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500 GRE words
500 Need to know GRE words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase verb--(uh "bays") | to humble; disgrace |
| Abate verb -- (uh "bayt") | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
| Abdicate verb -- ("aab" duh kayt) | to give up a position, right, or power |
| Aberrant adj -- (uh "ber" unt) | deviating from what is normal or expected |
| Abeyance noun -- (uh "bay" uhns) | temporary suppression or suspension |
| Abjure verb -- (aab "jur") | to reject; abandon formally |
| Abscond verb -- (aab "skahnd") | to leave secretly |
| Abstain verb -- (uhb "stayn") | to choose not to do something |
| Abstemious adj -- (aab "stee" me uhs) | moderate in appetite |
| Abyss noun -- (uh "bihs") | an extremely deep hole |
| Accretion noun -- (uh "kree" shuhn) | a growth in size; an increase in amount |
| Acidulous adj -- (uh "si" juh luhs) | sour in taste or manner |
| Acme noun -- ("aak" me) | highest point; summit; the highest level or degree attainable |
| Adulterate verb -- (uh "duhl" tuhr ayt) | to make impure |
| Advocate verb -- ("aad" vuh kayt) | to speak in favor of to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly |
| Aerie noun -- ("ayr" ee); ("eer" ee) | a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded dwelling a house, fortress, or the like, located high on a hill or mountain. |
| Aesthetic adj -- (ehs "theh" tihk) | concerning the appreciation of beauty pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics |
| Affected adj -- (uh "fehk" tihd) | phony; artificial acted upon; influenced |
| Aggrandize -- verb -- (uh graan diez); (aa gruhn diez) | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
| Alacrity -- noun -- (uh laak crih tee) | promptness, cheerful readiness |
| Alleviate -- verb -- (uh lee vee ayt) | to ease, to make more bearable |
| Amalgamation -- noun -- (uh maal guh may shun) | a merger, a uniting of elements |
| Ambiguous -- adj -- (aam bihg yoo uhs) | doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways |
| Ameliorate -- verb -- (uh meel yuhr ayt) | to make better; to improve |
| Amortize -- verb -- (uh mohr tiez) | to diminish by installment payments |
| Amulet -- noun -- (aam yoo liht) | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
| Anachronism -- noun -- (uh naak ruh nih suhm) | something out of place in time |
| Analgesia -- noun -- (aah nuhl jee zhuh) | a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness |
| Analogous -- adj -- (uh nall uh guhs) | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
| Anodyne -- noun -- (aah nuh dien) | something that calms or soothes pain |
| Anomaly -- noun -- (uh nahm uh lee) | deviation from what is normal |
| Antagonize -- verb -- (aan taa guh niez) | to annoy or provoke to anger |
| Antipathy -- noun -- (aan tih puh thee) | extreme dislike |
| Apathy -- noun -- (aa pah thee) | lack of interest or emotion |
| Apocryphal -- adj -- (uh pahk ruh fuhl) | or questionable authority or authenticity |
| Apostate -- noun -- (uh pahs tayt) | one who renounces a religious faith |
| Approbation -- noun -- (aa pruh bay shuhn) | approval and praise |
| Arbitrary -- adj -- (ahr bih trayr ee) | determined by chance or impulse |
| Arbitrate -- verb -- (ahr bih trayt) | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
| Archiac -- adj -- (ahr kay ihk) | ancient, old-fashioned |
| Ardor -- noun -- (ahr duhr) | intense and passionate feeling |
| Arrogate -- verb -- (aa ruh gayt) | to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right |
| Articulate -- adj -- (ahr tih kyuh luht) | able to speak clearly and expressively |
| Assail -- verb -- (uh sayl) | to attack, assault |
| Assuage -- verb -- (uh swayzh); (uh swayj) | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| Attenuate -- verb -- (uh tehn yoo ayt) | to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
| Audacious -- adj -- (aw day shuhs) | fearless and daring |
| Augury -- noun -- (aw gyuh free); (aw guh ree) | prophect; predicition of events |
