z  GRE General Vocabulary GRE General Vocabulary adhesion adhering, support adjacent lying near, next admonitory containing warning Compiled by Oleg Smirnov adorn add beauty; decorate GRE Vocabulary Preparation adulteration making unpure, poorer in http://www.uoregon.edu/~osmirnov/gre/ quality affinity Originally formatted by Vijay S Govind vijaysg2k@yahoo.co.in close connection, relationship abacus trouble; be ill alacrity eager and cheerful readiness alienate estrange allegiance calculating active, quick-moving ail frame with balls for make worse; irritate agile A aggravate duty, support, loyalty abate to lessen, to subside alleviate make (pain) easier to bear abdication giving up control, authority alloy to debase by mixing with abdomen stomach and bowels something inferior aberration straying away from what is aloof reserved, indifferent amalgamate mix, combine, unite normal abeyance suspended action societies abhor to hate, to detest ambidextrous abide be faithful to; endure the right equally well abjure promise or swear to give up ambiguous doubtful, uncertain abraded rubbed off, worn away by ambivalent having both of two contrary meanings friction abrasion able to use the left hand or off ameliorate improve, make better amendment rubbing, scraping, wearing improving abrogate repeal or annul by authority amicable friendly abscond to go away suddenly (to amortize end (a debt) by setting aside money avoid arrest) abstruse difficult to comprehend; amplify make large or fuller, increase the strength obscure abundant plentiful animosity strong dislike abut border on annul put an end to abysmal bottomless, extreme anticlimax sudden fall acarpous effete, no longer fertile, antidote medicine used against a poison or a disease worn out accentuate acclaimed welcomed with shouts and approval direct opposing brutal racial discrimination apathetic indifference aplomb to antithetical apartheid give more force or attention self-confidence one who abandons long-held accolade praise, approval apostate accretion the growing of separate religious or political convictions apotheosis things into one deification, glorification acquiesce in agree (without protest) to godliness acquisition something acquired, appease make quiet or calm apprehensive grasping, understanding; acquiring adamant kind of stone; inflexible fear, unhappy feeling about future adhere remain faithful, stick fast apprise give notice to, inform approbation approval to appropriate take for one's own use, auspice acquire, set aside patronage apropos auspicious protection or support, appropriate to the favorable, successful, prosperous situation; apt apt well-suited, quick-witted austere severely moral and strict; arabesque a complex, ornate design simple and plain arabesque whimsical auxiliary helping, supporting arbitrate decide by arbitration aver affirm, assert, prove, arboreal of connected with trees justify ardently with full of ardor aversion strong dislike ardor enthusiasm avid eager, greedy arduous steep, difficult ascent; avow admit Declare openly argot jargon, slang arrant in the highest degree B arrogance proud, superior manner of laborious harmful, ominous, causing evil behavior articulate baleful speak distinctly, connect by balk obstacle; purposely to get on the way of joints go or come up balloon swell out like balloon ascent the act of ascending balm sweet-smelling oil; ascertain get to know consolation ascetic practicing self-denial, banal uninteresting band flat, thin strip of ascend austere, stark ascribe consider to be the origin of bane or belonging to asperity material; range of frequencies roughness, harshness, ill cause of injury, poison, source of harm temper, irritability baneful causing harm or ruin, aspersion slander pernicious, destructive assail with attack violently barrage asset valuable quality, something across a river artificial obstacle built that has money value barren assiduous have young ones, without value diligent, hard-working, bask in make something (pain, desire) less assumption something supposed but not bazaar market to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to bedizen proved asterisk enjoy warmth and light beatify sedulous assuage not good enough, unable to the mark * (e.g omitted cheap, showy manner belie letters) to adorn, especially in a contradict, give a false astringent substance that shrinks impression astute clever; quick at seeing to belittle cause to seem unimportant get an advantage bellicose belligerent, pugnacious, atonement repayment; death of Jesus warlike attenuate make thin weaken, enervate belligerent (person, nation) waging war audacious daring, foolishly bold, belligerently waging war bend cause something to be out of impudent augury omen, sign a straight line august majestic, venerable benefactor person who has given help benevolence wish or activity in doing bust kind and gentle; mild C arrangement to give cabal run out of money good benign (climate) bequest a scheme or plot, a group of something at death plotters berate scold sharply cadge to beg, to get by begging bereft rob or dispossess of calipers metal supports attached to something (material) the legs, measuring bewilder puzzle, confuse calumniate biased prejudice accusal bigot stubborn, narrow-minded calumny slander, aspersion candid frank, straight-forward canvass discuss thoroughly; sort of person bilge bulge, the protuberance of a instrument to slander, present false touting cask blandishment flattery, coaxing capricious blandness polite manner, comforting, change, unpredictable castigate uninteresting blatant noisy and rough, highly fickle, whimsical, given to to chastise, correct by punishing obvious castigation severe punishment blithe cheerful, casual, carefree casual happening by chance, blithe gay and joyous careless blueprint plan, scheme, photographic catalyst speeding up print blunt substance that causes polite caustic biting, sarcastic censure plain, not troubling to be expression of blame or boggle be alarmed, hesitate, amazed disapproval; a rebuke bogus