Barrons Guide, 2005, 16th Edition GRE High-Frequency Words Vocabulary List 333 Words Total

Word abate aberrant abeyance abscond abstemious admonish adulterate aesthetic aggregate alacrity alleviate amalgamate ambiguous ambivalence ameliorate anachronism analogous anarchy anomalous antipathy apathy

Definition subside or moderate abnormal or deviant suspended action depart secretly and hide sparing in eating and drinking; temperate warn; reprove make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful gather; accumulate cheerful promptness; eagerness relieve combine; unite in one body unclear or doubtful in meaning the of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes improve something or someone misplaced in time comparable absence of governing body; state of disorder abnormal; irregular aversion; dislike lack caring; indifference

state

of

appease apprise

pacify soothe; relieve inform

or

approbation appropriate arduous artless ascetic assiduous assuage attenuate audacious austere autonomous diligent v. or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) make thinner daring; bold forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented self-governing; independent assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality contradict; give a false impression kindly; doing good support; reinforce pompous; using inflated language rude; insensitive grow forth; send out buds make shiny by rubbing; polish v. support; prop up unpredictable; fickle punishment; severe criticism ease approval v. acquire; take possession of for ones own use hard; strenuous without guile; open and honest practicing self-denial; austere

aver banal belie beneficent bolster bombastic boorish burgeon burnish buttress capricious castigation

catalyst caustic chicanery coagulate

coda cogent commensurate compendium complaisant compliant conciliatory condone confound connoisseur contention contentious contrite conundrum converge convoluted craven

agent that increases the pace of a chemical action burning; sarcastically biting trickery; deception thicken; congeal; clot concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes convincing adj. corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate brief, comprehensive summary trying please; overly polite; obliging yielding; conforming to requirements reconciling; soothing overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse confuse; puzzle person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art claim; thesis quarrelsome penitent - Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence riddle; difficult problem approach; tend to meet; come together coiled around; involved; intricate cowardly intimidate; frighten propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners failure to act courteous regard for anothers wishes

to

daunt decorum default deference

delineate denigrate deride derivative desiccate desultory deterrent diatribe dichotomy diffidence diffuse digression

portray; depict; sketch blacken ridicule; make fun of unoriginal; obtained from another source dry up aimless; haphazard; digressing at random something that discourages; hindrance n. scolding; invective split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) shyness adj. wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas) wandering away from the subject lament with music correct false impression; undeceive mentally quick and observant; having insight not harmonious; conflicting defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve lack consistency; difference adj. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts lacking genuine candor; insincere unprejudiced lacking coherence; separated at the joints eliminate from consideration; reject belittle adj. basically different; unrelated

bitter

dirge disabuse discerning discordant discredit discrepancy discrete disingenuous disinterested disjointed dismiss disparage disparate

of

dissemble disseminate dissolution dissonance

distend distill diverge divest document dogmatic dormant

dupe ebullient eclectic efficacy effrontery

elegy elicit embellish empirical emulate endemic enervate engender enhance

v. disguise; pretend distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) disintegration; looseness in morals discord; opposite of harmony expand; swell out purify; refine; concentrate vary; in different directions from the same point strip; deprive provide written evidence opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal sleeping; lethargic; latent someone easily fooled showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources power produce desired effect impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness poem song expressing lamentation draw by discussion adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story based experience imitate; rival prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country weaken cause; produce increase; improve

go

to

or out

on

ephemeral equanimity equivocate erudite esoteric eulogy euphemism exacerbate exculpate exigency extrapolation facetious facilitate fallacious fatuous fawning felicitous fervor

flag fledgling

short-lived; fleeting calmness of temperament; composure lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth learned; scholarly hard to understand; known only to the chosen few expression of praise, often on the occasion of someones death mild expression in place of an unpleasant one worsen; embitter clear from blame urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention projection; conjecture joking (often inappropriately); humorous help bring about; make less difficult false; misleading brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing apt; suitably expressed; well chosen glowing ardor; intensity of feeling droop; grow feeble inexperienced reject; mock; show contempt for stir instigate prevent by taking action in advance thrift; economy deny

flout foment forestall frugality gainsay

up;

futile garrulous goad gouge

useless; hopeless; ineffectual loquacious; talkative; wordy urge on overcharge pompous; bombastic;

using

high-sounding

language

grandiloquent gregarious guileless gullible harangue homogeneous hyperbole iconoclastic idolatry immutable impair impassive impede impermeable imperturbable impervious implacable implicit implode inadvertently inchoate sociable without deceit easily deceived long, passionate, and vehement speech of same kind exaggeration; overstatement attacking cherished traditions worship of idols; excessive admiration unchangeable injure; hurt without feeling; imperturbable; stoical hinder; block impervious; not permitting passage through its substance calm; placid impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed incapable of being pacified understood but not stated burst inward unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly adj. recently begun; rudimentary; elementary

