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GRE Vocabulary Set 4
Frequently tested words on the GRE Set 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acerbic (adj.) | having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
| Aggrandize (verb) | to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| Alchemy (noun) | a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold |
| Amenable (adj.) | agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
| Anachronism (noun) | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological contact |
| Astringent (adj.) | having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
| Contiguous (adj.) | sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| Convention (noun) | a generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
| Credulous (adj.) | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
| Cynicism (noun) | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| Decorum (noun) | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| Derision (noun) | scorn; ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
| Desiccate (verb) | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| Dilettante (noun) | one with an amateurish to superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| Disparage (verb) | to slight or belittle |
| Divulge (verb) | to disclose something secret |
| Fawn (verb) | to flatter or praise excessively |
| Flout (verb) | to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
| Garrulous (adj) | pointlessly talkative; talking to much |
| Glib (adj.) | marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
| Hubris (noun) | overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
| Imminent (adj.) | about to happen; impending |
| Immutable (adj.) | not capable of change |
| Impetuous (adj.) | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| Indifferent (adj.) | having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
| Inimical (adj.) | damaging; harmful; injurious |
| Intractable (adj.) | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| Intrepid (adj.) | steadfast and courageous |
| Laconic (adj.) | using few words; terse |
| Maverick (noun) | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or activity |
| Mercurial (adj.) | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
| Mollify (verb) | to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
| Neophyte (noun) | a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
| Obfuscate (verb) | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| Obstinate (adj.) | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| Ostentatious (adj.) | characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
| Pervade (verb) | to permeate throughout |
| Phlegmatic (adj.) | calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| Plethora (noun) | an overabundance; a surplus |
| Pragmatic (adj.) | practice rather than idealistic |
| Presumptuous (adj.) | overstepping due bounds |
| Pristine (adj.) | pure; uncorrupted; clean |
| Probity (noun) | adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprighting |
| Proclivity (noun) | a natural predisposition or inclination |
| Profligate (adj.) | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
| Propensity (noun) | a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
| Prosaic (adj.) | dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| Pungent (adj.) | characterized by a string, sharp smell or taste |
| Quixotic (adj.) | foolishly impractical; marked by a lofty romantic ideals |
| Quotidian (adj.) | occurring or reassuring daily; commonplace |
| Rarefy (verb) | to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
| Recondite (adj.) | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| Refulgent (adj.) | radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| Renege (verb) | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| Sedulous (adj.) | diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| Shard (noun) | a piece of broken pottery or glass |
| Soporific (adj.) | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| Sparse (adj.) | thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
| Spendthrift (noun) | one who spends money wistfully |
| Subtle (adj.) | not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
| Tacit (adj.) | Implied; not explicitly stated |
| Terse (adj.) | brief and concise in wording |
| Tout (verb) | to publicly praise or promote |
| Trenchant (adj.) | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| Unfeigned (adj.) | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| Untenable (adj.) | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| Vacillate (verb) | to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| Variegated (adj.) | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
| Vexation (noun) | annoyance; irritation |
| Vigilant (adj.) | alertly watchful |
| Vituperate (verb) | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| Volatile (adj.) | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
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