Gre Vocabulary Words #1

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Augury?

Back 1

An omen, token, or something that foretells.

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Stygian?

Back 2

Dark or gloomy.

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Multifarious?

Back 3

Having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.

Think: Multifaceted

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Enervated?

Back 4

Without vigor or force.

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Taciturn?

Back 5

Using few words, inclined to silence.

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Repine?

Back 6

1) To be discontent or in low spirits.

2) To yearn for something.
Ex. Immigrants who repine for their homeland.

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Blanch?

Back 7

To whiten by removing color.

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Carousal?

Back 8

A noisy or drunken feast or social gathering.

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Captious?

Back 9

Marked by a dispostion to find and point out trivial faults.

Ex. A captious scholar.

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Aphasia?

Back 10

Partial or total loss of the ability to understand or articulate ideas.

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Hortatory?

Back 11

Marked by strong urging or insistence.

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Jaundiced?

Back 12

1) Marked by color as if by jaundice.

2) Prejudiced.
Think: "colored perception"

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Indolent?

Back 13

Lazy, lethargic, idle.

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Tractable:

Back 14

Easily managed or controlled; docile.

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Sybarite?

Back 15

A hedonist.

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Imperious?

Back 16

Domineering, arrogant, commanding.

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Picayune?

Back 17

Small or insignificant.

Think: A piccolo is small.

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Ablution?

Back 18

A cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as used in a religious ritual.

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Fractious?

Back 19

Refractory or unruly, as in a fractious animal.

Think: similar to "refractory"

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Importune?

Back 20

To beg, plead, or ask with urgency.

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Mawkish?

Back 21

Sickly and overly sentimental.

Think: a synonym to "saccharine"

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Celerity?

Back 22

Speed, quickness.

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Winsome?

Back 23

Sweetly or innocently charming, winning.

Think: a winning personality.

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Maudlin?

Back 24

Tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental.

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Licentious?

Back 25

Sexually unrestrained; lascivious. A libertine.

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Ignominy?

Back 26

Disgrace, dishonor, public contempt.

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Riotous?

Back 27

Characteristic by the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.

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Aloof?

Back 28

Reserved or reticent; indifferent and disinterested.

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Strop?

Back 29

A tool used to sharpen a razor.

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Lugubrious?

Back 30

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an exaggerated or unrelieved manner.

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Analgesic?

Back 31

A medication capable of reducing or eliminating pain.

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Hale?

Back 32

Free from disease or infirmity, robust and vigorous.

Ex. "Hale and hearty men."

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Verve?

Back 33

Enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work.

Ex. "Her novel lacked verve."

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Perspicacious?

Back 34

Having keen mental perception and understanding.

Think: sounds like "perspective."

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Capacious?

Back 35

Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.

Think: Sounds like "capacity" and "spacious"

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Acclimate?

Back 36

To become accustomed to.

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Artifice?

Back 37

Trickery or guile, craftiness.

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Amortize?

Back 38

To liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation.)

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Annihilate?

Back 39

To destroy, to reduce to ruin.

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Antipathy?

Back 40

A dislike or aversion.

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Appurtenance?

Back 41

Something subordinate to another, an accessory.

Think: An "appurtenance" is no the most "pertinent."

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Benediction?

Back 42

A blessing pronounced by a minister.

Think: Beneficial Diction

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Cleave?

Back 43

To adhere closely to, to remain faithful.

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Deplore?

Back 44

To regret strongly, to lament.

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Efficacious?

Back 45

Effective.

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Epicure?

Back 46

A person who cultivates a refined taste.

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Perennial?

Back 47

Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

Ex. Perennial beauty.

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Boor?

Back 48

A rude person.

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Asperity?

Back 49

Severity.

Think: Sounds like "severity."

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Calumniate?

Back 50

To make malicious statement about, to slander.

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Ascendancy?

Back 51

Having controlling or growing influence.

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Ascertain?

Back 52

To find out, to make certain.

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Ascetic?

Back 53

The practice of self denial.

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Ascribe?

Back 54

To assign, to attribute to.

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Aspersion?

Back 55

A slanderous remark.

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Aspirant?

Back 56

A seeker after a position or status.

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Assail?

Back 57

To assault.

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Assent?

Back 58

To agree or accept.

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Astigmatism?

Back 59

Eye defect in which the eyes have poor focus.

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Astral?

Back 60

Relating to the stars.

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Astringent?

Back 61

1) binding, causing contraction (stopping bleeding)

2)Harsh or severe, stringent.

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Asunder?

Back 62

Into parts, apart.

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Asylum?

Back 63

A place of shelter or protection.

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Asymmetric?

Back 64

Not identical on both sides.

Front 65

Atavism.

Back 65

Reversion to an earlier type, a throwback.

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Attest?

Back 66

To testify, to bear wittiness.

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Attribute?

Back 67

1) An essential quality.

2) To ascribe or explain.

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Attrition?

Back 68

A gradual rubbing away by friction.

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Audit?

Back 69

Examinations of accounts of a business.

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augury?

Back 70

Omen, a prophecy.

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Aureole?

Back 71

A radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
Remember: It is like a radiant "aura!"

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Auroral?

Back 72

Pertaining to the Aurora Borealis.

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Automaton?

Back 73

A machine that works by itself.

Front 74

Auxiliary?

Back 74

1) Offering or providing help.

2) Additional or subsidiary.

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Avarice?

Back 75

Greed.

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Aver?

Back 76

To state confidently.

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Averse?

Back 77

Reluctant or disinclined to do something.

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Aversion?

Back 78

A firm dislike.

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Avert?

Back 79

To prevent or avoid.

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Aviary?

Back 80

An enclosure for birds.

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Avid?

Back 81

Greedy, extremely eager.

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Avocation?

Back 82

Something one does in addition to a principal occupation, esp. for pleasure; hobby: Our doctor's avocation is painting.

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Avow?

Back 83

To declare openly.

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Avuncular?

Back 84

Like an uncle.

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Awe?

Back 85

Solemn wonder.

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Awl?

Back 86

A tool used for piercing?

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Awry?

Back 87

Distorted, crooked, bent.

Ex. Our plan has gone terribly awry.

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Axiom?

Back 88

A self evident truth requiring no proof.

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Azure?

Back 89

Sky blue.

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Bacchanal?

Back 90

A noisy party with a lot of drinking.

Think: Associate with carousal.

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Bacchanalia?

Back 91

The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus.

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Bacchanalian?

Back 92

Drunken.

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Badinage?

Back 93

Light, playful banter or raillery.

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Baffle?

Back 94

To frustrate, to perplex

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Baleful?

Back 95

Evil, malignant in intent or effect. Harmful.

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Balk?

Back 96

To stop short as if faced with an obstacle.

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Ballast?

Back 97

A heavy substance used to add stability or weight.

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Bank?

Back 98

1) Place to store money.

2) A lateral tilting motion.

3) To pile up or heap.

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Bar?

Back 99

To forbid, to exclude.

Ex. To bar from entrance.

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Barb?

Back 100

1) A sharp projection like a fishhook.

2) A cutting remark.