GRE Test words
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- shrewd
- clever and probably accurate; good at judging people or situations
- piety
- religious devotion
- candor
- candid quality
- fortitude
- determination
- insurmountable
- too great to overcome
- grotesque
- distorted,misshapen,especially in a strange or disturbing way
- incongruous
- unsuitable or odd;
- scathing
- severly critical and scornful
- heretical
- heresy
- aplomb
- confident poise
- poise
- composure, calm self-assured dignity, especially in social situations
- elegance
- style and good taste; conciseness; grace and dignity
- canvas
- a type of painting
- congregation
- group of worshipers; members of same church
- pastor
- minister of church, in charge of congregation
- flock
- group of birds or sheep, goats..
- barren
- not fruiting
- lambast
- criticize strongly
- court
- try to gain, solicit
- listless
- weary and uninterested, lacking energy interest or the willingness to make effort
- weary
- tired
- enrage
- make somebody very angry
- distress
- mental suffering; hardship; danger or difficulty
- surmount
- overcome difficulty; get to top of something
- congruous
- appropriate to or suitable for a purpose or situation
- puncture
- to make or get hole; ruin somebody's confidence
- recall
- request to return product; revoke
- revoke
- formally cancel something
- tumultuous
- nosiy and unrestrained; confused and agitated
- allege
- assert something without proof
- intoxicate
- make drunk or stupefied
- rehabilitate
- help someone return to normal life; restore somebody to rank or rights; restore reputation
- twilight
- when Sun is below horizon; final period
- frenzy
- out-of-control behavior; burst of acitivity
- forge
- shape metal; establish with effort; move forward; make progress, forging past the runner on the inside
- lachrymose
- crying, sad
- miraculous
- extraodinary; able to perform miracles
- deity
- god or goddess
- divine
- having godlike nature; realize something; discover as if supernaturally
- prevail
- unbeaten and in control; win through; be normal, current thing; prevailed over his enemies, justice will prevail
- acclaim
- praise somebody lavishly; pronounce somebody to be something
- indefatigable
- untiring
- redolent
- aromatic; suggesting
- famish
- starve
- molest
- abuse somebody sexually
- regal
- royal
- pester
- annoy somebody constantly
- resolute
- possessing determination and purposefulness
- resolution
- determination, firmness of mind or purpose
- purge
- get rid of opponents( something undesired); free somebody from guilt or sin
- lenient
- not harsh, showing tolerance or mercy in dealing with crime or misbehavior
- lust
- sexual desire; eagerness, lust for power
- clique
- exclusive group
- spontaneous
- arising from internal cause; arising from impulse
- modesty
- unwillingness to draw attention to your own achievements or abilities
- dwelling
- home, living
- mull
- period of careful deliberation
- pretentious
- self-important and affected; ostentatious
- conviction
- conviction of crime; firmly held belief
- seize
- talk a hold of something; exploit something immediately
- exploit
- take advantage of somebody; use something for benefit
- stymie
- to hinder the process of
- leaner
- (lean), not fatty, lean meat; not productive
- compulsory
- forced, required
- overture
- prelude
- candidacy
- candidate status
- flagrant
- onfire; scandalous, very obvious in a bad way
- scandalous
- defamatory, causing public outrage or censure
- precipitous
- like precipice, done rashly
- solvent
- having enough money to cover cost
- entitle
- allow to claim
- consensus
- broad unanimity
- deluge
- heavy rain
- balm
- something that reduce pain
- dormant
- inactive
- renown
- widespread acclaim
- abet
- help somebody with something illegal
- intellectual
- relating to thinking; intelligent and knowledgeable; for intelligent people
- sentimental
- mawkish in feeling;appealing to tender feelings; expressing deep feeling
- decisive
- firm or determined
- subliminal
- subconscious, without awareness
- neophyte
- beginner, newcomer
- astringent
- a substance that contracts bodily tissues; causing contraction, tightening, stern, austere;speaking or writing in a matter that is critical and harmful in tone and content
- adverse
- negative; hostile; inimical; antagonistic
- ruffian
- rough person
- hoodlum
- ganster or criminal
- dictum
- a formal statement of either fact or opinion
- cloy
- too sugary; too sentimental or flattering
- pithy
- terse and full of meaning; concise
- cloture
- closing of debate in parliament or senate
- versatile
- having many use;changeable
- arduous
- laborious; difficult; strenuous
- strenuous
- tiring
- hiatus
- interval, break, period of rest
- renegade
- traitor; rebel
- minute
- extremely small; tiny
- kindle
- start burning; to ignite; to arouse, kindled her interest in ..
