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GRE word groups
Word groups; definitions corrected/elaborated. Easy words removed.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abridge | abbreviated communication |
| compendium | abbreviated communication |
| cursory | abbreviated communication |
| curtail | abbreviated communication |
| terse | abbreviated communication |
| abrupt | act quickly |
| apace | act quickly |
| headlong | act quickly |
| impetuous | act quickly |
| precipitate | act quickly |
| abet | assist |
| advocate | assist |
| ancillary | assist |
| bolster | assist |
| corroborate | assist |
| countenance | assist |
| espouse | assist |
| mainstay | assist |
| stalwart | assist |
| bilious | bad mood |
| dudgeon | bad mood |
| irascible | bad mood |
| pettish | bad mood |
| petulant | bad mood |
| pique | bad mood |
| waspish | bad mood |
| dilettante | beginner/amateur |
| noviate | beginner/amateur |
| proselyte | beginner/amateur |
| tyro | beginner/amateur |
| engender | beginning/young (to generate) |
| inchoate | beginning/young (hint: think chaos) |
| incipient | beginning/young |
| nascent | beginning/young |
| acerbic | biting wit/temperament |
| acidulous | biting wit/temperament (sour) |
| asperity | biting wit/temperament (harshness of temper) |
| acrimonious | biting wit/temperament |
| caustic | biting wit/temperament |
| mordacious | biting wit/temperament |
| mordant | biting wit/temperament |
| trenchant | biting wit/temperament |
| mordant | biting wit/temperament/hard hearted |
| asperity | biting wit/temperament/hard-hearted |
| audacious | bold |
| courageous | bold |
| dauntless | bold |
| banal | boring |
| fatuous | boring (foolish) |
| hackneyed | boring (out of date) |
| insipid | boring (tasteless) in- ("not") + sapidus ("savory") |
| mundane | boring |
| prosaic | boring (no prose |
| quotidian | boring (mundane) |
| trite | boring |
| platitude | boring/wisdom (an outdone saying) |
| bacchanalian | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| debauchery | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| depraved | carousal (drinking/partying) (crazy/disturbed |
| dissipated | carousal (drinking/partying) (Indulging in sensual pleasures) this is secondary definition |
| iniquity | carousal (drinking/partying) (iniquity:unfair behavior as inequity:injustice) |
| libertine | carousal (drinking/partying) (promiscuous |
| libidinous | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| licentious | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| reprobate | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| ribald | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| salacious | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| turpitude | carousal (drinking/partying) (wickedness) |
| capricious | changing quickly |
| counterpart | copy |
| emulate | copy |
| factitious | copy |
| vicarious | copy (artificially created) |
| aspersion | criticize/criticism |
| belittle | criticize/criticism |
| berate | criticize/criticism |
| calumny | criticize/criticism (false information to damage standing) |
| castigate | criticize/criticism |
| decry | publicly announce |
| defamation | criticize/criticism |
| deride/derisive | criticize/criticism (mocking) |
| diatribe | criticize/criticism |
| disparage | criticize/criticism |
| excoriate | criticize/criticism (to take the skin off of) |
| gainsay | criticize/criticism |
| impugn | criticize/criticism |
| inveigh | criticize/criticism |
| lambaste | criticize/criticism |
| objurgate | criticize/criticism |
| obloquy | criticize/criticism (abusive language |
| opprobrium | criticize/criticism |
| pillory | criticize/criticism |
| rebuke | criticize/criticism |
| reprehend | criticize/criticism |
| reprove | criticize/criticism (opposite of approve) |
| revile | criticize/criticism |
| tirade | criticize/criticism |
| vituperate | criticize/criticism/hard hearted |
| remonstrate | criticize/criticism/nag |
| bereave | death/mourning |
| cadaver | death/mourning |
| defunct | death/mourning |
| dolorous | death/mourning |
| elegy | death/mourning |
| knell | death/mourning |
| macabre | death/mourning |
| moribund | death/mourning (similar to eulogy |
| obsequies | death/mourning (gloomy |
| sepulchral | death/mourning (ghost) |
| wraith | death/mourning |
| authoritarian | dictatorial |
| despotic | dictatorial |
| dogmatic | dictatorial |
| hegemonic/hegemony | dictatorial |
| imperious | dictatorial |
| peremptory | dictatorial (insisting on immediate obedience) |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| ambiguous | difficult to understand |
| arcane | difficult to understand |
| bemusing | difficult to understand |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| recondite | difficult to understand |
| turbid | difficult to understand |
| defile | disgusting/offensive |
| fetid | disgusting/offensive |