| August -- adj -- (aw guhst) | dignified, grandiose |
| Austere -- adj -- (aw steer) | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
| Axiom -- noun -- (aak see uhm) | premise; postulate; self-evident truth |
| Banal -- adj -- (buh naal); (bay nuhl); (buh nahl) | predictable; cliched, boring |
| Belfry -- noun -- (behl free) | bell tower; room in which a bell is hung |
| Bevy -- noun -- (beh vee) | group |
| Bifurcate -- verb (bi fuhr kayt); (bi fuhr kayt) | divide into tow parts |
| Bilk -- verb -- (bihlk) | to cheat, defraud |
| Blight -- verb -- (bliet) | at afflict; to destroy |
| Blithe -- adj -- (blieth | joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought |
| Bolster -- verb -- (bohl stuhr) | to support; to prop up |
| Bombastic -- adj -- (bahm baast ihk) | pompous in speech and manner |
| Bonhomie -- noun -- (bah nuh mee) | good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
| Boor -- non -- (bohr) | crude person, one lacking manners or taste |
| Burgeon -- verb -- (buhr juhn) | to grow and flourish |
| Burnish -- verb -- (buhr nihsh) | to polish |
| Cabal -- (kuh bahl) | a secret group seeking to overturn something |
| Cacophony -- (kuh kah fuh nee) | harsh, jarring noise |
| Calumny -- noun -- (kaaa luhm nee) | a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation |
| Canard -- noun -- (kuh nard) | a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor |
| Candid -- adj -- (kaan did) | impartial and honest in speech |
| Capricious -- adj -- (kuh pree shuhs); (kuh prih shuhs) | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| Cartography -- noun -- (kahr tahg ruh fee) | science or art of making maps |
| Castigate -- verb -- (kaa stih gayt) | to punish or criticise harshly |
| Catalyst -- noun -- (kaa tuh lihst) | something that brings about a change in something else |
| Catholic -- adj -- (kaa thuh lihk); (kaa thlihk) | universal; broad and comprehensive |
| Caustic -- adj -- (kah stihk) | 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue; 2. severely critical or sarcastic |
| Chaos -- noun -- (kay ahs) | great disorder or confused situation |
| Chauvinist -- noun -- (shoh vuh nist) | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
| Chicanery -- noun -- (shih kayn ree); (shi kay nuh ree) | deception by means of craft or guile |
| Circumspect -- adj -- (suhr kuhm spehkt) | cautious, aware of potential consequences |
| Cloying -- adj -- (kloy ing) | sickly sweet; excessive |
| Coalesce -- verb -- (koh uh lehs) | to grow together to form a single whole |
| Coffer -- noun -- (kah fuhr) | strongbox; large chest for money |
| Cogent -- adj -- (koh juhnt) | convincing and well-reasoned |
| Collusion -- noun -- (kuh "loo" zhun) | collaboration, complicity, conspiracy |
| Condone -- verb -- (kuhn "dohn") | to overlook, to pardon, to disregard |
| Connoisseur -- noun -- (kah nuh "suhr") | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| Contrite -- adj -- (kuhn "triet") | deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong |
| Contumacious -- adj -- (kahn tuh "may" shuhs) | rebellious |
| Convoluted -- (kahn vuh "loo" tehd) | intricate and complicated |
| Corroborate -- verb -- (kuh "rahb" uhr ayt) | to support with evidence |
| Cosset -- verb -- ("kah" suht) | to pamper, to treat with great care |
| Coterie -- noun -- ("koh" tuh ree); (koh tuh "ree") | an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose |
| Craven -- adj -- ("kray" vhun) | lacking courage; cowardly |
| Credulous -- adj -- ("kreh" juh luhs) | too trusting; gullible |
| Crescendo -- noun - (kruh "shehn" doh) | steadily increasing in volume or foce |
| Cupidity -- noun - (kyoo "pih" dih tee) | greed; strong desire |
| Curmudgeon -- noun -- (kuhr "muh" juhn) | cranky person, usually old |
| Debutante -- noun -- ("dehb" yoo tahnt) | young woman making debut in high society |
| Declivity -- noun -- (dih "klih" vih tee) | downward slope |
| Decorous -- adj -- ("deh" kuhr uhs); (deh "kohr" uhs) | proper, tasteful, socially correct |
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