- arouse
- stimulate, to evoke a feeling, repsonce, or desire; anger; wake up from sleep
- turmoil
- a great state of confusion, commotion, or disturbance; event causing confusion or disturbance
- permeable
- porous; allowing to pass through
- fickle
- changeable, capricious; unpredictable
- judicious
- to have or show sound judgment
- labyrinth
- maze
- prescriptive
- customary; adhering to regulations
- adhere
- obey; support; stick firmly
- reverie
- daydream, a state of idle and pleasant comtemplation
- ingenue
- unsophisticated girl
- laggard
- a lazy person
- stamina
- endurance
- animosity
- hostility
- inquisitive
- inquiring, eager for knowledge, an inquisitive youngster
- implication
- suggestion, inference
- benefactor
- donor, one who helps others
- manifest
- obvious; clear
- motif
- theme
- predecessor
- pervious holder of the job; ancestor; something replaced by something else
- trivial
- having little value; commonplace; unimportant
- mentor
- experience advisor and supporter
- plausible
- believable, without proof; persuasive
- appeal
- earnest or urgent request; attraction; earnestly request something (money);attract or fascinate somebody
- grovel
- behave in servile way; crawl; wallow
- spiteful
- full or or showing petty maliciousness
- vindictive
- looking for revenge; spiteful
- petty
- insignificant; narrow-minded; mean;subordinate
- veer
- change direction suddenly, change from one opinion to another
- unwind
- relax; uncoil, untangle
- cope
- handle something successfully, cope with
- casual
- chance or unpremeditated; superficial; lenient; indifferent;not formal
- casualty
- accident victim
- nab
- grab something; catch sombody( arrest)
- deft
- quick and skillful, clever
- notorious
- famous for something bad
- trickle
- move slowly or gradually
- scandal
- something causing public outrage
- lyric
- expressing personal feeling; song words
- ensnare
- trap in unpleasant situation
- lure
- entice somebody, to persuade somebody to go somewhere or do something by offering something tempting
- entice
- tempt by offering something attractive
- vertigo
- dizziness
- baleful
- harmful; malignant; detrimental
- disparage
- to belittle; to undervalue; criticize
- savor
- to receive pleasure from; to dwell on with delight
- larceny
- theft; stealing
- surpass
- exceed expectation; to go beyond; to outdo
- arrogant
- acting superior to others
- infamous
- having a bad reputation
- deferential
- yielding to the opinion of another
- knead
- to mix; to massage
- provincial
- regional; unsophisticated
- bombast
- pompous speech; pretentious words
- denigrate
- to defame; to disparage
- scrupulous
- having moral integrity; very precise
- scrutinize
- to examine closely; to study
- accolade
- a sign of approval or respect
- denounce
- to speak out against; to condemn
- shady
- dishonest
- altercate
- argue heatedly
- dearth
- scarcity
- sectarian
- someone dogmatic and intolerant; to be narrow minded or limited
- appease
- to satisfy; to calm
- metamorphosis
- change of form
- anoint
- to crown; to ordain
- ordain
- make religious appointment
- effeminate
- like a girl or woman
- preclude
- prevent something; to inhibi; to make impossible
- lithe
- to be limber or supple
- gourmand
- food lover
- defensible
- that which can be justified
- foster
- to encourage; to nurture; to support
- atrophy
- wasting away, as from lack of use; weaken; to wither; lessening of ability
- finesse
- the ability to handle situations with skill and diplomacy
- obviate
- to make unnecessary
- curb
- imposed limitation; a restraint
- citadel
- fortress; defender
