GRE Vocabulary.txt

v. Combine

unite

v. Deny

v. Portray

• depict
• sketch

v. Make fun of

ridicule

v. Overcharge

adj. Profound and secret

abstruse

adj. Unpredictable

fickle

adj. Reconciling

soothing

v. Improve

n. Bewildering jumble

turmoil

v. Inform

n. Contradictory feelings

v. Grow forth

adj. Showing excitement

enthusiastic

n. Cheerful Promptness

eagerness

v. Assert confidently

declare

v. Correct false impression

undeceive

n. Orderliness and good manners

propriety

n. calmness of temperment, mental or emotional stability

composure

v. Prop up

support

adj. Unprejudiced

n. Claim

thesis

adj. Repentant

penitent

n. Looseness in morals

disintegration

adj. Sparing in eating and drinking

temperate

adj. False, misleading

adj. Involved, coiled around

intricate

adj. Mentally quick and observant

adj. Based on experience

adj. Hard

• difficult
• strenuous

v. Stir up

instigate

adj. Abnormal

irregular

v. Acquire

v. Strip

deprive

v. Depart secretly and hide

adj. Trying to please by flattery or obsequiously

adj. Selective, composed of disparate parts

v. Draw out by discussion

adj. Corresponding, ie. degree, extent, size or amount

proportionate

n. Shyness

v. Dry up

adj. comparable

n. Projection

conjecture

v. Belittle

n. Power to produce desired result

n. Trickery

deception

v. Clear from blame

adj. Hackneyed, lacking originality

• trite
• commonplace

n. Poem/song expressing lamentation

v. thicken

• clot
• congeal

adj. Daring

bold

adj. Joking (often inappropriately)

