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GRE top 300+ words
top 300+ gre words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abated | verb: to lessen |
| aberration | noun: a deviation |
| abeyance | noun: the condition of being temporally suspended |
| abjure | verb: to give up or abstain from, often under oath |
| abraded | verb: to wear down |
| abrogate | verb: to do away with |
| abscond | verb: to sneak off and hide away |
| abstemious | adjective: to eat or drink moderately |
| accretion | noun: the act of increasing in growth or size |
| acrimonious | adjective: bitter or harsh |
| acquisitiveness | adjective: having a strong desire to own |
| admonish | verb: to scold |
| adroit | adjective: skillful |
| aesthete | noun: a person who is highly sensitive to beauty |
| affability | noun: the quality of being friendly |
| aggrandized | verb: to make greater, especially in wealth or power |
| ail | verb: to feel sick |
| amalgamate | verb: to mix or combine |
| ambivalent | adjective: indifferent or having mixed feelings |
| amelioration | noun: the act of making better or improving |
| amenable | adjective: obedient and responsive to authority |
| anodized | verb: to cover metal with an oxide |
| anomaly | noun: something unusual or differing from the norm |
| antiquated | adjective: old or useless |
| apathy | noun: indifference or lack of interest |
| arabesque | noun: a complex pattern or design |
| arboreal | adjective: relating to trees |
| ardor | noun: intense emotion, usually of enthusiasm or love |
| ascribe | verb: to attribute to a source or a cause |
| asperity | noun: condition of being rough or harsh |
| assuage | verb: to relieve |
| atonement | noun: to make amends |
| audacious | adjective: bold and daring |
| austere | adjective: simple, spare, unadorned |
| avarice | noun: greed |
| aver | verb: to affirm or prove |
| avow | verb: to declare openly |
| belligerent | adjective: hostile and difficult |
| beseech | verb: to urgently request |
| bombast | noun: pretentious words |
| boor | noun: a crude person lacking culture and refinement |
| bourgeois | noun: people of the middle class |
| brevity | noun: condition of being brief in duration |
| buoyant | adjective: tending to float OR being light-hearted and merry |
| burgeon | verb: to grow or blossom |
| burnish | noun: to make smooth and bright by polishing |
| cacophony | noun: a harsh sound or sounds |
| cadge | verb: to beg |
| capricious | adjective: unpredictable and uncertain |
| castigate | verb: to punish severely |
| caustic | adjective: corrosive OR sharp and biting |
| cavern | noun: a cave |
| centrifuge | noun: a device used to simulate conditions in space |
| chary | adjective: cautious |
| churlish | adjective: vulgar and ungracious |
| coagulant | noun: something that causes a liquid to solidify |
| coalesce | verb: to come together as one |
| cogent | adjective: valid or convincing |
| cognizance | noun: awareness |
| cohort | noun: a group of people or friends |
| complaisance | noun: the act of obliging to pleasing others |
| consternation | noun: the state of being paralyzed with fear |
| contentiously | adjective: provoking debate or quarrels |
| conviviality | adjective: enjoying social interaction |
| convoluted | adjective: coiled together OR complicated |
| cordon | noun: a line of people or objects around a specific area |
| corona | noun: a ring around a celestial body, especially the sun and moon |
| corpuscle | noun: a microscopic particle, most often a cell |
| corroborative | adjective: tending to confirm with evidence |
| covert | adjective: secret |
| covet | verb: to want or desire |
| covetous | adjective: having a strong desire to own |
| cower | adjective: to curl up in fear |
| craven | adjective: cowardly |
| credence | noun: acceptance of a belief as truth |
| credulous | adjective: gullible; willing to believe |
| culpability | adjective: worthy of blame |
| curmudgeon | noun: an ill-tempered person, often penny-pinching and stubborn |
| decimation | noun: the act of destroying or killing a large population |
| deference | noun: yielding to the wishes or opinions of others |
| demagogue | noun: a leader who uses the emotions of the people to achieve power |
| dereliction | noun: abandonment or neglect |
| deride | verb: to mock or ridicule |
| derision | noun: ridicule |
| desiccant | noun: a medicine used fro drying up a sore |
| desiccate | verb: to dry out |
| despotic | adjective: characteristic of a ruler with absolute power |
| destitute | adjective: lacking, especially regarding money |
| desultory | adjective: moving or skipping from one thing to another |
