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GRE vocab E to H
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| edify | instruct, correct morally |
| efface | rub out |
| effete | lacking vigor |
| effigy | dummy |
| effluvium | noxious smell |
| effrontery | impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve |
| egregious | notorious, conspicuously bad or shocking |
| egress | exit |
| elicit | draw out by discussion |
| elixir | cure all, something invigorating |
| ellipsis | omission of words from a text |
| elliptocal | ambiguous |
| elucidate | explain, enlighten |
| elysian | relating to paradise, blissful |
| emend | correct, usually a text |
| emendation | correction of errors |
| emetic | sustance causing vomiting |
| emolument | salary, compensation |
| empirical | based on experience |
| encipher | encode |
| enclave | territory enclosed within an alien land |
| encomiastic | praising, eulogistic |
| encomium | high praise, eulogy |
| endue | provide with some quality, endow |
| enervate | weaken |
| enfranchise | admit to the rights of citizenship |
| engender | cause, produce |
| enjoin | command, order, forbid |
| enmity | ill will, hatred |
| ennui | boredom |
| ensconce | settle comfortably |
| enumerate | list |
| environ | enclose, surround |
| epaulet | ornament worn on the shoulder |
| epigram | witty thought or saying |
| epistemologist | philosopher who studies the natrue of knowledge |
| epithet | word or phrase characterisitcally used to describe a person or thing |
| epoch | period of time |
| equable | tranquil, steady, uniform |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament |
| equinox | period of equal days and nights, beginning of spring nad autumn |
| equipoise | balance, equilibrium |
| equine | resembling a horse |
| equitable | fair, impartial |
| equity | fairness |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| equivocate | lie |
| errant | wandering |
| eschew | avoid |
| essay | make an attempt at, test |
| estimable | workth of esteem |
| ethnology | study of humankind |
| ethos | underlying character of a culture |
| etymology | study of word parts |
| eugolistic | praising |
| eulogy | expression of praise |
| evince | show clearly |
| exact | require, demand, take |
| excise | cut away |
| excoriate | scold with biting harshness, strip the skin off |
| exculpate | clear from blame |
| execrable | very bad |
| execrate | curse, express abhorrence for |
| exegesis | explanation, esp for biblical passages |
| exhort | urge |
| exigency | urgent situation |
| exiguous | small, minute |
| exorbitant | excessive |
| expatiate | talk at length |
| expedient | suitable, practical, politic |
| expiate | make amends for |
| explicate | explain, interpret, clarify |
| expository | explanatory, serving to explain |
| expostulation | protest |
| expunge | cancel, remove |
| extemporaneous | not planned impromtu |
| extenuate | weaken, mitigate |
| extirpate | root up |
| extradition | surrender of prisoner by one state to another |
| extrinsic | external, not essential, extraneous |
| facetious | joking, humorous |
| facsimile | copy |
| factious | inclined to form factions |
| factitious | sham, artificial |
| factotum | handyman |
| faculty | mental or bodily powers |
| fallacious | false, misleading |
| fallow | plowed but now sowed, uncultivated |
| fancier | breeder or dealer of animals |
| fastidious | difficult to please, squeamish |
| fatalism | belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control |
| fatuous | brainless, inane, foolish, smug |
| febrile | feverish |
| feckless | feeble and ineffective, careless and irresponsible |
| feint | trick, shift, sham blow |
| felicitous | suitably exressed, well chosen |
| felicity | happiness, appropriateness |
| fell | cruel, deadly |
| feral | not domestic, wild |
| fervid | ardent |
| fiat | command, authorization |
| filch | steal |
| filigree | delicate, lacelike metalwork |
| firebrand | hothead, troublemaker |
| flag | droop, grow feeble |
| flay | strip off skin, plunder, whip, attack with harsh criticism |
| fleece | rob, plunder |
| floe | mass of floating ice |
| florid | ruddy, reddish, flowery |
| flotsam | drifting wreckage |
| flout | reject, mock, show contempt for |
| fluted | having vertical parallel grooves |
| flux | flowing, series of changes |
| foible | weakness, slight fault |
| foil | contrast, defeat, frustrate |
| foist | insert improperly, palm off |
| foment | stir up, instigate |
| fop | dandy, man excessively preoccupied with his clothes |
| forbearance | patience |
| forebear | ancestor |
| forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law |
| forswear | renounce, abandon |
| forthright | straightforward |
| fortuitous | accidental |
| foster | rear, encourage |
| founder | fail completely, sink |
| fracas | brawl, melee |
| fractious | unruly, disobedient, irritable |
| franchise | right granted by authority, right to vote |
| fray | brawl |
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic |
| fret | annoyed or vexed |
| frieze | ornamental band on a wall |
| fritter | waste |
| froward | stubbornly contrary, obstinantly disobedient |
| frustrate | thwart, defeat |
| fugitive | fleeting or transitory, roving |
| fulminate | denounce thunderously, explode |
| fulsome | disgustingly excessive |
| functionary | official |
| fusillade | simultaneous firing or outburst |
| gadfly | animal biting fly, irritating person |
| gaffe | social blunder |
| gainsay | deny |
| galvanize | stimulate by shock, stir up, revitalize |
| gambit | opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed |
| gambol | romp, skip about |
| gamely | in a spirited manner, with courage |
| gamut | entire range |
| garner | gather, store up |
| garrulous | loquacious, wordy, talkative |
| gauche | clumsy, coarse and uncouth |
| genuflect | bend the knee as in worship |
| germane | pertinent, bearing upon the case at hand |
| germinal | pertaining to a germ, creative |
| gerontocracy | government ruled by old people |
| gerrymander | change voting district lines in order to favor a political party |
| gestate | evolve, as in prenatal growth |
| gibe | mock |
| glut | overstock, fill to excess |
| glutinous | sticky, viscous |
| goad | urge on |
| gorge | narrow canyon, steep rocky cleft |
| gouge | overcharge |
| graduated | arranged by degrees |
| grandiloquent | pompous, using high sounding language |
| granulate | form into grains |
| graphic | pertaining to the art of delineating, vividly described |
| gratis | free |
| grouse | complain, fuss |
| guile | deceit, duplicity, willingless, cunning |
| guileless | without deceit |
| gull | hoodwink, trick |
| gustatory | affecting the sense of taste |
| guy | cable or chain attached to something that needs to be baced or steadied |
| gyroscope | apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction |
| hackles | hair on back and neck |
| hackneyed | commonplace, trite |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful |
| hale | healthy |
| hallowed | blessed, consecrated |
| hap | change, luck |
| hapless | unfortunate |
| harangue | long, passionate, vehement speech |
| harping | tiresome dwelling on a subject |
| harry | annoy, harrass, torment, raid |
| heckler | someone who verbally harasses others |
| hegemony | dominance, especially of one nation over others |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion so as to be airtight, obscure and mysterious, occult |
| heterodox | unorthodox, unconventional |
| hew | cut to pieces with an ax or sword |
| hinterlands | back country |
| hirsute | hairy |
| histrionic | theatrical |
| hoary | white with age |
| holocaust | destruction by fire |
| homespun | domestic, made at home |
| homily | semon, serious warning |
| hoodwink | deceive, delude |
| hortatory | encouraging, exhortive |
| hovel | shack, small wretched house |
| hubris | arrogance, excessive self conceit |
| hue and cry | outcry |
| hummock | small hill |
| humus | substance formed by decaying vegetable matter |
| hurtle | crash, rush |
| husband | frugality, thrift, agriculture |
| hyperbole | exaggeration, overstatement |
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