Gre Vocabulary

Front 1

Obdurately

Back 1

Hardened against feeling; Not giving in to persuasion

Hint 1

Bob obdurately refused to allow his enemies' taunts to make him cry.

Front 2

Auspiciously

Back 2

Attended by favorable circumstances; Prosperous

Hint 2

Jane's life was auspicious, allowing her to have all she ever wanted.

Front 3

Facile

Back 3

Done with little effort; Superficial

Hint 3

Ted's attempt to take the GRE was facile since he already aced it once.

Front 4

Nominally

Back 4

Existing in name only; Insignificantly small

Hint 4

King Paul's rule was nominal only since he had no say in the parliament.

Front 5

Improvident

Back 5

Not providing for the future; Rash; Incautious

Hint 5

Marie's trip was improvident since she had not planned out how she would get there.

Front 6

Lithesome

Back 6

Gracefully slender; Moving and bending with ease

Hint 6

The ballerina was lithesome during her most recent ballet.

Front 7

Piquant

Back 7

An agreeable pungent taste; Provocative; Delighting

Hint 7

The author's piquant writing was entertaining and enjoyable.

Front 8

Belied

Back 8

Misrepresented; Contradicted

Hint 8

Pamela's shy natured belied her inner wild child.

Front 9

Exacerbate

Back 9

To increase the severity of

Hint 9

Throwing another dung bomb only exacerbated Fred's punishment.

Front 10

Portent

Back 10

Indication of something to happen

Hint 10

The crow's caw was a prophetic portent of the upcoming storm.

Front 11

Inured

Back 11

Toughen; Harden

Hint 11

Years of work in the field inured Tom's hands in contrast to his wife's tender touch.

Front 12

Mein

Back 12

Evil; Mischievous

Hint 12

The villain's mein way was ultimately his downfall.

Front 13

Daft

Back 13

Senseless; Foolish; Stupid

Hint 13

Daffy Duck made daft decision ending up with an anvil falling on his head.

Front 14

Privation

Back 14

Lack of the comforts of life; Deprived

Hint 14

Tom's privation from society eventually took a toll on his health.

Front 15

Ineluctable

Back 15

Not to be avoided

Hint 15

Shelley and Ansley's confrontation was ineluctable due to the fact they share a room.

Front 16

Inimitable

Back 16

Incapable of being imitated

Hint 16

Fred's large stature made him inimitable to Joe's insults.

Front 17

Rectitude

Back 17

Rightness of principle

Hint 17

Jane's rectitude kept her on track when her other friends started into drugs.

Front 18

Aplomb

Back 18

Self confident assurance; Poise

Hint 18

Stacey's aplomb made her come across as put together and ready for anything.

Front 19

Reprobate

Back 19

Morally depraved person

Hint 19

Buddy went to a reprobate to get cigarettes when he was underage.

Front 20

Arbiter

Back 20

An arbitrator; Decide matters of issue

Hint 20

Leslie has to act as an arbiter between her feuding parents.

Front 21

Promulgating

Back 21

Make known openly

Hint 21

Tarzan's call promulgated that he was upset that the hunters stole Jane.

Front 22

Eschewing

Back 22

To avoid; Shun

Hint 22

The cats were eschewing the dog when they tiptoed around him while he was sleeping.

Front 23

Repudiating

Back 23

To cast off; To disown; To reject

Hint 23

Tim's dad was repudiating him when he wrote him out of his will.

Front 24

Supercilious

Back 24

Haughtily disdainful; Contemptuous

Hint 24

Fay's supercilious behavior gave away you hate for opera.

Front 25

Amenable

Back 25

Answerable; Readily yielding; Cooperating

Hint 25

Patty was amenable to the lawyer's questions making her look innocent.

Front 26

Acquiescent

Back 26

Comply without protest

Hint 26

The prisoner went acquiescently with the police so as not to make a scene around his family.

Front 27

Demure

Back 27

Reserved; Shy; Modest

Hint 27

Caitlin's demure did not accurately show her passion for books.

Front 28

Abnegation

Back 28

To refuse or deny oneself; Reject; Renounce

Hint 28

Betty's routine of cutting herself displayed her abnegation.

Front 29

Bemused

Back 29

Confused

Hint 29

The smoke only bemused the audience instead of having any functional purpose.

Front 30

Enervated

Back 30

Weakened

Hint 30

Taking a shot in the chest enervated the soldier.

Front 31

Nonplussed

Back 31

Perplexed

Hint 31

The word problem nonplussed the students since it solved to 1 = 2.

Front 32

Seminal

Back 32

Original or creative

Hint 32

The seminal artwork proved how that the artist was a huge rebel to tradition art.

Front 33

Abstruse

Back 33

Difficult to comprehend

Hint 33

The piece of artwork was abtruse since not even the most accomplished critic could not analyze it.

Front 34

Stupefaction

Back 34

Stupified

Hint 34

She showed her stupefaction when she let her mouth drop at the finale.