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GRE VOCABLUARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABBERANT | Abnormal; different from the accepted norm. |
| ABEYANCE | State of suspension; temporary inaction. |
| ABSCOND | To sneak away. |
| ABSTEMIOUS | Indicative of self-denial, particularly with food or drink |
| ABSTRUSE | Difficult to comprehend |
| ACCESSIBLE | Easy to understand, especially by a certain group. |
| ACQUIESCENT | Agreeing without protest. |
| ACRID | Bitter, harsh |
| ACRIMONIOUS | Bitter in temper, manner and speech |
| ACUMEN | Keenness, quickness of intellectual insight. |
| ADMONITION | A gentle reproof. |
| AFFECT (NOUN) | Emotion that influences behavior. |
| AFFRONT | To deliberately offend, as with a gesture |
| AGGRANDIZE | To widen in scope or make bigger or greater. |
| AGGREGATE | Amounting to a whole. |
| ALLAY | To reduce the intensity of. |
| AMALGAMATE | To mix or blend together in a homogenous body. |
| AMERLIORATE | To make better or improve. |
| ANACHRONOUS | Out of place in time. |
| ANECDOTE | A short account of an interesting incident. |
| ARCHIPELAGO | A large group of islands. |
| ARTICULATE | Well-spoken, eloquent |
| ARTIFICE | Cleverness or skill |
| ARTLESS | Without deceit or cunning; sincere. |
| ASCETIC | Representative of severe self-denial. |
| ASSIDUOUS | Persistent, unceasing. |
| AUGMENT | To increase in measure or intensity. |
| AUSTERE | Unadorned; severely simple. |
| AVARICE | Extreme greed and hoarding. |
| AVER | To declare or profess. |
| BANAL | Trite, commonplace. |
| BASE | Simple, boring. |
| BELIE | To present a false front. |
| BESET | To surround, as in attack. |
| BLATANT | Very obvious, offensively loud, or coarsely conspicuous. |
| BOLSTER | To support; to reinforce. |
| BOMBASTIC | Using inflated language, pompous. |
| BOON | A timely benefit; a blessing. |
| BREVITY | Briefness or conciseness. |
| BROWBEAT | To intimidate in an overbearing manner. |
| BUMPTIOUS | Offensively self-assertive; pushy. |
| BUNGIE | To perform clumsily or inadequately; botch. |
| BURGEON | To grow forth; to send out buds. |
| CACAPHONY | A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or tone. |
| CALLOUS | Insensitive; indifferent. |
| CALUMINATE | To make false and malicious statements about; to slander. |
| CANDOR | The quality of being open and sincere. |
| CANTANKEROUS | Bad-tempered and uncooperative. |
| CARP | To complain unreasonably. |
| CHAOS | A state of disorder and confusion. |
| CHICANERY | Trickery, deception, especially through the use of questionable logic. |
| CHURL | A rude, boorish and surly person. |
| CODA | Concluding section of a musical or literary piece, something that summarizes. |
| CODIFY | To assemble related laws or principles into a systematic collection. |
| COGNIZANT | Aware, taking notice. |
| COHORT | A companion or associate. |
| COLLOQUIAL | Pertaining to common speech. |
| COMMENSURATE | Corresponding in amount, quality or degree. |
| COMPLACENCY | A feeling of quiet security, satisfaction. |
| CONCILLATORY | A state of seeking to reconcile or make peace. |
| CONCRETE | Actual, irrefutable, as in concrete evidence. |
| CONFIDANTE | One to whom secrets are confided. |
| CONGRUOUS | Appropriate of fitting. |
| CONSTERNATION | Unsettling dismay or amazement. |
| CONSUMMATE | To bring to completion. |
| CONTENTIOUS | Quarrelsome |
| CONTRITE | Penitent, apologetic. |
| CONTUMACIOUS | Rebellious |
| CORDIAL | Polite in a pleasant way. |
| CORROBORATE | To make more certain, confirm. |
