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New GRE Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diluvial | Pertaining to the biblical flood |
| Indigent | Poor |
| Impecunious | Without money (pecu-cow; cow=money) |
| Pellucid | Clarity of thought |
| Perspicuous | Clarity of presentation |
| Affable | A person who is friendly/congenial |
| Magesterial | Authoritative |
| Stymied | Thwarted |
| Galvanized | To rally/strengthen |
| Diffidence | Lack of confidence |
| Lackey | Low-level followers |
| Interloping | Intruding |
| Resplendence | Brilliance |
| Woodenness | Awkwardness or stiffness |
| Deportment | Behavior |
| Dogma | A set of beliefs |
| Credence | Credability |
| Vehemence | Intensity |
| Abhorrent | Causing repulsion |
| Debonair | Stylish |
| Disconsolate | Inconsolably sad |
| Lachrymose | Tearful |
| Nonplussed | Baffled or perplexed |
| Maudlin | Sentimental |
| Assuaged | Soothed |
| Convivial | Friendly |
| Galled | Irritated |
| Irascible | Irritable |
| Spurious | Inauthentic or erroneous |
| Droll | Amusing |
| Salacious | Lustful or erotically suggestive |
| Lecherous | Lustful or erotically suggestive |
| Obdurate | Stubborn |
| Abstruse | Obscure |
| Impugn | Challenge |
| Acquiesced | take responsibility |
| Alacrity | Speed |
| Dour | Sullen |
| Nascent | Emerging |
| Prescient | Having foreknowledge |
| Indefatigable | Pursuing tirelessly |
| Niggardly | Stingy |
| Repudiated | Refused to accept |
| Sallow | Unhealthy |
| Rubicund | Having a reddish hue |
| Bronzed | Tan |
| Copse | A group of trees |
| Myopic | Narrow minded/nearsighted |
| Pliant | Adaptable |
| Pedantic | A person who shows off what they know |
| Perfunctory | Done in a routine or indifferent way |
| Timorous | Showing Nervousness |
| Nonpareil | Unrivaled |
| Convalescent | Recovering |
| Acquiescent | Submissive or Agreeing |
| Coterie | A tightly bound group of people working for a common goal |
| Largesse | Generosity with finances |
| Celerity | Rapidity in motion or action |
| Sycophants | Flatterers; people who feign friendship and aid to achieve their own purposes |
| Recidivists | People who return to bad behavior |
| Denigration | Defamation or Strong cristicism |
| Approbation | Commendation or Praise |
| Transient | Temporary |
| Fallacious | Wrong |
| Plebian | Working Class |
| Carping | Inclined to criticism |
| Prevaricator | "One who fabricates or deceives" |
| Philanderer | "One who carries on flirtations" |
| Remonstrator | "One who rebukes" |
| Machiavellian | Cunning, devious and ruthless |
| Faustian | Done for present gain without regard to future cost or consequences |
| Herculean | Of extraordinary power or intensity |
| Surreptitiously | Sneakily or without being seen |
| Profligately | Wastefully or extravagantly |
| Recriminations | Accussations |
| Reparations | making amends for a wrong |
| Acrimony | Anger and bitterness |
| Exonerated | Relieved of responsibility |
| Emended | correcting errors in a written docment |
| Sagacious | Wise |
| Transient | Passing through with a brief stop |
| Reify | To treat something as if it had material existence |
| Exculpate | To pardon or clear from blame |
| Effectuated | Cause something |
| Abrogate | To abolish |
| Obviate | Suggest something that has not yet happened |
| Extolled | To highly praise |
| Abstruse/Esoteric | Difficult to understand |
| Pedagogical | Instructive |
| Winsome | Charming or appealing |
| Cagey | Cautious or noncommittal |
| Rancorous | Referring to bitter sentiments |
| Brusque | Gruff or blunt |
| Mawkish | Overly Sentimental |
| Sanguine | Confident or optimistic |
| Cloying | Overly sweet |
| Byzantine | Devious and complex |
| Neoteric | Fresh, new or original |
| Obsolescent | No longer useful because of how old it is |
| Diffident | Lacking confidence |
| Curmudgeonly | Cranky |
| Lassitude | Weariness |
| Clemency | Mercy |
| Obstinacy | Stubbornness |
| Reticence | Hesitation |
| Malaise | A feeling of illness or weakness |
| Sufeit | Excess |
| Cynicism | A distrust of human nature |
| Propinquity | Nearness |
| Ubiquity | The quality of being everywhere |
| Propitious | Favorable |
| Prolix | Excessively wordy |
| Ulterior | Concealed or unsaid |
| Categorical | Absolute, without exception |
| Heterodox | Unorthodox |
| Culled | Selected a few from among many |
| Attenuate | Lessen or weaken |
| Acceding | Agreeing or approving |
| Tyro | Beginner or initiate |
| Absconded | Left in secret |
| Pusillanimous | Cowardly |
| Plaintive | Sad |
| Impetuousness | Impulsiveness |
| Jounced | Bounced down |
| Ethereal | Celestial |
| Slipshod | Careless |
| Prortean | Changing |
| Permutation | An ordered arrangement |
| Esoteric | Cryptic |
| Ambient | in the surrounding area |
| Incorrigible | Unable to be corrected; unruly |
| Garrulous | Talkative |
| Intransigent | Uncompromising |
| Antithesis | An exact opposite |
| Maverick | Non-conformist |
| Bane | Something that causes distress ir destruction |
| Commodious | Expansive or capacious |
| Grandiloquent | Extravagant or pompous speech |
| Extirpate | To surgically remove |
| Obstreperous | Unruly and noisy |
| Concomitant | Happening at the same time |
| Chimerical | Imaginary |
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