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ngill GRE Vocab
GRE words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| latent | present, but not necessarily known |
| contraindicate | to indicate against |
| etymology | = history and study of words |
| venal | = capable of being corrupted |
| diffident | = shy |
| aberration | = exception |
| consummate | = accomplished |
| penurious | =penny-pinching |
| parsimonious | =unwilling to part with one’s possessions |
| idiosyncratic | =unique |
| burnished | =polished |
| pithy | =brief |
| jaunty | =blithe=lighthearted |
| repudiate | =to reject or deny |
| fallacious | = tending to mislead |
| mendacious | = lying |
| contingencies | =possibilities |
| exigencies | = requirements |
| opined | =stated one’s opinion |
| ebbing | =reduction, abatement |
| irradiation | = exposure to radiation |
| abatement | =reduction |
| melancholically | = mournfully |
| unmitigated | = thorough/complete |
| belies | contradicts |
| cretacious | chalky |
| diaphonous | see-through |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| ingenuous | innocent |
| ubiquitous | constantly present |
| inimical | hostile |
| contumacious | rebellious |
| estimable | worthy of rrespect |
| seditious | rebellious |
| hegemony | dominance |
| imprecation | danger |
| incongruous | incompatible |
| pretentious | pompous |
| quixotic | foolishly idealistic |
| derision | ridicule |
| pernicious | destructive |
| blithe | lighthearted |
| glib | done with ease |
| fervent | passionate |
| sinuous | having curves |
| ephemeral | lasting only a short time, usually a day |
| credence | acceptance of a belief as truth |
| usury | an illegal interest rate |
| ostentatious | boastful |
| tractable | easily managed |
| feckless | irresponsible |
| aesthete | someone who appreciates beauty |
| accretion | growth |
| inscrutable | hard to understand or investigate |
| ardor | intense emotion |
| rarefy | to make thin |
| gossamer | light, gauzy |
| volubility | condition of using fluent speech |
| prevarication | avoiding the truth |
| vituperative | harsh criticism |
| dissemble | to conceal |
| equivocable | capable of having multiple meanings |
| narcissist | a self-loving person |
| veneration | idolization |
| propitiatory | offered as a way of seeking forgiveness |
| cadge | to beg |
| morass | a marsh |
| rodomontade | bragging/boastful |
| chattel | movable property, possessions other than a house or piece of land |
| purchase | (1) to buy OR (2) a firm grasp or footing |
| incumbent | holding office or authority |
| esoteric | unusual or mysterious |
| sanctimonious | self-righteous |
| evanescence | fleeting (noun) |
| Drivel | nonsense |
| protract | to prolong, usually without good reason |
| pugnacious | tending to quarrel |
| Desiccate | to dry out, usually to preserve. Opposite of inundate |
| insinuate | to hint at |
| lout | a clumsy/rough-mannered person |
| squabble | minor, unimportant quarrel |
| exude | to discharge |
| factious | raising factions, creating discord |
| viands | small pieces of food |
| cull | to collect from a larger source |
| accede | (1) to agree (2) to fill in a high position |
| gregarious | sociable |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| vexation | annoyance |
| entreaty | humble request |
| arbitrate | to judge |
| ineffable | to great, extreme, or sacred to say in words |
| obloquy | strong public criticism |
| pragmatic | relating to fact or science rather than artistic |
| cabal | a secret group with shared interests |
| plucky | showing courage |
| cupidity | greed |
| effulgence | brilliance |
| overweening | excessively much |
| taciturn | silent by nature |
| jaunt | to go on a journey for fun |
| hirsute | rough with hair |
| pilose | rough with hair |
| poltroon | very cowardly, an extreme coward |
| pusillanimous | very cowardly |
| caitiff | very cowardly, an extreme coward |
| consonance | agreement, harmony |
| agog | very excited and curious, ecstatic |
| wan | pale or faint |
| pallid | pale or faint |
| sallow | pale or faint |
| yokel | a rustic person, a hick, a hayseed, a bumpkin, a boor |
| filch | to steal, pilfer |
| reprisal | act of retaliation or revenge, requital |
| checkered | marked by changes in fortune |
| nondescript | very ordinary, not at all exciting |
| prosy/prosaic | very ordinary, not at all exciting |
| excise | to remove by cutting out |
| vulpine | crafty, cunning, fox-like |
| aquiline | eagle-like, crooked or hooked |
| fabian | cautious and delaying to the point of being inefficient |
| cunctative | tending to procrastinate |
| dilatory | slow to act |
| excoriate | to strip the skin from or to criticize severely |
| estrade | raised platform |
| assuage | to make less intense or to satisfy |
| erudite | having or showing great knowledge |
