180 Most Common GRE Words

To reduce in amount, degree, severity.

To leave secretly.

To choose not to do something.

Syn: Forbear, Refrain, Withhold

An extremely deep hole.

Syn: Chasm, Void

To make impure.

Syn: Doctor

• To speak in favor of.

• Concerning the appreciation of beauty.

To increase in power, influence, and reputation.

To make more bearable.

Syn: Allay, Assuage, Comfort, Ease, Lessen, Lighten, Mitigate, Palliate, Relieve

To mix together, to combine.

Admix, Blend, Combine, Commingle, Commix, Compound, Fuse, Intermingle, Intermix, Merge, Mingle, Mix

Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways.

Syn: Cloudy, Doubtful, Dubious, Equivocal, Indeterminate, Nebulous, Obscure, Unclear, Vague

To make better; to improve.

Syn: Amend, Pacify, Upgrade, Improve, Better

Something out of place in time.

Syn: Archaism, Incongruity

Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to.

Syn: Alike, Comparable, Corresponding, Equivalent, Homogeneous, Parallel, Similar

Deviation from what is normal.

Syn: Aberrance, Aberration, Abnormality, Deviance, Deviation, Irregularity, Preternaturalness

Extreme dislike.

Syn: Animosity, ANimus, Antagonism, Aversion, Enmity, Hostility, Repellence.

To annoy or provoke to anger.

Syn: Clash, Irritate, Provoke, Conflict, Oppose, Incite, Vex, Pester

Lack of interest or emotion

Syn: Coolness, Disinterest, Disregard, Impassivity, INdifference, INsensibility, Lassitude, Lethary, Listlessness, Phlegm, Stolidity, Unconcern, Unresponsiveness.

To judge a dispute between two opposing parties.

Syn: Adjudge, Adjudicate, Decide, Determine, Judge, Moderate, Referee, Rule

Ancient, old-fashioned.

Syn: Ancient, Antediluvian, Antique, Bygone, Date, Dowdy, Fusty, Obsolete, Old-Fashioned, Outdated, Outmoded, Passe, Prehistoric, Stale, Superannuated, Superseded, Vintage.

Intense and passionate feeling

Syn: Devotion, Enthusiasm,Fervency, Fervidity, Fervidness, Fervor, Fire, Passion, Zeal, Zealousness.

Able to speak clearly and expressively

Syn: Eloquent, Expressive, Fluent, Lucid, Silver-Tongued, Smooth-Spoken.

To make something unpleasant less severe.

To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

Syn: Debilitate, Devitalize, Dilute, Enervate, Enfeeble, Rarefy, Sap, Thin, Undermine, Undo, Unnerve, Water, Weaken.

Fearless and Daring

Syn: Adventuresome, Aggresive, Assertive, Bold, Brave, Courageous, Daring, Dauntless, Doughty, Fearless, Gallant, Game, Heroic, Inrepid, Mettlesome, Plucky, Stout, Stouthearted, Unafraid, Undaunted, Valiant, Valorous, Venturesome, Venturuous.

Severe or stern in appearance, undecorated.

Syn: Bleak, Dour, Grim, Hard, Harsh, Severe.

Predictable, Cliched, Boring

Syn: Bland, Bromidic, Cliched, Commonplace, Fatuous, Hackneyed, Innocuous, Insipid, Jejune,

To support, to prop up

Syn: Brace, Buttress, Prop, Support, Sustain, Underpin, Uphold.

Pompous in speech or writing

Syn: Bloated, Beclamatory, Fustain, Grandiloquent, Grandiose, High-Flown, Magniloquent, Orotund, Pretentious, Rhetorical, Self-Important

Harsh, Jarring noise

Syn: Chaos, Clamor, Din, Discord, Disharmony, Noise.

Changing one's mind quickly and often.

Syn: Arbitrary, Chance, Changeable, Erratic, Fickle, Inconstant, Mercurial, Random, Whimsical, Willful.

Impartial and honest in speech.

Syn: Direct, Forthright, Frank, Honest, Open, Sincere, Straight, Straightforward, Undiguised.

To punish or criticize harshly

Syn: Admonish, Chastise, Chide, Rebuke, Reprimand, Reproach, Tax, Scold, Reprove, Upbraid.

Something that brings about a change in something else.

Syn: Catalyze

Biting in wit.

Syn: Acerbic, Biting, Mordant, Trenchant

Great disorder or confusion.

Syn: Clutter, Confusion, Disarrangement, Disarray, Disorder, Disorderliness, Disorganization, Jumble, Mess, Muddle, Scramble, Snarl, Topsy-Turviness, Turmoil.

Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs.

Syn: Partisan

Deception by means of craft or guile.

Syn: Artifice, Conniving, Craftiness, Deception, Deviousness, Misrepresentation, Pettifoggery, Shadiness, Sneakiness, Sophistry, Subterfuge, Underhandedness

Convincing and well-reasoned.

Syn: Convincing, Persuasive, Solid, Sound, Telling, Valid

To overlook, pardon, or disregard.

Syn: Exculpate, Excuse, Pardon, Remit.

Intricate and complicated.

Syn: Byzantine, Complex, Elaborate, Intricate, Knotty, Labyrinthine, Perplexing, Tangled

To provide supporting evidence.

Syn: Authenticate, Back, Bear Out, Buttress, Confirm, Substantiate, Validate, Verify.

Too trusting; Gullible.

Syn: Naive, Susceptible, Trusting

Steadily increasing in volume or force.

• Apprpriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety.

Respect, Courtesy

To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

To dry out thoroughly

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

An abusive, condemnatory speech

Lacking self-confidence

To make larger; to expand

Intended to delay.

Someone with an amateruish and superficial interest in a topic.

A funeral hymn or mournful speech.

To set right; to free from error.

To perceive; to recognize.

Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character.

A harsh and disagreeable combination; often sounds.

A firmly head opinion, often a religious belief.

Dictatorial in one's options.

To deceive; a person who is easily deceived.

Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources.

Effectiveness

A sorrowful poem or speech.

Persuasive and moving, especially in speech.

To copy; to try to equal or excel.

To reduce in strength.

To produce, cause, or bring about.

A puzzle; a mystery

To count, list or itemize.

Lasting a short time.

To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead.

Wandering and unpredictable.

Learned, scholarly, bookish.

Known or understood by only a few.

Admirable.

Speechin in praise of someone.

Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.

To make worse.

To clear from blame; to prove innocent.

Urgent; requiring immediate action.

To clear of blame.

Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression.

Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion.

To grovel.

Intensely emotional; ferverish.

Excessively decorated or embellished.

To arouse or incite.

A tendency to be thrifty or cheap.

Tending to talk a lot.

Outgoing, sociable.

Deceit or trickery.

Easily deceived.

Of a similar kind.

One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions.

Not cabable of being disturbed.

Impossible to penetrate; incable of being affected.

Quick to act without thinking.

Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful.

Not fully formed; disorganized.

Showing innocence or childlike simplicity.

Hostile, unfriendly.

Harmless

Lacking interest or flavor.

Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled.

To overwhelm; to cover with water.

Easily made angry.

Using few words.

To express sorrow, to grieve.

To give praise; to glorify.

To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant.

Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.

Talkative

Clear and easily understood.

Bright, brilliant, glowing.

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill.

Capable of being shaped.

A figure of speech comparing two different thingsl a symbol.

Extremely careful about details.

A person who dislikes others.

To soften; to lessen.

To calm or make less severe.

Lack of variation.

Lacking sophisticiation or experience.

Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion.

Overly submissive and eager to please.

Stubborn, unyielding.

To prevent; to make unnecessary.

To stop up; to prevent the passage of.

Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome.

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light.

Public disgrace.

Excessive showiness.

A contradiction or dilemma.

Model of excellence or perfection.

Someone who shows off learning.

Willing to betray one's trust.

Done in a routine way; indifferent.

To penetrate.

Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness.

To soothe or pacify.

Able to be molded, altered or bent.

Excess.

Practical as opposed to idealistic.

To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation.

To lie or deviate from the truth.

Fresh and clean; uncorrputed.

Lavish; Wasteful

To increase in number quickly.

To conciliate; to appease.

Correct behavior; obdience to rules and customs.

Wisdom, caution or restraint.

Sharp and irritating to the senses.

Motionless.

To make thinner or sparser.

To reject the validity of.

Silent, reserved.

Effective writing or speaking.

To satisfy fully or overindulge.

Causing sleep or lethargy.

Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious.

A mark of shame or discredit.

Unemotional; lacking sensitivity.

Lofty or grand.

Done without using words.

Silent; not talkative.

Long, harsh speech or verbal attack.

Extreme mental and physical sluggishness.

Temporary, lasting a brief time.

To sway physically; to be indecisive.

To respect deeply.

Filled with truth and accuracy.

Wordy

To annoy.

Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive.

To fluctuate between choices.

Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable.

Passion, excitement.