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GRE prep
common GRE vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aberrant | markedly different from an accepted form |
| aberration | deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course |
| abet | to aid, promote, or encourage the doing of something wrong (an offense) |
| abeyance | a state of suspension or temporary inaction |
| abjure | to recant; renounce; repudiate under oath |
| ablution | a washing or cleansing, esp. of the body |
| abrogate | to abolish; repeal |
| abscond | to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest |
| abstemious | characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of food or drink |
| abstruse | dealing with matters difficult to understand |
| abut | to touch the end or boundary line |
| accede | to agree |
| acquiesce | to comply; to accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| acrid | harshly pungent or bitter |
| acumen | the ability to make good judgements and quick decisions |
| adage | an old saying |
| adamant | any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability (n.) refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind (adj.) |
| admonition | gentle reproof |
| adumbrate | to represent beforehand in outline or by emblem |
| affable | easy to approach |
| aggrandize | to cause to appear greatly |
| aggravate | to make heavier, worse, or more burdensome |
| agile | able to move or act quickly, physically or mentally |
| agog | in eager desire to hear or see something |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| alcove | a covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room |
| alleviate | to make less burdensome or less hard to bear |
| aloof | not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant |
| amalgamate | to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body |
| ameliorate | to relieve, as from pain or hardship |
| anathema | anything forbidden, as by social usage |
| animadversion | the utterance of criticism or censure |
| animosity | hatred |
| antediluvian | of or pertaining to the time, things, and events before the great flood in the days of Noah |
| antidote | anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like |
| aplomb | confidence; coolness |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authority or authenticity |
| apogee | the climax |
| apostate | false |
| apotheosis | deification; worship, regard, or treat as a god |
| apparition | ghost |
| appease | to soothe by quieting anger or indignation |
| apposite | appropriate |
| apprise | to give notice to; inform |
| approbation | sanction |
| aboreal | of or pertaining to a tree or trees |
| ardor | intensity of a passion or affection |
| argot | a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group |
| arrant | notoriously bad |
| ascetic | given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion |
| ascribe | to assign as a quality or attribute |
| asperity | harshness or roughness of temper |
| assiduous | unceasing; persistent |
| assuage | to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease |
| astringent | harsh in disposition or character |
| astute | keen in discernment |
| atonement | amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury |
| audacious | fearless |
| augury | omen |
| auspicious | favorable omen |
| austere | severely simple; unadorned |
| autocrat | anyone who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence |
| auxiliary | one who aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory |
| avarice | passion for getting and keeping riches |
| aver | to avouch, justify, or prove; state or assert to be the case |
| aversion | a mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing |
| avow | to declare openly |
| baleful | malignant |
| banal | commonplace |
| bask | to make warm by genial heat |
| beatify | to make supremely happy |
| bedaub | to smear over, as with something oily or sticky |
| bellicose | warlike |
| belligerent | manifesting a warlike spirit |
| benefactor | a doer of kindly and charitable acts |
| benevolence | any act of kindness or well doing |
| benign | good and kind of heart |
| berate | to scold severely |
| bewilder | to confuse the perceptions or judgement of |
| blandishment | flattery intended to persuade |
| blatant | noisily or offensively loud or clamorous |
| blithe | joyous |
| boisterous | unchecked merriment or animal spirits |
| bolster | to support, as something wrong |
| bombast | inflated or extravagant language, esp. on unimportant subjects |
| breach | to violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation |
| brittle | fragile |
| broach | to mention, for the first time |
| bumptious | full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit |
| buoyant | having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat |
| burnish | to make brilliant or shining |
| cabal | a number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose; a secret political clique or faction |
| cacophony | a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound |
| cajole | to impose on or dupe by flattering speech |
| callow | without experience of the world; inexperienced; immature |
| calumny | slander |
| candid | straightforward and truthful; frank |
| cant | to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity |
| capacious | roomy; having a lot of space inside |
| capitulate | to surrender or stipulate terms |
| captious | hypercritical |
| castigate | to punish |
| cataract | opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness |
| caustic | sarcastic and severe |
| censure | to criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval |
| centurion | a captain of a company of 100 infantry in the ancient Roman army |
| chagrin | keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors |
| chary | careful; wary; cautious |
| chicanery | the use of trickery to deceive |
| circumlocution | indirect or roundabout expression |
| coddle | to treat as a baby or invalid |
| coerce | to force |
| coeval | existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary |
| cogent | appealing strongly to the reason or conscience; clear, logical, and convincing |
| cogitate | consider carefully and deeply; ponder |
| cognizant | taking notice; to have knowledge or be aware of |
| colloquial: pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary; used in ordinary or familiar conversation | |
| collusion: a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose | |
| comestible: fit to be eaten | |
| commemorate: to serve as a remembrance of | |
| complaisance: politeness; agreeable; willing to please others | |
| complement: to make complete | |
| comport: to conduct or behave oneself | |
| compunction: remorseful feeling; feeling of guilt that follows the doing of something bad | |
| conceit: self-flattering opinion | |
| conciliatory: tending to reconcile | |
| concord: harmony | |
| concur: to agree | |
| condense: to abridge; make something denser or more concentrated | |
| conflagration: a great, extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property | |
| confluence: the place where streams meet | |
| congeal: to coagulate or solidify, esp. by cooling | |
| conjoin: to unite | |
| connoisseur: a critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art | |
| console: to comfort | |
| conspicuous: clearly visible | |
| consternation: panic; feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | |
| constrict: to bind; make narrower | |
| consummate: to bring to completion | |
| contiguous: touching or joining at the edge or boundary | |
| contrite: broken in spirit because of a sense of sin; feeling or expressing remorse or penitence | |
| contumacious: rebellious; stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority | |
| copious: plenteous; abundant in quantity | |
| cornucopia: the horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. | |
| corporeal: of a material nature; physical. | |
| correlate: to put in some relation of connection or correspondence. | |
| corroboration: confirmation. | |
| counterfeit: made to resemble something else. | |
| countervail: to offset. | |
| covert: concealed, especially for an evil purpose. | |
| cower: to crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. | |
| crass: coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. | |
| credulous: easily deceived. | |
| cupidity | avarice; greed for money or possessions |
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