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GRE VOC
201-300
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Volatile | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
| Vituperate | to abuse verbally; berate |
| Viscous | thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid |
| Vim | vitality and energy |
| Vicissitude | a change or variation; ups and downs |
| Winsome | charming; happily engaging |
| Wan | sickly pale |
| Wanton | undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
| Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| Whimisical | lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| Vex | to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
| Vestige | to trace; remnant |
| Vernal | related to spring; fresh |
| Verdant | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
| Verbose | wordy |
| Wily | clever, deceptive |
| Yoke | to join together |
| Zeal | passion; excitement |
| Zealot | someone passionately devoted to a cause |
| Zephyr | a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial |
| Voluble | talkative; speaking easily; glib |
| Wizened | shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
| Wraith | a ghost or spector; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death |
| Xenophobia | a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
| Zenith | the point of culmination; peak |
| Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
| Venerate | to respect deeply |
| Venerable | respected because of age |
| Variegated | varied; marked with different colors |
| Vacillate | to physically sway or to be indecisive |
| Usury | the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| Upbraid | to scold sharply |
| Unequivocal | absolute; certain |
| Unconscionable | unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust |
| Umbrage | offense; resentment |
| Tyro | beginner; novice |
| Turgid | swollen as from a fluid; bloated |
| Trenchant | acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective |
| Transitory | temporary; lasting a brief time |
| Torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| Tome | book, usually large and academic |
| Toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| Tirade | lang, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| Terrestrial | earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
| Tawdry | gaudy, cheap, or showy |
| Tangential | digressing; diverting |
| Talon | claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
| Taciturn | silent; not talkative |
| Tacit | done without using words |
| Syncopation | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
| Symbiosis | cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
| Sycophant | a self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
| Sybarite | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| Surly | rude and bad-tempered |
| Surfeit | excessive amount |
| Supplant | to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
| Sully | to tarnish; taint |
| Sublime | lofty or grand |
| Stratagem | trick designed to deceive an enemy |
| Stolid | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
| Stentorian | extremely loud |
| Stasis | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
| Sportive | frolicsome; playful |
| Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| Spartan | highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
| Soporific | causing sleep or lethary |
| Solecism | grammatical mistake; blunder in speeach |
| Sobriquet | nickname |
| Slake | to calm down or moderate |
| Sinecure | a well-paying job or office that riquires little or no work |
| Seraphic | angelic; sweet |
| Sentient | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| Sedition | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
| Scintilla | trace amount |
| Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| Sardonic | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| Sanguine | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
| Salubrious | healthful |
| Salient | prominent; of notable significance |
| Sagacious | shrewd; wise |
| Sacrosanct | extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
| Rustic | rural |
| Rococo | very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation |
| Ribald | humorous in a vulgar way |
| Rhetoric | effective writing or speaking |
| Reticent | silent; reserved |
| Restive | impatient, uneasy, or restless |
| Requite | to return or repay |
| Repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| Repose | relaxation; leisure |
| Replete | abundantly supplied; complete |
| Repast | meal or mealtime |
| Rejoinder | response |
| Redress | relief from wrong or injury |
| Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
| Raconteur | witty, skillful storyteller |
| Quotidian | occurring daily; commonplace |
| Quiescent | motionless |
| Quixotic | overly idealistic; impractical |
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