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GRE Vocabulary
Word groups and root list
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abridge | abbreviated communication |
| compendium | abbreviated communication |
| cursory | abbreviated communication |
| curtail | abbreviated communication |
| syllabus | abbreviated communication |
| synopsis | 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 |
| aspouse | assist |
| mainstay | assist |
| munificent | assist |
| proponent | assist |
| stalwart | assist |
| sustenance | 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 |
| fledgling | beginner |
| neophyte | beginner |
| novitiate | beginner |
| proselyte | beginner |
| tyro | beginner |
| burgeoning | young |
| callow | young |
| engender | young |
| inchoate | young |
| incipient | young |
| nascent | young |
| acerbic | wit/biting |
| acidulous | wit/biting |
| acrimonious | wit/biting |
| asperity | wit/biting |
| caustic | wit/biting |
| mordacious | wit/biting |
| mordant | wit/biting |
| trenchant | wit/biting |
| audacious | bold |
| courageous | bold |
| dauntless | bold |
| banal | boring |
| fatuous | boring |
| hackneyed | boring |
| insipid | boring |
| mundane | boring |
| pedestrian | boring |
| platitude | boring |
| prosaic | boring |
| quotidian | boring |
| trite | boring |
| bacchanalian | carousal |
| debauchery | carousal |
| depraved | carousal |
| dissipated | carousal |
| iniquity | carousal |
| libertine | carousal |
| libidinous | carousal |
| licentiuous | carousal |
| reprobate | carousal |
| ribald | carousal |
| salacious | carousal |
| sordid | carousal |
| turpitude | carousal |
| capricious | changing quickly |
| mercurial | changing quickly |
| volatile | changing quickly |
| counterpart | copy |
| emulate | copy |
| facsimile | copy |
| factitious | copy |
| paradigm | copy |
| precursor | copy |
| quintessence | copy |
| simulated | copy |
| vicarious | copy |
| aspersion | criticize |
| belittle | criticize |
| berate | criticize |
| calumny | criticize |
| castigate | criticize |
| decry | criticize |
| defamation | criticize |
| denounce | criticize |
| deride | criticize |
| diatribe | criticize |
| disparage | criticize |
| excoriate | criticize |
| gainsay | criticize |
| harangue | criticize |
| impugn | criticize |
| inveigh | criticize |
| lambaste | criticize |
| objurgate | criticize |
| obloquy | criticize |
| opprobium | criticize |
| pillory | criticize |
| rebuke | criticize |
| remonstrate | criticize |
| reprehend | criticize |
| reprove | criticize |
| revile | criticize |
| tirade | criticize |
| vituperate | criticize |
| 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 |
| authoritarian | dictatorial |
| despotic | dictatorial |
| dogmatic | dictatorial |
| hegemony | dictatorial |
| imperious | dictatorial |
| peremptory | dictatorial |
| tyranical | dictatorial |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| ambiguous | difficult to understand |
| arcane | difficult to understand |
| bemusing | difficult to understand |
| cryptic | difficult to understand |
| enigmatic | difficult to understand |
| esoteric | difficult to understand |
| inscrutible | difficult to understand |
| obscure | difficult to understand |
| opaque | difficult to understand |
| peridoxical | difficult to understand |
| perplexing | difficult to understand |
| recondite | difficult to understand |
| turbid | difficult to understand |
| defile | disgusting |
| fetid | disgusting |
| invidious | disgusting |
| noisome | disgusting |
| odious | disgusting |
| putrid | disgusting |
| rebarbative | disgusting |
| articulate | easy to understand |
| cogent | easy to understand |
| eloquent | easy to understand |
| evident | easy to understand |
| limpid | easy to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| pellucid | easy to understand |
| aberrant | eccentric |
| anachronism | eccentric |
| anomalous | eccentric |
| discrete | eccentric |
| eclectic | eccentric |
| esoteric | eccentric |
| iconoclast | eccentric |
| abash | embarrass |
| chagrin | embarrass |