sham, counterfeit, not census population genuine boisterous official counting of the loud, noisy, rough, lacking centurion leader of a unit of 100 soldiers restraint bolster give greatly needed support chary cautious, wary boorish crude, offensive, rude chastened corrected, punished braid strands of hair woven chastisement punishment together, something edging sloth chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot brash hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy chisel steel tool for shaping brass yellow metal (mixing copper materials churl and zinc) bad-tempered person brazen made of brass cite give as an example breach opening, broken place, clamor shout, complain with a lot of noise breaking brisk active, lively cleanse make pure, thoroughly clean brisket breast of an animal cling to resist separation brittle easily broken clot half-solid lump formed from broach bring up, announce, begin to liquid cloture talk about closing, device (in brook to tolerate, endure Parliament) to end a debate by voting buoyant able to float; light-hearted coalescing burgeon grow forth, send out buds into one substance burnish to polish, rub to a shine coming together and uniting coax coddle coerce compel, to force to make obedient coeval of the same period, coexisting consolation consoling or being consoled give comfort or sympathy to conspicuous easily seen; remarkable surprise and fear, dismay constrict make tight or smaller consume tenderness pompous, self important consternation treat with care and give agreement or permission console by kindness consent consequential get somebody to something get to the end of cogent strong, convincing contemn to scorn or despise cogitate think deeply, mediate contentious argumentative, pugnacious, cognition knowing, awareness combative, quarrelsome contiguous (emotionless) touching, neighboring, near filled with deep sorrow for cognizant being fully aware of contrite coherent sticking together wrongdoing colander bowl-shaped vessel with many contumacious insubordinate, rebellious holes used to drain off water conundrum a riddle, dilemma, enigma collaborate work in partnership conviction convincing; firm belief collusion secret agreement for a convoke call together, summon deceitful purpose convoluted complicated; coiled, twisted combustion process of burning cord twisted strands commemorate keep the memory of cordial warm and sincere commend praise cordon line (of police acting as a commendable worthy of praise guard) commingle mingle together corporeal physical; of or for the body commuter person who travels regularly correlate have a mutual relation complacently with self-satisfaction corroboration additional, strengthening complaisance tending to comply, obliging, evidence willingness to please countenance to favor or approve of comply act in accordance counterfeit forgery compound mix or combine countervail counterbalance comprise be composed of covert disguised compunction feeling of regret for one's covetous eagerly desirous cower crouch; shrink back action conceal hide, keep secret craven cowardly conceit over-high opinion of, too crease line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket much pride conciliatory reconciling, soothing, credulity too great a readiness to comforting, mollifying believe things concord agreement or harmony credulous ready to believe things concur agree in opinion, happen crush press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm together condense increase in density, cryptic secret, with a hidden strength, make laconic meaning condone forgive cumbersome congeal make or become stiff and awkward to carry burdensome, heavy and curmudgeon solid bad-tempered person conjoin to join together curriculum course of study connoisseur a person with good judgment cursory quick, hurried curtail make shorter then was (e.g in art) connotation suggestion in addition to planned cynic person who see no good in derivative derived, not original or primitive anything derivative unoriginal, obtained from another source D dart derogatory quick movement; missile in daunt intimidate, make fearful dawdler person who is slow; waste of dearth shortage debacle a breakup, overthrow, sudden decorous polite, decent decorum propriety, properness decree order given by authority decry disapprove of defer postpone; give way (to show deference respect deferential showing respect defiance open disobedience or deflect turn aside defy resist openly degrade reduce in rank or status delineate to portray, depict, sketch desuetude cessation of use; disuse desultory aimless, haphazard, detach separate deter discourage, hinder detraction slandering, verbal attack, aspersion detumescence diminishing or lessening of deviance being different in moral standards (from normal) dexterity skill (esp in handling) clever, skillful with hands diaphanous transparent, gauzy diatribe bitter and violent attack in words person appealing not to dictate order shyness diffident lacking in self-confidence dilate great flood, heavy rush of water speak comprehensively, become wider, large dilatory reasons to hesitate, raise blacken, belittle, sully, an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot denounce give information against dent hollow, depression mad by a to undeceive, correct a false impression disallow defame causing delay, procrastinating disabuse objections refuse to allow or accept as a correct discern see with an effort but clearly deposition dethronement, depositing deprave make morally bad; corrupt deprecate protest against, express disapproval of deserting and leaving to fall into ruins ridicule, mockery, deriding to defeat, put down disconcert upset the self-possession of discountenance refuse to approve of discourse speech, lecture, discredit refuse to believe look on with contempt disencumber free from encumbrance disheveled use until none remains confuse, embarrass disdain deplete discomfit discomfit blow derision to dry up, dehydrate diffidence out dereliction moisture dexterous resistance denouement substance used