| diction | noun: word choice in writing |
| diffidence | noun: the state of being shy and untrusting |
| dilate | verb: to expand |
| diminutive | adjective: extremely small |
| dirge | noun: a mournful song |
| discern | verb: to understand the difference |
| discordant | adjective: conflicting |
| disingenuous | adjective: insincere |
| disinter | verb: to exhume a grave |
| disparage | verb: to belittle and dishonor |
| disparate | adjective: completely different |
| disputatious | adjective: inclined to dispute or disagree |
| dissemble | verb: to hide or conceal using a false appearance |
| dissipation | noun: the act of breaking up and scattering |
| dissonance | noun: sound that lacks of harmony |
| distillate | noun: a liquid produced by evaporation during distillation |
| divestiture | noun: the act of stripping or selling off |
| dolt | noun: an idiot |
| dross | noun: waste or refuse |
| dubious | adjective: doubtful |
| efficacy | noun: effectiveness |
| effrontery | adjective: offensively bold |
| elegy | adjective: a poem of mourning |
| elucidating | verb: explaining or clarifying |
| emit | verb: to give off |
| emollient | noun: something that softens the skin |
| emulate | verb: to imitate |
| encapsulate | noun: to put in a capsule |
| encomium | noun: praise |
| enervate | verb: to remove courage or nerve |
| engender | noun: to create or procreate |
| ennui | noun: boredom |
| enigmatic | adjective: like a puzzle |
| entreat | verb: to ask for with sincerity |
| ephemeral | adjective: very brief in duration, usually only one day |
| epithet | noun: a descriptive word or phrase |
| equivocal | adjective: possible meaning two different things; vague or doubtful |
| erudition | noun: extensive knowledge |
| esoteric | adjective: known by only a few |
| ethos | noun: the spirit and character of a community |
| excoriation | noun: the act of chafing the skin |
| exculpate | verb: to acquit or clear of blame |
| exigent | adjective: needing necessary, immediate action |
| extant | adjective: the opposite of extinct; still existing |
| extol | verb: to praise |
| extrapolate | verb: to use past knowledge to hypothesize or estimate |
| extricable | adjective: able to be freed from entanglement or trouble |
| fallacious | adjective: false |
| fatuous | adjective: foolish |
| feckless | adjective: irresponsible |
| feint | noun: a false ploy meant to draw attention away from the real purpose |
| fervent | adjective: passionate |
| fissure | noun: a crack |
| floridness | adjective: flushed |
| flustered | adjective: to be in a state of confusion or uncertainty |
| foibles | noun: a flaw in character |
| foment | verb: to excite |
| foolhardy | adjective: careless |
| fortuitous | adjective: happening by chance |
| fracas | noun: a noisy disturbance |
| frieze | noun: a decorative piece in architecture |
| gainsay | noun: to deny |
| garrulous | adjective: extremely talkative |
| gaseous | adjective: relating to a gas |
| glib | adjective: done with ease |
| gossamer | adjective: gauzy, light |
| gregariousness | adjective: social |
| grievous | adjective: causing grief or anguish |
| gristle | noun: tough cartilage in meat |
| guile | noun: deceit and treachery |
| gullible | adjective: easily tricked |
| hackneyed | adjective: predictable and overused |
| hapless | adjective: unlucky |
| harbinger | noun: something that foreshadows the future |
| harrow | noun: a farming tool verb: to bother or torment |
| heckle | verb: to badger and annoy |
| herbaceous | adjective: relating to a herb |
| hew | verb: to cut using an ax |
| hone | verb: to sharpen |
| hoodwink | verb: to deceive |
| iconoclast | noun: one who seeks to overthrow tradition or authority |
| idiosyncrasy | noun: a peculiarity |
| idolatry | noun: worship of idols |
| idyll | noun: a romantic poem |
| imbroglio | noun: a disagreement |
| imperceptibly | adjective: difficult to perceive |
| imperiousness | noun: the condition of being overbearing |
| imperturbability | noun: self-assured calm and collectiveness |
| impetuosity | noun: the condition of being impulsive |
| implacable | adjective: impossible to satisfy |
| implosion | noun: an inward collapse |
| inadvertent | adjective: careless |
| incense | verb: to make angry OR noun: a substance burned to make an aroma |
| inchoate | adjective: just started |
| incongruous | adjective: incompatible |
| incorrigible | adjective: impossible to control or reform |
| incursion | noun: the act of entering foreign territory |
| indefatigability | noun: the state of never growing tired |
| indeterminate | adjective: unable to determine |
