English Vocabulary - GRE

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to depart clandestiny; to steal off and hide Abscond (verb)
deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration) Aberrant (adj)
eager and enthusiastic willingness Alacrity (noun)
deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous) Anomaly (noun)
an expression of approval or praise Approbation (noun)
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort Arduous (adj)
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify Assuage (verb)
daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity) Audacious (adj)
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity) Austere (adj)
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom) Axiomatic (adj)
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon) Canonical (adj)
inclined to change one´s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable Capricious (adj)
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke Censure (verb)
trickery or subterfuge Chicanery (noun)
an informed an astute judge in matters of taste; expert Connoisseur (noun)
complex or complicated Convoluted (adj)
to undeceive; to set right Diasbuse (verb)
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound Discordant (adj)
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar Disparate (adj)
extreme boldness; presumptuousness Effrontery (noun)
well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence) Eloquent (adj)
to weaken; to reduce in vitality Enervate (verb)
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy Ennui (noun)
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form. equivocal) Equivocate (verb)
very learned; scholarly (noum form: erudition) Erudite (adj)
exonerate; to clear of blame Exculpate (verb)
urgent, pressing; requering immediate action or attention Exigent (adj)
improvised; done without preparation Extemporaneous (adj)
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action Filibuster (noun)
to loudly attack or denounce Fulminate (verb)
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication Ingenous (adj)
accustumed to accepting something undesirable Inured (adj)
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts Iracible (adj)
to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory) Laud (verb)
clear; easily understood Lucid (adj)
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous) Magnanimity (noun)
associated with war and armed forces Martial (adj)
of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary Mundane (adj)
coming into being; in early development stages Nascent (adj)
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form Nebulous (adj)
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses Neologism (noun)
harmful, injurious Noxious (adj)
lacking sharpness of intellect; nor clear or precise in thought or expression Obtuse (adj)
to anticipate and make unnecessary Obviate (verb)
troubling; burdensome Onerous (adj)
a song or hymm of praise and thanksgiving Paean (noun)
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or commic effect, esp. in literature and art Parody (noun)
recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly Perennial (adj)
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious) Perfidy (noun)
cursory; done without care or interest Perfunctory (adj)
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity) Perspicacious (adj)
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner Prattle (verb)
acting with excessive haste or impulse Precipitate (adj)
to cause or happen before antecipated or required Precipitate (verb)
a disposition in favor of something; preference Predilection (noun)
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient) Prescience (noun)
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead Prevaricate (verb)
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy Qualms (noun)
to retract, esp. a previously held belief Recant (verb)
to disprove; to successfully argue against Refute (verb)
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position Relegate (verb)
quite; reserved; relluctant to express thoughts and feelings Reticent (adj)
concerned and attentive; eager Solicitous (adj)
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul Sordid (adj)
occurring only occasionally, or in sattered instances Sporadic (adj)
to waste by spending or using irresponsably not moving, active, or in motion: at rest Static (adj)
to stun; baffle, or amaze Stupefy (verb)
to block; to thwart Stymie (verb)
the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize) Synthesis (noun)
a force that causes rotation Torque (noun)
winding, twisting; excessively complicated Tortuous (adj)
fierce and cruel; eager to fight Truculent (adj)
truthfulness, honesty Veracity (noun)
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic Virulent (adj)
having an isatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous Voracious (adj)
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion Waver (verb)
to lessen in intensity or degree Abate (verb)
an expression of praise Accolade (noun)
excessive praise; inense adoration Adulation (noun)
dealing with; appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful Aesthetic (adj)
to make better or more tolerable Ameliotate (verb)
one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion Ascetic (noun)
greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious) Avarice (noun)
a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic) Axiom (noun)
to grow rapidly or flourish Burgeon (verb)
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants Bucolic (adj)
harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous) Cacophony (noun)
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical) Canon (noun)
severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate) Castigation (noun)
a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change Catalyst (noun)
burning or stinging; causing corrosion Caustic (adj)
wary; cautions; sparing Chary (adj)
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing Cogent (adj)
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant) Complaisance (noun)
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement Contentious (adj)
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition) Contrite (adj)
deserving blame (noun form: culpability) Culpable (adj)
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack Dearth (noun)
to question or oppose Demur (verb)
intended to teach or instruct Didactic (adj)
cautions reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet) Discretion (noun)
free of bias or self-interest; impartial Disinterested (adj)
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