| compunction | embarrass |
| contrition | embarrass |
| diffidence | embarrass |
| expiate | embarrass |
| foible | embarrass |
| gaucherie | embarrass |
| rue | embarrass |
| equitable | equal |
| equity | equal |
| tantamount | equal |
| apocryphal | falsehood |
| canard | falsehood |
| chicanery | falsehood |
| dissemble | falsehood |
| duplicity | falsehood |
| equivocate | falsehood |
| erroneous | falsehood |
| ersatz | falsehood |
| fallacious | falsehood |
| feigned | falsehood |
| guile | falsehood |
| mendacious | 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 | favoring |
| doctrinaire | favoring |
| fervid | favoring |
| partisan | favoring |
| tendentious | favoring |
| zealot | favoring |
| absolve | forgive |
| acquit | forgive |
| exculpate | forgive |
| exonerate | forgive |
| expiate | forgive |
| palliate | forgive |
| redress | forgive |
| vindicate | forgive |
| chortle | funny |
| droll | funny |
| facetious | funny |
| flippant | funny |
| gibe | funny |
| jocular | funny |
| levity | funny |
| ludicrous | funny |
| raillery | funny |
| riposte | funny |
| simper | funny |
| abatement | openings |
| aperture | openings |
| fissure | openings |
| hiatus | openings |
| interregnum | openings |
| interstice | openings |
| lull | openings |
| orifice | openings |
| rent | openings |
| respite | openings |
| rift | openings |
| altruistic | generous |
| beneficent | generous |
| clement | generous |
| largess | generous |
| magnanimous | generous |
| munificent | generous |
| philanthropic | generous |
| unstinting | generous |
| avaricious | greedy |
| covetous | greedy |
| mercenary | greedy |
| miserly | greedy |
| penurios | greedy |
| rapacious | greedy |
| venal | greedy |
| asperity | hard-hearted |
| baleful | hard-hearted |
| dour | hard-hearted |
| fell | hard-hearted |
| malevolent | hard-hearted |
| mordant | hard-hearted |
| sardonic | hard-hearted |
| scathing | hard-hearted |
| truculent | hard-hearted |
| vitriolic | hard-hearted |
| vituperation | hard-hearted |
| baleful | harmful |
| baneful | harmful |
| deleterious | harmful |
| inimical | harmful |
| injurios | harmful |
| insidious | harmful |
| minatory | harmful |
| perfidious | harmful |
| pernicious | harmful |
| cacophony | harsh-sounding |
| din | harsh-sounding |
| dissonant | harsh-sounding |
| raucous | harsh-sounding |
| strident | harsh-sounding |
| abhorrence | hatred |
| anathema | hatred |
| antagonism | hatred |
| antipathy | hatred |
| detestation | hatred |
| enmity | hatred |
| loathing | hatred |
| malice | hatred |
| odium | hatred |
| rancor | hatred |
| beneficial | healthy |
| salubrious | healthy |
| salutary | healthy |
| dither | hesitate |
| oscillate | hesitate |
| teeter | hesitate |
| vacillate | hesitate |
| waver | hesitate |
| antithetic | hostile |
| churlish | hostile |
| curmudgeon | hostile |
| irascible | hostile |
| malevolent | hostile |
| misanthropic | hostile |
| truculent | hostile |
| vindictive | hostile |
| credulous | innocent |
| gulllible | innocent |
| ingenuous | innocent |
| naive | innocent |
| novitiate | innocent |
| tyro | innocent |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| dissemble | insincere |
| fulsome | insincere |
| ostensible | insincere |
| unctuous | insincere |
| appraise | investigate |
| ascertain | investigate |
| assay | investigate |
| descry | investigate |
| peruse | investigate |
| indolent | lazy |
| inert | lazy |
| lackadaisical | lazy |
| languid | lazy |
| lassitude | lazy |
| lethargic | lazy |
| phlegmatic | lazy |
| quiescent | lazy |
| slothful | lazy |
| torpid | lazy |
| adventitious | luck |
| amulet | luck |
| auspicious | luck |
| fortuitous | luck |
| kismet | luck |
| optimum | luck |
| portentous | luck |
| propitiate | luck |
| propitious | luck |
| providential | luck |
| talisman | luck |
| admonish | nag |
| belabor | nag |
| cavil | nag |
| enjoin | nag |
| exhort | nag |
| harangue | nag |
| hector | nag |
| martinet | nag |
| remonstrate | nag |
| reproof | nag |
| fetid | nasty |
| noisome | nasty |
