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GRE Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| boorish | rude; insensitive. |
| bovine | of, relating to, or affecting cattle. |
| brazen | bold; shameless. |
| buttress | to reinforce; support. |
| cacophonous | unpleasant or harsh sounding. |
| callous | thick-skinned; insensitive. |
| canard | false, deliberately misleading story. |
| aficionados | people who are enthusiastic admirers or followers. |
| cannon | an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works. |
| canonical | belonging to a group of literary works. |
| cant | insincere talk; language of a particular group. |
| bourgeois | a person who belongs to the middle class or has middle class attitudes. |
| captious | faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument. |
| carnal | of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites. |
| nirvana | ideal condition of rest, harmony, or joy. |
| carping | to find fault; complain. |
| utilitarian | the ethical philosophy that human activity should be aimed at achieving the greatest good for the greatest number. |
| cartography | science of making maps. |
| caste | any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification. |
| cataclysm | a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change. |
| libertarian | place great importance on individual freedom. |
| categorical | absolute; without exception. |
| caucus | smaller group within an organization. |
| causal | involving a cause. |
| celestial | concerning the sky or heavens; sublime. |
| sublime | to convert into something of higher worth. |
| centrifugal | moving away from a center. |
| centripetal | moving or directed toward a center. |
| champion | to defend or support. |
| chivalry | the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women. |
| circuitous | roundabout. |
| clairvoyant | one who can predict the future; psychic. |
| clamor | noisy outcry. |
| clamor | to cry out noisily. |
| clique | a small, exclusive group. |
| cloister | to confine; seclude. |
| cloistered | shut away from the world. |
| cloister | a monastery or convent. |
| coagulate | thicken; congeal. |
| codify | to systemize. |
| cognizant | informed; conscious; aware. |
| collage | artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements. |
| compendium | brief, comprehensive summary. |
| complement | something that completes or makes up a whole. |
| complementary | completing; fitting together well. |
| compliant | yielding. |
| compunction | uneasiness caused by guilt. |
| concave | curving inward. |
| conciliatory | overcoming distrust or hostility. |
| concoct | to invent. |
| concomitant | existing concurrently. |
| condone | to overlook voluntarily; forgive. |
| confound | to baffle; perplex; mix up. |
| congenial | similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to. |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage agreement. |
| conscript | person compulsorily enrolled for military service. |
| conscript | to enroll a person for military service. |
| consecrate | to declare sacred. |
| contend | to assert. |
| contention | an assertion. |
| continence | self-control; abstention from sexual activity. |
| contumacious | disobedient; rebellious. |
| conundrum | riddle; puzzle with no solution. |
| converge | to approach; come together; tend to meet. |
| convex | curved outward. |
| convivial | sociable. |
| copious | abundant; plentiful. |
| coquette | woman who flirts. |
| cornucopia | horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance. |
| cosmology | study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe. |
| cosmos | the physical universe regarded as a totality. |
| cosmic | relating to the physical universe, especially as distinct from Earth, and suggests infinite vastness. |
| covert | hidden; secret. |
| covetous | desiring something owned by another. |
| cozen | to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive. |
| credence | acceptance of something as true. |
| credo | statement of belief or principle; creed. |
| debauchery | corruption. |
| defame | to malign; harm someone's reputation. |
| default | to fail to act. |
| deference | respect; regard for another's wish. |
| defer | to submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person's authority or knowledge. |
| defunct | no longer existing. |
| delineate | to represent or depict. |
| demographic | related to population balance. |
| demography | the study of human population. |
| demographer | one who studies human population. |
| demotic | pertaining to people. |
| denizen | an inhabitant; a regular visitor. |
| deterrent | something that discourages or hinders. |
| dictomy | division into two usually contradictory parts. |
| diffuse | to spread out. |
| dirge | funeral hymn. |
| discerning | perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment. |
| discredit | to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted. |
| discrepancy | difference between. |
| discrete | constituting a separate thing; distinct. |
| disingenuous | not candid; crafty. |
| disjointed | lacking order or coherence; dislocated. |
| dismiss | put away from consideration; reject. |
| disparity | the condition of being unequal or unlike. |
| disseminate | to spread; scatter; disperse. |
| dissident | person who disagrees about beliefs, etc. |
| dissonance | discord; lack of harmony. |
| distend | to expand; sell out. |
| distill | extract the essential elements. |
| diverge | to vary; go in different directions from the same point. |
| divest | to strip; deprive; rid. |
| doctrinaire | relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding. |
| document | to provide with written evidence to support. |
| dogma | a belief asserted on authority without evidence. |
| dormant | inactive. |
| dupe | to deceive, trick. |
| effervescence | state of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes. |
| effete | depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent. |
| efficacy | efficiency; effectiveness. |
| egoism | the tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness. |
| egotistical | excessively self-centered; conceited. |
| elicit | to provoke; draw out. |
| elixir | a substance believed to have the power to cure ills. |
| Elysian | blissful; delightful. |
| emaciated | thin and wasted. |
| embellish | to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details. |
| emulate | to imitate; copy. |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise. |
| enhance | to increase; improve. |
| entomology | the scientific study of insects. |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly. |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting. |
| epistemology | branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge. |
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