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GRE vocab
Stack #67252
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABATE | to subside, moderate |
| ABERRANT | abnormal, deviant |
| ABEYANCE | suspended action |
| ABSCOND | to depart secretly |
| ABSTEMIOUS | sparing/temporate diet |
| ADMONISH | to warn, reprove |
| ADULTERATE | to make impure |
| AESTHETIC | artistic, appreciative of beauty |
| AGGREGATE | to gather, accumulate |
| ALACRITY | cheerful promptness, eagerness |
| ALLEVIATE | to relieve |
| AMALGAMATE | to combine, unite in one body |
| AMBIGUOUS | unclear, doubtful in meaning. |
| AMBIVALENCE | the state of having contradictory/conflicting emotions |
| AMELIORATE | to improve |
| ANACHRONISM | something/one misplaced in time |
| ANALOGOUS | comparable |
| ANARCHY | absense of governing body |
| ANOMALOUS | abnormal, irregular |
| ANTIPATHY | aversion, dislike |
| APATHY | indifference, lack of caring |
| APPEASE | to pacify, soothe, relieve |
| APPRISE | to inform |
| APPROBATION | approval |
| APPROPRIATE | to acquire |
| ARDUOUS | hard, strenuous |
| ARTLESS | without guile, open, honest |
| ASCETIC | practicing self-denial, austere |
| ASSIDUOUS | diligent |
| ASSUAGE | to ease, soothe, lessen pain, satisfy hunger |
| ATTENUATE | to make thinner, weaken, lessen |
| AUDACIOUS | daring, bold |
| AUSTERE | forbiddingly stern, severly simple & unornamented |
| AUTONOMOUS | self-governing |
| AVER | to assert confidently |
| BANAL | hackneyed, trite |
| BELIE | to contradict, give a false impression |
| BENEFICENT | kindly, doing good |
| BOLSTER | to support |
| BOMBASTIC | pompous, using inflated language |
| BOORISH | rude, insensitive |
| BURGEON | to grow forth, send out buds |
| BURNISH | to polish |
| BUTTRESS | to support, prop up |
| CACOPHONOUS | discordant, inharmonious |
| CAPRICIOUS | unpredictable, fickle |
| CASTIGATION | punishment |
| CATALYST | agent that increases the rate of reaction |
| CAUSTIC | burning, sarcastically biting |
| CHICANERY | trickery, deception |
| COAGULATE | to thicken |
| CODA | concluding section of a musical or literary piece, something that concludes |
| COGENT | convincing |
| COMMENSURATE | corresponding in extent, degree, amount, proportionate |
| COMPENDIUM | brief, comprehensive summary |
| COMPLAISANT | overly polite, trying to please, obliging |
| COMPLIANT | yielding, conforming |
| CONCILIATORY | reconciling, soothing |
| CONDONE | to forgive, overlook, give tacit approval |
| CONFOUND | to confuse |
| CONNOISSEUR | person competent to act as a judge of art |
| CONTENTION | a claim, thesis |
| CONTENTIOUS | quarrelsome |
| CONTRITE | penitent |
| CONUNDRUM | riddle, difficult problem |
| CONVERGE | to approache, come together |
| CONVOLUTED | coiled around, intricate, involved |
| CRAVEN | cowardly |
| DAUNT | to intimidate, frighten |
| DECORUM | propriety, orderliness & good taste in manners |
| DEFAULT | failure to act |
| DEFERENCE | courteous reguard for another's wish |
| DELINEATE | to portray, depict |
| DENIGRATE | to blacken |
| DERIDE | to ridicule |
| DERIVATIVE | unoriginal, obtained from another source |
| DESICCATE | to dry up |
| DESULTORY | aimless, haphazard |
| DETERRENT | something that discourages, hindrance |
| DIATRIBE | bitter scolding, invective |
| DICHOTOMY | split, branching into two parts |
| DIFFIDENCE | shyness |
| DIFFUSE | wordy, rambling, spread out (gas) |
| DIGRESSION | wandering away from the subject |
| DIRGE | lament with music |
| DISABUSE | to correct a false impression, undecieve |
| DISCERNING | mentally quick & observing |
| DISCORDANT | not harmonious, conflicting |
| DISCREDIT | to defame, destroy confidence in, disbelieve |
| DISCREPANCY | lack of consistency |
| DISCRETE | separate, unconnected, consisting of distinct parts |
| DISINGENUOUS | lacking genuine candor, insincere |
| DISINTERESTED | unprejudiced |
| DISJOINTED | lacking coherence |
| DISMISS | to eliminate from consideration, reject |
| DISPARAGE | to belittle |
