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NOVA GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abash | humiliate, embarrass |
| abdicate | relinquish |
| aberrant | abnormal ab- not dent- not normal |
| abet | aid, encourage (typically of crime) |
| abeyance | postponement |
| aboriginal | indigenous |
| abridge | shorten |
| abstemious | moderate to abstain |
| acclimate | to accustom oneself to the climate |
| accost | to approach and speak to someone |
| acquiesce | agree passively |
| acumen | insight |
| adamant | insistent |
| admonish | warn gently |
| adulterate | contaminate |
| adversity | hardship |
| aegis | that which protects |
| aesthetic | pleasing to the senses, beautiful |
| affable | friendly |
| affinity | fondness |
| aggregate | collect |
| aghast | horrified |
| alacrity | swiftness |
| alienate | antagonize |
| alleviate | assuage |
| altruism | benevolence |
| amalgamation | mixture |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| ambivalence | conflicting emotions |
| amenable | agreeable -amenities |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| anachronistic | out of historic order |
| analogus | similar |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| anathema | curse -enemy |
| animus | hate -animosity |
| anomalous | abnormal |
| antipathy | hatred, repulsion |
| antipodal | exact opposite |
| antiquated | outdated, obsolete |
| apathy | indifference |
| appease | pacify |
| approbation | approval |
| artless | naive, simple |
| ascetic | self-denying |
| assiduous | hard-working |
| assimilate | absorb |
| audacity | boldness |
| auspicious | favorable |
| austere | harsh, spartan |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| avarice | greed |
| axiom | self-evident |
| banal | trite |
| belie | misrepresent |
| belittle | disparage |
| bellicose | warlike |
| benefactor | patron |
| boisterous | noisy |
| boor | vulgar person |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| bucolic | rural, rustic |
| buttress | support |
| cachet | prestige -badge |
| cacophony | dissonance |
| callow | inexperienced |
| canon | rule |
| capacious | spacious |
| capitulate | surrender |
| castigate | criticize |
| cathartic | purifying; purgative (like purging) |
| catholic | universal |
| caustic | scathing of speech -acid |
| censure | condemn |
| chagrin | embarrassment |
| charlatan | quack |
| chary | cautious |
| coagulate | thicken |
| coda | concluding passage |
| cogent | well-put, convincing -agent is someone that tries to convince |
| collusion | conspiracy |
| commensurate | proportionate |
| commiserate | empathize |
| compensatory | redeeming |
| compliant | obedient |
| conciliatory | reconciling |
| condone | overlook wrongdoing |
| conducive | contributing -conductor |
| connoisseur | expert |
| consensus | agreement |
| contentious | argumentative |
| conundrum | puzzle; enigma |
| convoluted | twisted, complicated |
| covenant | agreement, pact |
| covert | secret |
| credence | belief |
| credulous | believing |
| cynical | scornful of the movtives of others |
| dauntless | courageous |
| dearth | scarcity |
| defamation | slander |
| deference | courteously yielding to another -to defer; difference |
| deleterious | harmful |
| delineate | draw a line around |
| demur | objection; take exception to -damn, you are wrong |
| denigrate | defame -degrade |
| deprecate | belittle -depreciate |
| desiccate | dehydrate |
| despot | tyrant |
| destitute | poor |
| desultory | without direction in life |
| deterrent | hindrance |
| devoid | empty |
| devout | pious; devoted to religion |
| diatribe | long denunciation |
| dichotomy | a division into two parts |
| didactic | instructional; -dictate |
| diffident | shy -different; shy is not the norm |
| digress | ramble; lose clarity -to move away from progress |
| disabuse | correct a misconception |
| discerning | observing; perceptive |
| discord | lack of harmony |
| discrete | separate |
| discretion | prudence; quality of being discreet |
| disingenuous | deceptive |
| disparate | various |
| disseminate | distribute |
| dissent | disagree |
| dissolution | disintegration |
| dissonance | discord |
| distend | swell -opposite of extend |
| divest | strip, deprive -opposite of invest -vestitude |
| divulge | disclose -dive right into it |
| dogmatic | certain, unchanging in opinion |
| dormant | asleep |
| eclectic | from many sources |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| effigy | likeness, mannequin |
