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GRE 150 common vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abridge | Abreviated Communication |
| Compendium | Abreviated Communication |
| Cursory | Abreviated Communication |
| Terse | Abreviated Communication |
| Apace | Act Quickly |
| Headlong | Act Quickly |
| Impetuous | Act Quickly |
| Precipitate | Act Quickly |
| Abet | Assist |
| Advocate | Assist |
| Ancillary | Assist |
| Bolster | Assist |
| Corroborate | Assist |
| Countenance | Assist |
| Epouse | Assist |
| Mainstay | Assist |
| Munificent | Assis |
| Proponent | Assist |
| Stalwart | Assist |
| Bilious | Bad Mood |
| Dudgeon | Bad Mood |
| Irascible | Bad Mood |
| Pettish | Bad Mood |
| Petulant | Bad Mood |
| Pique | Bad Mood |
| Querulous | Bad Mood |
| Umbrage | Bad Mood |
| Waspish | Bad Mood |
| Dilettante | Beginner/Amateur |
| Fledging | Beginner/Amateur |
| Neophyte | Beginner/Amateur |
| Novitiate | Beginner/Amateur |
| Proselyte | Beginner/Amateur |
| Tyro | Beginner/Amateur |
| Burgeoning | Beginning/Young |
| Callow | Beginning/Young |
| Engender | Beginning/Young |
| Inchoate | Beginning/Young |
| Incipient | Beginning/Young |
| Nascent | Beginning/Young |
| Acerbic | Biting (wit) |
| Acidulous | Biting (wit) |
| Acrimonious | Biting (wit) |
| Asperity | Biting (wit) |
| Caustic | Biting (wit) |
| Mordacious | Biting (wit) |
| Mordant | Biting (wit) |
| Trenchant | Biting (wit) |
| Audacious | Bold |
| Dauntless | Bold |
| Banal | Boring |
| Fatous | Boring |
| Hackneyed | Boring |
| Insipid | Boring |
| Mundane | Boring |
| Pedestrian | Boring |
| Platitude | Boring |
| Prosaic | Boring |
| Quotidian | Boring |
| Trite | Boring |
| Carousal | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Bacchanalian | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Depraved | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Dissipated | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Iniquity | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Libertine | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Libidinous | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Reprobate | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Ribald | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Salacious | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Sordid | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Turpitude | Drunkeness/Craziness |
| Capricious | Changing Quickly |
| Mercurial | Changing Quickly |
| Volatile | Changing Quickly |
| Counterpart | Copy |
| Emulate | Copy |
| Fasimile | Copy |
| Factitious | Copy |
| Paradigm | Copy |
| Precursor | Copy |
| Quintessence | Copy |
| Simulated | Copy |
| Vicarious | Copy |
| Aspersion | Criticize/Criticism |
| belittle | Criticize/Criticism |
| berate | Criticize/Criticism |
| calumny | Criticize/Criticism |
| castigate | Criticize/Criticism |
| decry | Criticize/Criticism |
| defamation | Criticize/Criticism |
| denounce | Criticize/Criticism |
| deride/derisive | Criticize/Criticism |
| diatribe | Criticize/Criticism |
| disparage | Criticize/Criticism |
| excoriate | Criticize/Criticism |
| gainsay | Criticize/Criticism |
| harangue | Criticize/Criticism |
| impugn | Criticize/Criticism |
| inveigh | Criticize/Criticism |
| lambaste | Criticize/Criticism |
| objurgate | Criticize/Criticism |
| obloquy | Criticize/Criticism |
| opprobrium | Criticize/Criticism |
| pillory | Criticize/Criticism |
| rebuke | Criticize/Criticism |
| remonstrate | Criticize/Criticism |
| reprehend | Criticize/Criticism |
| reprove | Criticize/Criticism |
| revile | Criticize/Criticism |
| tirade | Criticize/Criticism |
| vituperate | Criticize/Criticism |
| bereave | death/mourning |
| cadaver | death/mourning |
| defunct | death/mourning |
| demise | death/mourning |
| dolorous | death/mourning |
| elegy | death/mourning |
| knell | death/mourning |
| lament | death/mourning |
| macabre | death/mourning |
| moribund | death/mourning |
| obsequies | death/mourning |
| sepulchral | death/mourning |
| wraith | death/mourning |
| abnegate | denying of self |
| abstain | denying of self |
| ascetic | denying of self |
| spartan | denying of self |
| stoic | denying of self |
| temperate | denying of self |
| despotic | dictorial/authoritarian |
| dogmatic | dictorial/authoritarian |
| hegemonic | dictorial/authoritarian |
| imperious | dictorial/authoritarian |
| peremptory | dictorial/authoritarian |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| arcane | difficult to understand |
| bemusing | difficult to understand |
| cryptic | v |
| enigmatic | difficult to understand |
| esoteric | difficult to understand |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| opaque | difficult to understand |
| paradoxical | difficult to understand |
| perplexing | difficult to understand |
| recondite | difficult to understand |
| turbid | difficult to understand |
| defile | disgusting/offensive |
| fetid | disgusting/offensive |
| invidious | disgusting/offensive |
| noisome | disgusting/offensive |
| odious | disgusting/offensive |
| putrid | disgusting/offensive |
| rebarbative | disgusting/offensive |
| articulate | easy to understand |
| cogent | easy to understand |
| evident | easy to understand |
| limpid | easy to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| pellucid | easy to understand |
| aberrant | eccentric/dissimilar |
| anachronism | eccentric/dissimilar |
| anomalous | eccentric/dissimilar |
| discrete | eccentric/dissimilar |
| eclectic | eccentric/dissimilar |
| estoeric | eccentric/dissimilar |
| iconoclast | eccentric/dissimilar |
| abash | embarrass |
| chargin | embarrass |
| compunction | embarrass |
| contrition | embarrass |
| diffidence | embarrass |
| expicate | embarrass |
| foible | embarrass |
| gaucherie | embarrass |
| rue | embarrass |
| tantamount | equal |
| apocryphal | falsehood |
| canard | falsehood |
| chicanery | falsehood |
| dissemble | falsehood |
| duplicity | falsehood |
| equivocate | falsehood |
| ersatz | falsehood |
| guile | falsehood |
| mendacious/mendacity | falsehood |
| perfidy | falsehood |
| prevaricate | falsehood |
| specious | falsehood |
| spurious | falsehood |
| conjugal | family |
| consanguine | family |
| distaff | family |
| endogamous | family |
| filial | family |
| fratricide | family |
| progenitor | family |
| scion | family |
| ardor/ardent | favoring/not impartial |
| doctrinaire | favoring/not impartial |
| fervid | favoring/not impartial |
| partisan | favoring/not impartial |
| tendentious | favoring/not impartial |
| zealot | favoring/not impartial |
| absolve | forgive |
| acquit | forgive |
| exculpate | forgive |
| expicate | forgive |
| palliate | forgive |
| redress | forgive |
| vindicate | forgive |