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20 GRE Words

GRE Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
ABSTAIN to choose not to do something - During lent, practicing Catholics ABSTAIN from eating meat
ADULTERATE to make impure - The restaurateur made his ketchup last longer by ADULTERATING it with water
APATHY lack of interest or emotion - THE APATHY of voters is so great that less than half the people who are eligible to vote actually bother to do so
AUDACIOUS fearless and daring - "and you, your majesty, may kiss my bum!" replied the AUDACIOUS peasant
CAPRICIOUS changing one's mind quickly and often - Queen Elizabeth I was quite CAPRICIOUS; her courtiers could never be sure which of their number would catch her fancy
CORROBORATE to provide supporting evidence - fingerprints CORROBORATED the witness's testimony that he saw the defendant in the victim's apartment
DESICCATE to dry out thoroughly - after a few weeks of lying on the desert's baking sands, the cow's carcass became completely DESICCATED
ENGENDER to produce, cause, or bring about - his fear and hatred of clowns was engendered when he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of a clown
EPHEMERAL lasting a short time - the lives of mayflies seem ephemeral to us, since the flies' average life span is a matter of hours
GULLIBLE easily deceived - the con man pretended to be a bank officer so as to fool GULLIBLE bank customers into giving him their account information
HOMOGENOUS of a similar kind - the class was fairly HOMOGENOUS, since almost all of the students were senior journalism majors
LACONIC using few words - she was a LACONIC poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible
LAUDABLE worthy of praise
LOQUACIOUS talkative - she was naturally loquacious, which was a problem in situations in which listening was more important than talking
MITIGATE to soften; to lessen - a judge may mitigate a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need
PEDANT someone who shows off learning - the graduate instructor's tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a PEDANT
PRAGMATIC practical as opposed to idealistic - while daydreaming gamblers think they can get rich by frequenting casinos, PRAGMATIC gamblers realize that the odds are heavily stacked against them
PROPRIETY correct behavior;obedience to rules and customs - the aristocracy maintained a high level of propriety, adhering to even the most minor social rules
VACILLATE to sway physically; to be indecisive - the customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocky road ice cream
VOLATILE easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive - his volatile personality made it difficult to predict his reaction to anything
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