| effloresce | to bloom -flower |
| effrontery | insolence; audactiy; temerity -to front |
| elicit | provoke |
| eloquent | well-spoken |
| emanicipate | liberate |
| embellish | exaggerate |
| endemic | peculiar to a particular region -think of end of an epidemic |
| enervate | weaken |
| engender | generate |
| ennui | boredom -annoyed with everything |
| enumerate | count |
| esoteric | known by only a few -historic things are known to a few people |
| esthetic | artistic -aesthetic |
| euphemism | genteel expression |
| euphoria | elation -you live for... |
| evanescent | fleeing, very brief |
| exacerbate | worsen |
| exasperate | worsen |
| exhibitionist | one who draws attention to himself |
| exonerate | free from blame |
| expedite | hasten |
| extemporize | improvise -extra tempo bc w/o preparation |
| extol | praise highly |
| facetious | joking, sarcastic -making funny faces |
| facilitate | make easier |
| fallacy | false belief |
| fathom | understand |
| fervor | intensity |
| fickle | always changing one's mind -icky situation, hard time to make up one's mind |
| filibuster | long speech |
| fledgling | just beginning |
| flout | to show disregard for the law -foul out in baseball |
| foment | instigate -torment |
| forsake | abandon |
| fortuitous | lucky |
| foster | encourage |
| frugal | thrifty |
| fulminate | denounce -fully committed to terminate |
| furtive | stealthy -far from truth |
| gainsay | contradict -to gain something, you must challenge by saying it |
| germane | relevant -germain. um how is she relevant again? |
| glib | insincere manner; slick |
| gratuitous | unwarranted, uncalled for |
| gregarious | sociable |
| halcyon | serene |
| hamper | obstruct |
| harangue | tirade -her anger |
| harry | harass |
| hedonism | excessive pursuit of pleasure in life |
| hegemony | authority, domination -germany |
| histrionic | overly dramatic -hysteria |
| homogeneous | uniform |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| hypocritical | deceiving |
| iconoclast | someone who denounces sacred traditions -clash against iconic figures |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity |
| imminent | about to happen |
| impecunious | indigent |
| imperative | vital |
| imperturbable | calm |
| impervious | impenetrable |
| impetuous | impulsive -petulant |
| implicit | implied |
| impolitic | unwise -people in politics are not wise |
| impulsive | act suddenly |
| impunity | exemption from harm |
| inadvertent | unintentional -in (not) advertisement |
| incendiary | inflammatory |
| incipient | beginning |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| incorrigible | indisputable |
| indifferent | unconcerned |
| indigent | poor |
| indolent | lazy |
| indomitable | invincible -impossible to dominate |
| ineffable | inexpressible -in(not) fable |
| inert | inactive -innertia |
| inherent | innate |
| inhibit | restrain |
| inimical | hostile -enemy |
| insatiable | gluttonous; impossilbe to satisfy |
| insidious | treacherous -something inside or hidden |
| insipid | flat, dull |
| insufferable | unbearable |
| insular | narrow-minded |
| intangible | not perceptible by touch |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| intractable | unmanageable |
| intrepid | fearless |
| inundate | flood |
| inure | accustom, habituate, harden -in yourself |
| invective | verbal insult |
| inveigle | lure -invite |
| irascible | irritable |
| irresolute | hesitant, uncertain |
| itinerary | route |
| judicious | prudent |
| laconic | brief, terse |
| lassitude | lethargy |
| laudatory | commendable |
| levity | frivolity -leave it without seriousness |
| lucid | clearly understood |
| lurid | ghastly -horrid |
| machiavellian | politically crafty, cunning |
| magnanimous | generous, kindhearted |
| magnate | powerful, successful person |
| malevolence | bad intent, malice |
| malinger | shirk; to feign illness |
| malleable | moldable, tractable |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| miscreant | evildoer -opposite of what is created |
| mitigate | lessen the severity |
| mundane | ordinary |
| nadir | lowest point |
| narcissism | self-love |
| nascent | incipient |
| neologism | newly coined expression -new logic |
| nonplus | confound -why did i not get an A+ |
| noxious | toxic |
| obfuscate | bewilder, muddle |
| obtuse | stupid |
| obviate | to prevent |
| odious | despicable |
| officious | forward, obtrusive |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| onerous | burdensome -ON US |
