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GRE Vocabulary Set 3
Frequently tested words on the GRE Set 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acumen (noun) | keen, accurate judgment or insight |
| Adulterate (verb) | to reduce in purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
| Amalgamate (verb) | to combine several elements into a while |
| Archaic (adj.) | outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time |
| Aver (verb) | to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
| Bolster (verb) | to provide support or reinforcement |
| Bombastic (adj.) | pompous; grandiloquent |
| Diatribe (noun) | a harsh denunciation |
| Dissemble (verb) | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
| Eccentric (adj.) | departing form norms or conventions |
| Endemic (adj.) | characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
| Evanescent (adj.) | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
| Exacerbate (verb) | to make worse or more severe |
| Fervent (adj.) | greatly emotional or zealous |
| Fortuitous (adj.) | happening by accident or chance |
| Germane (adj.) | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
| Grandiloquence (noun) | pompous speech to expression |
| Hackneyed (adj.) | rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
| Halcyon (adj.) | calm and peaceful |
| Hedonism (noun) | devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses |
| Hegemony (noun) | the consistent dominance of one state or group over others |
| Iconoclast (noun) | one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
| Idolatrous (adj.) | given intense or excessive devotion to something |
| Impassive (adj.) | revealing no emotion |
| Imperturbable (adj.) | marked by experts calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
| Implacable (adj.) | not capable of being appeased to significantly changed |
| Impunity (noun) | immunity from punishment or penalty |
| Inchoate (adj.) | in an initial stage; not fully formed |
| Infelicitous (adj.) | unfortunate; inappropriate |
| Insipid (adj.) | lacking in qualities that invest, stimulate, or challenge |
| Loquacious (adj.) | extremely talkative |
| Luminous (adj.) | characterized by brattiness and the emission of light |
| Malevolent (adj.) | having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| Malleable (adj.) | capable of being shaped to formed; taxable; pliable |
| Mendacity (noun) | the condition of being untruthful ; dishonesty |
| Meticulous (adj.) | characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
| Misanthrope (noun) | one who hates all other humans |
| Mitigate (verb) | to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
| Obdurate (adj.) | unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
| Obsequious (adj.) | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| Occlude (verb) | to obstruct or block |
| Opprobrium (noun) | disgrace; contempt; scorn |
| Pedagogy (noun) | the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing |
| Pedantic (adj.) | overly concerned with the trivial details of leaning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
| Penury (noun) | poverty; destitution |
| Pervasive (adj.) | having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
| Pine (verb) | to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
| Pirate (verb) | to illegally use or reproduce |
| Pith (noun) | the essential or central part |
| Pithy (adj.) | precise and breif |
| Placate (verb) | to appease; to calm by making concessions |
| Platitude (noun) | a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
| Plummet (verb) | to plunge or drop downwards |
| Polemical (adj.) | controversial; argumentative |
| Prodigal (adj.) | recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
| Profuse (adj.) | giving or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
| Proliferate (verb) | to grown or increase swiftly and abundantly |
| Queries (noun) | questions; inquiries; doubts in mind; reservations |
| Querulous (adj.) | prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
| Rancorous (adj.) | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
| Recalcitrant (adj.) | obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
| Repudiate (verb) | to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
| Rescind (verb) | to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
| Reverent (adj.) | marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
| Rhetoric (noun) | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
| Salubrious (adj.) | promoting health or wellbeing |
| Solvent (adj.) | able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve in another substance |
| Specious (adj.) | seeing true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
| Spurious (adj.) | lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
| Subpoena (noun) | a court order requisition appliance and/or testimony |
| Succinct (adj.) | brief; concise |
| Superfluous (adj.) | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| Surfeit (verb) | an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
| Tenacity (noun) | the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
| Tenuous (adj.) | having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
| Triade (noun) | a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
| Transient (adj.) | fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
| Zealous (adj.) | fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause |
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