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Common GRE Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to reduce |
| abscond | to leave secretly |
| abstain | to choose not to do something |
| abyss | deep hole |
| adulterate | to make impure |
| advocate | to speak in favor of |
| aesthetic | appreciation of beauty |
| aggrandize | increase in power |
| alleviate | make more bearable |
| amalgamate | to combine |
| ambiguous | uncertain |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| anachronism | out of place in time |
| analogous | similar |
| anomaly | not normal |
| antagonize | annoy to anger |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| apathy | lack of interest |
| arbitrate | to judge between two parties |
| archaic | ancient |
| ardor | intense feeling |
| articulate | good speech |
| assuage | make something unpleasant better |
| attenuate | to weaken |
| audacious | fearless |
| austere | severe in appearance |
| banal | predictable |
| bolster | to support |
| bombastic | pompous in speech |
| cacophony | harsh noise |
| candid | impartial and honest |
| capricious | changing mind often |
| castigate | to punish |
| catalyst | something that brings change to something else |
| caustic | biting in wit |
| chaos | great disorder |
| chauvinist | someone prejudiced |
| chicanery | deception |
| cogent | convincing |
| condone | disregard |
| convoluted | complicated |
| corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |
| credulous | gullible |
| crescendo | rising in volume |
| decorum | appropriate conduct |
| deference | respect |
| deride | to mock |
| desiccate | dry out |
| desultory | disconnected |
| diatribe | an abusive speech |
| diffident | lacking self confidence |
| dilate | to make larger |
| dilatory | intended to delay |
| dilettante | amateur |
| dirge | mournful speech |
| disabuse | to set right |
| discern | to perceive |
| disparate | unlike |
| dissemble | to disguise |
| dissonance | harsh combination |
| dogma | firmly held opinion |
| dogmatic | dictatorial |
| dupe | to deceive |
| eclectic | selecting from a variety of sources |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| elegy | sorrowful speech or poem |
| eloquent | persuasive |
| emulate | to copy |
| enervate | reduce in strength |
| engender | to produce |
| enigma | a puzzle |
| enumerate | to count |
| ephemeral | lasting short time |
| equivocate | double meaning to mislead |
| erratic | unpredictable |
| erudite | learned |
| esoteric | understood by few |
| estimable | admirable |
| eulogy | speech of praise |
| euphemism | inoffensive word instead of another |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| exculpate | prove innocent |
| exigent | urgent |
| exonerate | to clear of blame |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| fanatical | excessively enthusiastic |
| fawn | to grovel |
| fervid | emotional |
| florid | decorated |
| foment | to arouse |
| frugality | thrifty |
| garrulous | talk a lot |
| gregarious | outgoing |
| guile | deceit |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| homogenous | similar |
| iconoclast | opposes beliefs |
| imperturbable | not disturbed |
| impervious | impossible to penetrate |
| impetuous | quick to act |
| implacable | unable to be calmed |
| inchoate | imperfectly formed or formulated |
| ingenuous | showing innocence |
| inimical | hostile |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insipid | lacking interest |
| intransigent | uncompromising |
| inundate | to overwhelm, to flood |
| irascible | easily made angry |
| laconic | using few words |
| lament | to grieve |
| laud | to glorify |
| lavish | extremely generous |
| lethargic | sluggish |
| loquatious | talkative |
| lucid | clear |
| luminous | bright |
| malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| malleable | capable of being shaped |
| metaphor | figure of speech |
| meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| misanthrope | person who dislikes others |
| mitigate | to lessen |
| mollify | to calm |
| monotony | lack of variation |
| naive | lacking experience |
| obdurate | hardened to feeling |
| obsequious | eager to please |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obviate | to prevent |
| occlude | to prevent the passage of |
| onerous | troublesome |
| opaque | impossible to see through |
| opprobrium | public disgrace |
| ostentation | excessive showiness |
| paradox | contradiction |
| paragon | model of excellence |
| pedant | someone who shows off learning |
| perfidious | willing to betray ones trust |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way |
| permeate | to penetrate |
| philanthropy | charity |
| placate | to soothe or pacify |
| plastic | able to be molded |
| plethora | excess |
| pragmatic | practical as opposed to idealistic |
| precipitate | to throw violently or bring about abruptly |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| pristine | fresh and clean |
| prodigal | lavish |
| proliferate | to increase in number quickly |
| propitiate | to appease |
| propriety | correct behavior |
| prudence | wisdom |
| pungent | sharp to the senses |
| quiescent | motionless |
| rarefy | to make thinner |
| repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| reticent | silent |
| rhetoric | effective in writing or speaking |
| satiate | satisfy |
| soporific | causing sleep |
| specious | deceptively attractive |
| stigma | a mark of shame |
| stolid | unemotional |
| sublime | grand |
| tacit | done without using words |
| taciturn | silent |
| tirade | verbal attack |
| torpor | extreme mental sluggishness |
| transitory | temporary |
| vacillate | to be indicisive |
| venerate | to respect deeply |
| veracity | filled with truth |
| verbose | wordy |
| vex | to annoy |
| volatile | easily aroused or changeable |
| waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| whimsical | unpredictable |
| zeal | passion and excitement |
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