| opprobrium | disgrace -opium |
| oscillate | waver |
| paean | song of praise -piano |
| paradigm | model |
| paragon | standard of excellence |
| parody | imitation, ridicule |
| parsimonious | stingy |
| paucity | scarcity |
| pedagogical | pertaining to teaching -pedophile must be taught a lesson |
| pedantic | bookish -patent |
| penchant | inclination |
| penury | poverty |
| pernicious | destructive -per noxious |
| perpetuity | eternity |
| perspicacious | keen -perspective, perceptive |
| pervade | permeate |
| philanthropic | charitable |
| phlegmatic | sluggish -pragmatic |
| piety | devoutness |
| pious | devout, holy |
| piquant | tart-tasting, spicy -QUANT is more delighful than Verbal |
| pithy | concise -math pi is concise |
| platitude | trite remark |
| platonic | nonsexual |
| plethora | overabundance |
| polemic | controversy -political polls are controversial |
| posthumous | after death |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precarious | dangerous, risky -Care to do something dangerous |
| precipitate | cause |
| precursor | forerunner |
| preponderance | predominance; prevalence |
| presumptuous | assuming; excessively forward -make assumptions |
| pretentious | ostentatious |
| pretext | excuse |
| prevaricate | lie |
| probity | integrity -probe |
| problematic | uncertain |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| prodigy | genius |
| profligate | licentious, prodigal |
| profound | deep |
| profusion | overabundance |
| prolific | fruitful, productive |
| propensity | inclination |
| proportionate | commensurate |
| propriety | decorum -proper |
| prosaic | uninspired, flat |
| proscribe | prohibit -pre scribe |
| protuberance | bulge -protrude |
| pundit | politically astute person -smart people comes up with intelligent puns |
| pungent | sharp smell or taste |
| qualms | misgivings |
| quash | put down, suppress -squash |
| querulous | complaining |
| quixotic | impractical, romanitc |
| raconteur | story teller |
| recalcitrant | stubborn -companies recall bc determined to fix |
| recant | retract |
| redoubtable | formidable, unnerving -if you doubt yourself again... |
| refractory | obstinate |
| relegate | assign to an inferior position |
| renege | break a promise |
| renounce | disown |
| reprehensible | blameworthy |
| reproach | blame |
| reprobate | miscreant |
| repudiate | disavow |
| requisite | necessary |
| rescind | revoke |
| resolute | determined |
| reticent | reserved |
| retribution | reprisal |
| reverent | respectful |
| rhapsody | ecstasy |
| rhetoric | elocution, grandiloquence |
| sanctimonious | self-righteous |
| sanction | approval |
| sanguinary | gory, murderous -gory |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| satire | ridicule |
| schism | rift |
| secular | worldly, nonreligious |
| sedulous | diligent -to seduce |
| severance | division |
| skeptical | doubtful |
| solicitous | considerate, concerned -solicit with consideration |
| solvent | financially sounds |
| sophistry | specious reasoning -appears sophicated |
| specious | false but plausible -suspicious |
| spurious | false, counterfeit -spur of the moment is wrong |
| squander | waste |
| stupefy | deaden, dumfound |
| stymie | hinder, thwart |
| sullen | sulky, sour |
| supercilious | arrogant -super conscious |
| superfluous | overabundant -super flowing |
| surfeit | overabundance -surplus |
| synthesis | combination |
| tacit | understood without being spoken |
| temerity | boldness |
| tenuous | thing, insubstantial -attentuate; tennis players |
| terse | concise |
| torpid | lethargic, inactive |
| tractable | docile, manageable |
| transient | fleeting, temporary |
| trenchant | incisive, penetrating |
| truculent | fierce -trunk |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent, pervasive |
| ulterior | hidden, covert |
| untenable | cannot be achieved -unattenable |
| untoward | perverse -not toward your interest |
| urbane | refined, worldly |
| vacillate | waver |
| venerable | revered -honorable |
| veracity | truthfulness -verify |
| verbose | wordy |
| vernacular | common speech |
| vex | annoy |
| viable | capable of surviving |
| vilify | defame -villain |
| virulent | deadly, poisonous |
| vitriolic | scathing; acidic -vie for liquor |
| vituperative | abusive |
| vivacious | lively |
| volatile | unstable |
| voluminous | bulky, extensive |
| voracious | hungry |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| zealot | fanatic |
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