GRE High-Frequency Words (from Barron's) + Hit Parade (Princeton Review)

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abate aberrant abeyance abscond abstemious accolade acerbic actuate acumen admonish adulation adulterate aesthetic aggrandize aggregate alacrity alchemy amalgamate ambivalence ameliorate amenable anachronism analogous anomalous appease apprise approbation appropriate archaic arduous artless ascetic assiduous assuage

to lessen in intensity or degree deviating from the norm delay, suspended action to steal away and hide sparing in eating and drinking, temperate an expression of praise having a sour or bitter character to motivate quick or keen knowledge or insight to warn, reprove excessive praise, intense adoration to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients dealing with art or the beautiful to increase in intensity, power, or prestige to gather, accumulate eager and enthusiastic willingness a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals to combine several elements into a whole having contradictory or conflicting attitudes to make better or more tolerable agreeable, responsive to suggestion something out of place in terms of historical context comparable deviating from the norm to pacify, soothe, or relieve to inform expression of approval or praise to acquire, take possession of for one's own use outdated

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astringent attenuate audacious austere autonomous avarice aver axiomatic banal belie beneficent bolster bombastic boorish bucolic burgeon burnish buttress cacophonous canon canonical capricious castigation catalyst caustic censure chary chicanery coagulate coda cogent commensurate compendium complaisant

having a tightening effect, harsh, severe to make thin, weaken daring and fearless, recklessly bold without adornment, bare self-governing greed to state as a fact, confirm, support taken as a given hackneyed, commonplace, trite, lacking originality to contradict kindly, doing good to support or reinforce pompous, grandiloquent, selfevident/pompous in writing rude, insensitive rustic and pastoral, rural to grow rapidly, flourish to make shiny by rubbing, polish to support, prop up harsh, jarring, dissonant established set of principles agreeing with orthodox requirements inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable severe criticism or punishment accelerates the rate of change burning or stinging, corrosive criticize severely, officially rebuke wary, cautious trickery or subterfuge thicken, congeal, clot concluding section of a musical or literary piece convincing, appealing to the mind or reason equal in extent brief, comprehensive summary complying with the wishes of others

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strenuous, taxing without guile, open and honest one who practices rigid self-denial diligent to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify
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conciliatory condone connoisseur contentious contrite convention convoluted craven credulous culpable cynicism daunt dearth decorum default deference delineate demur denigrate deride derision derivative desiccate desultory diatribe didactic diffidence diffuse dilettante dirge disabuse discerning discordant discredit discrete discretion

reconciling, soothing to overlook, forgive, give tacit approval expert argumentative regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness agreed-upon practice or attitude complex or complicated cowardly tending to believe too readily, gullible deserving blame an attitude that all people are motivated by selfishness to intimidate, frighten

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disingenuous disinterested disparage disparate dissemble dissolution dissonance distend distill divest divulge dogmatic dupe ebullient eccentric eclectic efficacy elegy eloquent emollient empirical emulate endemic enervate engender enigmatic ennui ephemeral equanimity equivocal equivocate erudite esoteric eulogy euphemism

not naive, sophisticated indifferent, free from self-interest to slight or belittle fundamentally distinct or dissimilar to disguise or conceal, to mislead disintegration, looseness in morals discord expand, swell out to purify, refine, concentrate to strip, deprive to disclose something secret stubbornly opinionated someone easily fooled lively or enthusiastic departing from norms or conventions composed of elements drawn from various sources power to produce a desired effect a mournful poem, especially lamenting the dead well-spoken, expressive, articulate soothing, mollifying based on experimentation or observation to imitate, rival characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people to weaken, to reduce in vitality to cause, produce mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand restlessness, boredom brief, fleeting calmness of temperament, composure ambiguous, intentionally misleading to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent, to mislead very learned, scholarly intended for or understood by a small, specific group a speech honoring the dead mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

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a lack
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polite or appropriate conduct

