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GRE Vocabulary List
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Language - English
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08/19/2009

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Term
Lassitude
Definition

Noun

 

1.Weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.

 

2. Indifference

Term
Zealot
Definition

Noun-Fanatic; An ardent and impassioned person.

 

Term
Fervor
Definition

Noun-

Great intensity of feeling or expression.

2. Intense heat

Term
Servile
Definition

Adj-

Exceedingly submissive; customary of or relating to slaves or slavery

Term
Frenetic
Definition

Adj-

Frantic; Frenzied

Term
Drawl
Definition

Verb:

To talk slowly, usually prolonging the vowels

Term
Scintillate
Definition

Verb:

To emit sparks; to sparkle or flash

Term
Pare
Definition

Verb:

To cut off the outer coating or layer.

Term
Precipitous
Definition

Adj:

Extremely steep

Term
Judicious
Definition

Adj:

 

Having good judgement

Term
Strident
Definition

Adj:

1.Making or having a harsh sound.

 

2.Having an irritating quality or character.

Term
Malinger
Definition

Verb:

 

To avoid work by feigning sickness

Term

Coquette

 

Definition

Noun:

A flirt

 

Intrans Verb:

to flirt

2. to deal with something playfully rather than seriously

Term
Cordial
Definition

Adj:

Courteous or gracious

 

Noun:

A strong, sweetened liquer

2. Anything that invigorates

Term
Consolidated
Definition

Adj:

Having become solid, firm, or coherent.

 

2. Brought together into a whole unit.

Term
Prescience
Definition

Noun:

 

1.Foreknowledge of events.

 

2. Divine omniscience

 

 

Term
Voracious
Definition

Adj:

 

Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit.

Term
Gambit
Definition

Noun:

A remark intended to start a conversation or make an intelligent point.

 

2. A calculated move where one seeks to gain an advantage

Term
Mealymouthed
Definition

Adj:

 

Avoiding the use of direct and plain language as from timidity

Term
Augury
Definition

Noun:

 

Divination from auspices or omens

Term
Suplicate
Definition

Verb

To pray humbly;entreat a petition humbly

Term
Beseech
Definition

Verb

 

To implore urgently.

2. To beg eagerly for; solicit

Term
Deprivation
Definition

Noun

 

Dispossession or loss.

Term
Flange
Definition

Noun

 

A ring or collar, usually provided with holes for bolts, and screwed or welded over a tube to permit other object to attach.

Term
Tare
Definition

Noun

 

The seeds of a vetch

Term
Mercenary
Definition

Adj:

 

Working or acting merely for money or reward.

 

Noun:

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

 

Term
Exorbitant
Definition

Adj:

 

To exceed customary or proper limit.

Term
Equanimity
Definition

Noun:

 

Mental or emotional stability under strain;calm.

Term
Rapacious
Definition

Adj:

 

To be exceedingly covetous.

 

2. Insatiable in desiring things

Term
Sadism
Definition

Noun

 

Perversion where one takes great pleasure by the infliction of mental or physical pain on others.

2. Delight in cruelty

Term
Perjury
Definition

Noun:

 

The crime of giving flase evidence under oath.

Term
Delusive
Definition

Adj:

 

Deceptive or misleading

Term
Tepid
Definition

Adj

 

Characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm.

Term
Consonant
Definition

Adj

 

In agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent

Term
Wallow
Definition

Verb

 

To roll about in water, snow, mud, dust, etc as for refreshment.

 

2. To live self-indulgently: to wallow in luxury

 

3. To flounder about; proceed clumsily

 

4. To billow forth as heat or smoke

Term
Virtuosity
Definition

Adj

 

The technical skill, fluency, or style exhibited by a virtuoso or composition.

 

2.An appreciation for or interest in the fine objects of art.

Term
Gaffe
Definition

Noun

 

A social blunder; a faux pas (slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct.)

Term
Posite
Definition

Verb

 

1. To place, put down, or set

 

2. To lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate

Term
Antediluvian
Definition

Adj

 

Old fashioned or out of date; antiquated; primitive

Term
Pusillanimous
Definition

Adj

 

Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.

