179 GRE WORDS
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- Tacit
- Done without using words
- Attenuate
- To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
- Caustic
- Biting in wit
- Euphemism
- Use of an inoffensive work or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
- Specious
- Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
- Canard
- a lie
- Torpor
- Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
- Foment
- To arouse or incite
- Eloquent
- Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
- Philanthropy
- Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
- Reticent
- Silent, reserved
- Chaos
- Great disorder or confusion
- Comeliness
- Physical grace and beauty
- Ambulatory
- Itinerant; walking around
- Repudiate
- To reject to validity of
- Irascible
- Easily made angry
- Enigma
- A puzzle; a mystery
- Ambiguous
- doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
- Naive
- Lacking sophistication or experience
- Cognomen
- Family name; any name, especially a nickname
- Consanguineous
- of the same origin; related by blood
- Pragmatic
- Practical as opposed to idealistic
- Ardor
- Able to speak clearly and expressively
- Ephemeral
- Lasting a short time
- Anomaly
- Deviation from what is normal
- Vacillate
- To sway physically; to be indecisive
- Deride
- To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
- Impetuous
- Quick to act without thinking
- Garrulous
- Tending to talk a lot
- Opprobrium
- Public disgrace
- Churlish
- rude
- Abut
- to touch, to be in contact with
- Obstinate
- Stubborn; unyeilding
- Abdicate
- to give up a position, right or power
- Stigma
- A mark of shame or discredit
- Permeate
- To penetrate
- Laud
- To give praise; to glorify
- Chimerical
- fanciful, imaginary, visionary, impossible
- Enumerate
- To count, list or itemize
- Obsequious
- Overly submissive and eager to please
- Anthropomorphic
- attributing human qualities to non-humans; having human qualities
- Erudite
- Learned, scholarly, bookish
- Prudence
- Wisdom, caution or restraint
- Austere
- Severe or Stern in appearance; undecorated
- Cosset
- to pamper, treat with great care
- Corpulence
- obesity, fatness, bulkiness
- Apothegm
- A short, instructive saying
- Castigate
- To punish or criticize harshly
- Arboreal
- Relating to trees; living in trees
- Cistern
- tank for rainwater
- Propriety
- Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
- Emulate
- To copy; to try to equal or excel
- Metaphor
- A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
- Prodigal
- Lavish, wasteful
- Proliferate
- To increase in number quickly
- Fervid
- Intensely emotional; feverish
- Laconic
- Using few words
- Exculpate
- To clear from blame; prove innocent
- Disabuse
- to set right; to free from error
- Lethargic
- Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
- Contentious
- quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
- Misanthrope
- A person who dislikes others
- Balk
- To refuse, shirk; prevent
- Dilate
- To make larger; to demand
- Perfidious
- Willing to betray one's trust
- Efficacy
- Effectiveness
- Ablution
- act of cleansing
- Taciturn
- Silent, not talkative
- Analogous
- Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
- Lavish
- To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant
- Antediluvian
- prehistoric, ancient beyond measure; coming before the biblical flood
- Adulterate
- To make impure
- Congenial
- similar in tastes and habits
- Aesthetic
- Concerning the appreciation of beauty
- Coalesce
- to grow together, cause to unite as one
- Audacious
- Fearless and Daring
- Aggrandize
- to increase in power, influence, and reputation
- Veracity
- Filled with truth and accuracy
- Enervate
- To reduce in strength
- Placate
- To soothe or pacify
- Dissemble
- To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or charcter
- Abnegate
- to deny, renounce
- Pristine
- Fresh and clean; unsorrupted
- Elegy
- A sorrowful poem or speech
- Tirade
- Long, harsh speech or verbal attack
- Exonerate
- To clear from blame
- Cacophony
- Harsh, jarring noise
- Innocuous
- Harmless
- Bulwark
- defense wall; anything serving in defense
- Apathy
- Lack of interest or emotion
- Aplomb
- Poise, confindence
- Abstruse
- difficult to comprehend
- Transitory
- Temporary, lasting a brief time
- Rarefy
- To make thinner or sparser
- Cajole
- to flatter,coax, persuade
- Mollify
- To calm or make less severe
- Calamitous
- disastrous, catastrophic
- Corrugate
- to mold into shape with parallel grooves and ridges
- Plastic
- Able to be molded, altered or bent
- Coven
- group of witches
- Choleric
- Easily angered, short-tempered
- Florid
- Excessively decorated or embellished
- Coteire
- small group of persons with a similar interest
- Onerous
- Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
- Dilettante
- Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
- Plethora
- excess
- Chattel
- piece of personal property
- Bonhomie
- good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
- Waver
- To fluctuate between choices
- Antagonize
- To annoy or provoke to anger
- Desiccate
- To dry out thoroughly
- Implacable
- Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
- Perfunctory
- Done in a routine way; indifferent
- Satiate
- To satisfy fully or overindulge
- Sublime
- Lofty or grand
- Loquacious
- Talkative
- Abyss
- An extremely deep hole
- Malinger
- To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
- Chauvinist
- Someone prejudice in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
- Candid
- Impartial and Honest in speech
