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aberrant adj. deviating from the norm (n. aberration)

abscond v. depart clandestinely; steal off and hide

alacrity n. great willingness or enthusiasm

n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule;

anomaly abnormality (adj. anomalous)

approbation n. an expression of approval or praise

adj. strenuous; taxing; requiring significant

arduous
effort

assuage v. ease or lessen; appease or pacify

adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold (n.

audacious
audacity)

adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

austere (n. austerity)

adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (n.

axiomatic axiom)

adj. following or in agreement with accepted,

canonical traditional standards (n. canon)
 adj. inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic;
capricious unpredictable

censure v. criticize severely; officially rebuke

chicanery n. trickery or subterfuge

n. an informed and astute judge in matters of

connoisseur
taste; expert

convoluted adj. complex or complicated

disabuse v. undeceive; set right

discordant adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in mind

disparate adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

effrontery n. extreme boldness; presumptuousness

adj. well-spoken; expressive; articulate (n.

eloquent
eloquence)

enervate v. weaken; reduce in vitality

n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from

ennui boredom or apathy

v. use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

equivocate (adj. equivocal)

erudite adj. very learned; scholarly (n. erudition)

exculpate v. exonerate; clear of blame

adj. urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or

exigent attention
extemporaneous adj. improvised; done without preparation

n. intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged

filibuster speechmaking to delay legislative action

fulminate v. loudly attack or denounce

adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking in

ingenuous
sophistication

adj. accustomed to accepting something

inured
undesirable

adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental

irascible
outbursts

laud v. praise highly (adj. laudatory)

lucid adj. clear; easily understood

n. the quality of being generously noble in mind and

magnanimity heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. magnanimous)

martial adj. associated with war and the armed forces

adj. of the world; typical of or concerned with

mundane
the ordinary

adj. coming into being; in early

nascent
developmental stages

adj. vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined

nebulous
form

n. a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or

neologism use of new words or senses

noxious adj. harmful; injurious

adj. lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise

obtuse in thought or expression
obviate v. anticipate and make unnecessary

onerous adj. troubling; burdensome

paean n. a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

n. a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic

parody effect, esp. in literature and art

adj. recurrent though the year or many years;

perennial happening repeatedly

n. intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj.

perfidy
perfidious)

perfunctory adj. cursory; done without care or interest

adj. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (n.

perspicacious perspicacity)

v. babble meaninglessly; talk in an empty and

prattle
idle manner

adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse, v. cause or

precipitate happen before anticipated or required

n. a disposition in favor of something;

predilection
preference

n. foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to

prescience their occurring (adj. prescient)

prevaricate v. deliberately avoid the truth; mislead

n. misgivings; reservations; causes for

qualm
hesitancy

recant v. retract, esp. a previously held belief

refute v. disprove; successfully argue against

 v. forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or
relegate
position

adj. quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and

reticent feelings

solicitous adj. concerned and attentive; eager

adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor;

sordid
foul

adj. occurring only occasionally, or in

sporadic
scattered instances

squander v. waste by spending or using irresponsibly

static adj. not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

stupefy v. stun, baffle, or amaze

stymie v. block; thwart

n. the combination of parts to make a whole

synthesis
(v. synthesize)

torque n. a force that causes rotation

adj. winding; twisting; excessively

tortuous
complicated

truculent adj. fierce and cruel; eager to fight

veracity n. truthfulness; honesty

adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or

virulent antagonistic

adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or

voracious pursuit; ravenous
 v. move to and fro; sway; be unsettled in
waver
opinion

abate v. lessen in intensity of degree

accolade n. an expression of praise

- adulation n. excessive praise; intense adoration

ameliorate v. make better or more tolerable

n. one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of

ascetic religious devotion

avarice n. greed, esp. for wealth (adj. avaricious)

adj. dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art

aesthetic or the beautiful

n. a universally recognized principle (adj.

axiom
axiomatic)

adj. rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and

bucolic their inhabitants

burgeon v. grow rapidly or flourish

n. harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj.

cacophony cacophonous)

n. an established set of principles or code of laws,

canon often religious in nature (adj. canonical)

n. severe criticism or punishment (v.

castigation
castigate)
n. a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical
catalyst reaction without itself changing; a person of thing that
causes change

caustic adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion

chary adj. wary; cautious; sparing

adj. appealing forcibly to the mind or reason;

cogent
convincing

n. the willingness to comply with wishes of others (adj.

complaisance complaisant)

adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy

contentious or disagreement

adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (n.

contrite contrition)

culpable adj. deserving blame (n. culpability)

n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity;

dearth
a lack

demur v. question or oppose

didactic adj. intended to teach or instruct

n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make

discretion responsible decisions (adj. discreet)

disinterested adj. free of bias of self-interest; impartial

adj. expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or

dogmatic unprovable principles (n. dogma)

adj. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of

ebullience thoughts and feelings (adj. ebullient)

adj. composed of elements drawn from

eclectic
various sources

n. a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj.

