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GRE Vocab. 112 words
Group 1 - 112 GRE words
Word | Definition |
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acerbic | having a sour or bitter taste or character |
amalgamate | to combine several elements into a whole |
amenable | agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
intrepid | steadfast and courageous |
laconic | using few words; terse |
malleable | capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable |
bolster | to provide support or reinforcement |
bombast | self-important or pompous in writing or speech |
maverick | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
mendacity | the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
inimitable | one of a kind; peerless |
iniquity | gross injustice; wickedness |
innervate | to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize |
enervate | to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
inscrutable | incapable of being discovered or understood |
insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; numb |
insouciant | unconcerned; carefree; heedless |
insular | parochial; narrow-minded |
bombastic | pompous; grandiloquent |
credulous | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
diatribe | a harsh denunciation |
fawn | to flatter or praise excessively |
fervent | greatly emotional or zealous |
flout | to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
fortuitous | happening by fortunate accident or chance |
garrulous | pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
interdict | to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt |
inveigh | to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate |
inveterate | deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual |
involute | intricate; complex; convoluted |
mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
meticulous | characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
mollify | to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
germane | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
glib | marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
halcyon | calm and peaceful |
hubris | arrogant presumption or pride |
itinerate | to travel from place to place; to peregrinate |
jejune | vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile |
jibe | to agree; to be in accord |
rhetoric | the art or study of effective use of language for communication |
indifferent | having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
rancorous | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
implacable | not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
pragmatic | practical rather than idealistic |
impetuous | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
polemical | controversial; argumentative |
imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness |
plethora | an overabundance; a surplus |
imminent | about to happen; impending |
peccadillo | a slight offense; literally, a minor sin |
paucity | scarcity; a lacking of |
partisan | committed to a party; biased or prejudiced |
officious | meddlesome; pushy in one's services |
obstreperous | noisy; loud |
obloquy | abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; vituperation; calumny |
nugatory | trifling; inconsequential |
nostrum | panacea; cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative |
pirate | to illegally use or reproduce |
phlegmatic | calm; sluggish; unemotional |
idolatrous | given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
pervasive | having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
macerate | to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping (soaking in liquid) |
luculent | easily understood; lucid; clear |
lubricious | lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery |
jocose | humorous; gay; blithe |
obdurate | unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
obfuscate | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
obstinate | stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
jocular | humorous; gay; blithe |
labile | readily open to change; unstable |
limpid | transparent; serene; clear; untroubled; pellucid |
parsimonious | cheap; miserly |
ossified | tending to become more rigid; conventional; sterile and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone |
parry | to block; to evade or ward off, as a blow |
ostensible | seeming; appearing as such; professed |
pariah | an outcast; a rejected and despised person |
overweening | presumptuously arrogant; supercilious; overbearing |
paradigm | a model, example, or pattern; exemplar |
panegyric | formal praise; eulogy; encomium |
nonplused | baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do. (also spelled with double consonant) |
palliate | to make something appear less serious; to gloss over |
noisome | offensive, especially to one's sense of smell; fetid |
nexus | a connection, tie, or link |
maculate | marked by spots or blotches; besmirched; impure |
nadir | low point; perigee |
opprobrium | disgrace; contempt; scorn |
pervade | to permeate throughout |
ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentiousness |
lachrymose | causing tears; tearful |
pedantic | the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
limn | to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe |
salubrious | promoting health or well-being |
malinger | to feign illness so as to avoid work; to avoid work |
lambaste | to censure; to excoriate; to berate |
maunder | to digress; to meander; to stray from the topic or path |
lassitude | listlessness; languor; weariness |
sedulous | diligent; persistent; hard-working |
libertine | someone unrestrained by morality or convention |
mettlesome | courageous; high-spirited |
solvent | able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
multifarious | varied; motley; greatly diversified |
mendicant | beggar; supplicant |
misogynist | one who hates women/females |
soporific | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
minatory | menacing; threatening |
meretricious | cheap; gaudy; tawdry; flashy; showy |
militate | to have weight; to bear on; to argue (against) |
metamorphose | to transform; to change utterly |
mellifluous | sweetly flowing, usually used to describe use of words |
mettle | strength of spirit; high-spirited |