to absorb swelling respect) denigrate desiccant digressing at random disaster demur catch sight of, see desiccate time demagogue descry something in the distance darts deluge insulting; tending to damage untidy disingenuous sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning disinter dig up from the earth dynamo a generator, something that dislodge move, force from the place produces electric current dismal sad, gloomy, miserable disparate essentially different E dispassionate free from passion earthenware dishes made of baked clay dissemble speak or behave so as to ebullience exuberance, outburst of occupied hide something (in mind) feeling disseminate distribute (esp ideas) ebullient dissent have a different opinion, showing excitement overflowing with enthusiasm; refuse to assent ecumenical dissipation going away, dispersing Christian world dissolution disintegration, looseness in edacious voracious, devouring eddy circular or spiral movement morals distinct easily heard, seen, representing the whole (e.g of wind) understood, clearly marked effete infertile, worn out, weak distorted efficacy production of a desired pulled out of the usual shape, give a false account of result distraught effluvia distracted, violently upset outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor in mind distress great pain; cause discomfort effrontery divergence getting farther apart from a boldness, impudence, arrogance egress point way out, exit worked out with much care in diverse of different kinds elaborate divestiture taking off, getting rid of, great detail elate giving up stimulate divulge make known something secret elation high-spirits doggerel trivial, poorly constructed electorate all the electors elegy a lament, a melancholy verse dogmatic positive, certain, composition arbitrary, without room for discussion elicit draw out dogmatism being dogmatic eloquence fluent speaking; skillful dolt stupid fellow use of language dormant in a state of inactivity but emaciate make thin and weak awaiting development embellish make beautiful dote embezzle use in a wrong way for one's show much fondness, center own benefit one's attention drone self-employed emergence emerging emote male bee, person who isn't stir up, excite drowsiness feeling sleepy, half asleep empirical relying on experiment dubious feeling doubt encapsulate enclose in capsule dud no use person, something encomium warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric that fails dulcet melodious, harmonious encumbrance dupe cheat, make a fool of the way of duplicity deliberate deception endearing making dear or liked duress threats to compel somebody endemic epidemic dwarf person or somebody much endemic prevailing in a specific below the usual size area burden; things that get on endorse of evaluating finding out the value evaporate write one's name on the back change into vapor, enduring lasting disappear, die enervate weaken, deprive of strength, evince to show clearly, to indicate evoke call up, bring out unfold, develop naturally attenuate engender cause, produce, give rise to evolve engrave impress deeply and gradually engrossing taken up all the time or excoriate to flay, strip off the skin; attention; writing in large or formal to denounce sharply engulf swallow up excoriation severe criticism enigma something that is puzzling exculpate free from blame enmity hatred; being an enemy exculpate to clear from a charge of enormity excessive wickedness; guilt exert evilness but forth; bring into use enormousness great size exertion instance of exerting entangle put into difficulties exhaustive complete, thorough entreat ask earnestly exigency emergency, an urgent enzyme catalyst situation epicure food lover, a connoisseur of exonerate free; clear exoneration set somebody clear, free food Epicurean devoted to pleasure (e.g from blame) (sensuous enjoyment) exorbitant much too high or great epistle letter expatiate to roam, wander freely epithet adjective expedient likely to be useful for a epitome brief summary; purpose representative example; a typical model expiation ending; expiring equable steady, regular exploit brilliant achievement; equanimity calmness of temperament develop; use selfishly equilibrium state of being balanced expostulate equipoise equal distribution of correct, or protest weight; equilibrium expurgate equivocal argue earnestly to dissuade, censor having a double or doubtful to remove obscenity, purify, meaning; suspicious exscind to cut out, cut away equivocate exsert thrust out, push forth extant still in existence extensive far-reaching extenuate reduce the strength of, try to deceive by equivocal language eradicate get rid of; pull up by the roots erasure erasing, removing all traces lessen seriousness, partially excuse erode wear away, eat into extinct no longer active erratic irregular in behavior or extirpate to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind opinion erudite learned, scholarly extol praise highly escalate increase, develop extort obtain by threats, violence esoteric abstruse; intended only for extralegal outside the law a small circle of extricable that can be freed espouse marry; give one's support to extrovert cheerful person eulogy formal praise; panegyric exuberance state of growing vigorously; euphoria elation; state of pleasant being full of life excitement euthanasia easy and painless death fixate F stare at flamboyant brightly colored, florid facetious humorous, funny, jocular flammable having tendency to burst facile easily done into flames facilitate make easy (e.g a process flaunting show off complacently of something) flaw crack, lessen value fallacious based on error flax pale yellow (hair); a plant fallacy false or mistaken belief fledged able to fly, trained, fatuous without sense, foolish self- experienced satisfaction faucet fleet device for controlling the number of ships, quick- moving outflow of a liquid fleeting passing quickly fawn flexibility easily bent without braking flinch draw, move back, wince florid very much