| DISPARATE | basically different, unrelated |
| DISSEMBLE | to disguise, pretend |
| DISSEMINATE | to distribute, spread, scatter |
| DISSOLUTION | disintegration, looseness in morals |
| DISSONANCE | discord, opposite of harmony |
| DISTEND | to expand, swell out |
| DISTILL | to purify, refine, concentrate |
| DIVERGE | to vary |
| DIVEST | to strip, deprive |
| DOCUMENT | to provide written evidence |
| DOGMATIC | opinionated, arbitrary, doctrinal |
| DORMANT | sleeping, lethargic, latent |
| DUPE | someone easily fooled |
| EBULLIENT | showing excitement, overflowing with enthusiasm |
| ECLECTIC | selective, composed of elements drawn from disparate sources |
| EFFICACY | power to produce desired effect |
| EFFRONTERY | impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness |
| ELEGY | poem or song expressing lamentation |
| ELICIT | to draw out by discussion |
| EMBLELLISH | to adorn, ornament, enhance |
| EMPIRICAL | based on experience |
| EMULATE | to imitate, rival |
| ENDEMIC | prevailing among a specific group of people or area |
| ENERVATE | to weaken |
| ENGENDER | to cause, improve |
| EPHEMERAL | short-lived, fleeting |
| EQUANIMITY | calmness of temperament, composure |
| EQUIVOCATE | to lie, mislead, attempt to conceal the truth |
| ERUDITE | learned, scholarly |
| ESOTERIC | hard to understand, known only to the chosen few |
| EULOGY | expression of praise, often on occasion of one's death |
| EUPHEMISM | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one |
| EXACERBATE | to worsen, embitter |
| EXCULPATE | to clear from blame |
| ENHANCE | to increase, improve |
| EXIGENCY | urgent situation, pressing needs or demands, state of requiring immediate attention |
| EXTRAPOLATION | projection, conjecture |
| FACETIOUS | joking inappropriately |
| FACILITATE | to help bring about, make less difficult |
| FALLACIOUS | false, misleading |
| FATUOUS | brainless, inane, foolish yet smug |
| FAWNING | trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, cringing |
| FELICITOUS | apt, suitably expressed, well chosen |
| FERVOR | glowing ardor, intensity of feeling |
| FLAG | to droop, grow feeble |
| FLEDGLING | inexperienced |
| FLOUT | to reject, mock, show contempt for |
| FOMENT | to stir up, instigate |
| FORESTALL | to prevent by taking action in advance |
| FRUGALITY | thrift, economy |
| FUTILE | useless, hopeless, ineffectual |
| GAINSAY | to deny |
| GARRULOUS | loquacious, talkative, wordy |
| GOAD | to urge on |
| GOUGE | to overcharge |
| GRANDILOQUENT | pompous, bombastic, using high sounding language |
| GREGARIOUS | sociable |
| GUILELESS | without deceit |
| GULLIBLE | easily deceived |
| HARANGUE | long, passionate, & vehement speech |
| HOMOGENEOUS | of the same kind |
| HYPERBOLE | exaggeration, overstatement |
| ICONOCLASTIC | attacking cherished traditions |
| IDOLATRY | worship of idols |
| IMMUTABLE | unchangeable |
| IMPAIR | to injure |
| IMPASSIVE | without feeling, imperturbable, soical |
| IMPEDE | to hinder, block |
| IMPERMEABLE | impervious, not permitting passage through |
| IMPERTERBABLE | calm, placid |
| IMPERVIOUS | impenetrable, incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| IMPLACABLE | incapable of being pacified |
| IMPLICIT | understood but not stated |
| IMPLODE | to burst inward |
| INADVERTENTLY | unintentionally, by oversight, carelessly |
| INCHOATE | recently begun, rudimentary, elementary |
| INCONGRUITY | absurdity, lack of harmony |
| INCONSEQUENTIAL | insignificant, unimportant |
| INCORPORATE | to introduce something into a larger whole, combine, unite |
| INDETERMINATE | uncertain, not clearly fixed, indefinite |
| INDIGENCE | poverty |
| INDOLENT | lazy |
| INERT | inactive, lacking power to move |
| INGENUOUS | naive and trusting, young, unsophisticated |
| INHERENT | firmly established by nature or habit |
| INNOCUOUS | harmless |
| INSENSIBLE | unconcious, unresponsive |
| INSINUATE | to hint, imply |
| INSIPID | lacking in flavor, dull |
