GRE Vocab 2
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Updated
2007-03-10 11:04
Group 1
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking (often inappropriately); humorous |
| facilitate | help bring about; make less difficult |
| fallacious | false; misleading |
| fatuous | brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug |
| fawning | trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing |
| felicitous | apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fervor | glowing ardor; intensity of feeling |
| fiduciary | of a trust; held or given in trust |
| flag | droop; grow feeble; to decline in vigor or strength |
| fledgling | inexperienced |
| flout | reject; mock; show contempt for |
| foment | arouse or incite |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| fractious | irritable, peevish |
| frugality | thrifty; economy |
| fusillade | continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism |
| futile | useless; hopeless; ineffectual |
| gainsay | deny |
Group 2
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garrulous | loquacious; talkative; wordy |
| goad | urge on |
| gouge | overcharge |
| grandiloquent | pompous or inflated in language; bombastic; using high-sounding language |
| gregarious | sociable |
| guile | deceit or trickery |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | without deceit |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| harangue | long, passionate, and vehement speech |
| heterodox | different from acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines |
| heterogeneous | unlike; incongruous; originating outside the body |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement |
| hypocritical | affecting virtues or qualities one does not have |
| iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
| idolatry | worship of idols; excessive admiration |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| impair | injure; hurt |
Group 3
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | without feeling; imperturbable; showing or feeling no emotion |
| impede | hinder; block |
| impermeable | impervious; not permitting passage through its substance |
| imperturbable | calm; placid |
| impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| impetuous | quick to act without thinking |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implacable | incapable of being pacified |
| implicit | understood but not stated |
| implode | burst inward |
| importune | urge or press with excessive persistence |
| impugn | attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument |
| inadvertently | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inamorata | a female lover |
| inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized; rudimentary; elementary |
| incongruity | lack of harmony; absurdity |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| incorporate | introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite |
| inculpate | charge with fault |
Group 4
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a place |
| indeterminate | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite |
| indigence | poverty |
| indigent | experiencing want or need; impoverished. |
| indoctrinate | imbue someone with learning |
| indolence | state of being lazy or slothful |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| induce | move or lead by influence |
| ineffable | too great for description |
| inert | inactive; lacking power to move |
| infusion | liquid extract so obtained |
| ingenuous | naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insensate | without feeling or sensitivity |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive |
| insidious | intended to trap or beguile |
| insinuate | hint; imply; creep in |
Group 5
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insipid | lacking in interest or flavor; dull |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| interloper | someone who intrudes in the domain of others |
| intractable | unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
| intransigence | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intransigent | refusing to agree or compromise |
| inundate | overwhelm; flood; submerge |
| inured | accustomed; hardened |
| invective | of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse |
| irascible | irritable; easily angered |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act; weak |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerary | plan of a trip |
| laconic | brief and to the point; using few words |
| lassitude | languor; weariness |
| latent | potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden |
| laud | praise |
| lethargic | drowsy; dull |
Group 6
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levee | earth or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity |
| litigate | make the subject of a lawsuit |
| log | record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lucid | easily understood; clear; intelligible |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luminous | shining; issuing light |
| magnanimity | generosity |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury |
| magnate | a powerful or influential person |
| maladroit | clumsy, tactless |
| malevolent | characterized by or expressing bad will |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official |
| malign | speak harmful untruths about, to slander |
| malinger | evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| malingerer | one who feigns illness to escape duty |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| maverick | rebel; nonconformist |
Group 7
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maxim | an expression of general truth or principle |
| mendacious | lying; habitually dishonest |
| metamorphosis | change of form |
| meticulous | excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous |
| minatory | menacing, threatening |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscegenation | interbreeding of races |
| mitigate | soften, to lessen |
| mollify | calm or make less severe; soothe |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; melancholy |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday |
