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Barron 800 HFW
Barron's High-Frequency GRE Words (800) Selection
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| approbration | praise |
| ardor vs. arduous | passion vs. difficult |
| artless | natural; guileless |
| aspersion | slander |
| audacious | bold; daring |
| axiomatic | taken for granted |
| blandishment | flattery |
| cadge | to beg |
| calumny | malicious slander |
| capricious | fickle |
| captious | fault-finding |
| castigation | punishment; criticism |
| categorical | absolute; without exception |
| cloister | to confine; seclude |
| compendium | brief summary |
| complacent vs. complaisant | self-satisfied vs. overly polite |
| compunction | uneasiness caused by guilt |
| conciliatory | overcoming distrust or hostility |
| conscript | person drafted into the military |
| continence | self-control; abstinence |
| contrite | sorrowful; remorseful |
| contumacious | disobedient; rebellious |
| convivial | sociable |
| cozen | to trick; deceive |
| demur | to express doubt |
| desiccate | to dry completely |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| desultory | random; disconnected; rambling |
| diffidence | shyness |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| disinterested | unprejudiced; objective |
| dissemble | to pretend; disguise one's motives |
| distrait | inattentive; preoccupied |
| ebullient | exhilarated; enthusiastic |
| effete | depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent |
| Elysian | blissful; delightful |
| encomium | formal praise |
| endemic | inherent; belonging to an area |
| enervate | to weaken |
| equanimity | composure; calmness |
| equivocate | to intentionally use vague language |
| exact | to force payment of; demand and obtain by authority |
| execrable | detestable |
| expatiate | to speak or write at length |
| expiate | to atone for |
| extemporaneous | unrehearsed; improvised |
| factotum | a handyman |
| fatuous | foolishly self-satisfied |
| felicitous | suitable; appropriate; well-chosen |
| fetid | having a bad smell |
| fetter | to bind; confine |
| fiat | arbitrary order; authorization |
| flag | to droop; grow weak |
| flout | to treat scornfully |
| foment | incite; arouse |
| forbearance | patience |
| forswear | renounce; repudiate |
| fracas | loud quarrel; brawl |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious |
| froward | obstinately disobedient |
| fulminate | to attack loudly; denounce |
| fulsome | so excessive as to be disgusting |
| gainsay | to deny; dispute; oppose |
| gambol | to frolic; leap playfully |
| garrulous | very talkative; wordy |
| glib | offhand; slick; smooth-talking |
| grouse | to complain |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful |
| harrowing | distressing; terrifying |
| hermetic | tightly sealed; magical |
| hirstute | hairy |
| imbroglio | complicated situation; entanglement |
| impassive | showing no emotion |
| impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being affected |
| impinge | to strike; encroach |
| implacable | inflexible; incapable of being pleased |
| imprecation | curse |
| impute | attribute; assign; relate to a cause or source |
| inchoate | imperfectly formed |
| incursion | sudden invasion |
| indigence | poverty |
| indolent | lazy |
| ineluctable | inevitable; unavoidable |
| ingenuous | naive; lacking sophistication |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive |
| insouciant | indifferent; lacking concern |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| insuperable | insurmountable; unconquerable |
| interdict | to forbid |
| internecine | deadly to both sides |
| interpolate | to insert; change by addition |
| intimate | to make known subtly and indirectly |
| intractable | not easily managed |
| intransigence | stubbornness |
| inured | hardened; accustomed; used to |
| inveigle | to win over by flattery or coaxing |
| inveterate | confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted |
| irascible | easily angered |
| irresolute | weak; unsure of how to act |
| itinerant | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| jibe | to be in agreement |
| labile | likely to change |
| laconic | using few words |
| lassitude | lethargy; sluggishness |
| Lilliputian | extremely small |
| limn | to draw; describe |
| limpid | clear; transparent |
| litany | repetitive chant; lengthy recitation |
| lucre | money or profits |
| maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil |
| malinger | to feign illness; escape duty |
| mendacious | dishonest |
| mendicant | beggar |
| meretricious | gaudy; plausible but false; specious |
| mettle | courage; endurance |
| militate | to work against |
| minatory | threatening; menacing |
| modicum | limited quantity |
| monolithic | solid and uniform |
| multifarious | diverse |
| nexus | means of connection; a connected group or series; a center |
