GRE High Frequency ( A - L)
Terms
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- abeyance
-
suspendend action
The deal was held in abeynace until her arrival. - abrogate
-
abolish
The king intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor. - abstemious
- sparing in eating and drinking, temperate.
- abstruse
- obscure, profound, difficult ot understand
- acclivity
- sharp upslope of a hill
- adage
- wise saying, proverb
- aerie
- nest of large bird of prey
- alimentary
- nourishing, supplying nourishment,of food or nutrition
- alliteratoin
- repition of beginning sound in poetry
- anathema
- Solemn curse, One that is cursed or damned
- ancillary
- serving as an aid, accessory
- antedilluvian
- antiquated, extremely ancient
- apogee
- highest point
- aplomb
- poise, assurance
- apostate
- abandons his religious faith
- apologist
- writes in defense of a cause or institution
- apothegm
- pithy compact saying
- apprise
- inform
- aquiline
- curved, hooked
- arable
- fit for growing crops
- argot
- slang
- aseptic
- preventing infection
- asperity
- sharpness of temper
- aspersion
- slanderous remark
- assiduous
- diligent
- asunder
- into parts, apart
- atavism
- resemblance to remote parents rathre than to parents
- augury
- omen, prophecy
- august
- impressive, majestic
- aver
- state confidently
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- baleful
- deadly, having a malign influence, ominous
- baroque
- highly ornate
- bastion
- stronghold, a source of protection
- bedizen
- dress gaudily with vulgar finery
- bedraggle
- wet thoroughly
- beneficent
- kindly, doing good
- benison
- blessing
- besmirch
- soil, defile
- blandishment
- flattery
- bevy
- large group
- blithe
- gay, joyous
- boorish
- rude
- brackish
- somewhat saline
- bucolic
- rustic
- buttress
- support, prop up
- cadence
- rhythmic rise and fall
- canard
- unfounded rumor
- calumny
- malicious misrepresentation, slander
- callow
- youthful, immature, inexperienced
- canny
- shrewd, thrifty
- capacious
- spacious
- capitulate
- surrender
- caprice
- whim
- capricious
- unpredictable, fickle
- captious
- faultfinding, critical
- carping
- petty criticism
- carrion
- rotting flesh
- categorical
- without exception
- catholic
- universal
- caucus
- private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
- cauterize
- burn with hot iron
- cavalcade
- parade, processoin
- cavalier
- casual, offhand
- celerity
- speed, rapidity
- censorious
- critical
- centrifugal
- radiating, departing from center
- centripetal
- tending towards the center
- chaff
- worthless products of an endeavor
- chaffing
- bantering, joking
- chary
- cautious
- chicanery
- trickery
- chimerical
- fantastically improbable, imaginative
- churlish
- boorish, rude
- cipher
- secret code
- circumscribe
- limit, confine
- circumspect
- cautious, prudent
- coeval
- occuring at the same time r place as. Contemporary
- colloquy
- informal discussion
- collusion
- conspiring in fraudulent scheme
- commodious
- spacious and comfortable
- compendium
- brief comprehensive summary
- complacency
- self-satisfactoin, smugness
- complicity
- participation
- comport
- behave, bear ones self with composure
- compunction
- remorse
- conifer
- pine tree, cone bearing
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- contiguous
- adjacent to, touching upon
- continence
- self-restraint, sexual chastity
- contumacious
- disobedient, resisting authority
- coterie
- group that meets socially, select circle
- cozen
- cheat, swindle, hoodwink
- craven
- cowardly
- credulity
- gullibility, naivetee, belief based on slight evidence
- debacle
- sudden downfall, complete disaster
- decant
- pour off gently
- deciduous
- fallig off as in leaves
- declivity
- downward slope
- decry
- espressing strong disapproval
- default
- failure to act
- deference
- courteous regard for one's wishes
- defray
- provide payment for
- deign
- condescend, stoop
- demotic
-
pretaining to the common people,
Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use - denigrate
- blacken
- denizen
- resident, inhabitant, regular visitor
- denouement
- finality, outcome
- derivative
- obtained from original source, unoriginal
- descry
- catch sight of, froma distance
- desecrate
- profane, violate the sanctity of
- despoil
- plunder
- desultory
- aimless, haphazard, digressing in random
- diffidence
- shyness
- dirge
- lament with music
- disabuse
- correct a false impression
- disaffected
- disloyal
- discursive
- digressing, rambling
- dissemble
- disguise
- divest
- strip, deprive
- elegy
- poem or song expressing lamentation
- enervate
- weaken
- enmity
- ill will, hatred
- equanimity
- calmness of temperment, composure
- equitable