| inimitable | adjective: no capable of being copied or imitated; unique |
| inscrutability | noun: the state of being hard to understand or investigate |
| insipid | adjective: boring, tasteless |
| insolence | noun: the quality of being rude or arrogant |
| insularity | noun: the state of being isolated like an island |
| interpolate | verb: to insert, as in text. Often implies corruption |
| intractable | adjective: difficult and stubborn |
| intransigence | noun: the condition of being stubborn and uncompromising |
| intrinsically | adv: naturally inherent |
| inundate | verb: to flood, or to overwhelm with an overabundance |
| invective | noun: insulting language |
| irascible | adjective: easily angered |
| irresolute | adjective: undecided |
| jocular | adjective: often joking |
| labyrinthine | adjective: relating to a maze |
| laconic | adjective: using few words; concise |
| lambaste | verb: to scold or beat |
| laud | verb: to praise |
| lethargy | noun: a state of great fatigue |
| levee | noun: a dam |
| limn | verb: to describe, especially with an illustration |
| lofty | adjective: elevated in importance; grand |
| loquacious | adjective: extremely talkative |
| lucid | adjective: clearly understandable; sane; transparent |
| lugubrious | adjective: extremely depressed |
| magnanimous | adjective: generous and noble; kind-hearted |
| maladroit | adjective: inept; incapable |
| malinger | verb: to act sick to avoid work |
| malleable | adjective: capable of being shaped |
| mar | verb: to damage |
| mercenary | noun: a hired killer |
| mercurial | adjective: relating to mercury OR quick tempered |
| metamorphose | verb: to transform |
| meticulous | adjective: detailed and precise |
| milieu | noun: environment |
| mimicry | noun: the act of mimicking; mocking |
| misanthrope | noun: person who hates mankind |
| miscreant | noun: a villain |
| miser | noun: a person who hoards money; penny-pincher |
| mitigate | verb: to alleviate |
| morose | adjective: sad |
| multifarious | adjective: great variety |
| myopic | adjective: short-sighted |
| nadir | noun: lowest point |
| narcissist | noun: a person who loves themselves |
| nascent | adjective: beginning to exist |
| nave | noun: central part of the church or the center of a wheel |
| nib | noun: the tip |
| noisome | adjective: offensive odor; toxic |
| obdurate | adjective: hardened emotionally |
| obviate | verb: to prevent through anticipation |
| occult | adjective: relating to the supernatural |
| odium | noun: the state of being strongly dislike or dishonored |
| opprobrium | noun: disgrace |
| ossified | verb: to harden or become bone |
| ostentatious | adjective: pretentious and boastful |
| ostracism | noun: the act of excluding |
| outmoded | adjective: out of fashion |
| overtly | adv: out in the open |
| paean | noun: a song of praise |
| palpable | adjective: touchable or evident |
| parse | verb: to break a sentence into parts of speech |
| parsimonious | adjective: miserly and frugal |
| peccadillo | noun: a small misdeed |
| pedantic | adjective: having a obsessive focus on book-learning and small details |
| perfidious | adjective: relating to treachery |
| peripatetic | adjective: traveling by foot noun: someone who is walking |
| perpetuating | verb: to cause to continue forever |
| persevere | verb: to not give up |
| pervasive | adjective: the quality of invading or permeating' |
| philistine | noun: one who is ignorant in certain areas like art |
| pirate | noun: one who robs at sea verb: to steal |
| pith | noun: the center; the significant part of something |
| placate | noun: to calm or appease someone who is angry |
| plasticity | noun: the quality of being like plastic |
| platitudinous | adjective: dull and unoriginal; clichéd |
| plausible | adjective: believable |
| polemic | adjective: relating to controversy |
| poseur | noun: someone who pretends to be something they're not to impress others |
| precursor | noun: something that comes before |
| preempt | verb: to take the place of |
| preponderate | verb: to be heavier in weight |
| prevarication | noun: the act of avoiding the truth |
| primacy | noun: the condition of being first |
| prodigal | adjective: extremely wasteful |
| prodigy | noun: person with great talent |
| profundity | noun: great wisdom and depth |
| proliferate | verb: to reproduce at a rapid rate |
| prolixity | noun: the state of being too wordy, as in writing |
| propagate | verb: to reproduce |
| propitiatory | adjective: offered as a way of seeking forgiveness |
| prudery | noun: the state of being excessively modest |
