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Barron's GRE(5th100)
Barron's GRE words from 401 to 500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | carelessly; unintentionally |
| incarnate | having bodily from |
| inchoate | imperfectly formed or formulated |
| incongruity | state of not fitting |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| incorporate | introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine |
| incursion | sudden invasion |
| indeterminate | uncertain; indefinite |
| indigence | poverty |
| indolent | habitually lazy; idle |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable |
| inert | unable to move; sluggish |
| ingenuous | naive and trusting lacking sophistication |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive |
| insinuate | to suggest; say indirectly; imply |
| insipid | lacking in flavor; dull |
| insouciant | indifferent; lacking concern or care |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| insuperable | insurmountable; unconquerable |
| intangible | not material |
| interdict | to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of |
| internecine | deadly to both sides |
| interpolate | to insert; change by adding new words or material |
| interregnum | interval between reigns; gap in continuity |
| intimate | marked by close acquaintance |
| intractable | not easily managed |
| intransigence | stubbornness; refusal to compromise |
| introspective | contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings |
| inundate | to cover with water; overwhelm |
| inured | hardened; accustomed; used to |
| invective | verbal abuse |
| inveigh | to disapprove; protest vehemently |
| inveigle | to win over by flattery or coaxing |
| inveterate | confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted |
| invidious | likely to provoke ill will; offensive |
| irascible | easily angered |
| irresolute | unsure of how to act; weak |
| itinerant | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| itinerary | route of a traveler's journey |
| jaundiced | having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility |
| jibe | to be in agreement |
| jocose | fond of joking; jocular; playful |
| juggernaut | huge force destroying everything in its path |
| junta | group of people united in political intrigue |
| juxtapose | place side by side |
| kudos | fame; glory; honor |
| labile | likely to change |
| laconic | using few words |
| lambaste | to thrash verbally or physically |
| lascivious | lustful |
| lassitude | lethargy; sluggishness |
| latent | present but hidden; potential |
| laud | to praise |
| lethargic | inactive |
| levee | an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing |
| levity | light manner or attitude |
| liberal | tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish |
| libertine | one without moral restraint |
| libido | sexual desire |
| Lilliputian | extremely small |
| limn | to draw; describe |
| limpid | clear; transparent |
| linguistic | pertaining to language |
| litany | lengthy recitation; repetitive chant |
| literati | scholarly or learned persons |
| litigation | legal proceedings |
| log | record of a voyage; record of daily activities |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lucid | bright; clear; intelligible |
| lucre | money or profits |
| luminous | bright; brilliant; glowing |
| lustrous | shining |
| Machiavellian | crafty; double-dealing |
| machinations | plots or schemes |
| maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil |
| magnanimity | generosity; nobility |
| malign | to speak evil of |
| malinger | to feign illness to escape duty |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| maverick | dissenter |
| megalomania | delusions of power or importance |
| menagerie | a variety of animals kept together |
| mendacious | dishonest |
| mendicant | beggar |
| meretricious | gaudy; plausible but false; specious |
| mesmerize | to hypnotize |
| metamorphosis | change; transformation |
| metaphysics | a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality |
| meteorological | concerned with the weather |
| meticulous | very careful; fastidious |
| mettle | courage; endurance |
| mettlesome | full of courage and fortitude; spirited |
| microcosm | a small system having analogies to a larger system; small world |
| militate | to work against |
| minatory | threatening; menacing |
| minuscule | very small |
| minutia | petty details |
| misanthrope | one who hates humanity |