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GRE vocabulary words
vocabulary words for the GRE test for entry into graduate school
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Language - English
Undergraduate 1
05/15/2012

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Term
amenity (2 meanings)
Definition
useful feature
pleasantness (of a place or person)
Term
filch
Definition
steal
Term
peculate
Definition
steal
Term
purloin
Definition
steal
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urbane
Definition
polished, suave
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debonair
Definition
polished, suave
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gallant
Definition
polished, suave
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charlatan
Definition
quack, fraud, mountebank
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quack
Definition
fraud, charlatan, mountebank
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mountebank
Definition
fraud, quack, charlatan
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gauche
Definition
awkward, lacking ease or grace
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impudent
Definition
impertinent, brazen, bumptious, insolent
Term
impertinent
Definition
impudent, brazen, bumptious, insolent
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brazen
Definition
impudent, bumptious, insolent, impertinent
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bumptious
Definition
brazen, impudent, impertinent, insolent
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effusive
Definition
gushing, unrestrained, extravagant, lavish
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munificent
Definition
generous, magnanimous, lavish
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opulent
Definition
sumptuous, plethoric, palatial, luxurious, wealthy, magnificent
Term
sumptuous
Definition
opulent, plethoric, palatial, wealthy
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plethoric
Definition
opulent, sumptuous, wealthy
especially having an excess or "plethora" of something
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palatial
Definition
like a palace, splendid, luxurious
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exiguous
Definition
paltry, impecunious, meager
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paltry
Definition
meager, impecunious, exiguous
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paucity
Definition
scarcity, sparsity, dearth
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dearth
Definition
paucity, scarcity, sparsity
Term
impecunious
Definition
penniless

im = not
pecunia = money (Latin
Term
parsimonious
Definition
cheap, miserly, niggardly, skinflinty
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skinflint
Definition
a miser, a penny-pincher
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tractable
Definition
complaisant, malleable, amenable, pliable
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complaisant
Definition
malleable, tractable, amenable, pliable
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immutable
Definition
fixed, rigid, permanent, unchanging over time
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intractable
Definition
unmanageable, uncontrollable, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate
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obdurate
Definition
stubborn, intractable
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intrepid
Definition
fearless, dauntless
The Intrepid and the Dauntless were the two ships in Pirates of the Caribbean aside from the Black Pearl itself. They both mean courageous.
Term
stalwart
Definition
stauch, loyal, faithful, dependable, steadfast
Term
malediction
Definition
curse
mal = bad
dict = word
Term
attrition
Definition
wearing down, often used for workers or soldiers leaving over time, the forces gradually reduced by attrition
Term
querulous
Definition
fretful, petulant
Term
fretful
Definition
petulant, querulous
Term
machinations
Definition
plots and schemes
Term
pusillanimous
Definition
cowardly
(think pussy = coward)
Term
vagary
Definition
unpredictable change
Term
caprice
Definition
sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior
Term
tortuous
Definition
crooked, twisted
Term
fulminate
Definition
vociferate, express protest, thunder about something
Term
vociferate
Definition
fulminate, express protest, thunder about something
Term
stolid
Definition
calm, dependable
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actuate
Definition
cause to operate, motivate
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impel
Definition
urge, force
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inexorable
Definition
relentless, irrevocable, incessant, intransigent, unyielding, implacable, obdurate
Term
protracted
Definition
prolonged
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voluble
Definition
loquacious, talkative
Term
pugnacious
Definition
combative, belligerent, bellicose, truculent, fiery
Term
bellicose
Definition
pugnacious, belligerent, fiery, truculent, combative
Term
belligerent
Definition
pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, combative, fiery
Term
truculent
Definition
pugnacious, bellicose, belligerent, fiery, combative
Term
astringent (2 meanings, one physical, one about speech)
Definition
contracting, constricting, styptic

harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing
Term
styptic
Definition
contracting, astringent
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acerbic
Definition
harsh (words), acidulous, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing
Term
acidulous
Definition
harsh (words), acerbic, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing
Term
caustic
Definition
harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, trenchant, sharp, scathing
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trenchant
Definition
harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, caustic, sharp, scathing
Term
deplore (2 related meanings)
Definition
abhor, execrate, hate

regret, feel contrite about, rue, feel repentant about
Term
chary
Definition
cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, leery, canny, apprehensive
Term
circumspect
Definition
cautious, chary, careful, leery, canny
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contrite
Definition
regretful
Term
corpulent
Definition
fat
Term
inveterate
Definition
incorrigible, staunch, habitual, compulsive
Term
incorrigible
Definition
inveterate, habitual, irredeemable
Term
staunch
Definition
inveterate, incorrigible
Term
inept (2 related meanings)
Definition
incompetent