the

incongruity inconsequential incorporate indeterminate indigence

lack harmony; absurdity insignificant; unimportant introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite poverty

of

indolent lazy inactive; lacking power to move naive trusting; young; unsophisticated firmly established by nature or habit harmless unconscious; unresponsive hint; imply; creep in lacking in flavor; dull narrow-mindedness; isolation unruly; stubborn; unyielding n. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness overwhelm; flood; submerge adj. accustomed; hardened n. abuse irritable; easily angered uncertain how to act; weak plan trip brief to the point languor; weariness potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden

inert ingenuous inherent innocuous insensible insinuate insipid insularity intractable intransigence inundate inured invective irascible irresolute itinerary laconic lassitude latent

and

of

a and

v. laud lethargic drowsy; dull stone embankment to prevent flooding lack seriousness or steadiness; frivolity record a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities talkative easily understood; clear; intelligible shining; issuing light generosity one feigns illness to escape duty capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable rebel; nonconformist lying; habitually dishonest change form excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous one hates mankind appease; moderate soothe ill-humored; sullen; melancholy worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday cancel out; nullify; deny recent convert; beginner adj. stubborn slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic make unnecessary; get rid of

praise

levee levity

of of

log loquacious

lucid luminous magnanimity malingerer malleable maverick mendacious metamorphosis meticulous misanthrope mitigate mollify morose mundane negate neophyte obdurate obsequious obviate

who

of

who

occlude officious onerous opprobrium oscillate ostentatious paragon partisan pathological paucity pedantic penchant penury perennial perfidious perfunctory permeable pervasive phlegmatic

shut; close meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering ones services burdensome infamy; vilification vibrate; waver showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention model perfection one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party pertaining to disease scarcity showing off learning; bookish strong inclination; liking severe poverty; stinginess something long-lasting treacherous; disloyal superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through spread throughout calm; easily disturbed devoutness; reverence for God pacify; conciliate ability to be molded n. remark; commonplace statement excess; overabundance fall sharply

of

not

piety placate plasticity platitude plethora plummet

trite

porous

pragmatic preamble precarious

precipitate precursor presumptuous prevaricate pristine probity problematic prodigal profound prohibitive proliferate propensity propitiate propriety proscribe pungent qualified quibble quiescent rarefied recalcitrant

full of pores; like a sieve practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something introductory statement uncertain; risky adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden forerunner arrogant; taking liberties lie characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled uprightness; incorruptibility doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing wasteful; reckless with money deep; superficial; complete tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid grow rapidly; spread; multiply natural inclination appease fitness; correct conduct ostracize; banish; outlaw stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic limited; restricted minor objection or complaint at dormant; temporarily inactive made dense (of a gas) obstinately

not

rest; less

stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly recant recluse recondite refractory refute relegate reproach reprobate repudiate rescind resolution resolve reticent reverent cancel determination determination; firmness of purpose reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence respectful; worshipful person celebrated for wisdom healthful approve; ratify satisfy fully soak thoroughly enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism fragment, generally of pottery doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view worried; concerned disprove banish an inferior position; delegate; assign express disapproval or disappointment person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency disown; disavow to disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error hermit; loner abstruse; profound; secret stubborn; unmanageable

sage salubrious sanction satiate saturate

savor secrete

shard skeptic solicitous

soporific specious spectrum sporadic stigma

stint stipulate stolid striated

strut strut subpoena subside substantiate supersede supposition

tacit tangential tenuous tirade torpor tortuous tractable transgression truculence

sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism occurring irregularly token disgrace; brand v. thrifty; set limits make express conditions; specify dull; impassive marked with parallel bands; grooved pompous walk supporting bar writ summoning a witness to appear settle down; descend; grow quiet establish by evidence; verify; support cause be set aside; replace; make obsolete hypothesis; surmise understood; not put into words peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing thin; rare; slim extended scolding; denunciation; harangue lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy winding; full of curves docile; easily managed violation of a law; sin aggressiveness; ferocity

of be

to

vacillate venerate

waver; fluctuate revere

veracious truthful verbose viable viscous vituperative volatile warranted wordy practical or workable sticky, gluey adj. abusive; scolding changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly justified; authorized very cautious turmoil; bewildering jumble capricious; fanciful fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

wary welter whimsical zealot