyance | Temporary suspensions |
| Aberrant | Different; abnormal; deviant |
| Abate | To reduce in amount; subside or moderate; put to an end |
| Prodigal | Wasteful; Reckless with money; profuse |
| Contrite | Penitent; Repentant |
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