ornamented; young deer, try to win smb's favor feckless futile, irresponsible, inefficient feckless naturally red (e.g of face) lacking purpose or vitality; floridness ruddiness; heavily ineffective; careless decorated; ornateness fecund fertile flout feint pretend (as in going against tradition) felicitous apt; suitably expressed, reject, mock, to go against fluster make nervous or confused well chosen, apropos foible defect of character (a felon person guilty of murder person is wrongly proud) ferment substance; become excited foil ferocity savage cruelty contrast ferret discover by searching; foment search fertile prevent from carrying out; put something warm (to lessen the pain) producing much, full of ideas foppish like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes fertilize make fertile or productive forbear fervid intense, zealous ancestor fervid showing earnest feeling forbearance fervor warmth of feelings; wait earnestness ford fetter to shackle, put in chains bitter quarrel over a long forestall patience, willingness to shallow place in a river (to cross) feud refrain from, be patient; period of time prevent by taking action in advance, preempt fidelity loyalty, accuracy forfeit suffer the loss of something fidget move restlessly, make forge workshop for the shaping of nervous figurehead metal; to shape metal; lead carved image on the prow of finesse delicate way of dealing with a situation finical forgery counterfeit forswear a ship renounce, disallow, repudiate fortify too fussy about food, clothing, etc strengthen fortuitous happening by chance foster nurture, care for finicky finical fragile easily injured, broken or finite limited, having bounds destroyed fission splitting or division (esp fragrant of cells) sweet-smelling franchise special right given by living in societies; liking the company authority frantic gregarious wildly excited with joy, grievance cause for complaint or protest pain, anxiety frenetic frantic, frenzied grievous fret worry; irritation; wear away serious, dire, grave friction the rubbing of one thing grimace twisted expression of a face against another, difference of opinion grind crush, polish fringe grooves long channel in the surface, edge; ornamental border; causing grief or pain; part of hair over the forehead habitual way of living froward grovel crawl, humble oneself yield or comply, stubborn guile deceit, cunning frugal careful, economical guileless straight-forward, candid fulminate berate, vituperate, to gull cheat, deceive thunder out, to explode gullible easily gulled fulmination bitter protest gust outburst of feeling; sudden fulsome disgusting, offensive due to rain, wind, fire, etc intractable, not willing to excessiveness H G gainsay hack oppose hallow to make holy; consecrate hamper to deny, declare false, to cut roughly; hired horse basket with a lid, prevent gambol quick, playful jumping free movement or activity garment article of clothing hapless unlucky, unfortunate garner to gather and save; to store harangue a long, passionate speech harbinger something or somebody that up garrulity talkativeness foretells the coming of garrulous too talkative harrow gaucherie socially awkward, tactless or torment to distress, create stress harsh behavior rough, cruel, stern germane relevant; pertinent to haughty arrogant; conceited gist the point, general sense haven harbor, safety place glean gather facts in small heed pay attention; notice heinous odious (of crime) heresy belief contrary to what is quantities glib ready and smooth but not generally accepted sincere gloat over look at with selfish delight hermetic sealed by fusion glut supply to much, fill to heterogeneous made up of different kinds hew make by hard work; cut (by excess gnaw waste away; bite steadily striking) goad something urging a person to hirsute hairy, shaggy hoax mischievous trick played on action gossamer soft, light, delicate hoi polloi tool for cutting grooves in wood the masses; the rabble hollow not soled, with holster material gouge somebody for a joke leather case for a pistol stone used for sharpening grace favor hone grave serious, requiring tools consideration hoodwink trick, mislead hole hospitable liking to give hospitality imperturbable hubris arrogant pride excited hurdle light frame, fence to be impervious worthless outside part of imperviousness falsely making oneself appear to be good impetuous having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful impiety lack of reverence or dutifulness I iconoclast arrogance, commanding presence, overbearing anything hypocrisy not allowing to pass through (of materials) jumped over husk calm; not capable of being implacable person who attacks popular beliefs incapable of being placated, unpleasable implausibility incredibility iconoclastic attacking cherished beliefs implicate show that somebody has a idiosyncrasy personal mannerism share idolatrous worshipping idols implicit idolatry excessive admiration of expressed idyll a carefree episode or implosion collapse; bursting inward imply make a suggestion importune beg urgently; solicit (of a experience ignoble dishonorable, common, undignified ignominious implied though not plainly prostitute) shameful, dishonorable, imprecation an invocation of evil; a undignified, disgraceful curse illicit unlawful, forbidden impromptu without preparation illusory deceptive; an illusion impudence being rash, indiscreet imbroglio complicated and embarrassing impudent rash, indiscreet situation impugned challenged, to be doubted immaculate pure, faultless impute to attribute to a cause or immerse absorb; put under the source, ascribe surface of imminent inadvertent likely to come or happen soon not paying proper attention inane silly, senseless inasmuch since, because immutable that cannot be changed incense make angry impair worsen, diminish in value incessant often repeated, continual impaired damaged, weakened inchoate not yet fully formed, impassive unmoved; feeling no sign of rudimentary, elementary passion incise engrave, make a cut in impecunious