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GRE Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
effusive gushing; excessively demonstrative.
egress exit, going out. (verb) to exit or emerge.
ingress opposite of egress.
elegy a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music.
lament to wail.
cliché something that has become overly familiar or commonplace.
trite hackneyed or boring from much use.
hackneyed lacking from originality.
eloquent well-spoken; expressive; articulate.
emollient soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying.
mollify appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). reduce the severity of (something); soften.
empirical based on observation or experiment.
encomium glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy.
panegyric eulogistic oration or writing.
torrential a tumultuous outpouring.
tumultuous violent.
endemic characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenous.
pundit a person who gives opinions, usually through mass media.
apathy lack of feeling or emotion.
pandemic occurring over a large area or affecting an unusually large percentage of the population.
enervate to weaken; to reduce in vitality.
engender to cause, produce, give rise to.
ostensibly to all outward appearances.
enigmatic mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand.
ennui dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy.
enormity excessive wickedness; evilness.
ephemeral brief; fleeting, short-lived.
epicure one devoted to sensual pleasure particularly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite.
gourmand one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking.
sybarite a person whose chief interest are luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites.
gustatory relating to eating or the sense of taste.
epicurean appropriate to an epicure's tastes.
exorbitant exceeding the customary or appropriate limits.
episodic loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals.
epithet disparaging word or phrase.
epitome embodiment; quintessence.
quintessential representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
equanimity composure, self-possession.
equivocate to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent.
errant traveling, itinerant, peripatetic; mistaken; straying from proper course.
itinerant traveling from place to place.
peripatetic movement or journeys hither and thither.
inerrant infallible.
infallible incapable of error.
erudite very learned; scholarly.
erudition profound learning or extensive knowledge, learned primarily through books.
eschew to shun or avoid.
virtuosity a great technical skill (practice of a fine art).
eschew to shun or avoid.
esoteric intended for or understood by a small, specific group.
essay to test or try; attempt, experiment.
convalescence to recover health and strength gradually after a sickness or weakness.
essay the attempt itself.
estimable worthy, formidable.
eulogy speech honoring the dead.
evanescent tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing.
evince to show clearly, to indicate.
exacerbate to make worse or more severe.
exact to demand, call for, require, take.
excoriate to censure scathingly, to upbraid.
upbraid to criticize severely.
exculpate exonerate; to clear of blame.
exemplar typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model.
exemplary worthy of imitation.
exemplar can be exemplary, but doesn't have to be.
exhort to incite, to make urgent appeals.
exigent urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.
exigencies urgent or pressing situations.
altruism unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others.
exonerate to remove blame.
moratorium a suspension of activity.
expatiate discuss or write about at length; to range freely.
expiate to atone or make amends for.
expurgate to remove obscenity, purify, censor.
extant existing, not destroyed or lost.
extemporaneous improvised; done without preparation.
extirpate to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots.
facetious playful; humorous; not serious.
fallacy an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief.
fallow untilled, inactive, dormant.
fatuous silly, inanely foolish.
inanely lacking significance, meaning, or point.
smug highly self-satisfied.
pompous arrogant.
fawn to flatter or praise excessively.
feckless ineffectual; irresponsible.
felicitous apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful.
felicity the state of or something that causes happiness.
fell a barren or stony hill; an animal's hide.
fell to cut down.
fell cruel, savage, or lethal.
fervent greatly emotional or zealous.
zeal eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something.
fetid stinking, having a heavy bad smell.
fetters shackles that are used to bind someone's feet or ankles together.
unfettered free or unhampered.
filibuster intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action.
filibuster to engage in a filibuster.
filigree an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns, resembling such a pattern.
filigree to adorn.
flag to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline.
flip sarcastic, impertinent.
impertinent not showing proper respect; rude.
florid flushed with color, ruddy, ornate.
ornate elaborate rhetoric or florid style.
rhetoric the art of speaking or writing effectively.
flout to demonstrate contempt for.
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