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GRE Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
foment to stir up, incite, rouse.
ferment to be in a state of agitation or intense activity.
forbearance patience, willingness to wait.
forbearance describes a creditor's agreement not to demand payment of a debt when it is due.
forbear to refrain from. The past tense is forbore.
forebear ancestor.
ford to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream.
forestall to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart.
thwart to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle.
forswear to renounce, disallow, repudiate.
repudiate to disown.
fortuitous happening by fortunate accident or chance.
fracas noisy fight or quarrel, brawl.
fractious quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky.
froward intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient.
fulminate to attack loudly or denounce.
furtive marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious.
surreptitious done, made, or acquired by stealth.
clandestine marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy.
gainsay to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose.
gambol to skip playfully, frolic.
garner to gather and save, store up, acquire.
garrulous pointlessly talkative, talking too much.
gauche crude, awkward, tasteless.
germane relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter.
glib marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial.
gossamer delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere.
tenuous weak.
grandiloquence pompous speech or expression.
gregarious sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people.
grouse to complain or grumble.
guile trickery, duplicity, cunning.
guileless naïve or free from guile.
beguile to deceive by guile, or to charm.
guy a rope or cord attached to something as a brace or guide.
hackneyed rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage.
trite not fresh or original.
halcyon calm and peaceful, prosperous.
hallow to set apart as holy.
hallowed consecrated or highly venerated.
consecrated dedicated to a sacred purpose.
harangue to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade.
harangue is what you deliver when you are haranguing someone.
harrow to distress, create stress or torment.
hedonism devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
hegemony the consistent dominance or influence of one group, state, or ideology over others.
heretical violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox.
heresy an idea that is heretical.
hermetic airtight, impervious to outside influence.
hermeneutic explanatory or interpretive.
heterodox unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic.
heterodoxy an idea that departs from what is accepted.
hirsute hairy, shaggy.
homily a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude.
platitude a banal, trite, or stale remark.
homiletics the art of preaching.
hubris arrogant presumption or pride.
hyperbole an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech.
hyperbolic something or someone that uses hyperbole.
iconoclast one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions.
iconoclastic attacking cherished beliefs, heretical.
idolatrous given to intense or excessive devotion to something.
idolatry the worship of idols and images or blind devotion to something.
idyll a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such.
idyllic simple or carefree.
ignominious shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful.
ignominy dishonor or humiliation.
imbroglio difficult or embarrassing situation.
extricate unravel.
imminent about to happen; impending.
eminent prominent or distinguished.
immutable not capable of change.
impassive revealing no emotion or sensibility.
impecunious lacking funds; without money.
imperious commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty.
imperturbable marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness.
impetuous hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement.
vehement marked by forceful energy.
implacable not capable of being appeased or significantly changed.
importune to ask incessantly, beg, nag.
importunate persistent in asking.
impugn attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny.
impunity immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.
impute to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic.
inchoate in an initial state, not fully formed.
incipient beginning to come into being or to become apparent.
indefatigable not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged.
indifferent having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice.
indolent lazy, listless, torpid.
ineluctable certain, inevitable.
inert unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically.
infelicitous unfortunate; inappropriate.
ingenuous artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication.
disingenuous lacking in candor, calculating, duplicitous.
ingenious characterized by skill and imagination.
inherent ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential.
inhere to be inherent or innate to something.
inimical damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly.
inimitable one of a kind, peerless.
peerless unequaled; unrivaled.
audacious intrepidly daring.
unrivaled better than everyone or everything of the same type.
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