GRE Vocabulary Study List
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- ABIDE
- Endure, bear; dwell, remain.
- ABATE
- subside or moderate
- ABERRANT
- abnormal or deviant
- ABEYANCE
- suspended action
- ABSCOND
- depart secretly and hide
- ABSTEMIOUS
- sparing in eating and drinking, temperate
- ADMONISH
- warn, reprove
- ADULTERATE
- make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
- ADVOCATE
- "advocate (Verb):
- AESTHETIC
- artistic
- AFFABLE
- Friendly; courteous; gracious; mild.
- AGGREGATE
- gather, accumulate
- AILMENT
- Indisposition; minor disorder of the body
- ALACRITY
- cheerful promptness, eagerness
- ALLEVIATE
- relieve
- AMALGAMATE
- combine, unite in one body
- AMBIGUOUS
- unclear or doubtful in meaning
- AMBIVALENCE
- the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- AMELIORATE
- improve
- AMEND (Verb) AMENDABLE (Adj)
- To change or modify in any way for the better.
- AMICABLE
- Friendly or peaceful
- ANACHRONISM
- something or someone misplaced in time
- ANALOGOUS
- comparable
- ANATHEMA
- " to be anathema TO sb: liberal ideas are anathema to
- ANEMIA
- Lack of vigor or vitality
- ANIMUS
- Aggression or hostility.
- ANOMALOUS
- abnormal, irregular
- ANTIPATHY
- aversion, dislike
- APATHY
- lack or caring, indifference
- APPEASE
- pacify or soother, relieve
- APPREHENSIVE
- "Apprehensive (adj.)
- APPRISE
- inform
- APPROBATION
- Approval; sanction; commendation
- APPROPRIATE
- acquire, take possession of for one's own use
- ARBITER
- A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them
- ARDUOUS
- hard, stenuous
- ARTLESS
- without guile, open and honest
- ASCETIC
- practicing self-denial, austere
- ASPERITY
- Harshness, roughness of temper
- ASSIDUOUS
- diligent
- ASSUAGE
- ease or lessen (pain), satisty (hunger), soother (anger)
- ATTENUATE
- make thinner, weaken or lessen ( in density, force, degree)
- AUDACIOUS
- daring, bold
- AUGUST
- Solemn; inspiring respect and reverence; dignified.
- AUSTERE
- forbiddingly stern
- AUTONOMOUS
- self-governing
- AVER
- assert confidently or declare
- BAFFLE
- To elude; to foil; to perplex
- BALEFUL
- Menacing, portending evil; having a harmful or malignant influence.
- BANAL
- hackneyed, commonplate, trite, lacking originality
- BARRAGE
- intense volley [1. simultaneous discharge of missiles etc. 2. outburst of questions or other words. 3. return of the ball in tennis/ before it touches the ground.] of many things at once (as in, perhaps, artillery shelling [tufek sacmasinin firlamasi gibi; artillery askeri boluk gibi]).
- BATE
- with bated breath con ansiedad, conteniendo la respiración
- BAWDY
- ⬹ language / scene ⬺ subido de tono; ⬹ joke ⬺ subido de
- BEDRAGGLE
- "verb.
- BELIE
- contradict, give a flase impression
- BENEFICENT
- kindly, doing good
- BESEECH
- "verb.
- BIGOTRY
- "noun.
- BILIOUS
- "adj.
- BILK
- "verb.
- BIVOUAC
- "verb.
- BIZARRE
- "adj.
- BOLSTER
- support, reinforce
- BOMBASTIC
- pompous, using inflated language
- BOORISH
- "adj.
- BRANDISH
- To move or wave, as a weapon; to flourish
- BRAZEN
- "adj.
- BUCOLIC
- "adj.
- BUNGLE:
- To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner
- BUOYANT
- "adj.
- BURGEON
- grow forth, send out buds
- BURNISH
- make shiny by rubbing, polish
- BUTTRESS
- support, prop up
- CACKLE
- To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does; to laugh in a broken manner
- CACOPHONOUS
- discordant, inharmonious
- CAJOLE
- "(verb)
- CALLOUS
- "adj.
- CALUMNIATE
- "verb.
- CANTANKEROUS
- "adj.
- CAPRICIOUS
- unpredictable, fickle
- CARP
- To find fault; to criticize words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly.