| COUNTENANCE | Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face. |
| COUNTER | To go against or attempt to undermine an action. |
| COUNTERPART | A person or thing resembling or complimenting another. |
| CRAVEN | Cowardly. |
| CREDULITY | Willingness to behave or trust readily. |
| CRONYISM | The practice of favoring one's friends especially in political appointments. |
| CURMEDGEON | An ill-tempered person. |
| CURSORY | Hasty, superficial, as of a review of something. |
| DEARTH | An inadequate supply; scarcity,; lack. |
| DEBACLE | A complete collapse or failure. |
| DECORUM | Orderliness and good taste in manners. |
| DEFERENT | In a state of giving in and out of respect for another person. |
| DELETERIOUS | Hurtful, morally or physically. |
| DELINEATE | To represent by sketch or diagrams; to describe precisely in words. |
| DEPRAVITY | The state of being morally bad or evil. |
| DERIDE | To ridicule; to make fun of. |
| DERISION | Ridicule |
| DERIVATIVE | Something obtained or developed from a source. |
| DESULTORY | Aimless, haphazard |
| DIATRIBE | Bitter or malicious criticism. |
| DIDACTIC | For the purpose of teaching. |
| DIFFIDENCE | Lacking confidence. |
| DILATORY | Causing delay. |
| DISCONCERT | To disturb the composure of. |
| DISCRETION | Using one's own judgment, being discreet. |
| DISINGENUOUS | Insincere, phony |
| DISQUIET | Lack of calm, peace or ease. |
| DISSEMBLE | To disguise or pretend in order to deceive or mislead. |
| DISSOLUTION | Breaking up of a union of persons. |
| DISSONANT | Out of harmony, incongruous. |
| DIVERGENT | Deviating from a certain course. |
| DIVEST | To strip; to deprive, often in terms of proerty. |
| DIVULGE | To tell or make known, generally of something secret or private. |
| DOCTRINAIRE | A person who's fanatical about enforcing a certain principle, regardless of its practicality. |
| DOGMATIC | Forceful and unwavering, allowing no room for interpretation or dissent. |
| DOLDRUMS | A state of inactivity or low spirits. |
| DUBIOUS | Doubtful. |
| DUPE | Someone who's easily fooled; to fool someone. |
| DUPLICITY | Deceitfulness. |
| EBULLIENT | Showing great enthusiasm or exhilaration. |
| ECLECTIC | Drawn from multiple sources or based on multiple styles. |
| EFFICACIOUS | Capable of producing the intended result. |
| EFFICACY | Power to produce an intended effect. |
| EFFRONTERY | Shameless boldness; impudence. |
| EGGREGIOUS | Seriously bad or wrong. |
| EGRESS | Exit |
| ELEGY | A poem lamenting the dead. |
| ELICIT | To extract (usually information, a reaction or an emotional response) without the use of force; to learn through discussion. |
| ELITISM | Consciousness or pride belonging to a select group. |
| EMBELLISH | To beautify or enhance additional features with information. |
| EMPIRICAL | Proven by observed occurrence or existence. |
| EMULATE | Imitate |
| ENDEMIC | Characteristic of a specific place or culture. |
| ENERVATE | To weaken |
| ENGENDER | To produce or to make something come into existence. |
| ENIGMATIC | Mysterious, perplexing |
| ENNUL | Boredom |
| EPHEMERAL | Short-lived; fleeting |
| EQUABLE | Free from many changes or variations. |
| EQUANIMITY | Evenness of mind or temper. |
| EQUIVOCAL | Ambiguous |
| EQUIVOCATE | To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitments or to mislead. |
| ERADICATE | To destroy completely. |
| ERUDITE | Very well educated |
| ESCHEW | To keep clear of, avoid. |
| ESOTERIC | Hard to understand, known only by few. |
| EUPHEMISM | A nice way of saying something that's otherwise unpleasant. |
| EXACERBATE | To make sharper or more severe; to make worse. |
| EXCULPATE | To free from blame. |
| EXIGENCY | Urgent situation. |
| EXPATIATE | To speak or write at some length on a given topic or theme. |
| EXPIATION | The means by which atonement or reparation is made. |
| EXTENUATING | The state of explaining or justifying in order to lessen the seriousness of an action. |
| EXTIRPATE | To root out; to eradicate. |
| EXTRAPOLATION | To infer an unknown from something that's known. |
| FACETIOUS | Not intended to be taken seriously. |
| FACILITATE | To make easier. |
| FALLACIOUS | Illogical. |
| FACTUOUS | Idiotic |
| FELICITOUS | Appropriate or suitable for the situation or circumstances. |
| FERRET OUT | To track down; discover. |
| FERVOR | Ardor or intensity of feeling. |
| FLEDGLING | Inexperienced. |
| FOMENT | To instigate or encourage negative behavior, such as violence. |
| FORESTALL | To prevent by taking action in advance. |
| FORTIFICATION | The act of strengthening or protecting |
| FRUGAL | Thrifty |
| FULMINATE | To cause to explode; to detonate |
| FUMBLE | To feel or grope about clumsily |
| GAFFE | A social blunder; faux pas |
| GAINSAY | To contradict or oppose |
| GARRULOUS | Prone to trivial talking |
| GENEROSITY | The state of giving freely |
| GERMANE | Relevant |
| GOAD | To urge on |
| GRANDILOQUENT | Speaking or expressing oneself in a lofty style |
| GRANDSTAND | To conduct oneself or perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers |
| GREGARIOUS | Sociable, outgoing |
| GROUSE | To complain or grumble |
| GUILELESS | Without deceit |
| GULLIBLE | Easily deceived |
| HALCYON | Calm |
| HAPHAZARD | Characterized by a lack of order or planning |
| HARANGUE | A tirade |
| HARBINGER | Anything or anyone who makes known the coming of a person or future event; an omen |
| HEDGE | A barrier or boundary; an act of preventing complete loss of a bet or investment |
| HERESY | Opinion or doctrine subversive of settled or accepted beliefs. |
| HOMEGENOUS | Of the same kind |
| HYPERBOLE | Exaggeration or overstatement |
| ICONOCLAST | A person who attacks and destroys religious images or accepted beliefs or traditions |
| IGNOMINIOUS | Shameful, disgraceful |
| IMBROGLIO | Entanglement, as in a situation |
| IMMENSE | Very large |
| IMPARTIAL | Objective, open-minded |
| IMPECUNIOUS | Having no money; broke |
| IMPEDE | To hinder; to block |
| IMPENITENT | Not feeling regret about one's sins |
| IMPERIOUS | Domineering, overbearing, urgent |
| IMPERTUBABLE | Calm |
| IMPERVIOUS | Impenetrable |
| IMPETUOUS | Impulsive |
| IMPLICIT | Implied |
| IMPORTUNE | To harass with persistent demands |
| IMPUGN | To challenge as false with arguments or accusations |
| INADVERTENTLY | Unintentional |
| INANE | A nicer word for describing someone or something as stupid or idiotic |
| INCENSED | Angered |
| INCHOATE | Recently begun, not fully developed or organized. |
| INCONSTANT | Changeable, fickle, variable |
| INDIGENOUS | Originating in a particular place or region |
| INDIGENT | Lacking necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter |
| INDOLENCE | Laziness |
| INEFFABLE | Incapable of being expressed in words, unutterable |
| INERT | Inactive, lacking power to move or react |
| INEXORABLE | Not subject to change; not able to be persuaded or convinced |
| INGENUOUS | Innocent and sincere |
| INGRATIATING | Charming and agreeable |
| INNOCUOUS | Harmess |
| INSENSIBLE | Incapable of perceiving or feeling |
| INSINUATE | To suggest or hint slyly |
| INSIPID | Bland |
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