| 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 |
| labyrinth | 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 |
| undulating | not a straight line |
| vortex | not a straight line |
| bombastic | overblown |
| circumlocution | overblown |
| garrulous | overblown |
| grandiloquent | overblown |
| loquacious | overblown |
| periphrastic | overblown |
| prolix | overblown |
| rhetoric | overblown |
| turgid | overblown |
| verbose | overblown |
| ameliorate | pacify |
| appease | pacify |
| assuage | pacify |
| defer | pacify |
| mitigate | pacify |
| mollify | pacify |
| placate | pacify |
| propitiate | pacify |
| satiate | pacify |
| slake | pacify |
| soothe | pacify |
| euphonious | pleasant sounding |
| harmonious | pleasant sounding |
| melodious | pleasant sounding |
| sonorous | pleasant sounding |
| destitute | poor |
| esurient | poor |
| impecunious | poor |
| indigent | poor |
| acclaim | praise |
| accolade | praise |
| aggrandize | praise |
| encomium | praise |
| eulogize | praise |
| extol | praise |
| fawn | praise |
| laud | praise |
| venerate | praise |
| augur | predict |
| auspice | predict |
| fey | predict |
| harbinger | predict |
| portentous | predict |
| presage | predict |
| prescient | predict |
| prognosticate | predict |
| discomfort | prevent/obstruct |
| encumber | prevent/obstruct |
| fetter | prevent/obstruct |
| forfend | prevent/obstruct |
| hinder | prevent/obstruct |
| impede | prevent/obstruct |
| inhibit | prevent/obstruct |
| occlude | prevent/obstruct |
| astute | smart |
| canny | smart |
| erudite | smart |
| perspicacious | smart |
| disconsolate | sorrow |
| doleful | sorrow |
| dolor | sorrow |
| elegiac | sorrow |
| forlorn | sorrow |
| lament | sorrow |
| lugubrious | sorrow |
| melancholy | sorrow |
| morose | sorrow |
| plaintive | sorrow |
| threnody | sorrow |
| implacable | stubborn |
| inexorable | stubborn |
| intractable | stubborn |
| intransigent | stubborn |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| recalcitrant | stubborn |
| refractory | stubborn |
| renitent | stubborn |
| untoward | stubborn |
| vexing | stubborn |
| compendious | terse |
| curt | terse |
| laconic | Terse |
| pithy | terse |
| succinct | terse |
| taciturn | terse |
| anachronism | time/order |
| antecede | time/order |
| antedate | time/order |
| anterior | time/order |
| archaic | time/order |
| diurnal | time/order |
| eon | time/order |
| ephemeral | time/order |
| epoch | time/order |
| fortnight | time/order |
| millenium | time/order |
| penultimate | time/order |
| synchronous | time/order |
| temporal | time/order |
| craven | timid |
| diffident | timid |
| pusillanimous | timid |
| recreant | timid |
| timorous | timid |
| trepidation | timid |
| canid | truth |
| fealty | truth |
| frankness | truth |
| indisputable | truth |
| indubitable | truth |
| legitimate | truth |
| probity | truth |
| sincere | truth |
| veracious | truth |
| verity | truth |
| aberration | unusual |
| anormaly | unusual |
| iconoclast | unusual |
| idiosyncrasy | unusual |
| ambulatory | walking around |
| itinerant | walking around |
| peripatetic | walking around |
| discursive | wandering |
| expatiate | wandering |
| forage | wandering |
| itinerant | wandering |
| preregrination | wandering |
| peripatetic | wandering |
| sojourn | wandering |
| adulterate | weaken |
| enervate | weaken |
| exacerbate | weaken |
| inhibit | weaken |
| obviate | weaken |
| stultify | weaken |
| undermine | weaken |
| vitiate | weaken |
| adage | wisdom |
| aphorism | wisdom |
| apothegm | wisdom |
| axiom | wisdom |
| bromide | wisdom |
| dictum | wisdom |
| epigram | wisdom |
| platitude | wisdom |
| sententious | wisdom |
| truism | wisdom |
| abeyance | withdrawal |
| abjure | withdrawal |
| abnegation | withdrawal |
| abortive | withdrawal |
| abrogate | withdrawal |
| decamp | withdrawal |
| demur | withdrawal |
| recant | withdrawal |
| recidivism | withdrawal |
| remission | withdrawal |
| renege | withdrawal |
| rescind | withdrawal |
| retrograde | withdrawal |
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