| placate | to make less angry |
| prodigal | spending too much money, wasteful |
| apathy | state of indifference |
| capricious | given to sudden mood changes |
| corroborate | to conform or give support to |
| laconic | using very few words |
| loquacious | chatty |
| pedant | a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details |
| propriety | the state or quality of being proper/suitable |
| vacillate | to be indecisive |
| impertinence | disrespect |
| allay | to alleve |
| slake | to alleve |
| puerile | immature, juvenile |
| tyro | beginner |
| surfeit | overindulge |
| salient | clear, obvious |
| occult | hidden |
| trenchant | pointed and articulate |
| sacrosanct | absolutely true, inviolable |
| sententious | concise |
| rubicund | healthy red color |
| disconsolate | unconsolable |
| insolent | disrespectful |
| lachrymose | tearful or extremely sad |
| droll | amusing |
| spurious | apocryphal |
| salacious | lustful |
| lecherous | lustful |
| slovenly | sloppy |
| genteel | refined |
| urbane | refined/elegant |
| decorum | appropriateness |
| foment | to arouse or incite |
| reticent | silent or reserved |
| diatribe | an abusive, condemning speech |
| inchoate | not fully formed, disorganized |
| cogent | convincing, using sound logic |
| chicanery | crafty deception |
| eclectic | composed from a variety of soures |
| elegy | sorrowful poem/speech |
| soporific | causing sleepiness |
| disparate | entirely unlike |
| credulous | gullible |
| specious | deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible, but misleading |
| paragon | model of excellence |
| veracity | filled with truth |
| torpor | extreme sluggishness both mentally and physically |
| amalgamate | to mix together |
| stolid | unemotional |
| exculpate | to clear from blame, to prove innocent |
| attenuate | to weaken |
| iconoclast | one who opposes established customs or beliefs |
| bombastic | pompous in speech |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way |
| philanthropy | desire to promote goodness |
| desultory | jumping around, disconnected |
| exonerate | to clear from blame |
| castigate | to punish harshly |
| florid | embellished, excessively decorated |
| garrulous | talking a lot |
| sublime | lofty or grand |
| stigma | mark of shame |
| quiescent | motionless |
| impetuous | quick to act without even thinking |
| caustic | sarcastic, witty, or capable of burning/eroding |
| dissonance | a harsh combination, usually of noises |
| cacophony | a harsh sound |
| perfidious | willing to betray |
| reticent | quiet |
| dilettante | someone with amateurish interest in a topic |
| dirge | mournful hymn or speech |
| pellucid | understandable |
| recondite | obscure |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| licentious | immoral |
| jejune | childish |
| vitiating | morally corrupting |
| odious | offensive |
| noisome | offensive |
| cloying | sickly-sweet |
| cant | insincere |
| plaintive | sad |
| condign | fitting, well-deserved |
| clement | merciful |
| obsolescent | outdated |
| antiquated | outdated |
| neoteric | of recent origin |
| furtive | secretive |
| byzantine | complicated |
| ersatz | artificial/synthetic |
| impugn | criticize |
| redoubtable | formidable, worthy of respect |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| dubious | doubtful |
| antiquity | ancient-ness |
| unilateral | performed by or affecting only one individual |
| expurgate | to remove unsuitable or objectionable matter from something (usually from a book) |
| cerebral | requiring the use of intellect |
| indelible | impossible to erase or remove |
| pertinacious | holding firmly to an opinion or idea |
| provincially | relating to the people of a province, not sophisticated |
| promulgate | to promote |
| artifice | cunning (noun) |
| ribald | obscene |
| salient | most noticeable |
| salubrious | pleasant, healthy, wholesome |
| opprobrious | bringing disgrace |
| aspersion | slander |
| disparage | to belittle |
| pillory | that thing they lock people’s necks into in medieval times; to expose to public abuse |
| gainsay | to speak out against |
| berate | to scold |
| remonstrate | to say in objection |
| harangue | a long scolding |
| inveigh | to protest or verbally attack |
| objurgate | to reproach harshly |
| lambaste | to beat or whip severely, sometimes with words |
| perfidy | a deliberate breach of trust |
| canard | a false story or report |
| compunction | a feeling of guilt |
| doctrinaire | seekign to impose a doctrine withotu regard to special circumstances |
| redress | to set right |
| gibe | an insulting/mocking remark |
| riposte | a retort or offensive response |
| fatuous | pointless |
| insipid | lacking flavor |
| bacchanalian | totally drunken |
| debauchery | indulgence in sensuality |