having little or no money incite stir up, rouse impede hinder; get in the way of inclined directing the mind in a impediment something that hinders (e.g certain direction stammer) impending incoherently imminent, being about to not consistently, unclearly incongruous out of place, not in harmony happen, expected or agreement imperative urgent, essential incorrigibility cannot be cured or corrected imperious commanding, haughty, incredulous arrogant imperviousness believe haughty, arrogant, that cannot be permeated inculcate fix firmly by repetition incumbents commanding impermeable skeptical, unwilling to official duties incursion a raid, a sudden attack intractable unruly, refractory, stubborn exhaustible; tirelessness intransigence unwillingness to compromise, indelible that cannot be rubbed out stubbornness,intractability indelicate immodest; lacking in intransigent uncompromising intrepid fearless, brave, undaunted examining one's own thoughts indefatigability not easily refinement indigence poverty introspection indigenous native and feelings indistinct not easily heard, seen, inundate flood; cover by overflowing inured accustomed to, adapted clearly marked indolence laziness invective abusive language, curses indomitable not easily discouraged or inveigh to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate subdued indulge gratify, give way to, inveterate deep-rooted long- satisfy; allow oneself established indulgent inclined to indulge involute complex ineffable to great to be described in irascible irritable, easily angered irate angry words ineluctable certain, inevitable ire anger inept unskillful; said or done at irksome tiresome irreconcilable the wrong time cannot be brought into infertile not fertile, barren harmony inflame become red, angry irrelevant not relevant, not connected inflammatory tending to inflame irresolute hesitating; undecided infuriate fill with fury or rage irrevocable final and unalterable infuse put, pour, fill itinerary plan for a journey, details ingenuous naive, young, artless, or records of a route frank, honest, sincere itinerate to travel from place to ingest take in by swallowing place, to peregrinate inherent existing as a natural part inhibit hinder, restrain inimical harmful or friendly inimitable defying imitation, J jabber talk excitedly; utter rapidly unmatchable innocuous causing no harm jeopardize put in danger inscrutable incapable of being jibe gibe, make fun of discovered or understood jocular meant as a joke insensible unconscious, unresponsive, judicious sound in judgment; wise suggest unpleasantly; make a K unaffected insinuate way for something gently knit insipid insouciant unconcerned, carefree insularity narrow-mindedness, isolated L insurrection rising of people to open labyrinthine draw together, unite firmly without taste or flavor resistance to to entangle the state of affairs interdict prohibit, forbid lachrymose causing tears, tearful interim as an installment lackluster (of eyes) dull intersperse place here and there laconic brief, to the point, terse intervene come between; interfere to lag go too slow lament show, feel great sorrow change the result lassitude weariness, tiredness martial latent present but not yet active, brave, of associated with war developed or visible massacre cruel killing of a large laudatory expressing or giving praise number of people lavish giving or producing freely, matriculation be admitted, enter a liberally or generously university as a student leakage the process of leaking mature legacy something handed down from a state ready for use maudlin ancestors libel statement that damages come to full development, to sentimental in a silly or tearful way maverick reputation rebel, nonconformist liberality free giving; generosity mellifluous sweetly flowing libertine immoral person mendacious false lien legal claim until a debt on mendacity dishonesty mendicant a beggar quick, changeable in it is repaid limn paint, portray mercurial limp lacking strength, walking character, fleeting meretricious unevenly attractive on the surface lithe bending, twisting but of little value loll rest, to sit or stand in a mesmerize hypnotize lazy way; hang (dog's tongue) meticulous giving great attention to loquacious talkative, garrulous details lubricant substance that makes work mettle quality of endurance or courage easier lubricate put oil to make work easily mettlesome courageous, high-spirited lubricious lewd, wanton, greasy, middling fairly good but not very good slippery lucubrate write in scholarly fashion minatory menacing, threatening luculent easily understood, lucid, mince pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize clear lugubrious mournful, excessively sad misanthrope person who hates mankind lull become quiet or less active mischievous harmful, causing mischief luminary star, light-giving body miser person who loves wealth and lustrous being bright, polished spends little misogynist missile M one who hates women/females something that is thrown or shot macabre gruesome, suggesting death mitigate make less severe or painful machination plot, scheme (esp evil) moderation quality of being limited, maladroit tactless, clumsy not extreme malapropism misuse of a word (for one mollify make calmer or quieter that resembles it) molt moult, lose hair, feathers malevolence wishing to evil before new growing malign injurious, speak ill of morbid somebody, tell lie about ideas) malinger diseased, unhealthy (e.g to fake illness or injury, morose ill-tempered, unsocial in order to shirk a duty mortuary place where dead bodies are malleable taken to be kept until burial yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting multifarious manacle diversified chains for the hands or feet varied, motley, greatly mundane worldly as opposed to obviate to make unnecessary, get rid spiritual; commonplace,everyday of myriad occluded blocked up occult hidden, concealed, beyond very great number comprehension N odious repulsive, hateful nadir lowest, weakest point odium