High Frequency GRE words
Terms
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- abate
- reduce
- abscond
- to leave secretly
- abyss
- deep hole
- aesthetic
- concerning the appreciation of beauty
- aggrandize
- increase in power/influence
- amalgamate
- combine, mix
- anachronism
- out of place in time
- analogous
- similar, equivalent, comparable
- anomal y/ous
- abnormal, irregular
- antagonize
- provoke to anger, annoy
- antipathy
- dislike
- apathy
- lack of interest, emotion
- aberrant
- abnormal, deviant
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abstemious
- Eating and drinking in moderation
- arbitrate
- judge a dispute between two opposing parties
- archaic
- ancient, old-fashioned
- ardor
- intense and passionate feeling
- articulate
- speak clearly and expressively
- assuage
- make something unpleasant less severe, ease, soothe
- attenuate
- reduce, weaken
- audacious
- fearless and daring
- austere
- sever or stern, undecorated
- admonish
- warn, reprove
- alacrity
- promptness, eagerness
- ambivalence
- Uncertainty or indecisiveness, coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings
- ameliorate
- improve
- appease
- pacify, soothe
- apprise
- inform
- approbation
- approval
- appropriate
- acquire
- arduous
- hard
- artless
- open and honest
- ascetic
- self-denying and austere, e.g. hermit
- assiduous
- diligent
- autonomous
- self-governing
- aver
- state confidently
- banal
- predictable, lacking originality
- belie
- contradict, give a false impression
- bolster
- support
- boorish
- rude, insensitive
- burgeon
- grow forth
- burnish
- shiny, polish
- buttress
- support
- cacophon y/ous
- inharmonious, discordant
- candid
- impartial and honest; candid nature
- capricious
- unpredictable, fickle
- castigate
- punish
- caustic
- sarcastically biting
- chicanery
- deception, trickery
- cogent
- convincing and well reasoned
- condone
- overlook, pardon, disregard
- convoluted
- intricate, complicated
- corroborate
- provide supporting evidence
- credulous
- too trusting, gullible
- crescendo
- increase in volume or intensity
- coagulate
- thicken, clot
- coda
- concluding section of some musical, literary piece
- commensurate
- Of the same size, extent
- compendium
- brief, summary
- complaisant
- trying to please
- conciliatory
- reconciling, soothing
- confound
- confuse
- connoisseur
- someone who appreciates, knows about fine art
- contention
- assertion , thesis.... bone of contention
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- contrite
- Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent
- conundrum
- riddle; difficult problem
- craven
- cowardly
- deference
- respect, courtesy
- deride
- redicule, mock, make fun of
- desiccate
- dry out
- diatribe
- abusive speech, scolding, invective
- desultory
- aimless, haphazard, disconnected
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence, shyness
- dilate
- expand
- dilatory
- delaying
- dilettante
- amatuer
- dirge
- lament with music
- disabuse
- free from error
- discern
- perceive, recognize
- disparate
- fundamentally different
- dissemble
- present a false appearance, disguise
- dissonance
- discord, opposite of harmony
- dogma
- firmly held opinion
- dogmatic
- dictatorial in one's opinion
- dupe
- deceive
- daunt
- frighten
- default
- failure to act
- delineate
- portray, depict
- denigrate
- defame; belittle
- dichotomy
- split
- discrete
- separate, unconnected
- disingenuous
- not naive, sophisticated
- disparage
- belittle
- disseminate
- spread, distribute
- distend
- expand
- eclectic
- made up of a variety of sources
- elegy
- sorrowful poem or speech
- emulate
- imitate, to copy, to try to equal
- enervate
- reduce in strength
- engender
- cause, bring about
- equivocate
- lie, mislead
- erratic
- unpredicatble, haphazard
- erudite
- learned, scholarly
- esoteric
- hard to understand, understood only by a few
- estimable
- admirable
- eulogy
- speech in praise of someone
- euphemism
- mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- exigent
- urgent
- ebullient
- excitement, enthusiasm
- effrontery
- shameless boldness
- elicit
- draw out by discussion
- embellish
- ornament, enhance
