Gre Advanced Wordlist 3

Front 1

Alleviated

Back 1

Made less severe

Front 2

Apostrophe

Back 2

1. Punctuation mark

2. Appeal to someone not present

Front 3

Centurion

Back 3

Roman soldier

Front 4

Emollient

Back 4

Softening

Front 5

Fusillade

Back 5

Long burst of gunfire

Front 6

Inerrancy

Back 6

Inability to make mistakes

Front 7

Mince

Back 7

1. Chop into small pieces

2. Walk with tiny steps

3. Speak in an affected manner

Front 8

Palpate

Back 8

To examine with hands

Front 9

Platitude

Back 9

Unoriginal, obvious saying

Front 10

Quibble

Back 10

1. Argue about minor matters.

2. A minor verbal point in an argument.

Front 11

Apprehension

Back 11

Fear

Front 12

Conniving

Back 12

Cunning

Front 13

Derision (deride)

Back 13

Mockery

Front 14

Epigram

Back 14

Short witty saying

Front 15

Lassitude

Back 15

Lack of energy

Front 16

Pedantic (pedant)

Back 16

Over inistent on matters of book learning

Front 17

Phenomenology

Back 17

Branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived

Front 18

Precipitate

Back 18

1. Hurried

2. Insoluble product

3. Instigate or speed up

Front 19

Renege

Back 19

Go back on promise or retract statement

Front 20

Armada

Back 20

Fleet of ships

Front 21

Dawdler

Back 21

Slow person who falls behind others

Front 22

Dross

Back 22

Something worthless, impurities after refining

Front 23

Expiate

Back 23

Atone, make amends for

Front 24

Hack

Back 24

1. Chop roughly

2. Person who writes to earn money

3. Hired horse

Front 25

Prone

Back 25

1. Vulnerable

2. Horizontal

Front 26

Propensity

Back 26

Tendency

Front 27

Scabbard

Back 27

Cover for a sword

Front 28

Skiff

Back 28

Small boat

Front 29

Umbrage

Back 29

1. Shadow

2. Offence

Front 30

Dilettantism

Back 30

Dabbling especially in the arts

Front 31

Enervate

Back 31

Weaken

Front 32

Malevolent

Back 32

Having evil intentions

Front 33

Neophyte

Back 33

New convert, tyro

Front 34

Panegyric

Back 34

Speech praising someone

Front 35

Presage

Back 35

Forewarn of

Front 36

Serration

Back 36

Jagged edge

Front 37

Slight

Back 37

1. Minor

2. Perceived insult

Front 38

Tare

Back 38

1. Weed

2. Allowance made for container when weighing

Front 39

Unprepossessing

Back 39

Unattractive

Front 40

Aberration

Back 40

Deviation from the normal

Front 41

Cant

Back 41

Insincere talk

Front 42

Disinter

Back 42

Dig up

Front 43

Facade

Back 43

1. Front elevation of building

2. False appearance or demeanor

Front 44

Impeding

Back 44

Hindering

Front 45

Lacuna

Back 45

Gap, missing part

Front 46

Monolithic

Back 46

United in purpose

Front 47

Pied

Back 47

Multicolored

Front 48

Roster

Back 48

List of names

Front 49

Seemly

Back 49

Appropriate behavior

Front 50

Analogue

Back 50

1. Something similar

2. Output proportional to input

Front 51

Coda

Back 51

Finale of music work

Front 52

Commingle

Back 52

Mix

Front 53

Equivocal

Back 53

Ambiguous

Front 54

Fallible

Back 54

Capable of making mistakes

Front 55

Hallow

Back 55

Respect, worship

Front 56

Indigence

Back 56

Poverty

Front 57

Papyrus

Back 57

Material used for writing before paper

Front 58

Pique

Back 58

1. Annoyance

2. To stimulate interest, annoy

Front 59

Sap

Back 59

1. Liquid inside plants

2. To drain, undermine3. A fool

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3. A fool

Front 60

Arbitrator

Back 60

Mediator, person appointed to judge a dispute

Front 61

Descry

Back 61

To see at a distance

Front 62

Facetious

Back 62

Not intended to be taken seriously

Front 63

Indecorous

Back 63

Inappropriate behavior

Front 64

Proliferate

Back 64

Grow and spread

Front 65

Scotch

Back 65

To prevent

Front 66

Strut

Back 66

1. Supporting rod

2. Walk in an arrogant manner

Front 67

Toy

Back 67

To play with

Front 68

Usury

Back 68

Lending money at high interest rates

Front 69

Wag

Back 69

A witty person

Front 70

Atavism

Back 70

Reappearance of ancestral traits

Front 71

Filibuster

Back 71

Delaying tactics

Front 72

Gambit

Back 72

Opening move, transaction

Front 73

Mitigation

Back 73

Making less severe

Front 74

Obligate

Back 74

Compulsory

Front 75

Predilection

Back 75

Interest

Front 76

Propitate

Back 76

Appease, try to gain favor

Front 77

Stanch

Back 77

To stop

Front 78

Travesty

Back 78

Parody

Front 79

Waft

Back 79

Drift smoothly (v)

Whiff, smell (n)

Front 80

Forage

Back 80

Search for food

Front 81

Lumber

Back 81

1. Walk in an ungainly way

2. Timber

Front 82

Muse

Back 82

1. Think, meditate

2. Source of inspiration

Front 83

Prescience

Back 83

Fore-knowledge

Front 84

Prune

Back 84

1. To trim

2. A dried plum

Front 85

Ready

Back 85

Quick

Front 86

Resolve

Back 86

Firmness

Front 87

Squalid

Back 87

Dirty and demeaning

Front 88

Sullied

Back 88

Impure

Front 89

Veneration

Back 89

Worship

Front 90

Demur

Back 90

Object, hesitate to accept

Front 91

Duplicity

Back 91

Deception, double dealing

Front 92

Exigency

Back 92

Urgent matter

Front 93

Expostulate

Back 93

Offer strong objections

Front 94

Gossamer

Back 94

Delicate, filmy

Front 95

Inefficacious

Back 95

Ineffective

Front 96

Pine

Back 96

1. Type of evergreen tree

2. Grieve

Front 97

Prudish

Back 97

Narrow minded, excessively concerned with morals

Front 98

Quixotic

Back 98

Impractically idealistic

Front 99

Stipple

Back 99

Cover with dots of paint