contempt, dislike, aversion nascent coming into existence, odor smell; favor; reputation officious too eager or ready to help, emerging nebulous cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct offer advice onerous needing effort, burdensome negligent taking too little care opprobrious showing scorn or reproach neophyte person who has been ossify to turn to bone; to settle converted to a belief rigidly into an idea nexus a connection, tie, or link ostensible nibble show some inclination to professed accept (an offer) ostentation nice seeming, appearing as such, or envy precise, sensitive to subtleness noisome display to obtain admiration ostentatious offensive, disgusting (smell) fond of showing ostentation ostracism shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk nonchalant not having interest ostrich nonplused greatly surprised fly nostrum a quack remedy, an untested outset start overhaul examine thoroughly to learn cure fast-running bird unable to notion nominal, token about the condition noxious harmful overweening nullify make void and null overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk numb without ability to feel or overwhelm presumptuously arrogant, weigh down, submerge move numbness without ability to move a finger P paean palate O obdurate song of praise or triumph roof of the mouth; sense of taste hardened and unrepenting; palatial magnificent stubborn, inflexible palliate lessen the severity of obfuscate palliate to make something appear to darken, make obscure, muddle less serious,to alleviate,to gloss over oblivious unaware, having no memory palpability obloquy abusively detractive understood can be felt, touched, language, sharp criticism, vituperation palpitate obsequious too eager to obey or serve irregularly obsolete no longer used panegyric formal praise, eulogy obstreperous noisy, loud paradigm a model, example, or pattern obtain to be established, accepted, parenthesis sentence within another one, or customary obtrusive tremble, beat rapidly and something separated projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable pariah an outcast, a rejected and despised person parsimonious too economical, miserly partisan one-sided, committed to a picaresque involving clever rogues or party, biased or prejudiced adventurers patron pied of mixed colors pinch be too tight, take between regular customer; person who gives support paucity scarcity, a lacking of the thumb and finger peccadillo small sin; small weakness in pious to religion one's character pedantic bookish, showing off commonplace, trite, agreeably pungent, pique hurt the pride or self- respect, stir (curiosity) unremarkable pellucid piquant stimulating learning pedestrian dutiful to parents; devoted transparent, easy to pitfall covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger understand penchant strong inclination, a liking pith penitent feeling or showing regret liquid substance penury extreme poverty pivotal peregrination traveling about, wandering depend on it) peremptory urgent, imperative, placate soothe, pacify, calm unchallengeable, ending debate plaintive mournful, melancholy, perennial sorrowful lasting for a long time plaque (e.g a year) essential part, force, soft of great importance (others flat metal on a wall as a perfidious treacherous, faithless memorial perfidy treachery; breaking of faith platitude perfunctory done as a duty without care unoriginality perilous dangerous plea request peripatetic wandering plead address a court of law as an perish be destroyed; decay advocate perjury willful false statement, plethora glut pliant pliable, easily bent, shaped unlawful act permeate spread into every part of or twisted pernicious harmful, injurious plod perpetrate be guilty; commit (a crime) without resting persevere keep on steadily, continue pluck personable pleasing in appearance, a trite or banal statement; (e.g flowers) belong as a part, have plummet fall, plunge, steeply move quickly, suddenly and with force poignant reference pest get to the root of plunge quick judging and understanding pertain pull the feathers off, pick plumb attractive perspicacity continue doing something destructive thing or a deeply moving; keen poise be ready, be balanced, self- person who is nuisance possession petrified polemical controversial, argued ponderous heavy, bulky, dull taken away power (to think, feel, act) petrify to make hard, rocklike portent omen; marvelous; threatening petrous like a rock, hard, stony poseur someone taking on airs to petulant unreasonably impatient impress others; a phony philistine a smug ignorant person; one posture state, attitude; adopt a who lacks knowledge vain phlegmatic poverty state of being poor pragmatic practical, favoring utility unemotional calm, sluggish temperament; precarious uncertain, risky, dangerous propitious auspicious, presenting precept moral instruction favorable circumstances precepts rules establishing standards prosaic everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian of conduct proscribe denounce as dangerous down from a height protracted prolonged preclude prevent, make impossible provident frugal; looking to the precursory preliminary, anticipating future predilection special liking, mental provisional of the present time only provoke make angry; vax precipitate throw something violently preference predominate have more power than others prudence careful forethought preempt obtain by preemption or in prudish easily shocked, excessively modest advance prune dried plum, silly person before the right time pry get something; inquire too preponderance curiously premature doing or happening something greatness in number, strength, weight pugnacious fond of, in the habit of presage warning sign fighting preternatural not normal or usual punch prevalent common for cutting holes; alc.drink prevaricate to equivocate, to stray from punctilious strike with the fist; tool precise, paying attention to trivialities the truth prim neat; formal pundit pristine primitive, unspoiled, pure, pedant, authority