elegy elegiac)

adj. / n. soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh;

emollient mollifying; an agent that softens of smoothes the skin
empirical adj. based on observation or experiment

adj. mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (n.

enigmatic enigma)

ephemeral lasting or used for only a short period of time

adj. intended for or understood by a small,

esoteric
specific group

n. a speech or piece of writing praising

eulogy somebody/something very much

exonerate v. remove blame

facetious adj. playful; humorous

n. an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj.

fallacy fallacious)

furtive adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other

gregarious people

v. / n. deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long,

harangue pompous speech

adj. violating accepted dogma or convention

heretical
(n. heresy)

n. an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of

hyperbole speech (adj. hyperbolic)

impecunious adj. lacking funds; without money

adj. beginning to come into being or to

incipient
become apparent

inert adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

innocuous adj. harmless; causing no damage

adj. refusing to compromise (n.

intransigent
intransigence)

adj. unhappy, bad-tempered and not talking

morose
very much

odious adj. evoking intense aversion or dislike

opaque adj. impenetrable by light; not reflecting light

n. the act or state of swinging back and forth with a

oscillation steady, uninterrupted rhythm (v. oscillate)

adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrifty;

penurious
ungenerous

adj. extremely harmful; potentially causing

pernicious
death

inveigle v. obtain by deception or flattery

peruse v. examine with great care (n. perusal)

adj. extremely reverent or devout; showing strong

pious religious devotion (n. piety)

n. one that precedes and indicates or

precursor
announces another

v. dress up; primp; groom oneself with

preen
elaborate care

adj. abundant in size, force, or extent;

prodigious
extraordinary

adj. producing large volumes or amounts;

prolific
productive

rot; decay and give off a foul odor (adj.

putrefy
putrid)
quaff v. drink deeply

n. stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

quiescence (adj. quiescent)

redoubtable adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

n. / v. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty

sanction intended to enforce compliance; give permission or
authority to
n. a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an
institution in which you use humor to show their faults
satire or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of
criticism

adj. sordid; wretched and dirty as from

squalid
neglect (n. squalor)

supplant v. take the place of; supersede

torpid adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. torpor)

adj. existing everywhere at the same time; constantly

ubiquitous encountered; widespread

adj. sophisticated; refined; elegant (n.

urbane
urbanity)

vilify v. defame; characterize harshly

viscous adj. thick; sticky (n. viscosity)

acumen n. keen, accurate judgement or insight

v. reduce purity by combining with inferior

adulterate
ingredients

v. combine several elements into a whole (n.

amalgamate
amalgamation)

adj. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more

archaic primitive, time
aver v. state as a fact; declare or assert

bolster v. provide support or reinforcement

diatribe n. a harsh denunciation

bombastic adj. pompous; grandiloquent (n. bombast)

dissemble v. disguise or conceal; mislead

eccentric adj. departing from norms or conventions

adj. tending to disappear like vapor;

evanescent
vanishing

exacerbate v. make worse or more severe

fervent adj. greatly emotional or zealous (n. fervor)

fortuitous adj. happening by accident or chance

adj. relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in

germane subject matter

adj. rendered trite or commonplace by

hackneyed
frequent usage

halcyon adj. calm and peaceful

n. devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the

hedonism pleasures of the senses ( a hedonist is someone who
purses pleasure)

a person who criticizes popular beliefs or established

iconoclast customs and ideas

n. pompous speech or expression (adj.

grandiloquence
grandiloquent)
 n. the consistent dominance of one state or ideology
hegemony over others

adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to

idolatrous something (n. idolatry)

impassive adj. revealing no emotion

adj. marked by extreme clam, impassivity,

imperturbable
and steadiness

impunity n. immunity from punishment or penalty

adj. not capable of being appeased or

implacable
significantly changed

infelicitous adj. unfortunate; inappropriate

adj. without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit;

insipid
bland

loquacious adj. extremely talkative (n. loquacity)

adj. characterized by brightness and the

luminous
emission of light

adj. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or

malevolent hatred (n. malevolence)

inchoate adj. in an initial stage; not fully formed

adj. capable of being shaped or formed;

malleable
tractable; pliable

n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj.

mendacity mendacious)

adj. characterized by extreme case and precision;

meticulous attentive to detail

n. one who hates all other humans (adj.

misanthrope
misanthropic)
 v. make or become less severe or intense;
mitigate
moderate

obdurate adj. unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

obsequious adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

occlude v. obstruct or block

opprobrium n. disgrace; contempt; scorn

n. the profession or principles of teaching, or

pedagogy
instructing

adj. the parading of learning; excessive attention to

pedantic minutiae and formal rules

penury n. poverty; destitution

adj. having the tendency to permeate or

pervasive
spread throughout

pine v. yearn intensely; languish; lose vigor

pirate v. illegally use or reproduce

pith n. the essential or central part

pithy adj. precise and brief

placate v. appease; clam by making concessions

n. a superficial remark, esp. one offered as

platitude
meaningful

plummet v. plunge or drop straight down

polemical adj. controversial; argumentative

adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse;

prodigal
lavish

adj. given or coming forth abundantly;

profuse
extravagant

proliferate v. grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

n. questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind;

queries
reservations

adj. prone to complaining or grumbling;

querulous
peevish

adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (n.

