GRE Wordlist 26 - 30
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- ingenuous
- adj. naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
- ingratiate
- v. become popular with
- inimical
- adj. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
- innocuous
- adj. harmless
- iniquitous
- adj. wicked; immoral; unrighteous
- insalubrious
- adj. unwholesome; not healthful
- inscrutable
- adj. impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
- insensate
- adj. without feeling; cold; cruel; brutal
- insolvent
- adj. bankrupt; lacking money to pay
- insouciant
- adj. /ɪnˈsusiənt; Fr. ɛ̃suˈsyɑ̃/ free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- insularity
- n. narrow-mindedness; isolation
- insuperable
- adj. unsurmountable; unbeatable
- interloper
- n. intruder; one that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler
- internecine
- adj. /ˌɪntərˈnisin, -saɪn, -ˈnɛsin, -ˈnɛsaɪn/ of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group; mutually destructive
- interpolate
- v. to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.; to alter (a text) by the insertion of new matter, esp. deceptively or without authorization.; to insert (new or spurious matter) in this manner
- interregnum
- n. /ˌɪntərˈrɛgnəm/ period between two reigns
- intimate (v)
- v. /ˈɪntəˌmeɪt/ indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest
- intractable
- adj. unruly; stubborn; unyielding
- intransigence
- n. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
- inured
- adj. accustomed; hardened; made tough by habitual exposure
- invalidate
- v. weaken; destroy
- invective
- n. verbal abuse; vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
- inveigh
- v. denounce; utter censure or invective
- inveigle
- v. /ɪnˈveɪgəl, -ˈvi-/ lead astray; wheedle; entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements; acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods
- inveterate
- adj. deep-rooted; habitual
- invidious
- adj. designed to create ill will or envy
- inviolable
- adj. secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
- invoke
- v. call upon; ask for; declare to be binding or in effect
- irascible
- adj. irritable; easily angered
- irresolute
- adj. uncertain how to act; weak
- irrevocable
- adj. unalterable; irreversible
- itinerant
- adj. wandering; traveling
- jaundiced
- adj. prejudiced, biased by envy or hostility; yellowed
- jibe
- v. agree; be in harmony with
- jingoist
- n. extremely aggressive and militint patriot; war-like chauvinist
- jocose
- adj. given to joking
- jocular
- adj. said or done in jest
- jocund
- adj. /ˈdʒɒkənd, ˈdʒoʊkənd/ merry
- juggernaut
- n. irristibie crushing force
- junket
- n. trip, especially for pleasure by an official at public expense
- ken
- n. /kɛn/ range of knowledge
- killjoy
- n. grouch; spoilsport
- kismet
- n. fate
- knell
- v. tolling of a bell; sound of funeral bell
- knotty
- adj. intricate; difficult; tangled
- labile
- adj. likely to change; unstable; manipulable
- lackadaisical
- adj. /ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/ lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid
- laconic
- adj. brief and to the point
- laggard
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n. a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
adj. moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward. - laity
- n. laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy
- languid
- adj. weary; sluggish; listless
- languish
- v. lose animation or strength
- languor
- n. lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness; lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation
- lank
- adj. long and thin
- larceny
- n. theft
- larder
- n. pantry; food storage place
- largess (largesse)
- n. generous gift (generous bestowal of gifts)
- lassitude
- n. languor; weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; condition of indolent indifference
- lechery
- n. gross lewdness; lustfulness
- lectern
- n. reading desk
- legerdemain
- n. sleight of hand
- leonine
- adj. like a lion
- levity
- n. lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
- libertine
- n. /ˈlɪbərˌtin, -tɪn/ debauched person; person who is morally or sexually unrestrained; freethinker in religious matters
- licentious
- adj. amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
- limn
- v. /lɪm/ to represent in drawing or painting; to portray in words; describe
- limpid
- adj. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air; free from obscurity; lucid; clear (style); completely calm; without distress or worry
- lineaments
- n. features, esp. of the face
- lionize
- v. treat as a celebrity
- list (v)
- v. tilt; lean over
- litany
- n. supplicatory prayer; a prolonged or tedious account
- litotes
- n. ˈlaɪtəˌtiz, ˈlɪtə-, laɪˈtoʊtiz/ understatement for emphasis; an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem
- livid
- adj. lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged
- loath
- adj. /loʊθ, loʊð/ reluctant; disinclined
- loom
- v. appear or take shape
- lope
- v. gallop slowly
- lout
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n. 1. an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
v (used with object) to flout; treat with contempt; scorn. - low (v)
- v. moo
- lucre
- n. /ˈlukər/ money; monetary reward or gain
- lugubrious
- adj. /lʊˈgubriəs, -ˈgyu-/ mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
- macerate
- v. soften by soaking; waste away; soften or decompose (food) by the action of a solvent; make thinner
- machiavellian
- adj. crafty; double-dealing, esp. of government
- machinations
- n. /ˌmækəˈneɪʃən/ evil schemes or plots
- maculated
- adj. spotted; stained
- maelstrom
- n. large, powerful, or violent whirlpool; restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs
- magisterial
- adj. authoratative; pertaining to, or befitting a master; weighty; of importance or consequence; imperious; domineering
- magnanimity
- n. generosity; generosity in forgiving an insult or injury
- magnate
- n. person of prominence or influence
- magniloquent
- adj. boastful, pompous
- maladroit
- adj. clumsy; bungling
- malaise
- n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health
- malapropism
- n. comic misuse of a word
- malcontent
- n. person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
- malediction
- n. curse
- malefactor
- n. evildoer; criminal
- malfeasance
- n. wrongdoing
- malinger
- v. /məˈlɪŋgər/ pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- manacle
- v. restrain; handcuff
- manifest (adj)
- adj. evident; visible; obvious
- manifold (adj)
- adj. numerous; varied
- mannered
- adj. affected; not natural
- manumit
- v. emancipate; free from bondage
- marshal
- v. put in order
- martinet
- n. /ˌmɑrtnˈɛt, ˈmɑrtnˌɛt/ a strict disciplinarian, esp. a military one.
- matriculate
- v. enroll
- matrix
- n. point of origin; mold or die
- maudlin
- adj. effusively sentimental
- mauve
- adj. pale purple
- mawkish
- adj. mushy and gushy; sickly sentimental
- megalomania
- n. mania for doing grandiose things
- melee
- n. fight
- mellifluous
- adj. /məˈlɪfluəs/ sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious
- memorialize
- v. commemorate
- mendacious
- adj. /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ lying; habitually dishonest
- mendicant
- n. /ˈmɛndɪkənt/ beggar
- mercantile (adj)
- adj. concerning trade
- mercenary (adj)
- adj. motivated solely by money or gain
- mercurial
- adj. capricious; changing; fickle
- meretricious
- adj. /ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs/ alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry; based on pretense, deception, or insincerity; pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute
- mete
- v. /mit/ measure; distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (followed by out)
- mettle
- n. courage; spirit
- miasma
- n. /maɪˈæzmə, mi-/ swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere
- migrant
- adj. changing its habitat; wandering
- milieu
- n. /mɪlˈyʊ, mil-; Fr. miˈlyɶ/ environment; means of expression
- militate
- v. work against; have a substantial effect; weigh heavily His prison record militated against him.
- minatory
- adj. menacing; threatening
- mincing
- adj. affectedly dainty
- minutiae
- n. petty details
- mire
- v. entangle; stick in swampy ground
- misanthrope
- n. /ˈmɪsənˌθroʊp, ˈmɪz-/ one who hates mankind
- miscellany
- n. mixture of writings on various topics
- miscreant
- n. wretch; villain
- miserly
- adj. stingy; mean