Gre Book Vocab

Front 1

Sojourning

Back 1

Stay in place as a traveler or guest

Front 2

Euphoria

Back 2

Great happiness and excitement

Front 3

Confiscatory

Back 3

Seizing property, or imposing and unreasonable taxes

Front 4

Consummate

Back 4

Perfect

Front 5

Tenet

Back 5

A principle, belief or doctrine

Front 6

Whim

Back 6

Capricious sudden idea

Front 7

Polity

Back 7

Political organization

Front 8

Spurious

Back 8

Falsified, erroneously attributed

Front 9

Terse

Back 9

Smooth elegant

Front 10

Fallacious

Back 10

Deceptive appearance, false

Front 11

Succinct

Back 11

Close fitting

Front 12

Bellicose

Back 12

Favoring or inclined to start quarrels

Front 13

Blithe

Back 13

Happy lighthearted character or disposition

Front 14

Extol

Back 14

Praise highly glorify

Front 15

Deprecate

Back 15

Express disapproval, belittle

Front 16

Spurn

Back 16

Reject something

Front 17

Discountenance

Back 17

Express disapproval, refuse to approve

Front 18

Eulogize

Back 18

Praise highly

Front 19

Interpolate

Back 19

To alter or corrupt (insert)

Front 20

Floundering

Back 20

Not doing very well

Front 21

Impasse

Back 21

Not resolve

Front 22

Capitulate

Back 22

Give in on their demands

Front 23

Impugn

Back 23

Oppose or attack

Front 24

Acrimony

Back 24

Bitter feelings between two sides

Front 25

Cacophony

Back 25

Harsh or discordant sound

Front 26

Sinecure

Back 26

Office or position require little to no work

Front 27

Gainsaid

Back 27

Deny or contradict

Front 28

Elusive

Back 28

Difficult to find catch or achieve

Front 29

Dilapidated

Back 29

State of disrepair or ruin as a result of age/neglect

Front 30

Diminutive

Back 30

Extremely or unusually small

Front 31

Duress

Back 31

Threats of violence constraints against their will

Front 32

Embullience

Back 32

The quality of being cheerful and full of energy

Front 33

Precarious

Back 33

Not securely held or in position

Front 34

Facetious

Back 34

Treating serious issues with deliberating inappropriate humor

Front 35

Altruistic

Back 35

Selfless concern for the well being others, unselfish

Front 36

Banefil

Back 36

Destructive, deadly pernicious

Front 37

Candid

Back 37

Truthful and straightforward

Front 38

Benevolent

Back 38

Helpful

Front 39

Vociferous

Back 39

(Person or speech) clamorous, intensely emotional ( vehement)

Front 40

Morose

Back 40

Sullen and I'll tempered (melancholy)

Front 41

Nonplussed

Back 41

Surprised and confused unsure how to react

Front 42

Dolorous

Back 42

Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

Front 43

Apprehensive

Back 43

Anxious fearful of something bad happen

Front 44

Lethargic

Back 44

Sluggish and apathetic

Front 45

Vigorous

Back 45

Strong healthy and full of energy

Front 46

Banal

Back 46

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Front 47

Cerebral

Back 47

Related to the mind rather than to feelings: intellectual and not emotional

Front 48

Inaudible

Back 48

Incapable of being heard

Front 49

Cosseted

Back 49

Pampered

Front 50

Borne

Back 50

To put up with. Endure

Front 51

Exculpated

Back 51

To clear from a charge of guilt or fault. Free from blame

Front 52

Dandled

Back 52

Pampered

Front 53

Craven

Back 53

Cowardly; timid easily frightened

Front 54

Temperate

Back 54

(Neutral) moderate or self-restrained

Front 55

Calamitous

Back 55

Catastrophic: severe a great misfortune/disaster

Front 56

Deleterious

Back 56

Harmful; injurious to health