| INSULARITY | narrow-mindedness, isolation |
| INTRACTABLE | unrulely, stubborn, unyielding |
| INTRANSIGENCE | refusal of any compromise, stubbornness |
| INUNDATE | to overwhelm, flood, submerge |
| INURED | accustomed, hardened |
| INVECTIVE | abuse |
| IRASCIBLE | irritable, easily angered |
| IRRESOLUTE | uncertain how to act, weak |
| ITINERARY | plan of a trip |
| LACONIC | brief and to the point |
| LASSITUDE | languor, weariness |
| LATENT | potential but undeveloped, dormant |
| LAUD | to praise |
| LETHARGIC | drowsy, dull |
| LEVEE | earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| LEVITY | lack of serioiusness or steadiness, frivolity |
| LOG | record of a voyage or flight |
| LOQUACIOUS | talkative |
| LUCID | easily understood, clear, intelligible |
| LUMINOUS | shinging, issuing light |
| MAGNANIMITY | generosity |
| MALINGERER | one who feigns illness to escape duty |
| MALLEABLE | impressionable |
| MAVERICK | rebel, nonconformist |
| MENDACIOUS | lying, habitually dishonest |
| METAMORPHOSIS | change of form |
| METICULOUS | excessively careful, painstaking, scrupulous |
| MISANTHROPE | one who hates mankind |
| MITIGATE | to appease, moderate |
| MOLLIFY | to soothe |
| MOROSE | ill-humored, sullen, melancholy |
| MUNDANE | every-day, routine |
| NEGATE | to cancel out, nullify, deny |
| NEOPHYTE | recent convert, beginner |
| OBDURATE | stubborn |
| OBSEQUIOUS | servile, sycophantic |
| OBVIATE | to make unnecessary, get rid of |
| OCCLUDE | to shut, close |
| OFFICIOUS | meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering one's services |
| ONEROUS | burdensome |
| OPPROBRIUM | infamy, vilification |
| OSCILLATE | to vibrate pendulumlike, waver |
| OSTENTATIOUS | showy, pretentious |
| PARAGON | model of perfection |
| PARTISAN | one-sided, prejudiced, committed to a party |
| PATHOLOGICAL | pertaining to disease |
| PAUCITY | scarcity |
| PEDANTIC | showing off learning, bookish |
| PENCHANT | strong inclination, liking |
| PENURY | severe poverty, stinginess |
| PERENNIAL | something long-lasting |
| PERFIDIOUS | treacherous, disloyal |
| PERFUNCTORY | superficial, not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm |
| PERMEABLE | penetrable, porous |
| PERVASIVE | spread throughout |
| PHLEGMATIC | not easily disturbed, calm |
| PIETY | devoutness, reverence for God |
| PLACATE | to pacify, conciliate |
| PLASTICITY | ability to be molded |
| PLATITUDE | trite remark, commonplace statment |
| PLETHORA | excess, overabundance |
| PLUMMET | to fall sharply |
| POROUS | full of holes, like a sieve |
| PRAGMATIC | practical |
| PREAMBLE | introductory statement |
| PRECARIOUS | uncertain, risky |
| PRECIPITATE | rash, premature, hasty, sudden |
| PRECURSOR | forerunner |
| PRESUMPTUOUS | arrogant, taking liberties |
| PREVARICATE | to lie |
| PRISTINE | characteristic of earlier times, primitive, unspoiled |
| PROBITY | uprightness, incorruptibility |
| PROBLEMATIC | doubtful, unsettled, questionable, perplexing |
| PRODIGAL | wasteful, reckless with money |
| PROFOUND | deep, complete |
| PROHIBITIVE | tending to prevent the purchase or use of something, inclined to prevent & forbid |
| PROLIFERATE | to grow rapidly, spread, multiply |
| PROPENSITY | natural inclination |
| PROPITIATE | to appease |
| PROPRIETY | fitness, correct conduct |
| PROSCRIBE | to ostracize, banish, outlaw |
| PUNGENT | stinging, sharp in taste or smell, caustic |
| QUALIFIED | limited, restricted |
| QUIBBLE | minor objection or complaint |
| QUIESCENT | at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive |
| RAREFIED | made less dense (gas) |
| RECALCITRANT | obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority, unruly |
| RECANT | to disclaim or disavow, retract a previous statement, openly confess error |
| RECLUSE | hermit, loner |
| RECONDITE | abstruse, profound, secret |
| REFRACTORY | stubborn, unmanageable |
| REFUTE | to disprove |
| RELEGATE | to banish to an inferior position, delegate, assign |