| nostrum | medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure |
| nugatory | trifling; invalid |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obsequious | overly submissive |
| obsequy | funeral ceremony |
| obviate | to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent |
| occlude | to shut; block |
| officious | too helpful; meddlesome |
| onerous | burdensome |
| opprobrium | disgrace; contempt |
| overweening | presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing |
| paean | song of joy or triumph; fervant expression of joy |
| pallid | lacking color or liveliness |
| panegyric | elaborate praise; formal hymn |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| patois | regional dialect; jargon |
| pellucid | transparent; easily understood |
| penury | poverty |
| peregrination | wandering from place to place |
| peremptory | imperative; leaving no choice |
| perfidious | faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy |
| perfunctory | superficial; not thorough; performed merely as a duty |
| perigee | point in an orbit that is closest to the Earth |
| petulant | rude; peevish |
| phlegmatic | calm in temperament; sluggish |
| piquant | appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive |
| pique | fleeting feeling of hurt pride |
| plaintive | melancholy; mournful |
| plumb | to determine the depth; to examine deeply |
| prate | to talk idly; chatter |
| precarious | uncertain |
| precipitate | rash; hasty; sudden |
| prevaricate | to evade the truth; quibble |
| probity | honesty; high-mindedness |
| prodigal | wasteful; extravagant; lavish |
| proscribe | to condemn; forbid; outlaw |
| provident | frugal; providing for future needs |
| puissant | powerful |
| punctilious | careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| quagmire | marsh; difficult situation |
| quail | to cower; lose heart |
| quiescent | inactive; still |
| quorum | number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| raiment | clothing |
| rarefied | refined |
| rebus | puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control |
| recondite | abstruse; profound |
| redoubtable | formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect |
| refractory | stubborn; unmanageable |
| refulgent | brightly shining; resplendent |
| relegate | to consign to an inferior position |
| remonstrate | to object or protest |
| repine | to fret; complain |
| reprobate | morally unprincipled person |
| repudiate | to reject as having no authority |
| riposte | a retaliatory action or retort |
| rue | to regret |
| salacious | lustful; lascivious |
| salubrious | healthful |
| salutary | expecting improvement; favorable to health |
| sanction | to approve; penalize |
| sardonic | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| satyr | creature that is half-man, half-beast; follower of Dionysos; a lecher |
| sedition | behavior prompting rebellion |
| sedulous | diligent |
| sentient | aware; conscious |
| sidereal | relating to the stars |
| sinuous | winding; intricate; complex |
| solicitous | concerned; attentive; eager |
| solvent | able to meet financial obligations |
| sordid | filthy; contemptible and corrupt |
| stanch | to stop or check the flow of |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stolid | showing or having no emotion |
| stricture | negative criticism; something that restrains |
| strident | loud; harsh |
| stultify | to impair or reduce to uselessness |
| stygian | dark and gloomy; hellish |
| subsume | to include; incorporate |
| succor | relief; help in time of distress or want |
| sundry | various |
| supine | laying on back; marked by lethargy |
| suppliant | begging; beseeching |
| sylvan | related to woods or forest |
| tacit | implied; silently understood |
| tenuous | weak; insubstantial |
| timbre | the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument of voice; tone color |
| toady | flatterer; brown-noser; yes-man |
| tome | book, usually large and academic |
| torpor | lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness |
| tortuous | having many twists and turns; highly complex |
| tractable | obedient |
| transient | short-lived; fleeting |
| travesty | parody; caricature |
| tremulous | trembling; quivering; frugal; timid |
| tumid | swollen; distented |
| turbid | muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion |
| tutelary | serving as guardian or protector |
| untenable | indefensible |
| untoward | not favorable; adverse; unruly |
| valedictory | pertaining to farewell |
| vaunt | to boast; brag |
| venal | mercenary; corruptible |
| vitiate | to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative |
| vituperative | abusive; offensive; disparaging |
| welter | to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil |
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