on a subject as in earlier times, unadulterated pungency sharpness; stinging quality probity purvey provide, supply incorruptibility, principle pusillanimous cowardly, craven proclivity pyre large pile of wood for uprightness, inclination procrastination keeping on putting off prodigal burning wasteful, reckless with money prodigious enormous, wonderful profane worldly, having contempt for Q quack person dishonestly claiming to something God quaff drink deeply licentious, extravagant quail lose courage, turn profundity depth frightened proliferate grow, reproduce by rapid qualm profligate wasteful, prodigal, feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness multification prolix tiring because too long quell suppress, subdue prone prostrate; inclined to quibble try to avoid by (undesirable things) sophistication propagation quiescent at rest, dormant, torpid spreading, extending quirk habit or action peculiar to propinquity somebody or something increasing the number, nearness in time or place, affinity of nature quixotic generous, unselfish propitiate quotidian banal; everyday something to take away the anger of propitiatory mitigating conciliatory, appeasing, regale R rabble to delight or entertain; to feast mob, crowd; the lower regicide crime of killing a king classes of populace reiterate say or again several raconteur person who tells anecdotes times radiant bright, shining rejuvenation raffish low, vulgar, base, tawdry appearance rail at find fault, utter reproaches relapse fall back again ramify to be divided or subdivided; relinquish give up reluctant unwilling or disinclined remonstrate to protest, object to branch out rancorous feeling bitterness, spitefulness becoming young in nature or render deliver, provide, represent rant use extravagant language renovate restore something to better rapacious greedy (esp for money) condition rarefy to make thin, to make less renowned celebrated, famous dense, to purify or refine rent regular payment for the use reactionary opposing progress of something, division or split rebuff snub repast meal recalcitrant disobedient repine at be discontented with recant take back as being false; reproach scold, upbraid reprobate person hardened in sin; one give up recast cast or fashion anew devoid of decency recidivism relapse into antisocial or repudiate criminal behavior pay reciprocity disown, refuse to accept or granting of privileges in repulsive causing a feeling of disgust return for similar requite repay, give in return recitals resigned unresisting, submissive resilience quality of quickly a number of, performance of music recluse person who lives alone and avoids people recompense resolve settle a quarrel; restore peace determine resort to frequently visit restive make payment to; reward, punish reconcile recovering the original shape refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled resurrect bring back into use recondite little known; abstruse resuscitation coming back to consciousness recourse something turned to for help retard check, hinder recreancy cowardice, a cowardly giving reticent reserved, untalkative, up recuperate silent, taciturn become strong after illness, revere have deep respect for loss, exhaustion rift split, crack, dissension redeem rivet fix, take up, secure; metal get back by payment; compensate pin redemptive serving to redeem roll call calling of names redoubtable formidable, causing fear rope thick strong cord made by refine make or become pure, twisting cultural refractory rotund stubborn, unmanageable, untractable refulgent rich and deep; plump and round rubric shining, brilliant heading, title, or category ruffian violent, cruel man sheath S sagacious cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool having sound judgment; shove push perceptive, wise; like a sage shrewd astute; showing sound salacious obscene judgement salient prominent, protruding, shrill sharp, piercing conspicuous, highly relevant shun keep away from; avoid salubrious healthful shunt send from one track to salutary remedial, wholesome, causing another; lay aside; evade discussion improvement sanctimony sidestep self-righteousness, step to one side sinuous winding, undulating, hypocritical, with false piety serpentine sanction skiff small boat skit short piece of humorous approval (by authority); penalty sanguine cheerful, confident, optimistic sanity writing slack health of mind; soundness of judgement sluggish; dull; not tight slake to assuage, to satisfy, allay sap weaken slate sate satiate propose; criticize satiate satisfy fully sluggard lazy, slow-moving person saturnine gloomy, dark, sullen, morose soar rise, fly high savant person of great learning sober self-controlled savor taste, flavor something sobriety quality or condition of sawdust tiny bits of wood being sober scabbard sheath for the blade sodden soaked, saturated scent smell (esp pleasant) soggy heavy with water scribble write hastily solvent of the power of forming a scurvy mean, contemptible solution seal piece of wax, lead, etc king of blue-grey stone; somatic of the body stamped on the document soot black powder in smoke secular material (not spiritual); sophisticated complex, subtle, refined living outside monasteries sophistry fallacious reasoning, faulty sedulous persevering logic seminal like a seed; constituting a sophomoric self-assured though source, originative immature, affected, bombastic, overblown sententious sordid short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs sequence wretched, comfortless, contemptible succession, connected line of spear weapon with a metal point on a long shaft serrated having a toothed edge specious serration having a toothed edge truth or merit servile like a slave, lacking splenetic bad-tempered, irritable independence illogical, of questionable splice join (two ends) severance severing sponge porous rubber for washing; shaft arrow or spear, something live at once expense long and narrow spurious false, counterfeit shallow little depth; not earnest spurn have nothing