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GRE words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
| abscond | to leave secretly |
| aggrandize | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
| ameliorate | to make better, improve |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| arbitrate | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
| ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| austere | severe or stern in appearance/undecorated |
| banal | predictable or cliched |
| bolster | to support |
| bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
| capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| caustic | biting in wit |
| chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which one belongs |
| chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
| cogent | convincing and well-reasoned |
| corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |
| credulous | gullible |
| decorum | appropriateness of behavior conduct |
| deference | respect |
| deride | to treat with contempt or mock |
| desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
| diatribe | abusive, condemnatory speech |
| diffident | lacking self confidence |
| dilatory | intended to delay |
| dilettante | amateur or superficial interest in a topic |
| dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| disabuse | to set right or free from error |
| disparate | fundamentally different |
| dissemble | to present a false appearance |
| dogmatic | dictatorial in one's opinions |
| dupe | to deceive |
| Vaunt | to boast |
| Anomalous | inconsistent |
| Understated | unpretentious |
| Quotidian | ordinary |
| Anodyne | alleviating pain |
| Obloquy | disgrace |
| Pernicious | harmful |
| Seditious | rebellious |
| Contumacious | rebellious |
| Chicanery | deception |
| Ribald | vulgar |
| Coarse | vulgar |
| Elegy | a sorrowful proem or speech |
| Enervate | to reduce in strength |
| Engender | to produce, cause, or bring about |
| Ephemeral | lasting a short time |
| Equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning to mislead |
| Erudite | learned, scholarly |
| Estimable | admirable |
| Exculpate | to prove innocent |
| Exigent | urgent |
| Exonerate | to clear of blame |
| Fervid | intensely emotional |
| Florid | excessively decorated |
| Foment | to arouse |
| Garrulous | talkative |
| Gregarious | sociable |
| Guile | trickery |
| Iconoclast | outcast |
| Impetuous | quick to act without thinking |
| Implacable | unable to be calmed down |
| Ingenuous | innocent or simple |
| Inimical | hostile |
| Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| Intransigent | uncompromising |
| Irascible | easily made angry |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Lavish | generous |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Artless | open or honest in personality |
| Spate | multitude |
| Obduracy | determination |
| malinger | to evade responsibility |
| misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| mollify | to soften or lessen |
| obdurate | resistant to persuasion |
| obsequious | eager to please |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obviate | to make unnecessary |
| onerous | troublesome |
| opprobrium | public disgrace |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| perfidious | willing to betray one's trust |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| propitiate | to appease |
| quiescent | motionless |
| repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| reticent | silent or reserved |
| soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
| specious | deceptively attractive |
| stolid | unemotional |
| sublime | lofty or grand |
| tacit | done without using words |
| taciturn | silent |
| torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| vacillate | indecisive |
| venerate | to respect deeply |
| veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
| vex | to annoy |
| zeal | passion |
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