| invidious | disgusting/offensive (hateable, envyable) |
| noisome | disgusting/offensive (smell) |
| odious | disgusting/offensive (from odium, hatred) |
| rebarbative | disgusting/offensive |
| limpid | easy to understand (clear) |
| pellucid | easy to understand |
| discrete | eccentric/dissimilar |
| iconoclast | eccentric/dissimilar (someone who speaks out against cherished traditions) |
| abash | embarrass |
| chagrin | embarrass |
| compunction | embarrass guilt |
| contrition | embarrass regret |
| diffidence | embarrass (shy) |
| expiate | embarrass/forgive (atone, ex (out) + Pious) |
| foible | embarrass (weakness, fault) |
| gaucherie | embarrass (awkward |
| rue | embarrass regret |
| equitable | equal |
| equity | equal |
| tantamount | equal |
| apocryphal | falsehood (untrue. root crypt=secrets) |
| canard | falsehood |
| chicanery | falsehood trickery for a gain |
| dissemble | falsehood opposite of semblence |
| duplicity | falsehood |
| equivocate | falsehood |
| erroneous | falsehood to make an intentional error |
| ersatz | falsehood inferior substitution (such as a product) |
| feigned | falsehood |
| perfidy | falsehood |
| prevaricate | falsehood |
| specious | falsehood superficially plausible but wrong |
| spurious | falsehood |
| consanguine | family marraige same ancestor |
| distaff | family (womens work |
| filial | family of or from a son or daughter |
| progenitor | family ancestor |
| scion | family descendent of a noble family |
| ardor/ardent | favoring/not impartial |
| doctrinaire | favoring/not impartial |
| fervid | favoring/not impartial |
| partisan | favoring/not impartial |
| tendentious | favoring/not impartial (having a tendency) |
| exculpate | forgive |
| palliate | forgive (placate) |
| redress | forgive (to set straight) |
| droll | funny |
| facetious | funny jocular |
| flippant | funny |
| gibe | funny |
| jocular | funny |
| raillery | funny |
| riposte | funny -retort |
| simper | funny |
| levity | funny |
| abatement | gap/opening |
| aperture | gap/opening |
| interregnum | gap/opening (between reigns) |
| interstice | gap/opening |
| respite | gap/opening |
| altruistic | generous/kind |
| beneficent | generous/kind |
| clement | generous/kind |
| largess | generous/kind |
| magnanimous | generous/kind |
| unstinting | generous/kind |
| munificent | generous/kind/assisting |
| avaricious | greedy |
| covetous | greedy |
| mercenary | greedy |
| miserly | greedy |
| rapacious | greedy |
| venal | greedy |
| penurious | greedy, cheap |
| dour | hard-hearted |
| fell | hard-hearted |
| sardonic | hard-hearted |
| scathing | hard-hearted |
| vitriolic | hard-hearted |
| truculent | hard-hearted/hostile |
| baleful | harmful |
| baneful | harmful |
| inimical | harmful |
| insidious | harmful |
| minatory | harmful |
| perfidious | harmful |
| pernicious | harmful |
| cacophony | harsh-sounding |
| dissonant | harsh-sounding |
| raucous | harsh-sounding |
| strident | harsh-sounding |
| abhorrence | hatred |
| anathema | hatred |
| antagonism | hatred |
| antipathy | hatred |
| detestation | hatred |
| odium | hatred |
| rancor | hatred |
| beneficial | healthy |
| salubrious | healthy |
| salutary | healthy |
| antithetic | hostile |
| churlish | hostile |
| malevolent | hostile/ ill wishes |
| vindictive | hostile |
| credulous | innocent/inexperienced |
| ingenuous | innocent/inexperienced |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| fulsome | insincere |
| ostensible | insincere |
| unctuous | insincere |
| appraise | investigate |
| ascertain | investigate |
| assay | investigate |
| descry | investigate |
| peruse | investigate |
| indolent | lazy/sluggish |
| inert | lazy/sluggish |
| lackadaisical | lazy/sluggish |
| languid | lazy/sluggish |
| lassitude | lazy/sluggish |
| lethargic | lazy/sluggish |
| phlegmatic | lazy/sluggish |
| quiescent | lazy/sluggish |
| torpid | lazy/sluggish |
| harangue | long speech or tirade |
| adventitious | luck |
| amulet | luck |
| auspicious | luck |
| fortuitous | luck |
| kismet | luck |
| optimum | luck |
| providential | luck |
| admonish | nag |
| belabor | nag |
| cavil | nag |
| enjoin | nag |
| exhort | nag |
| martinet | nag |
| reproof | nag |
| hector | nag/bully |
| noxious | nasty |
| askance | not a straight line |
| awry | not a straight line |
| careen | not a straight line |
| carom | not a straight line |
| circuitous | not a straight line |
| circumvent | not a straight line |
| gyrate | not a straight line |
| meander | not a straight line |
| oblique | not a straight line |
| serrated | not a straight line |
| sidle | not a straight line |
| sinuous | not a straight line |
| bombastic | overblown/wordy |
| circumlocution | overblown/wordy |
| garrulous | overblown/wordy |
| grandiloquent | overblown/wordy |
| periphrastic | overblown/wordy |
| prolix | overblown/wordy |
| turgid | overblown/wordy |