to do; reject shard piece of broken earthenware or refuse squalid foul, filthy squander spend wastefully supine lying on the back; slow to stanch to stop the flow of a fluid act, passive steeply rising or falling sharply suppliant asking humbly, beseeching stentorian extremely loud and powerful supplicate make a humble petition to stickler person who insists on suppress prevent from being known; importance of something put an end to stigma mark of shame or disgrace surfeit stigmatize describe somebody scornfully to excess sting something sharp susceptibility sensitiveness stingy spending, using unwillingly sustain keep from falling; maintain; stint to be thrifty, to set limits suffer; give a decision stipulate state or put forward as a sycophant satiate, feed to fulness or person who flatter to the necessary condition rich and powerful stolid showing no emotion; synopsis something twisted together T summary or outline impassive strands into a rope, line of development stray wander, lose one's way taciturn untalkative, silent streak long, thin; move very fast talon claw of a bird of prey striated striped, grooved, or banded tamp tap or drive down by stride walk with long steps repeated light blows strut a supporting bar tamper interfere with stygian hence, dark, gloomy tangential suddenly changeable stymie to hinder, obstruct, or tarnished lost brightness taunt contemptuous reproach, block subdue overcome, bring under hurtful remark taut control tightly stretched sublime extreme; astounding tautology a repetition, a redundancy submerge put under water, liquid, tawdry cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky sink out of sight tease annoy; puzzling question suborn tedious tiresome something to commit perjury teetotal oppose to alcohol subpoena temerity boldness, brashness, induce by bribery or written order requiring a person to appear in a law court intrepidness subsume include under a rule temperance succor assistance, relief in time self-control, moderation abstinence from alcohol, temperate of distress showing self-control firmness, persistency, suffice be enough tenacity sullied to be stained or discredited adhesiveness, tending to hang on summarily briefly; without delay tenuous insubstantial, flimsy, weak sumptuous magnificent terse brief and to the point sundry various, miscellaneous, thrift care, economy, thriving, prosperous separate supercilious superfluous more then is needed or wanted shy, easily frightened fearful, timid, afraid tolerable fairly good tonic haughty scorn timid timorous disdainful; characterized by something giving strength or superimpose put something on the top energy supersede take the place of topple be unsteady and overturn torment severe pain or suffering torpid sleeping, sluggish, vagary strange act or idea lethargic, dormant vain without use, result; tortuous full of twists and bends conceited tout person who worries others to valiant brave buy something, to use his service valorous brave touting act as tout vanquish conquer toy think not seriously, handle vapor stim, mist veer change direction ready to something absent-mindedly tractable easily controlled or guided venal transgress break, go beyond (a limit) dishonest transient temporary, fleeting veneer transitory brief the true nature trenchant forceful, effective, veneration regard with deep respect vigorous; extremely perceptive,incisive veracity truth trend tendency, general direction verisimilitude appearing true or real trepidation alarm, excited state of mind veritable real, rightly named trifling unimportant verve spirit, vigor, enthusiasm trite not new vex annoy, distress, trouble truculence aggressiveness, ferocity vigilance watchfulness, self-appointed trudge walk heavily group who maintain order turbid muddy, having the sediment vigilant stirred up surface appearance covering member of a vigilance committee turbulence being uncontrolled, violent vigorous strong, energetic turgid excessively ornate; swollen vilify slander, say evil things vindictive having a desire to revenge a loud, domineering woman; a or bloated turmoil trouble, disturbance virago turpitude wickedness, shamefulness scold or nag tyro tiro, beginner visceral of the internal organs of the body vitiate U lower the quality; weaken the strength ulterior situated beyond vituperate curse, abuse in words umbrage offense, resentment vivacious lively, high-spirited uncouth rough, awkward volatile changeable, inconstant, underbid make a lower bid then fickle, unstable, explosive somebody else undermine volubility weaken gradually, at the fluency, verbosity, easy use of spoken language base, make something under voluble fluent undulate voluminous occupying much space to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate unencumbered easy-going, trifle unfeigned not pretended, sincere W unscathed unharmed, unhurt waft untoward unfortunate, inconvenient carry lightly through upbraid scold, reproach wag merry person urbane elegant, refined in manners wage payment, carry on, engage in scent, waving movement; (war) warmonger vacillation being uncertain, hesitating person who stirs up war warp V become bent warrant authority, written order, guarantee wary cautious weave make (threads) into cloth weigh measure how heavy something is welter turmoil; a bewildering jumble wend to go, proceed whimsical full of odd and fanciful ideas wince show bodily or mental pain woo try to win Y yarn knitting tale, story; fibers for .. .GRE General Vocabulary adhesion adhering, support adjacent lying near, next admonitory containing warning Compiled by Oleg Smirnov adorn add beauty; decorate GRE Vocabulary Preparation... reconciling, soothing, credulity too great a readiness to comforting, mollifying believe things concord agreement or harmony credulous ready to believe things concur agree in opinion, happen crush press,... strong dislike ardor enthusiasm avid eager, greedy arduous steep, difficult ascent; avow admit Declare openly argot jargon, slang arrant in the highest degree B arrogance proud, superior manner of