| puerile | adjective: childish |
| pundit | noun: a critic or learned source of opinion |
| pungency | noun: quality of being sharp or biting, especially to the taste or smell |
| pusillanimous | adjective: cowardly |
| quaff | verb: to drink quickly |
| quagmire | noun: an uncertain situation or predicament |
| quiescent | adjective: quiet; at rest |
| quixotic | adjective: romantically unrealistic or impulsive |
| quotidian | adjective: common |
| raconteur | noun: a skilled storyteller |
| rancorous | adjective: showing resentment |
| rarefy | verb: to make thin |
| raucous | adjective: loud and harsh |
| recluse | noun: a hermit; a person who hides from the world |
| recompense | verb: to compensate; to pay |
| recondite | adjective: ambiguous |
| refractory | adjective: difficult to work with; unmanageable |
| regale | verb: to entertain |
| relegated | verb: to demote or assign to an inferior position |
| repentant | adjective: showing remorse for sins |
| reproach | verb: to scold or shame |
| reproof | verb: to scold or rebuke |
| repudiate | verb: to reject as untrue |
| repugnant | adjective: repulsive |
| requiem | noun: church service for a deceased person |
| resplendent | adjective: beautiful and often shining brilliance |
| reverie | noun: a daydream |
| rogue | noun: a scoundrel |
| ruffian | noun: a thug; a tough person |
| rumination | noun: the act of thinking deeply OR the process of chewing cud |
| sagacity | noun: intelligence and wisdom |
| sage | noun: one admired for wisdom noun: a herb |
| salacious | adjective: stimulating, sexy but trashy |
| salutary | adjective: promoting improvement |
| sap | noun: liquid from a tree noun: a covered trench dug for war |
| satirize | noun: to ridicule with sarcasm |
| scrupulous | adjective: conscientious and detailed |
| scurvy | noun: a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C |
| sedulous | adjective: diligent effort; constant pursuit |
| sextant | noun: a device used by sailors to navigate |
| sidereal | adjective: concerning stars or constellations |
| sinuous | adjective: having curves |
| sodden | adjective: soaked with water |
| sordid | adjective: dirty |
| specious | adjective: something that seems believable but is false |
| spendthrift | noun: person who wastes money |
| spurious | adjective: illegitimate; false |
| squelch | verb: to squash |
| stanch | verb: to stop the flow of fluids |
| stolid | adjective: emotionless |
| subjugate | verb: to conquer |
| subsume | verb: to classify in a more complete category |
| subtlety | noun: the quality of being subtle or sly |
| supercilious | adjective: proud, haughty |
| supine | adjective: lying on the back, face upward OR adjective: indifferent |
| synapse | noun: space between 2 nerve endings |
| tangential | adjective: barely touching |
| tedium | noun: the condition of being tedious; boring |
| tenuous | adjective: slender |
| thwart | verb: to prevent |
| timorous | adjective: timid |
| titillate | verb: to excite or stimulate |
| torpor | noun: state of inactivity |
| touting | verb: to obtain votes or customers in a shameless manner |
| tractable | adjective: easily managed |
| transitory | adjective: short-lived |
| transmuted | verb: to transform |
| turmoil | noun: commotion |
| turpitude | noun: corruption |
| tyro | noun: a novice |
| underling | noun: a person with lower rank and power |
| unfeigned | adjective: genuine; not pretended or feigned |
| unequivocal | adjective: clear and certain |
| univocal | noun: a word with only one definition |
| usury | noun: an incredible large interest rate, often illegal |
| vacillation | noun: the act of moving from side to side |
| venal | adjective: corruptible for a price; open to bribery |
| veneer | noun: a decorative layer |
| veneration | noun: the act of idolizing |
| veracious | adjective: honest |
| verbosity | noun: the state of being too wordy |
| veritable | adjective: genuine; not pretended or feigned |
| vilify | verb: to make into a villain |
| viscid | adjective: covered with a sticky substance |
| viscous | adjective: sticky |
| vituperative | adjective: harsh criticism or censure |
| volubility | noun: the condition of using fluent speech |
| voracious | adjective: having a tremendous appetite |
| waft | verb: to float |
| wheedle | verb: to use flattery as a means of persuasion |
| whet | verb: to sharpen verb: to stimulate |
| xenophobe | noun: a person afraid of anything foreign, especially foreign people |
| zealous | adjective: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent |
| zenith | noun: the peak |
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