- CARRION
- "noun.
- CASTIGATION
- punishment, severe criticism
- CATALYST
- agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged, person or thing that causes action
- CATATONIC
- "The definition of catatonic (adj) is In a stupor; experiencing either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs.. Here is an example of it in use:
- CAUSTIC
- Burning; corrosive; destructive
- CAVALCADE
- A procession of persons on horseback
- CELERITY
- "noun.
- CHAGRIN
- "noun.
- CHAMELEON:
- A lizard that changes color to match its surroundings.
- CHARY
- "adj.
- CHASTEN
- "verb.
- CHERUBIC
- "adj.
- CHICANERY
- "noun.
- CHROMATIC
- "adj.
- CIRCUMLOCUTION
- An indirect and wordy means of expression.
- CLANDESTINE
- "adj.
- CLEAVE
- adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling
- COAGULATE
- thicken, congeal, clot
- CODA
- concluding section of a musical or literary composition, something that summarizes or concludes
- COGENT
- convincing
- COGNATE
- "adj.
- COLLATERAL
- "NOUN
- COMELY
- Pleasing or agreeable to the sight
- COMMENSURATE
- corresponding in extent or degree or amount, proportionate
- COMPENDIUM
- A short review of a particular subject or issue.
- COMPLAISANT
- trying to please, overly polite, obliging
- COMPLIANT
- yielding, conforming to requirements
- CONCEIT
- "noun.
- CONCILIATORY
- reconciling, soothing
- CONDONE
- overlook, forgive, give tacit approval, excuse
- CONFOUND
- confuse, puzzle
- CONGENIAL
- Allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
- CONNOISSEUR
- person competent to act as a judge of something, a lover of an art
- CONTENTION
- claim, thesis
- CONTENTIOUS
- quarrelsome
- CONTRITE
- penitent
- CONUNDRUM
- riddle, difficult problem
- CONVERGE
- approach, tend to meet, come together
- CONVOLUTED
- coiled around, involved, intricate
- COPIOUS
- Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
- CORDIAL
- "adj.
- CORPULENT
- "adj.
- CORRODE
- To consume; to wear away; to gradually wear away; to impair; rust.
- COUNTERVAIL:
- Act in opposition, counteract (often against a harmful force); compensate, offset, counterbalance
- COZEN
- "cozen (verb)
- CRAVEN
- cowardly
- CUPIDITY
- "noun.
- CURATOR
- Custodian, especially one in charge of a museum or zoo.
- CURSORY
- Performed rapidly without attention to details; hasty.
- DABBLE
- To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way.
- DAUNT
- Discourage by reason of difficulty, intimidate, overwhelm, instill fear or lessen courage
- DECOROUS
- Satisfying the demands of polite society; proper, correct, seemly.
- DECORUM
- propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners
- DECREPIT
- "Decrepit (adj.)
- DECRY
- Find fault with. Publically condemn or belittle
- DEFAULT
- failure to act
- DEFEATIST
- Expecting or anticipating loss
- DEFERENCE
- courteous regard for another's wish
- DEFERENTIAL
- "adj.
- DELINEATE
- portray, depict, sketch
- DENIGRATE
- blacken
- DERELICTION
- "noun.
- DERIDE
- ridicule, make fun of
- DERISIVE
- Mocking, laughing; dismissive
- DERIVATIVE
- unoriginal, obtained from another source
- DESICCATE
- dry up
- DESTITUTE
- Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy.
- DESULTORY
- aimless, haphazard, disgressing at random
- DETAIN
- To hold back.
- DETERRENT
- something that discourages, hindrance
- DIATRIBE
- bitter scolding, invective
- DICHOTOMY
- split, branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
- DIFFIDENCE
- shyness
- DIFFIDENT
- Hesitant and timid; unassertive.
- DIFFUSE
- wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)
- DIGRESSION
- wandering away from the subject
- DILATE
- "verb.
- DILATORY
- "Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy
- DIRGE
- "noun.
- DISABUSE
- correct a false impression, undeceive
- DISCERNING
- mentally quick and observant, having insight
- DISCOMFIT
- Upset, frustrate, make uncomfortable
- DISCORDANT
- not harmonious, conflicting
- DISCREDIT
- defame, destroy confidence in, disbelieve
- DISCREPANCY
- lack of consistency, difference
- DISCRETE
- separate, unconnected, consisting of distinct parts
- DISHEVELLED
- "adj.
