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GRE Words #2
"B" and "C" Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacchanalian (adj) | pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry |
| Banal (adj) | commonplace; trite |
| Banter (noun) | playful conversation |
| Bard (noun) | poet |
| Bawdy (adj) | obscene |
| Bedizen (verb) | to dress in a vulgar, showy manner |
| Behemoth (noun) | huge creature; anything very large and powerful |
| Belie (verb) | to contradict; to misrepresent; give a false impression |
| Bifurcate (verb) | to divide into two parts |
| Bifurification (noun) | divide of two parts |
| Blase (adj) | bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned |
| Bombastic (adj) | pompous; using inflated language |
| Bovine (adj) | cow-like |
| Brazen (adj) | bold; shameless |
| Broach (verb) | to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about |
| Bucolic (adj) | characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral |
| Burgeon (verb) | to grow rapidly or flourish |
| Burnish (verb) | to polish |
| Buttress (verb) | to reinforce; support |
| Beatification (noun) | to sanctify, bless, ascribe virtue to |
| Beatify (verb) | to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to |
| Bellicose (adj) | belligerent; pugnacious; warlike |
| Beneficent (adj) | kindly; doing good |
| Bent (noun) | leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency |
| Blandish (verb) | to coax with flattery |
| Blandishment (noun) | flattery |
| Bolster (verb) | to give a boost to; prop up; support |
| Boorish (adj) | rude; insensitive |
| Brook (verb) | to tolerate; to endure; to countenance |
| Cacophony (noun) | harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| Calumniate (verb) | to slander; to make a false accusation |
| Canon (noun) | an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
| Canonical (adj) | following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
| Capricious (adj) | inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
| Captious (adj) | disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument |
| Cardinal (adj) | of foremost importance |
| Cartography (noun) | science of making maps |
| Caste (adj) | any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification |
| Caste (noun) | any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification |
| Castigation (noun) | severe criticism or punishment |
| Cataclysm (noun) | a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change |
| Catalyst (noun) | a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
| Caustic (adj) | burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
| Cavil (verb) | to find fault with good reason |
| Celerity (noun) | speed, alacrity; think accelerate |
| Celestial (adj) | concerning the sky or heavens; sublime |
| Censure (verb) | to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
| Chary (adj) | wary; cautious; sparing |
| Chauvinist (noun) | a blindly devoted patriot |
| Chicanery (noun) | trickery or subterfuge |
| Chimera (noun) | an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster |
| Chivalry (noun) | the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry |
| Clairvoyant (noun) | one who can predict the future; psychic |
| Clamor (noun) | noisy outcry |
| Cogent (adj) | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
| Color (verb) | to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect |
| Complaisance (noun) | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
| Connoisseur (noun) | an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
| Consequential (adj) | pompous, self-important (primary definitions: logically following; important) |
| Contentious (adj) | argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
| Contiguous (adj) | sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| Contrite (adj) | regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
| Convention (noun) | a generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
| Convoluted (adj) | complex or complicated |
| Credulous (adj) | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
| Culpable (adj) | deserving blame |
| Cynicism (noun) | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| Clique (noun) | a small, exclusive group |
| Collage (noun) | artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements |
| Cognizant (adj) | informed; conscious; aware |
| Compliant (adj) | yielding |
| Consecrate (verb) | to declare sacred |
| Confound (verb) | to baffle; perplex; mix up |
| Condone (verb) | to overlook voluntarily; forgive |
| Concave (adj) | curving inward |
| Cadge (verb) | to beg; sponge |
| Cacophonous (adj) | unpleasant; harsh sounding |
| Canard (noun) | false, deliberately misleading story |
| Calumny (noun) | false and malicious accusation; slander |
| Callous (adj) | thick skinned; insensitive |
| Churlish (adj) | rude; boorish |
| Chasten (verb) | to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue |
| Champion (verb) | to defend or support |
| Centrifugal (adj) | moving away from a center |
| Causal (adj) | involving a cause |
| Caucus (noun) | smaller group within an organization |
| Categorical (adj) | absolute; without exception |
| Carping (verb) | to find fault; complain |
| Carnal (adj) | of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites |
| Caprice (noun) | inclination to change one's mind compulsively |
| Cantankerous (adj) | irritable; ill-humored |
| Cant (noun) | insincere talk; language of a particular group |
| Contention (noun) | an assertion |
| Contend (verb) | to assert |
| Conscription (noun) | enroll a person for military service |
| Conscript (verb) | enroll a person for military service |
| Conscript (noun) | person compulsorily enrolled for military service |
| Conjugal (adj) | pertaining to marriage agreement |
| Congenial (adj) | similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to |
| Concomitant (noun) | existing concurrently |
| Concoct (verb) | to invent |
| Conciliatory (adj) | overcoming distrust or hostility |
| Compunction (noun) | uneasiness caused by guilt |
| Complement (noun) | something that completes or makes up a whole |
| Complaisant (adj) | overly polite; willing to please; obliging |
| Complacent (adj) | self-satisfied |
| Compendium (noun) | brief, comprehensive summary |
| Commensurate (adj) | proportional |
| Codified (adj) | to systematize |
| Codification (noun) | to systematize |
| Codify (verb) | to systematize |
| Coda (noun) | concluding part of a literary or musical composition that summarizes or concludes |
| Coalesce (verb) | to cause to become one |
| Coagulate (verb) | thicken; congeal |
| Cloister (noun) | monastery or convent |
| Cloistered (adj) | shut away from the world |
| Cloister (verb) | to confine, seclude |
| Circuitous (adj) | roundabout |
| Continence (noun) | self-control; abstention from sexual activity |
| Contumacious (adj) | disobedient; rebellious |
| Conundrum (noun) | riddle; puzzle with no solution |
| Conventional (adj) | customary or commonplace |
| Converge (verb) | to approach; come together; tend to meet |
| Convex (adj) | curved outward |
| Convivial (adj) | sociable |
| Copious (adj) | abundant; plentiful |
| Coquette (noun) | woman who flirts |
| Cornucopia (noun) | horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance |
| Cosmology (noun) | study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe |
| Cosmos (noun) | physical universe regarded as a totality |
| Cosmic (adj) | relating to the physical universe, especially as distinct from Earth, and suggests infinite vastness |
| Covert (adj) | hidden; secret |
| Covetous (adj) | desiring something owned by another |
| Cozen (verb) | to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive |
| Craven (adj) | cowardly |
| Credence (noun) | acceptance of something as true |
| Credo (noun) | statement of belief or principle; creed |
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