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failure to act
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courteous regard for another's wish to portray, depict, sketch to question or oppose to blacken to ridicule, make fun of scorn, ridicule unoriginal, obtained from another source to dry out or dehydrate, to make dry or dull aimless, haphazard, digressing at random a harsh denunciation intended to teach or instruct shyness wordy, rambling, spread out one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge lament with music to undeceive, to set right mentally quick and observant, having insight conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound to defame, destroy confidence in separate, unconnected cautious reserve, ability to make responsible decisions
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evanescent exacerbate exculpate exigency extemporaneous facetious fallacious fallacy fatuous fawning felicitous fervent filibuster flag fledgling flout foment forestall fortuitous fulminate furtive futile gainsay garrulous germane glib goad gouge grandiloquent gregarious guileless hackneyed halcyon harangue

tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing to make worse or more severe to exonerate, clear from blame urgency, need for immediate action or attention improvised, done without preparation

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hedonism hegemony heretical hubris hyperbole iconoclastic idolatry imminent immutable impassive impecunious imperturbable impervious impetuous implacable impunity inadvertently inchoate incipient incongruity indeterminate indifferent indigence indolent inert infelicitous ingenuous inimical innocuous insensible insinuate insipid insularity

devotion to pleasure consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others violating accepted dogma or convention arrogant presumption or pride an exaggeration attacking or undermining convention intense or excessive devotion to something about to happen, impending not capable of change revealing no emotion lacking funds, without money marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness impenetrable, incapable of being damaged or distressed hastily or rashly energetic, impulsive, vehement not capable of being appeased or changed immunity from punishment or penalty unintentionally in an initial stage, not fully formed beginning to come into being or to become apparent lack of harmony, absurdity uncertain, not clearly fixed having no interest or concern, showing no prejudice or bias poverty lazy unmoving, lethargic, sluggish unfortunate, inappropriate artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication *unsophisticated, naive damaging, harmful, malevolent harmless, causing no damage unconscious, unresponsive to hint, imply without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland narrow-mindedness, isolation

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playful, humorous
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false, misleading
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an invalid notion, mistaken belief

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foolish, inane
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flattering, praising excessively

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apt, suitably expressed, well chosen

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greatly emotional, zealous using prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action to droop, grow feeble inexperienced to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention to stir up, instigate to prevent by taking action in advance happening by fortunate accident or chance to loudly attack or denounce marked by stealth, cover, surreptitious useless, hopeless to deny pointlessly talkative, talking too much relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter marked by ease or informality, nonchalant, superficial to urge on to overcharge pompous in speech or expression sociable, outgoing without deceit rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage calm, peaceful to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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intractable intransigence intrepid inundate inured invective inveigle irascible irresolute laconic lassitude laud levity loquacious lucid luminous magnanimity malingerer malleable maverick mendacious mendacity mercurial meticulous misanthrope mitigate mollify morose mundane nascent nebulous neologism

not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate refusal to compromise

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neophyte noxious obdurate obfuscate obsequious obstinate obtuse obviate occlude odious officious onerous opaque opprobrium oscillate ostentatious paean paragon parody partisan pathological paucity pedagogy pedantic penchant penurious penury perennial perfidious perfidy perfunctory pernicious perspicacious peruse

a recent convert, a beginner, a novice harmful, injurious unyielding, hardhearted, intractable to deliberately obscure, to make confusing exhibiting a fawning attentiveness stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising lacking sharpness or intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression to anticipate and make unnecessary to obstruct or block evoking intense aversion or dislike meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering one's services troubling, burdensome impenetrable by light disgrace, contempt, scorn to go back and forth showy, pretentious a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving model of perfection a humorous imitation for comic effect one-sided, prejudiced, committed to a party pertaining to disease scarcity the art or profession of training, teaching, instructing the parading of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules strong inclination, liking penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous poverty, destitution recurrent through the year, happening repeatedly treacherous, disloyal intentional breach of faith, treachery cursory, done without care or interest extremely harmful, potentially causing death acutely perceptive, having keen discernment to examine with great care

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steadfast, courageous
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to overwhelm, flood
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable abuse to obtain by deception or flattery