| ameliorate | pacify/satisfy |
| appease | pacify/satisfy |
| assuage | pacify/satisfy |
| defer | pacify/satisfy |
| mollify | pacify/satisfy |
| satiate | pacify/satisfy |
| propitiate | pacify/satisfy/[a spirit] luck |
| slake | pacify/satisfy/lazy |
| euphonious | pleasant-sounding |
| melodious | pleasant-sounding |
| sonorous | pleasant-sounding |
| destitute | poor |
| esurient | poor/hungry/greedy |
| impecunious | poor |
| indigent | poor |
| acclaim | praise |
| accolade | praise |
| aggrandize | praise |
| encomium | praise |
| extol | praise |
| laud/laudatory | praise |
| venerate/veneration | praise |
| augur | predict |
| auspice | predict |
| fey | predict |
| harbinger | predict |
| presage | predict |
| prescient | predict |
| prognosticate | predict |
| portentous | predict/luck |
| encumber | prevent/obstruct |
| fetter | prevent/obstruct |
| forfend | prevent/obstruct |
| impede | prevent/obstruct |
| occlude | prevent/obstruct |
| noisome | putrid, noxious |
| abnegate | self-denial (renounce something) |
| abstain | self-denial |
| ascetic | self-denial ("I exercise"= discipline and self-denial) |
| stoic | self-denial |
| temperate | self-denial |
| astute | smart/learned |
| canny | smart/learned |
| erudite | smart/learned |
| perspicacious | smart/learned |
| disconsolate | sorrow |
| doleful | sorrow |
| dolor | sorrow |
| elegiac | sorrow |
| lugubrious | sorrow |
| plaintive | sorrow |
| threnody | sorrow (a lament) |
| implacable | stubborn |
| inexorable | stubborn |
| intractable | stubborn |
| intransigent | stubborn |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| recalcitrant | stubborn |
| refractory | stubborn |
| renitent | stubborn |
| untoward | stubborn |
| taciturn | terse |
| compendious | terse (comprensive but concise) |
| pithy | terse (forceful & terse saying) |
| archaic | time/order/duration (old) |
| epoch | time/order/duration (period time in history or a life) |
| antedate | time/order/duration (precede) |
| penultimate | time/order/duration (second to last) |
| antecedent | time/order/duration or family (something that came before |
| craven | timid/timidity |
| pusillanimous | timid/timidity |
| recreant | timid/timidity |
| timorous | timid/timidity |
| trepidation | timid/timidity |
| diffident/diffidence | timid/timidity/embarrass |
| indisputable | truth |
| legitimate | truth |
| sincere | truth |
| veracious | truth |
| verity | truth |
| frankness | truth (candid) |
| probity | truth (integrity) |
| fealty | truth (oath of fidelity to god) |
| candor/candid | truth (sincere) |
| indubitable | truth (undoubted) |
| idiosyncrasy | unusual (a behavior that is characteristic of an individual or group) |
| ambulatory | walking about (like a recovering patient) |
| itinerant | wandering |
| peripatetic | walking about/wandering |
| discursive | wandering (digressing) |
| expatiate | wandering |
| peregrination | wandering |
| enervate | weaken |
| exacerbate | weaken |
| stultify | weaken |
| vitiate | weaken (spoil/corrupt) |
| adage | wisdom (an old saying) |
| aphorism | wisdom/terse (a saying, maxim) |
| apothegm | wisdom (a saying) |
| axiom | wisdom (a necessary truth) |
| bromide | wisdom/boring (a platitude) |
| dictum | wisdom (an authoritive saying, apothegm) |
| epigram | wisdom (a witty saying) |
| platitude | wisdom (a trite saying) |
| sententious | wisdom/concise (using pithy maxims) |
| truism | wisdom (a cliche) |
| peripatetic | walking about/wandering |
| discursive | withdrawal/retreat (renounce) |
| vitiate | weaken (spoil/corrupt) |
| recant | withdrawal/retreat (withdraw an opinion) |
| adage | wisdom (an old saying) |
| recidivism | withdrawal/retreat (relapsing into a previous condition) |
| aphorism | wisdom/terse (a saying, maxim) |
| remission | withdrawal/retreat (relapsing into a previous condition) |
| apothegm | wisdom (a saying) |
| renege | withdrawal/retreat (break a promise) |
| axiom | wisdom (a necessary truth) |
| maxim | wisdom (a self evident axiom) |
| bromide | wisdom/boring (a platitude) |
| dictum | wisdom (an authoritive saying, apothegm) |
| epigram | wisdom (a witty saying) |
| platitude | wisdom (a trite saying) |
| sententious | wisdom/concise (using pithy maxims) |
| truism | wisdom (a cliche) |
| abeyance | withdrawal/retreat (temporary supression) |
| abjure | withdrawal/retreat (renounce) |
| abnegation | withdrawal/retreat (renounce) |
| abortive | withdrawal/retreat |
| abrogate | withdrawal/retreat (abolish) |
| decamp | withdrawal/retreat (break up camp and move on) |
| demur | withdrawal/retreat (delay) |
| recant | withdrawal/retreat (withdraw an opinion) |
| recidivism | withdrawal/retreat (relapsing into a previous condition) |
| remission | withdrawal/retreat (relapsing into a previous condition) |
| renege | withdrawal/retreat |
| parsimonious | greedy |
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