- DISINGENUOUS
- lacking genuine candor, insincere
- DISINTERESTED
- unprejudiced
- DISJOINTED
- lacking coherence, separated at the joints
- DISMISS
- eliminate from consideration, reject
- DISPARAGE
- belittle
- DISPARATE
- basically different, unrelated
- DISSEMBLE
- disguise, pretend
- DISSEMINATE
- distribute, spread, scatter (like seeds)
- DISSOLUTION
- disintegration, looseness in morals
- DISSONANCE
- discord, opposite of harmony
- DISTEND
- "verb.
- DISTILL
- purify, refine, concentrate
- DIVERGE
- vary, go in different directions from the same point
- DIVEST
- strip, deprive
- DOCUMENT
- provide written evidence
- DOGMATIC
- opinionated, arbitrary, doctrinal
- DORMANT
- Sleeping, in an inactive state, but with the potential to awaken.
- DRIVEL
- Stupid talk; nonsense
- DROLL
- "adj.
- DROSS
- "noun.
- DUCTILE
- Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; capable of being drawn out.
- DUPE
- someone easily fooled
- DURESS
- "noun.
- DWINDLE
- "(verb)
- EBULLIENT
- showing excitement, overflowing with enthusiasm
- ECLECTIC
- selective, composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
- EFFACE
- "verb.
- EFFICACY
- power to produce desired effect
- EFFRONTERY
- impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness
- EFFULGENT
- "adj.
- ELATION
- "noun.
- ELEEMOSYNARY
- pertaining to charity; charitable
- ELEGY
- poem or song expressing lamentation
- ELICIT
- draw out by discussion
- ELOQUENCE
- Clear and forceful expression of meaning or feeling.
- EMACIATE:
- To become or to cause to become very thin, as when starving.
- EMBARK:
- To set out on a voyage; to engage in any affair
- EMBELLISH
- adorn, ornament, enhance (as a story)
- EMPIRICAL
- based on experience
- EMULATE
- imitate, rival
- ENCOMIUM
- A statement of high, glowing, enthusiastic praise.
- ENCUMBERED
- Burdened; weighed down.
- ENDEMIC
- prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
- ENERVATE
- weaken
- ENGENDER
- cause, produce
- ENHANCE
- increase, improve
- ENJOIN
- "verb.
- ENMITY:
- Strong hatred.
- ENNUI
- A feeling of weariness and disgust; tedium.
- ENTRANCE
- "verb.
- EPHEMERAL
- "adj.
- EPICURE
- A person with discriminating taste (e.g. in food and wine).
- EQUANIMITY
- calmness of temperament, composure
- EQUIVOCATE
- lie, mislead, attempt to conceal the truth
- ERUDITE
- learned, scholarly
- ESOTERIC
- hard to understand, known only to the chosen few
- ESPOUSE:
- To take up as a supporter.
- EULOGY
- expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
- EUPHEMISM
- mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
- EXACERBATE
- worsen, embitter
- EXACTING
- Demanding;strict; not easily satisfied.
- EXCULPATE
- clear from blame
- EXIGENCY
- urgent situation, pressing needs or demands, state of requiring immediate attention
- EXPATIATE
- To enlarge or elaborate upon something; to go on in great detail.
- EXPEDIENT
- "adj.
- EXPIATION:
- Atonement, the making of amends.
- EXPURGATE
- To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous.
- EXTIRPATE
- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate
- EXTRAPOLATION
- projection, conjecture
- FACETIOUS
- joking (often inappropriately), humorous
- FACILE
- easily done, overly simplistic
- FACILITATE
- help bring about, make less difficult
- FALLACIOUS
- false, misleading
- FASTIDIOUS
- Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; fussy.
- FATUOUS
- brainless, inane, foolish yet smug
- FAWN
- "verb.
- FAWNING
- trying to please by behaving flattering or cringing
- FAZE
- "verb.
- FEBRILE
- "adj.
- FELICITOUS
- apt, suitably expressed, well chosen
- FELON:
- A person guilty or capable of crime.
- FERRET
- Search out and bring to light; to drive out from a hiding place.