| libidinous | lustful |
| sordid | dirty, immoral |
| knell | the sound of funeral bells |
| obsequies | funeral ceremonies |
| abnegate | to reject something valuable |
| ascetic | a person who dedicates their life to ideals |
| peremptory | dictator-like |
| bemusing | confusing |
| rebarbative | repellent, totally disgusting |
| rue | to wish somethign had never been done |
| conjugal | pertaining to the relationship between husband and wife |
| consanguine | of the same descent |
| distaff | pertaining to women |
| filial | of a son or daughter |
| scion | a descendent |
| raillery | good-humored banter |
| simper | to put on a silly smile |
| interregnum | a period of freedom from the usual authority |
| interstice | a small gap |
| largess | a generous bestowl of gifts |
| magnanimous | generously forgiving |
| munificent | extremely generous |
| stint | to be frugal |
| avaricious | greedy/covetous |
| rapacious | plundering |
| asperity | roughness in tone |
| baleful | full of menacing |
| minatory | threatening |
| strident | making a harsh sound |
| anathema | a thing that is hated |
| odium | intense hatred |
| rancor | bitter resentment |
| churlish | rude |
| curmudgeon | a cantankerous person |
| irascible | easily provoked |
| fulsome | repulsive to someone with good taste |
| unctuous | oily, greasy, or insincere |
| assay | to analyze or to try something out |
| lassitude | weariness |
| phlegmatic | not easily excited to action or to express emotion |
| auspicious | promising success, marked by good fortune |
| kismet | destiny |
| cavil | to raise trivial objections |
| enjoin | to command |
| martinet | someone who strictly follows the rules, as in the military |
| awry | with a twist on one side |
| carom | a shot when the cue ball strikes two different balls in billiards |
| sidle | to move sideways |
| grandiloquent | speaking in an overly lofty style |
| prolix | extended to unnecessary length |
| sonorous | rich and full in sound |
| esurient | hungering, greedy |
| augur | one who interprets omens |
| auspice | a favorable sign |
| fey | fated to die |
| presage | a foreboding or a prediction |
| forfend | to fend off |
| perspicacious | having keen perceptions |
| lugubrious | gloomy |
| threnody | a poem of lamentation |
| renitent | resissting pressure |
| untoward | unfortunate or improper |
| compendious | covering the entirity of a subject in brief form |
| recreant | cowardly |
| fealty | faithfulness, fidelity |
| probity | honesty |
| ambulatory | capable of walking |
| itinerant | characterized by travel |
| peripatetic | while walking about or traveling |
| enervate | to deprive of strenght, opposite of energize |
| stultify | to make look foolish, or insane |
| apothegm | a short bit of wisdom or instruction |
| abeyance | suspension, temporary break from |
| bromide | a trite saying, a cliche |
| epigram | a short witty saying |
| abjure | to officially renounce |
| recidivism | habitual relapse, as with crime |
| renege | to go back on one’s word |
| rescind | to repeal |
| plebian | of the working class |
| pious | devout |
| nebulous | unclear, vague |
| patent | easily recognizable, obvious |
| inalienable | non-transferable and not rejectable |
| extraneous | irrelevent, coming from without |
| debase | to reduce the value of |
| unpropitious | having unfavorable conditions |
| fastidious | excessively particular, hard to please |
| recrudescent | revived |
| collude | to act together secretly, to conspire |
| inveigling | enticing or flattering |
| timorous | full of fear |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| vigilance | alertness |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| intrepidity | fearlessness and endurance |
| commodious | expansive |
| egregious | outstandingly bad |
| austere | harshly simple |
| profligate | someone who is wasteful |
| wastrel | someone who is wasteful |
| prodigious | exceptional, phenomenal |
| bastion | protection, bulwark, stronghold; something that prevents loss |
| affable | friendly, easy to talk to |
| somniferous | soporific |
| analeptic | causes you to gain energy |
| obviate | to obstruct |
| to effect (verb) | to cause to happen. Not to be confused with affect. |
| cicatrix | a type of scar |
| staid | very well-mannered and proper, even to the point of being uninteresting |
| blandishing | cajoling,gently flattering |
| profligacy | recklessness |
| parochial | limited |
| oblique | not direct; in a round-a-bout way |
| truculent | belligerent |
| bellicose | belligerent |
| querulous | irritable, but not associated with violence |
| indefatigable | untiring |
| tumid | bloated |
| acrid | sharply bitter |
| acerbic | sharply bitter |
| saccharine | overly sweet |
| vapid | bland or dull |
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