| REPROACH | to express disapproval or disappointment |
| REPROBATE | person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency |
| REPUDIATE | to disown, disavow |
| RESCIND | to cancel |
| RESOLUTION | determination |
| RESOLVE | determination, firmness of purpose |
| RETICENT | reservved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence |
| REVERENT | respectful, worshipful |
| SAGE | person celebrated for wisdom |
| SALUBRIOUS | healthful |
| SANCTION | to approve, ratify |
| SATIATE | to satisfy fully |
| SATURATE | to soak thoroughly |
| SAVOR | to enjoy, have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality |
| SECRETE | to hide away or cace, produce & release a substance |
| SHARD | fragment |
| SKEPTIC | doubter |
| SOLICITOUS | worried, concerned |
| SOPORIFIC | sleep-causing |
| SPECIOUS | seemingly reasonable but incorrect, misleading |
| SPECTRUM | colored band produced through a prism |
| SPORADIC | occurring irregularly |
| STIGMA | token of disgrace, brand |
| STINT | to be thrifty, to set limits |
| STIPULATE | to specify, make express conditions |
| STOLID | dull, impassive |
| STRIATED | marked with parallel bands, grooved |
| STRUT | pompous walk, or a supporting bar |
| SUBPOENA | writ summoning a witness to appear |
| SUBSIDE | to settle down, grow quiet, descend |
| SUBSTANTIATE | to establish by evidence, verify, support |
| SUPERSEDE | to cause to be set aside, replace, make obsolete |
| SUPPOSITION | hypothesis, surmise |
| TACIT | understood, not put into words |
| TANGENTIAL | peripheral, only slightly connected, digressing |
| TENUOUS | thin, rare, slim |
| TIRADE | extended scolding, denunciation, harangue |
| TORPOR | lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy |
| TORTUOUS | winding, full of curves |
| TRACTABLE | docile, easily managed |
| TRANSGRESSION | violation of a law, sin |
| TRUCULENCE | aggressiveness, ferocity |
| VACILLATE | to waver, fluctuate |
| VENERATE | to revere |
| VERACIOUS | truthful |
| VERBOSE | wordy |
| VIABLE | practical or workable, capable of maintaing life |
| VISCOUS | sticky, gluey |
| VITUPERATIVE | abusive, scolding |
| VOLATILE | changeable, explosive, evaporating quickly |
| WARRANTED | justified, authorized |
| WARY | very cautious |
| WELTER | turmoil, bewildering jumble |
| WHIMSICAL | capricious, fanciful |
| ZEALOT | fanatic |
| abase | to lower, degrade, humiliate |
| abash | to embarass |
| abdicate | to renounce |
| abet | to assist |
| abject | wretched, lacking pride |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath, disavow |
| ablution | washing |
| abnegation | renunciation, self-sacrifice |
| abominable | detestable [abomination] |
| abridge | to condense or shorten |
| abrogate | to abolish |
| abscission | surgical removal of, or separation |
| absolve | to pardon |
| abstruse | obscure, profound, difficult to understand |
| abut | to border upon, to adjoin |
| abysmal | bottomless |
| acclivity | sharp upslope of a hill |
| accolade | award of merit |
| accost | to approach and speak first to a person |
| accoutre | to equip |
| accretion | growth, increase |
| acerbic | bitter or sour in nature, sharp & cutting [acerbicity] |
| acidulous | sarcastic, sharp, caustic |
| acme | peak, pinnacle, highest point |
| acquittal | deliverance from a charge |
| acrid | sharp, bitterly pungent |
| acrimonious | bitter in words or manner |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| actuarial | calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics |
| actuate | to motivate |
| acumen | mental keeness |
| acute | quickly perceptive, keen, brief & severe |
| adage | wise saying, proverb |
| addendum | addition, appendix to book |
| addle | to muddle, drive crazy |
| adept | expert at |
| adjunct | something nonessential added on |
| adjuration | solemn urging |
| adjutant | staff officer assisting the commander, assistant |
| adroit | skillful |
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