GRE word list 1
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- abrogate formally revoke
- acrimonious bitter disagreement
- altruism concern for ones fellow human
- autonomy self governing
- apostasy abandonment of a political cause or religion
- arcane very old
- augury event seen as a sign of thing to come
- bathos sudden descent from the profound to the ridiculous
- bijou small but classy
- bugbear object of fear
- capitulate surrender under agreed conditions
- cenotaph monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere
- chicanery fraud
- circumlocution expressing things indirectly
- coalesce come together
- comestibles food
- compunction remorseful feeling
- congenial suitable to your needs
- conurbation continuous network of urban communities
- curt rudely short
- debonair stylish in an upper-class way
- demographic particularly group, classified by age, sex etc that is the target market for a product
- depreciation lessening in value
- detriment damage to
- discerning having good judgment
- disinformation information designed to mislead
- dissent disagreement within an organization
- docile (especially of animals) easily controlled
- duplicity deceptiveness, especially in regard to one's feelings
- edify build someone up by teaching
- elicit bring forth
- elusive hard to find
- endemic (of disease etc) particularly occurring in a certain region
- epitomize represent the essential qualities of
- exacerbate make a situation worse or more severe
- extemporize perform a task without preparation
- extrude drive out or away
- fatuity A ludicrous folly
- flout blatantly disregard
- garrulous having a tendency for constant frivolous talking
- hanker have a strong desire for
- histogram bar chart showing the frequencies of things observed
- imperative requiring action
- impromptu without preparation
- innocuous harmless
- interpolate estimate the value of; insert words into texts (often deceptively)
- invective abusive language used to express blame
- latrine toilet in an army barracks
- lunacy madness; a foolish act
- malign speak unfavorably of
- mettle courage
- molt (of animals) shed hair or feathers
- motif a shape or color that is repeated in a design; repeated theme in a piece of music
- neurology science of the nervous system.
- obfuscate make unclear
- onerous hard to bear
- overt not hidden
- pandemic disease outbreak over a large area
- pejorative expressing disapproval
- pertinent having relevance to the current issue
- placate cause to be less angry or fearful
- polymath person well versed in many different subjects
- pragmatic practical
- procrastinate put off doing something
- proliferate grow rapidly
- providence stewardship and control of God; care taken to manage resources well
- rationale explanation of the reasons for a particular act
- remittance payment sent to a party in another place
- repudiate refuse to acknowledge something has occurred or is valid
- retrospective an exhibition looking back on an artists career; to do with the past
- sagacious wise
- schema way of organizing information
- sequester take by force or by legal authority
- socialite person who attends a lot of social gatherings (usually rich enough to not need to work)
- solipsism philosophy that ones own existence is the only certain knowledge
- squalor run-down, deprived or dirty
- stringent requiring strict attention
- subservient serving under
- subversive going against authority or expectations
- surreptitious hidden; with hidden motives
- synonymous meaning the same or almost the same
- taxonomy scientific classification organisms
- territory region of ground designated as belonging to a person or nation; area of special expertise
- totalitarian exercising total control
- transfiguration dramatic change in appearance
- transpire pass through a tissue in the body
- umlaut two dots occurring above a vowel to indicate it is pronounced differently
- uncouth rude; lacking sophistication
- unfounded not based on fact
- unprecedented of events where nothing similar has happened in the past
- untoward not proper or acceptable
- usurp take control without authority
- variegated having a variety of colors
- venial easily excused
- veritable true (often used to intensify a noun)
- veto (the power to) reject a proposed action
- vilify cause someone to be the target of hate by denigrating their character
- vitriol sharp, spiteful speech; a highly corrosive acid
- wassail celebrate (usually noisily and by drinking)
- whorl round pattern in a fingerprint
