GRE Vocabulary Group 3
Terms
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- acumen (n.)
- keen, accurate judgment or insight
- adulterate (v.)
- to reduce in purity by combining with inferior ingredients
- amalgamate (v.)
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to combine with several elements into a whole
noun form: amalgamation - archaic (adj.)
- outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
- aver (v.)
- to state as a fact; to declare or assert
- bolster (v.)
- to provide support or reinforcement
- bombastic (adj.)
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pompous; grandiloquent
noun form: bombast - diatribe (n.)
- a harsh denunciation
- dissemble (v.)
- to disguise or conceal; to mislead
- eccentric (adj.)
- departing from norms or conventions
- endemic (adj.)
- characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
- evanescent (adj.)
- tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
- exacerbate (adj.)
- to make worse or more severe
- fervent (adj.)
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greatly emotional or zealous
noun form: fervor - fortuitous (adj.)
- happening by accident or chance
- germane (adj.)
- relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
- grandiloquence (n.)
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pompous speech or expression
adj form: grandiloquent - hackneyed (adj.)
- calm and peaceful
- hedonism (n.)
- devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the sense
- hegemony (n.)
- the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
- iconoclast (n.)
- one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
- idolatrous (adj.)
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
noun form: idolatry - impassive (adj.)
- revealing no emotion
- imperturbable (adj.)
- not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
- impunity (n.)
- immunity from punishment or penalty
- inchoate (adj.)
- in an initial stage; not fully formed
- infelicitous (adj.)
- unfortunate; inappropriate
- insipid (adj.)
- without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
- loquacious (adj.)
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extremely talkative
noun form: loquacity - luminous (adj.)
- characterized by brightness and the emission of light
- malevolent (adj.)
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having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, hatred
noun form: malevolence - malleable (adj.)
- capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
- mendacity (n.)
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
adj form: mendacious - meticulous (adj.)
- characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
- misanthrope (n.)
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one who hates all other humans
adj form: misanthropic - mitigate (v.)
- to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
- obdurate (adj.)
- unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
- obsequious (adj.)
- exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
- occlude (v.)
- to obstruct or block
- opprobrium (n.)
- disgrace; contempt; scorn
- pedagogy (n.)
- the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
- pedantic (adj.)
- the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
- penury (n.)
- poverty; destitution
- pervasive (adj.)
- having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
- pine (v.)
- to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
- pirate (v.)
- to illegally use or reproduce
- pith (n.)
- the essential or central part
- pithy (adj.)
- precise and brief
- placate (v.)
- to appease; to calm by making concessions
- platitude (n.)
- a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
- plummet (v.)
- to plunge or drop straight down
- polemical (adj.)
- controversial; argumentative
- prodigal (adj.)
- recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
- profuse (adj.)
- given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
- proliferate (v.)
- to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
- queries (n.)
- questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
- querulous (adj.)
- prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
- rancorous (adj.)
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
noun form: rancor - recalcitrant (adj.)
- obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
- repudiate (v.)
- to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
- rescind (v.)
- to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
- reverent (adj.)
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
noun form: reverence - rhetoric (n.)
- the art of study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
- salburious (adj.)
- promoting health or well-being
- solvent (adj.)
- able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
- specious (adj.)
- seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
- spurious (adj.)
- lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
- subpoena (n.)
- a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
- succint (adj.)
- brief; concise
- superfluous (adj.)
- exceedingly what is sufficient or necessary
- surfeit (n./v.)
- an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
- tenactiy (n.)
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
adj form: tenacious - tenuous (adj.)
- having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
- tirade (n.)
- a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
- transient (adj.)
- fleeting; passing quickly; brief
- zealous (adj.)
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fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause
a zealot is a zealous person