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GRE Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
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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