clumsy, awkward
Term
obeisance
Definition
deference, reverence, submission, respect
Term
stilted
Definition
pedantic, self-conscious, stiff
Term
keen (2 meanings)
Definition
eager, avid, ardent, zealous

sharp, trenchant, acute, discerning, perspicacious
Term
perspicacious
Definition
shrewd, keen, percipient, astute,
Term
percipient
Definition
perspicacious, discerning, sharp, astute
Term
vapid
Definition
insipid, bland, unimaginative
Term
insipid
Definition
vapid, bland, unimaginative
Term
pulchritude
Definition
beauty, comeliness, allure
Term
scrupulous (2 meanings)
Definition
upstanding, honorable

assiduous, sedulous, punctilious
Term
assiduous
Definition
punctilious, diligent, sedulous, meticulous
Term
punctilious
Definition
meticulous, assiduous, diligent, sedulous
Term
sedulous
Definition
assiduous, punctilious, diligent, meticulous
Term
voracious
Definition
prodigious appetite, greedy, rapacious, avaricious, covetous,
Term
prodigious
Definition
enormous (quantity)
often describes appetite
Term
avaricious
Definition
greedy, voracious, rapacious
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rapacious
Definition
avaricious, covetous, greedy, voracious, has prodigious appetite
Term
leery
Definition
cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, canny, apprehensive
Term
canny
Definition
cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, leery, apprehensive
Term
abjure
Definition
abnegate, renounce a belief or cause
Term
abnegate
Definition
abjure, renounce a belief or cause
Term
eschew
Definition
abstain from, shun, renounce, abjure, abnegate
Term
aboveboard
Definition
honest
Term
abide (2 meanings)
Definition
obey

tolerate
Term
ablution
Definition
ceremonial washing
Term
cortege
Definition
retinue, entourage
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demur
Definition
to object, dissent

or to show reluctance
Term
carp
Definition
cavil, complain, grumble, grouse, bleat
Term
cavil
Definition
carp, complain, grumble, grouse, bleat
Term
grouse
Definition
carp, complain, grumble, cavil, bleat
Term
bleat
Definition
carp, complain, grumble, cavil, grouse
Term
antipathy
Definition
hostility, antagonism, enmity, aversion
Term
paragon
Definition
model
Term
discrimination (2 meanings)
Definition
prejudice

discernment, insight
Term
invective
Definition
abusive language
Term
inveigh
Definition
to speak or write about something with great hostility
Term
adroit
Definition
cleaver or skillful
(French for according to right, properly)
Term
dilettante
Definition
dabbler, amateur, layman
Term
epicure
Definition
connoisseur, gastronome, gourmand
Term
gastronome
Definition
connoisseur, epicure, gourmand
Term
gourmet (noun, adjective)
Definition
noun: person, connoisseur of food
adjective: describes a meal
Term
provisional
Definition
interim, temporary, tentative
Term
bon mot
Definition
witty remark
French for "good word"
Term
accoutrements
Definition
equipment, paraphernalia
Term
alacrity
Definition
eagerness, promptness, ardor, avidity, dispatch
Term
ardor
Definition
eagerness, promptness, alacrity, avidity, dispatch
Term
avidity
Definition
eagerness, promptness, ardor, alacrity, dispatch
Term
jettison
Definition
throw overboard, abandon
Term
proviso
Definition
condition
"he left the kid a trust fund with the ______ that he be named after his grandfather"
Term
arroyo
Definition
gully, gutter, creek
Term
augur
Definition
foretell
Term
paean
Definition
song of praise or triumph
Term
prevaricate
Definition
be evasive, equivocate, temporize, (kinda the same as lying by omission)
Term
discord
Definition
disagreement between people or things, lack of harmony between things
Term
torsion
Definition
twisting
Term
effrontery
Definition
insolent or impertinent behavior
(similar to affront meaning action that causes offense)
Term
temerity
Definition
audacity
Term
conceit
Definition
pride, egotism
Term
reticent
Definition
reserved
Term
diffident
Definition
reserved, reticent, taciturn
Term
taciturn
Definition
reserved, reticent, diffident
Term
stipulate
Definition
specify, state, itemize, enumerate, demand, require
Term
affected (other than obvious meaning)
Definition
pretentious, artificial, ostentatious
Term
flotsam
Definition
wreckage
Term
glib
Definition
slick, smooth, fluent, facile, shallow, flippant, urbane
Term
facile
Definition
simplistic, superficial, shallow, glib, jejune
Term
jejune
Definition
simplistic, superficial, shallow, glib, facile
Term
collusion
Definition
connivance, conspiracy, scheming
Term
auspicious
Definition
favorable, promising, propitious, opportune, felicitous, providential
Term
emolument
Definition
salary, compensation, stipend, allowance, wage
Term
turgid
Definition
swollen
of language: tediously pompous or bombastic
Term
gamut
Definition
range
"he showed the whole ______of human emotion"
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