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easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts weak, uncertain how to act using few words, terse weariness, languor

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to praise highly
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a lack of seriousness or steadiness

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extremely talkative
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clear, easily understood

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characterized by brightness and the emission of light *generosity, the quality of being generously noble in mind/heart, especially forgiving feigns illness capable of being shaped or formed, tractable, pliable an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party lying the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to detail one who hates all other humans to make less severe or intense to calm or soothe sad, sullen, melancholy of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary coming into being, in early developmental states cloudy, vague a new word, expression, usage

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pervasive phlegmatic piety pine pious pirate pith/pithy placate platitude plethora plummet polemical pragmatic prattle preamble precarious precipitate

permeating throughout (pervade - to permeate throughout) calm, sluggish, unemotional devoutness, reverence to God to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor extremely relevant or devout, showing strong religious devotion to illegally use or reproduce

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proliferate prolific propensity propitiate propriety prosaic proscribe pungent putrefy quaff qualified qualm querulous query quibble quiescent quixotic quotidian rancorous rarefied rarefy recalcitrant recant recluse recondite redoubtable refractory refulgent refute relegate renege reproach reprobate repudiate

to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly producing large volumes or amounts, productive a natural inclination or tendency, penchant to appease correct conduct dull, unimaginative to ostracize, banish strong, sharp to rot, to decay and give off a foul odor to drink deeply limited, restricted misgiving, reservation, cause for hesitancy prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome question, inquiry, doubt in the mind, reservation a minor objection or complaint still, motionless, resting foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals occurring or recurring daily, commonplace ("a quotidian mystery") bitter, resentful made less dense (like a gas) to make or become less dense, to refine obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage to retract, especially a previous held belief hermit, loner hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure awe-inspiring, worthy of honor stubborn, unmanageable radiant, shiny, brilliant to disprove, to successfully argue against to banish to an inferior position to fail to honor a commitment, to go back on a promise to express disapproval a person devoid of decency, sinful to refuse to have anything to do with, disown

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the essential or central part, precise and brief to appease, to calm a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful, *trite remark an overabundance, a surplus to plunge or drop straight down controversial, argumentative practical rather than idealistic to babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner introductory statement uncertain, risky acting with excessive haste or impulse; (cause to happen before anticipated or required) one that indicates or announces something to come a disposition in favor of something; preference to dress up, to primp foreknowledge of events overstepping due bounds, taking liberties to deliberately avoid the truth, to mislead pure, uncorrupted, clean adherence to highest principles, uprightness a natural predisposition or inclination recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish abundant in size, force, or extent, extraordinary excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant inclined to prevent or forbid

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precursor predilection preen prescience presumptuous prevaricate pristine probity proclivity prodigal prodigious profligate profuse prohibitive

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rescind resolution resolve reticent reverent rhetoric sage salubrious sanction satiate satire saturate secrete sedulous solicitous solvent soporific sordid specious spendthrift spurious squalid static stigma stint stipulate stoic stolid striated strut stupefy stymie

to invalidate, repeal, retract determination determination quiet, reserved, reluctant, to express thoughts and feelings marked by, feeling, or expressing profound awe and respect the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion person celebrated for wisdom promoting health or well-being authoritative permission or approval, penalty to enforce compliance to satisfy fully a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision to soak thoroughly to hide away or cache, produce and release a substance into an organism diligent, persistent concerned and attentive, eager, worried able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul seemingly true, but actually fallacious, misleading attractive one who spends money wastefully (and is prodigal, proliferate) lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect not moving, at rest, inactive token of disgrace, brand to be thrifty, set limits to make express conditions, specify steadfast, unaffected by pleasure or pain dull, impassive striped, grooved pompous walk to stun, baffle, amaze to block, thwart

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subpoena subside substantiate subtle superfluous supersede supplant

a court order requiring appearance or testimony to settle down, grow quiet to establish by evidence, verify not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern exceeding what is sufficient or necessary to replace to take the place of, supersede

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