• humorus
• mocking

n. Sever criticism

punishment

adj. Foolish yet smug

• brainless
• inane

adj. Reserved and uncommunicative

v. Give false impression

contradict

adj. Learned

scholarly

adj. Opinionated

• doctrinal
• arbitrary

adj. Doing good

kindly

n. Urgent situtaoin, requires immediate attention

emergency

adj. cowardly

adj. Pompous

v. Confuse

puzzle

v. Distribute

• scatter
• spread

n. Someone who is easily fooled

n. Wandering away from the subject

n. Intensity of feeling

glowing ardor

v. Purify

• concentrate
• refine

v. Sow contempt for

• show off
• mock
• reject

adj. Basically different

unrelated

v. Subside or moderate

v. Swell out

extend

n. Someone or something misplaced in time

v. Disguise

pretend

v. Negatively portray, blacken

adj. Abnormal or deviant

v. Polish by rubbing

adj. Charming

attractive

n. Bitter scolding

invective

v. Imitate with intent to surpase

rival

adj. Short-lived

fleeting

adj. Suitably expressed, well chosen

apt

n. Shameless Boldness

• sheer nerve
• presumptiousness
• impudence

adj. Rude

insensitive

n. Approval

v. Intimidate

frighten

v. Weaken

adj. Quarrelsome

adj. Consisting of different parts

• unconnected
• seperate

n. Suspension in the action

v. Breif comprehensive summary

n. Expression of praise

v. Warn

reprove

n. Failure to act

n. Lament with music

n. Aversion

dislike

adj. Trying to please

obliging

adj. Forbiddingly Stern, severly simple and unornamented

adj. Convincing

v. Overlook

forgive

adj. Aimless; digressing at random

haphazard

adj. Without feeling

• stoical
• imperturbable

v. Preimptively prevent

n. Someone who hates humankind

n. Refusal of any compromise

stubbornness

n. Long, passionate speech

adj. Harmless

adj. Impenetrable, cannot be damaged

n. Narrow-mindedness

isolation

adj. Attacking cherished traditions

adj. Slavishly attentive

• servile
• sycophantic

n. Rebel

nonconformist

ajd. Unchangeable

adj. Brief and to the point

n. Lack of seriousness or steadiness

n. Someone who feigns sick to escape duty

adj. Potential but undeveloped

dormant

v. Praise

adj. Inactive

n. Weariness

langor

adj. Wordy

• talkative
• loquacious

n. Poverty

n. Violent denunciation or reprove, an insulting or abusive word or expression

adj. Bombastic

pompous

adj. Stubborn

adj. Calm

placid

v. Lie

mislead

adj. Unconscious

unresponsive

ajd. Sociable

n. Recent convert

beginner

adj. Lacking Flavor

dull

adj. Without deceit

adj. Unruly

• stubborn
• unyielding

v. Urge on

provoke

v. Overwhelm

• submerge
• flood

n. Exaggeration

overstatement

adj. Recently begun

• rudimentary
• elementary

adj. Talkative

• garrulous
• verbose

adj. Accustomed

hardened

n. Lack of harmony

adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual

everyday

v. Soothe

adj. Incapable of being pacified

adj. Lazy

adj. Irritable

easily angered

adj. Habitually dishonest

lying

v. Make unnecessary; get rid of

n. Generosity

adj. Pertaining to disease

n. Scarcity

n. Lethargy

• dormancy
• sluggishness

n. Strong inclination

liking

n. Severe poverty

stinginess

n. Something long lasting

adj. Trecherous

disloyal

adj. Not thorough, lacking interest, care and enthusiasm

superficial

adj. Spread throughout

adj. Not easily disturbed

calm

v. Pacify

conciliate

n. Trite remark

cliche

adj. Risky

uncertain

adj. Premature

• sudden
• hasty
• rash

v. Lie

n. Incorruptibility

uprightness

adj. Reckless with money

wasteful

v. Appease

n. Correct Conduct

fitness

v. Ostricize

• outlaw
• banish

adj. Limited

restricted

adj. At rest

dormant

adj. (Gas) reduced in density

adj. Obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority

• unruly
• intractable

adj. Respectful

worshipful

adj. Healthful

v. Approve

ratify

v. Fully satisfy

adj. Worried

concerned

adj. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect

misleading

n. Token of disgrace

brand

v. To be thrifty

limit

v. Make express conditions

specify

adj. Dull

• impassive
• stoical

n. Supporting bar

adj. Understood; not put in words

adj. Only slightly connected

• digressing
• peripheral

adj. Thin

• slim
• rare

adj. Easily managed

docile

adj. Full of curves

winding

n. Agressiveness

ferocity

v. Waver

fluctuate

adj. Abusive

scolding

adj. Truthful

n. Innocent, inexperienced young woman

n. Person with no belongings

beggar

adj. Habitual dishonesty

untrustworthyness

adj. Having vertical overhangs or cliffs

steep

adj. Habitually silent or uncommunicatie

• reserved
• taciturn

adj. Concerned

• careful
• empathetic

n. Sleep inducing medicine/drug

tranquilizer

adj. Taking by force or greed

• voracious
• predatory

n. Omission, assimilation or slurring of a vowel or syllable in pronunciation or speech

n. Short concise statement of a principle or general truth

saying

adj. Having a clever mind

• wily
• cunning
• crafty
• shrewd

v. Catch sight of

• discover
• discern

adj. Timid or cowardly

• irresolute
• fainthearted

n. Painting or design on a wall

mural

n. Study and collecting of stamps

n. Alen that has been granted citizenship, inhabitant

• occupant
• frequenter

• v. Wear our by constant use
• adj. Lacking originality or novelty

stale

n. Fragments of rock produced by disintegration or abrasion

• debris
• sediment

adj. Lacking virtue

• n. Outward expression of sorrow
• v. To feel or express sorrow

• greive
• weep

adj. Moving with great force or voilence

v. To think

• ponder
• consider

v. Provide critical or explanatory notes

adj. A trite by overuse

adj. Having no money

• poor
• pennyless

n. Person having great power

monarch

n. Study of insects (branch of zoology)

adj. Forward and immodest, impatient and irritable over petty annoyance

• insolent
• peevish

n. Formal expression of praise, hymn to a victor

• eulogy
• tribute

n. Person with no believe or has abandoned principles

adj. Used or intended for teaching or instruction

pedantic

adj. Indistinct or unclear

hazy

n. Shallow place in river, dangerous to navigate

v. To become shallow or sail into shallow waters

n. Habitual offender, tends toward repition of antisocial behaviour

ajd. Polite and curteous in a smooth and polished way

• refined
• suave

adj. Pleasn and easy to approach and talk to, gentle and kindly

amiable

n. Lack of sense or meaning, brainlessness

• sillyness
• emptyness

n. Short poem/terse with witty or satirical point

v. Asks humbly and earnestly

appeal

n. Foolish or rash boldness

• recklessness
• foolhardyness

n. Having perspective qualities such as keen judgement and understanding

n. Theif, naggardly persion

miser

adj. Pouring out or overflowing, expressing excessive emotion

adj. Causing or inclined to shed tears

adj. Concerned with actual practice, busy or active and often meddlesome

adj. Concerning or effecting confiscation

adj. Done without care or interest

superficial

n. Infamy

vilification

adj. Showy, trying to attract attention

pretentious

n. Model of perfection

adj. Honest

truthful

v. Shut

close

adj. Pushy in offering service

meddlesome

adj. Burdensome