Term
Jejune
Definition

Adj

 

Vapid; uninteresting; childish; nugatory; immature; puerile

Term
Nugatory
Definition

Adj

 

Of no real value; trifling; worthless

Term
Puerile
Definition

Adj

 

Childishly foolish; immature or trivial

Term
Ludology
Definition

Noun

 

The academic study of games

Term
Kinesiology
Definition

Noun

 

The science of human movement

Term
Evince
Definition

Verb

 

To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.

Term
Filigree
Definition

Noun

 

Delicate work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires.

Term
Tautology
Definition
 

 

.

  a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.”

Noun

 

Logic

   
Term
Quandary
Definition

Noun

 

A state of perplexity or confusion, especially as to what to do; a dilemma

Term
Peregrination
Definition

Noun

 

A travel from one place to another, especially on foot.

 

 

Term
Prestidigitation
Definition

Noun

 

Sleight of hand (Performance or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.)

Term
Peroration
Definition

Noun

 

A long speech often characterized by pompous language (Harangue)

Term
Offhand
Definition

Adverb

 

1.Without previous thought or preparation: to decide offhand to take a trip

 

Adj

 

2.Informal, Casual, Brusque: an offhand manner

Term
Devestiture
Definition

Noun

 

Something, as property or investments, that has been divested (stripped or deprived).

Term
Dispatch
Definition

Verb

 

1. To send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.

 

2. To transact or dispose of (matter) with haste.

 

Noun

1.The sending off of a messenger, letter, etc., to a destination

 

2.Prompt or speedy transaction, as of business.

Term
Insularity
Definition

Adj

 

Detached; standing alone; isolated.

 

Pertaining to an island or islands.

Term
Taciturn
Definition

Adj

 

Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in a conversation

Term
Craven
Definition

Adj

 

Cowardly, pusillanimous

 

Noun

 

A coward

Term
Scrupulous
Definition

Adj

 

Showing a strict regard for what one believes is right.

 

2. Precise and exact

Term

Sybarite

[sib-uh-rahyt]

Definition

Noun

A person devoted to luxury or pleasure

Term
Sublime
Definition

Adj

 

1.Elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.  Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.

 

2.Supreme or outstanding 

a sublime dinner

2. Complete, utter.

sublime stupidity

Term
Rueful
Definition

Adj

 

Causing sorrow or pity. (A rueful plight)

 

2.Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful. (The rueful look on her face.)

Term
Ponderous
Definition

Adj

 

1. Of great weight; heavy; massive.

 

2. Akward and unwiedly (He carried a ponderous burden on his back.)

 

3. Dull and labored (A ponderous dissertation.)

Term
Apartheid
Definition

Noun

 

A rigid policy of racial segregation of the nonwhite population

Term
Coalesce
Definition

Verb

 

To merge, fuse; blend together, combind.

Term
Illicit
Definition

Adj

 

Forbidden, illegal, improper,taboo.

Term
Hermetic
Definition

Adj

 

Airtight or tightly sealed; unaffected by anything outside itself.

 

2. Occult

Term
Capitulate
Definition

Verb

 

To give into pressure, to surrender, to collapse.

 

His defense capitulated when the new evidence was presented.

Term
Edify
Definition

Verb

 

To uplift; to benefit or instruct, especially morally.

 

We were edified by reading George Washington's rules for conduct.

Term
Nepotism
Definition

Noun

 

The act of showing favoratism to relatives and friends in business or politics.

 

It was not nepotism, but talent that got Julian where he was.

Term
Vitiate
Definition

Verb

 

To pollute, spoil, impair, corrupt, pervert.

 

Media violence is vitiating the morals of our young people.

Term
Doctrinaire
Definition

Verb

 

To be dogmatic; to espouse a theory, doctrine, or belief system whether or not it is practical.

 

The more doctrinaire members of the congregation were offended by the views of the neo-orthadox minister.

Term
Convivial
Definition

Adj

 

Festive, friendly, good natured.

 

We wanted to stay longer because we enjoyed the good music, the good food, and the convivial company.

Term
Peccadillo
Definition

Noun

 

A minor offense

Term
Callow
Definition

Adj

 

Immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated due to youthfulness.

 

As a callow youth of nineteen, I did not realize how wise my dad was.

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