- dwell on
- concentrate on something at length
- devious
- secretive and calculating; unfair or underhad; rambling
- underhand
- secret and dishonest;adj as well
- corrode
- like errode;undermine; destory progressively by chemical action
- apocalypse
- total destruction
- devastate
- damage severly; upset enormously
- devastating
- damaging; very upseeting
- tot
- little child; small amount
- elusive
- hard to find; hard to pin down; hard to remember
- trauma
- emotional shock; body injury
- hysteria
- emotional instability caused by trauma; state of extreme emotion; uncontrollable laughing or crying
- albeit
- even though
- verge
- edge
- malaria
- recurring illness transmitted by mosquitoes
- embark
- go or put on board
- entail
- have something as consequence
- retention
- keeping or holding of something; memory
- bilateral
- involving two groups; on both sides
- coddle
- be overprotective of somebody
- tender
- offer something; physically painful; with gente feeling; kind and sympathetic; fragile
- opulence
- wealth; fortune
- harbor
- port; place of refuge, any place that is safe and sheltered; shelter somebody
- acerbic
- bitter in taste and manner
- crass
- stupid or dull; thoughtless and vulgar
- document
- support a claim with evidence
- effervesce
- to be lively or excited; to produce tiny gas bubbles
- sprun
- a strong rejection; to push away by foot(kick)
- partisan
- biased supported; resistance fighter
- cache
- hidden supply; secret place for hiding things
- façade
- deceptive appearance; face of building
- conjure
- to invoke; to cause to be, appear or become
- rout
- rabble; a retreat or terrible defeat; to dig up
- rabble
- unruly crowd, noisy and unruly crowd of people
- allure
- to attract; to entice; attraction; temptation; galmour
- parody
- amusing imitation; poor imitation
- disperse
- to scatter; to separate
- ascetics
- somebody who leads austere life
- obtuse
- blunt; dull; slow to understand
- blunt
- not sharp; frank or honest without sensitivity
- maculate
- stain somebody or something; make something or somebody impure
- aghast
- horrified; astonished
- rend
- tear something apart, rip; to split with violence; make a piercing sound
- vigilant
- watchful and alert,esp to guard against danger, difficulties or errors
- intimate
- close; cozy;closely connected; thorough
- presumably
- it is reasonable to suppose
- presume
- believing something to be true; take advantage;behave arrogantly or overconfidently
- imminent
- about to occur
- urge
- advise somebody strongly; advocate something earnestly
- confiscate
- take something away
- foil
- thwart somebody's success
- resound
- to be filled with reverberating sound
- reverberating
- echo; having continuing effect
- deliberate
- to consider carefully; intentional
- rabid
- furious, with extreme anger; intense
- cascade
- waterfall; to pour, hang, flow, fall or lie
- clemency
- showing mercy; mildness in weather
- vagrant
- homeless wanderer; homeless; wandering; random
- tortuous
- twisting and winding; intricate; devious
- inundate
- flood; to overwhelm
- lament
- be sad about something; to mourn or grieve; expression of grief
- blatant
- very obvious; noisy; crude; vulgar
- biennial
- happening every two years
- authoritarian
- acting as a dictator; demanding obedience
- zenith
- highest point; pointing straight up
- materialism
- focus on possessions
- disdain
- intense dislike; to look down upon; to scorn
- demur
- show reluctance; to object; misgiving
- temper
- to moderate; to bring to the proper condition by treatment
- dither
- to act indecisively; shiver
- amiss
- wrong, awry