- empirical
- based on experience
- endemic
- prevailing among a specific group of people
- equanimity
- calmness of temperament, composure
- extrapolation
- conjecture
- fawn
- grovel, flattering
- fervid
- Marked by great passion or zeal
- foment
- arouse; insite; promote the growth of
- frugality
- thrift, Wise economy in the management of money
- facetious
- joking
- fallacious
- false
- fatuous
- foolish
- felicitous
- appropriate, well chosen, suitably expressed
- fervor
- intensity of feeling
- fledgling
- inexperienced
- flout
- reject; mock
- garrulous
- tending to talk a lot; loquacious
- gregarious
- outgoing; sociable
- guile
- deceit
- gullible
- easily deceived
- gainsay
- deny
- goad
- urge on
- gouge
- overcharge
- grandiloquent
- bombastic
- harangue
- speech
- iconoclast
- one who opposes established beliefs, customs
- imperturbable
- not capable of being disturbed
- impetuous
- quick to act without thinking
- implacable
- unable to be calmed down
- inchoate
- not full formed; disorganized
- ingenuous
- showing innocence
- inimical
- unfriendly; hostile
- innocuous
- harmless
- insipid
- lack of interest, flavor
- intransigent
- uncompromising
- inundate
- overwhelm; cover with water
- irascible
- easily made angry
- impassive
- without feeling
- impede
- hinder
- implode
- burst inward
- inadvertently
- unintentionally
- incongruity
- lack of harmony
- indigence
- poverty
- indolent
- lazy
- insinuate
- hint; imply
- insularity
- narrow mindedness; isolation
- intractable
- unruly; stubborn; not easily managed
- invective
- abuse
- laconic
- using few words; brief and to the point
- lament
- express sorrow; grieve
- laud
- praise
- lucid
- clearly and easily understood
- luminous
- bright
- lassitude
- weariness; languor
- latent
- dormant; hidden; undeveloped
- levity
- lack of seriousness
- malinger
- one who feigns illness to escape duty
- malleable
- capable of being shaped
- misanthrope
- a person who dislikes others
- mitigate
- soften; lessen
- mollify
- calm; make less severe
- monotomy
- lack of variation
- maverick
- rebel
- mendacious
- lying; habitually dishonest
- metamorphosis
- change of form
- morose
- melancholy; Sadness or depression
- mundane
- wordly; everyday
- neophyte
- beginner
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obsequious
- eager to please
- obviate
- prevent
- occlude
- stop
- onerous
- troublesome
- opprobrium
- public disgrace
- officious
- meddlesome
- paragon
- model of perfection
- pedant
- showing off learning
- perfidious
- willing to betray ones trust
- perfunctory
- indifferent
- philanthropy
- charity; desire to do good
- placate
- soothe; pacify
- plethora
- excess
- pragmatic
- practical
- precipitate
- hasty; quick; sudden
- prevaricate
- to lie
- pristine
- pure
- proliferate
- increase
- propitiate
- conciliate; appease
- prudence
- wisdom; caution
- partisan
- one-sided; prejudiced
- paucity
- scarcity
- penchant
- strong inclination; liking
- penury
- poverty
- perennial
- long lasting
- pervasive
- spread throughout
- phlegmatic
- calm
- platitude
- trite remark; commonplace statement
- precarious
- uncertain; risky
- presumptuous
- arrogant; taking liberties
- probity
- uprightness
- propensity
- natural inclination
- proscribe
- outlaw
- quiescent
- motionless
- repudiate
- reject the validity
- reticent
- silent; reserved
- rhetoric
- effective writing or speaking
- recalcitrant
- stubborn
- recant
- confess
- recluse
- hermit; loner
- recondite
- profound; secret
- refractory
- resistant; stubborn
- relegate
- banish to an inferior position
- reproach
- express disapproval
- reprobate
- devoid of decency
- rescind
- cancel
- specious
- deceptively attractive; misleading
- stigma
- mark of shame
- stolid
- unemotional
- sublime
- grand
- tacit
- without words
- tirade
- verbal attack
- torpor
- lethargy
- transitory
- temporary
- vacillate
- indecisive; unpredictable
- venerate
- to respect deeply
- veracity
- filled with truth
- vex
- annoy
- waver
- fluctuate between choices
- whimsical
- unpredictable (whimsical fantasies)
- zeal
- passion; excitement
- salubrious
- healthy
- savor
- have a distinctive flavor, smell
- shard
- fragment