rancorous rancor)

adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult

recalcitrant
to manage

repudiate v. refuse to have anything to do with; disown

rescind v. invalidate; repeal; retract

adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of

reverent profound awe and respect (n. reverence)

n. the art or study of effective use of language for

rhetoric communication and persuasion

salubrious adj. promoting health or well-being

adj. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve

solvent another substance

adj. seeming true, but actually being fallacious;

specious misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

adj. lacking authenticity or validity; false;

spurious
counterfeit
 n. a court order requiring appearance and/or
subpoena
testimony

succinct adj. brief; concise

superfluous adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

n./v. an overabundant supply; excess; feed or supply to

surfeit excess

n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something

tenacity valued; persistent determination (adj. tenacious)

adj. having little substance or strength;

tenuous
flimsy; weak

n. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh

tirade denunciation

transient adj. fleeting; passing quickly; brief

adj. fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause

zealous (cf. zealot)

adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

stoic (stoicism)

adj. characteristic of or often found in a particular

endemic locality, region, or people

adj. having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp;

acerbic biting

v. increase in intensity, power, influence, or

aggrandize
prestige

n. a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of

alchemy metals, esp. base metals into gold

amenable adj. agreeable; responsive to suggestion

n. something or someone out of place in terms of

anachronism historical or chronological context
 adj./n. having a tightening effect on living tissue;
astringent harsh; severe

n. self-important or pompous writing or speech (adj.

bombast bombastic)

contiguous adj. sharing a border; touching; adjacent

convention n. a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

adj. tending to believe too readily; gullible (n.

credulous
credulity)

n. an attitude or quality of belief that all people are

cynicism motivated by selfishness (adj. cynical)

n. polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

decorum
(adj. decorous)

n. scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment (adj.

derision derisive, v. deride)

desiccate v. dry out or dehydrate; make dry or dull

n. one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the

dilettante arts or a branch of knowledge

disparage v. slight or belittle

divulge v. disclose something secret

fawn v. flatter or praise excessively

v. show contempt for, as in a rule or

flout
convention

garrulous adj. pointlessly talkative, talking too much

adj. marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking

glib in depth; superficial
 n. overbearing presumption or pride;
hubris
arrogance

imminent adj. about to happen; impending

immutable adj. not capable of change

adj. hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and

impetuous
vehement

adj. having no interest or concern; showing no bias or

indifferent prejudice

inimical adj. damaging; harmful; injurious

adj. not easily managed or directed; stubborn;

intractable
obstinate

intrepid adj. steadfast and courageous

laconic adj. using few words; terse

n. an independent individual who does not go along

maverick with a group or party

adj. characterized by rapid and unpredictable

mercurial
change in mood

v. calm or soothe; reduce in emotional

mollify
intensity

neophyte n. a recent convert; a beginner; novice

obfuscate deliberately obscure; make confusing

obstinate adj. stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

adj. characterized by or given to pretentious

ostentatious
display; showy
pervade v. permeate throughout (adj. pervasive)

phlegmatic adj. calm; sluggish; unemotional

plethora n. an overabundance; a surplus

pragmatic adj. practical rather than idealistic

adj. overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or

presumptuous courtesy); taking liberties

pristine adj. pure; uncorrupted; clean

proclivity n. a natural predisposition or inclination

adj. excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant (n.

profligate profligacy)

propensity n. a natural inclination or tendency, penchant

prosaic adj. dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

adj. characterized by a strong, sharp smell or

pungent
taste

adj. foolishly impractical; marked by lofty

quixotic
romantic ideals

adj. occurring or recurring daily;

quotidian
commonplace

rarefy v. make or become thin, less dense, refine

n. adherence to highest principles; complete and

probity confirmed integrity; uprightness

adj. hidden; concealed; difficult to

recondite
understand; obscure
refulgent adj. radiant; shiny; brilliant

v. fail to honor a commitment; go back on a

renege
promise

sedulous adj. diligent; persistent; hardworking

shard n. a piece of broken pottery or glass

adj. causing drowsiness; tending to induce

soporific
sleep

adj. thin; not dense; arranged at widely

sparse
spaced intervals

spendthrift n. one who spends money wastefully

subtle adj. not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern

tacit adj. implied; not explicitly stated

terse adj. brief and concise in wording

tout v. publicly praise or promote

trenchant adj. sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

unfeigned adj. genuine; not false or hypocritical

untenable adj. indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

v. waver indecisively between one course of action or

vacillate opinion and another; waver

adj. multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches

variegated of different color
 vexation n. annoyance; irritation (v. vex)

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vigilant adj. alertly watchful (n. vigilance)

v. use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure

vituperate severely or abusively; berate

adj. readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle;

volatile explosive (n. volatility)

multifarious of many different kinds; having great variety

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about 2 years ago by mjmj4

Number of cards:
304
Tags:
gre verbal
Related Card Sets:
GRE Vocab
GRE#1
I Just Don't Understand.

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