- fair, impartial
- equivocal
- ambigious, intentionally misleading
- equivocate
- lie, mislead, attempt to conceal the truth
- esoteric
- hard to understand, known only by a chosen few
- euphemism
- mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
- exculpate
- clear from blame
- execrate
- curse, express abhorrence for
- exegesis
- explanation, esp. of biblical passages
- exhort
- urge
- exigency
- urgent situation
- expatiate
- talk at length
- expiate
- make amends for (a sin)
- expropriate
- take possession for
- expurgate
- clean, remove offensive parts from
- extenuate
- weaken
- facetious
- joking
- fallacious
- false misleading
- fastidious
- difficult to please
- fatuous
- foolish, inane
- fecundity
- fertility, fruitfulness
- felicitous
- apt, suitable, favorable, suitably expressed
- felicity
- happiness, appropriateness
- ferret
- drive or hunt out of hiding
- fervor
- glowing ardor
- fetid
- malodorous
- flag
- droop, grow feeble
- flagrant
- conspiciously wicked
- fledgling
- inexperienced
- flotsam
- drifting wreckage
- flout
- reject, mock
- fodder
- coarse food for cattle, horses, etc
- foment
- stir up, instigate
- foppish
- vain about dress and appearance
- foray
- raid
- forbearance
- patience
- formidable
- menacing, threatening
- fortitude
- bravery, courage
- fortuitous
- accidental, by chance
- fracas
- brawl
- fulminate
- thunder, explode
- gadfly
- animal-biting fly, irritating person
- gaffe
- social blunder
- galvanize
- stimulate by shock, stir up, revitalize
- garrulous
- talkative, wordy, loquacious
- glib
- fluent, facile, slick
- goad
- urge on
- grandiloquent
- pompous, bombastic, high-sounding language
- gregarious
- sociable
- guileless
- easily deceived, naive
- gustatory
- affecting the sense of taste
- halcyon
- calm, peaceful
- harangue
- long, impassioned speech, vehement
- hegemony
- dominance, esp one nation over another
- hermitage
- home of a hermit
- heterodox
- unorthodox, unconventional
- hyperbole
- exaggeration
- iconoclastic
- attacking cherished traditions
- ignoble
- unworthy
- ignominy
- deep disgrace, shame
- imbue
- saturate, fill
- immutable
- unchangeable
- impassive
- without feeling, imperturbable
- impecunious
- without money
- impenitent
- nor repentent
- imperious
- domineering, haughty
- implacable
- incapable of being pacified
- impudence
- impertinence, insolence
- impugn
- dispute, contradict
- impuissance
- powerlessness, feebleness
- inalienable
- not to be taken away, nontransferable
- inaugurate
- install in office, begin formally
- incense
- enrage, enfuriate
- inchoate
- recently begun, rudimentary, unformed
- incipient
- beginning, in early stages
- incongruity
- not harmonious, absuridity
- incontinent
- lacking self-restraint, licentious
- indefatigable
- tireless
- indigence
- poverty
- indigenous
- native
- indolent
- lazy
- indomitable
- unconquerable, unyielding
- ineffable
- unable to be expressed
- ineluctable
- irresistible, not to be escaped
- inexorable
- relentless, unyielding, implacable
- ingenuous
- naive, trusting
- inimical
- unfriendly, hostile, harmful, detrimental
- inimitable
- matchless, not able to be imitated
- iniquitous
- wicked, immoral, uprighteous
- innocuous
- harmless
- insalubrious
- unwholesome, not healthful
- insipid
- lacking in flavor, dull
- insularity
- narrow-mindedness, isolation
- insurgent
- rebellious
- inter
- bury
- interdict
- prohibit, forbid
- interloper
- intruder
- interpolate
- insert between
- intractable
- unruly, stubborn, unyielding
- intransigence
- refusal of any compromise
- intrepid
- fearless
- inured
- accustomed, hardened
- invective
- abuse
- inveigle
- lead astray, wheedle
- invidious
- designed to create ill will or envy
- inviolable
-
secure from corruption, or violatoin. unassailable.
batman's word to protect Gotham city was invoilable. - irascible
- irritable
- irresolute
- weak, uncertainhow to act
- jocular
- said in jest
- juggernaut
- irresistible crushing force
- labile
- likely to change, unstable
- lachrymose
- producing tears
- lackadaisical
- lacking purpose or zest, halfhearted
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- laggard
- slow, sluggish
- lambaste
- beat, thrash verbally or physically
- languid
- wearysluggish, listless
- languor
- lassitude, depression
- lassitude
- languor, weariness
- levee
- earthen or stone embakment to prevent flooding
- levity
- lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolity
- libertine
- debauched person, roue
- licentious
- lascivious, lewd
- insouciant
- indifferent, without concern or care
- castigation
- sever criticism, punishmnet
- gainsay
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to declare to be untrue or invalid
2 : CONTRADICT, OPPOSE