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GRE vocab words
selected words from gre words of the day
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstemious | light, not indulgent |
| propitious | likely to result in success |
| ascetic | austere, abstainer |
| inter | bury |
| exhume | dig up |
| belie | contradict, misrepresent |
| capricious | impulsive, whimsical |
| denigrate | calumniate, defame, condemn, belittle |
| deride | treat with contempt |
| umbrage | resentment |
| allay | calm |
| licentious | wanton, lacking restraint |
| onerous | burdensome |
| contumacious | headstrong, obstinate |
| deign | condescend, patronize |
| dirge | requiem, lament |
| ebullient | exuberant |
| engender | create, cause, stimulate |
| equanimity | composure |
| espouse | support |
| exculpate | acquit, clear, exonerate |
| factious | bantering, tongue-in-cheek |
| fatuous | asinine, idiotic |
| fawn | suck up, cringe in fear |
| fetid | foul, rancid |
| flag | ease up |
| fetter | tie up, hold |
| foment | agitate |
| gainsay | challenge, dispute |
| imbue | saturate, infuse |
| impervious | unable to be penetrated, affected |
| incorrigible | bad, hopeless |
| inchoate | not fully formed, incipient, incoherent |
| inundate | drown, overwhelm |
| intransigence | refusing to compromise |
| inured | habituated, enured |
| invective | vitriol, vituperation |
| invidious | hateful |
| lenity | forgiveness |
| libertine | indulgent |
| lassitude | lethargy, inanition, languor |
| levity | lack of seriousness |
| magnanimity | liberal, generous, munificence, largesse |
| nefarious | bad, sinful |
| obdurate | stony, flinty, obstinate |
| obsequious | fawning, toady, sycophantic |
| odious | hateful, horrible |
| officious | meddlesome |
| opprobrium | obloquy, infamy, dishonor |
| paragon | ideal, apotheosis |
| penury | pauperism, being cheap |
| perfidious | punic, treacherous, betraying |
| prevaricate | tergiversate, palter, equivocate, ambiguity |
| probity | integrity |
| propensity | proclivity, tendency |
| propitiate | appease |
| proscribe | veto |
| quagmire | bad situation |
| rarefy | low density; idealistic |
| rancor | bitterness |
| recalcitrant | fractious, refractory, stubborn |
| recondite | abstruse, mysterious |
| relegate | banish, demote, pass on |
| solicitous | eager; concerned |
| tortuous | not straightforward |
| truculent | belligerent, hateful |
| venial | pardonable |
| vitiate | hurt, corrupt |
| welter | jumble, wallow, immersed in |
| equivocate | use ambiguous language with deceptive intent |
| noxious | harmful, injurious |
| obviate | anticipate, make unnecessary |
| paean | song of praise |
| perspicacious | acutely perceptive |
| predilection | preference |
| stymie | block, thwart |
| truculent | eager to fight |
| accolade | expression of praise |
| adulation | excessive praise, adoration |
| chary | wary, cautious, sparing |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| demur | question, oppose |
| enigmatic | difficult to understand |
| impecunious | lacking funds |
| inveigle | obtain by deception |
| vilify | defame |
| acumen | keen, accurate judgment |
| pithy | precise, brief |
| querulous | prone to complaining |
| surfeit | excess |
| derision | scorn, ridicule |
| dilettante | one with superficial interest in a branch of knowledge |
| inimical | damaging |
| obfuscate | deliberately obscure |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical |
| tacit | implied |
| trenchant | keen |
| august | majestic, venerable |
| broach | bring up, announce |
| brook | tolerate |
| fell | inhumanly cruel |
| flip | sarcastic |
| list | tilt, lean to a side |
| meet | fitting, proper |
| nice | exact, fastidious |
| occult | hidden, concealed |
| pine | lose vigor |
| rent | torn |
| quail | lose courage |
| sap | enervate |
| scurvy | despicable |
| waffle | equivocate; change one's position |
| abjure | avoid |
| adumbrate | outline vaguely; obscure |
| anathema | curse |
| anodyne | soothing |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held convictions |
| asperity | rigor, roughness, irritability |
| asseverate | aver |
| augury | omen, portent |
| calumniate | slander |
| captious | point out trivial faults |
| cavil | find fault without reason |
| celerity | speed, alacrity |
| chimera | illusion |
| denouement | outcome |
| descry | discern |
| desuetude | disuse |
| diaphanous | transparent, gauzy |
| encomium | tribute, panegyric |
| excoriate | censure scathingly, upbraid |
| exegesis | critical examination |
| expiate | atone for |
| extirpate | destroy, exscind |
| insouciant | unconcerned, carefree |
| inveterate | habitual |
| lubricious | lewd, wanton, slippery |
| meretricious | cheap, tawdry |
| nonplussed | bewildered |
| obstreperous | aggressively boisterous |
| palliate | make less serious |
| parsimonious | cheap, miserly |
| peroration | end of speech; flowery speech |
| plangent | pounding |
| prolix | long winded, verbose |
| remonstrate | protest |
| salacious | lustful, bawdy |
| salutary | remedial, causing improvement |
| saturnine | gloomy, morose |
| sententious | moralizing excessively |
| stentorian | loud and powerful |
| stygian | gloomy, dark |
| sycophant | toady, servile, parasite |
| tendentious | biased |
| orotund | pompous, bombastic |
| emetic | causing vomiting |
| quidnunc | gossip, busybody |
| trenchant | astringent, biting, ascerbic |
| effrontery | insolent and shameless audacity |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| abstruse | recondite, esoteric, hard to understand |
| avocation | hobby |
| bumptious | offensively self-assertive |
| abut | border on, meet |
| untoward | troublesome, improper |
| badinage | banter |
| amalgam | combination, blend |
| imperious | arrogant |
| perfunctorily | superficially |
| abrogate | do away with |
| noisome | smelly, harmful |
| posture | take a position |
| sedulous | apply self to task |
| indelibility | cannot be removed |
| gossamer | light, delicate thing |
| perfidious | disloyal |
| ferment | unrest, disorder |
| hapless | unlucky |
| improvident | reckless, rash |
| deluge | flood |
| louche | shady, indecent |
| deride | ridicule |
| credulity | gullibility |
| gauche | clumsy, tactless |
| byzantine | intricate |
| affray | brawl |
| rampart | fortification, bulwark |
| ebb | weaken |
| doughty | brave, valiant |
| vagary | whim, caprice, crochet |
| corroborate | endorse |
| penury | destitution, insufficiency |
| assiduous | diligent |
| preponderance | dominance |
| shibboleth | slogan, catchword |
| insular | narrow-minded |
| indominatable | obstinate, pertinacious, resolute |
| sedulous | diligent, industrious |
| leitmotif | dominant and recurring theme |
| obsequious | fawning, flattering |
| dulcet | pleasing, soothing, sweet |
| imbue | instill profoundly |
| pastiche | hodgepodge |
| sapid | agreeable, having taste or flavor |
| invidious | discriminatory |
| caveat | warning, caution |
| ineluctable | inevitable |
| peripatetic | itinerant, traveling from place to place |
| protean | diverse, adaptive |
| torpor | lethargy |
| glabrous | smooth |
| arcane | esoteric, recondite, obscure |
| sui generis | unique |
| efface | obliterate, blur |
| cynosure | celebrity, luminary |
| aplomb | assurance, confidence |
| apocryphal | not canonical, spurious |
| languish | droop, fade, weaken |
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