- Obviate
- To prevent; to make unnecessary
- Arbitrate
- To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
- Assiduous
- diligent, persistent; hard-working
- Beatific
- saintly, angelic
- Fawn
- To grovel
- Lucid
- Clear and easily understood
- Dogma
- A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
- Lament
- To express sorrow; to grieve
- Malleable
- Capable of being shaped
- Chicanery
- Deception by means of craft or guile
- Abjure
- to reject, abandon formally
- Zeal
- Passion; excitement
- Pedant
- Someone who shows off learning
- Ostentation
- Excessive showiness
- Credulous
- Too trusting; gullible
- Vex
- To annoy
- Erratic
- Wandering and unpredictable
- Archaic
- Ancient, Old-fashioned
- Alleviate
- To make more bearable
- Stolid
- Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
- Behemoth
- huge creature
- Bolster
- To support, to prop up
- Engender
- To produce, cause or bring about
- Paradox
- A concentration or dilemma
- Apostate
- One who renounces a religious faith
- Belie
- To misrepresent; expose as false
- Adumbrate
- to sketch, outline in a shady way
- Abrogate
- to abolish or invalidate by authority
- Volatile
- Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
- Convoluted
- Intricate and complicated
- Intransigent
- Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
- Gregarious
- Outgoing, sociable
- Banal
- Predictable, cliched, boring
- Dogmatic
- Dictatorial in one's opinion
- Benison
- Blessing
- Ameliorate
- to make better; to improve
- Capricious
- Changing one's mind quickly and often
- Paragon
- Model of excellence or perfection
- Commodious
- roomy, spacious
- Iconoclast
- One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
- Coffer
- strong box; large chest for money
- Bifurcate
- divided into two parts
- Carom
- to strike and rebound
- Curmudgeon
- cranky person
- Bombastic
- Pompous in speech and manner
- Discern
- To perceive; to recognize
- Equivocate
- To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
- Dupe
- to deceive; a person who is easily deceived
- Prevaricate
- To lie or deviate from the truth
- Dilatory
- Intended to delay
- Explicit
- Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
- Abstain
- To choose not to do something
- Pungent
- Sharp and Irritating to the senses
- Opaque
- Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
- Bilious
- Easily irritated, relating to bile
- Cavalcade
- A procession
- Guile
- Deceit or trickery
- Meticulous
- Extremely careful about details
- Assuage
- To make something unpleasant less severe
- Amortize
- To diminish by installment payments
- Soporific
- Causing sleep or lethargy
- Frugality
- A tendency to be thrifty or cheap
- Inchoate
- Not fully formed; disorganized
- Altruism
- unselfish concern for other's welfare
- Advocate
- To speak in favor of
- Propitiate
- To conciliate; to appease
- Gullible
- Easily deceived
- Contumacious
- rebellious
- Ancillary
- Accessory, subordinate; helping
- Inundate
- To overwhelm; to cover with water
- Acme
- Highest point, summit
- Impervious
- Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
- Anachronism
- Something out of place or time
- Estimable
- Admirable
- Luminous
- Bright, Brilliant, glowing
- Deference
- Respect, courtesy
- Desultory
- Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
- Cogent
- Convincing and well reasoned
- Abstemious
- consuming moderately
- Condone
- To overlook, pardon or disregard
- Whimsical
- Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
- Chagrin
- shame, embarrassment, humiliation
- Venerate
- To respect deeply
- Corroborated
- To provide supporting evidence
- Amalgamate
- to combine, to mix together
- Calumny
- False and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander
- Quiescent
- Motionless
- Ingenuous
- Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
- Decorum
- Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
- Compunctious
- feeling guilty or having misgivings
- Monotony
- Lack of variation
- Inimical
- Hostile, unfriendly
- Dirge
- A funeral hymn or mournful speech
- Abate
- To reduce in amount, degree or severity
- Charlatan
- quack, fake
- Obdurate
- Hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion
- Acerbic
- bitter, sharp in taste or temper
- Diffident
- Lacking self-confidence
- Aerie
- Nook or nest built high in the air
- Conciliatory
- Overcoming distrust or hostility
- Insipid
- Lacking interest or flavor
- Exacerbate
- To make worse
- Occlude
- To stop by; to prevent the passage of
- Crescendo
- Steadily increasing volume or force
- Adroit
- Skillful, accomplished, highly competent
- Esoteric
- Known or understood by only a few
- Precipitate
- To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
- Eulogy
- Speech in praise of someone
- Antipathy
- Extreme Dislike
- Disparate
- Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
- Bacchanalian
- drunkenly festive
- Apotheosis
- deification; glorified ideal
- Imperturbable
- Not capable of being disturbed
- Rhetoric
- Effective writing or speaking
- Dissonance
- A Harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
- Fanatical
- Acting expressively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
- Abscond
- To leave secretly
- Verbose
- Wordy
- Homogeneous
- Of a similar kind
- Diatribe
- an abusive, condemnatory speech
- Exigent
- Urgent; requiring immediate action
- Eclectic
- Selecting from or made from a variety of sources
- Catalyst
- Something that brings about a change in something else
- Conflagration
- big, destructive fire
- Mitigate
- To soften; to lessen