GRE HIGH FREQUENCY (L-Z)
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- lilliputian
- extremely small
- loquacious
- talkative
- lugubrious
- mournful
- magnanimity
- generosity
- magniloquent
- boastful, pompous
- maladroit
- clumsy, bungling
- malapropism
- comic misuse of a word
- malediction
- curse
- malingerer
- feigns illness
- manacle
- restrain, handcuff
- manumit
- emancipate, free from bondage
- masticate
- chew
- maudlin
- effusively sentimental
- mawkish
- mushy, overly sentimental, maudlin
- meddlesome
- interfering
- melee
- fight
- mendacious
- lying, habitually dishonest
- mendicant
- beggar
- mercantile
- concerning trade
- mercurial
- capricious, changing
- meretricious
- flashy, tawdry
- meteoric
- momentarily brilliant
- mettle
- courage, spirit
- minatory
- menacing, threatening
- minion
- servile, dependent
- miscreant
- wretch, villain
- missive
- letter
- modicum
- limited quantity
- mollify
- soothe
- moratorium
- delay of payment
- moribund
- dying
- mottled
- blotchedin coloring, spotted
- multifarious
- vaired, greatly diversified
- munificent
- very generous
- nadir
- lowest point
- nascent
- incipient, coming into being
- nepotism
- favoritism (to a relative)
- nettle
- vex, annoy
- nexus
- connection
- niggardly
- meanly stingy, parsimonious
- noisome
- foul-smelling
- nostrum
- questionable medicine
- obdurate
- stubborn
- obeisance
- bow
- obfuscate
- confuse, muddlem make needlessly complex
- oblique
- indirect, slanting (deviating froma straightline)
- obloquy
- slander, disgrace, infamy
- obsequious
- slavishly attentive, servile, sycophantic
- obsequy
- funeral ceremony
- obsidian
- black volcanic rock
- obstreperous
- boisterous, noisy
- obtrude
- push in, intrude
- obviate
-
make unecessary, get rid of
i hope this contribution will obviate any need for further funds - occlude
- shut, close
- odious
- hateful, vile
- officious
- meddlesome, excessively pushy
- onerous
- burdensome
- onomatopeia
- words formed in imitation fo sound: gargle, rustle
- onus
- burden, responsibility
- opprobrium
- infamy, vilification
- oracular
- prophetic, uttered as if by divine authority
- oratorio
- dramatic poem set to music
- ossify
- change to bone
- palliate
- ease pain, make less severe
- pallid
- pale, wan
- palpitate
- throb, flutter
- panacea
- cure-all, remedy for all diseases
- pander
- cater to low desires of others
- panegyric
- formal praise
- pantomime
- acting without dialogue
- paragon
- model of perfection
- paramour
- illicit lover
- parity
- equiality, close resemblance
- patois
- local or provincial dialect
- pecuniary
- pertaining to money
- pedantic
- showing off learning
- pejorative
- negative in connotatoin, belittling effect
- pell-mell
- confusion
- pellucid
- transparent, easy to understand
- pendulous
- hanigng, suspended
- penury
- great poverty
- peon
- bond servant, landless agricultural worker
- perfidious
- treacherous, disloyal
- perfunctory
- superficial, not thorough, lacking interest, care or enthusiasm
- peripatetic
- walking about, moving
- pernicious
- very destructive
- perspicacious
- having insight, penetrating, astute
- perspicuity
- clearness of expression, freedom from ambiguity
- perspicious
- plainly expressed
- pertinacious
- stubborn, persistent
- petulant
- touchy, peevish
- philanderer
- faithless lover
- phillistine
- narrow-minded, uncuultured, exclusively interested in material gain
- phlegmatic
- calm, not easily disturbed
- piquant
- pleasantly tart-tasting
- piscatorial
- pertaining to fishing
- pittance
- small allowance or wage
- placate
- pacify, conciliate
- plebeian
- common, for common people
- polemic
- controversial, argument in support of a view
- politic
- expedient, prudent, well devised
- ponderous
- weighty, unwieldy
- portend
- fortell
- posterity
- future generations, descendants
- potable
- suitable for drinking
- potentate
- monarch, sovereign
- poultice
- sooting application applied to sores
- precarious
- uncertain, risky
- precept
- practical rule guiding conduct
- precipitate
-
rash, premature, hasty, suddent
throw headlong, hasten - precipitous
- steep; overhasty
- preeminent
- outstanding superior
- prehensile
- grasping, holding
- premonitory
- serving to warn (premonition- forewarning)
- prevaricate
- lie
- probity
- uprightness, incorruptibility
- prodigal
- wasteful, reckless with money
- prodigious
- marvelous, enormous
- profligate
- dissipated, wasteful, wildly immoral
- prognosticate
- predict
- promulgate
- proclaim a doctrine or a law
- propinquity
- nearness, kinship
- propitiate
- appease
- propitious
- favorable
- proscribe
- ostracize, bansih, outlaw
- proselytize
- induce someone to covert ot a relgion or belief
- protean
- versatile, able to make many forms
- provenance
- original source
- provident
- displaying foresight, thrifty
- provisional
- tentative
- prurient
- having or causing lustful thoughts and desires
- puerile
- childish
- pugnacity
- combativeness, disposed to fight
- puissant
- powerful, strong, potent
- pundit
- authority on the subject
- purport
- intention, meaning
- purveyor
- furnisher of foodstuffs,caterer
- pusillanimous
- fainthearted
- quagmire
- soft, wet, boggy. difficult situatoin from which to free oneself
- quail
- cower, lose heart
- qualified
- limited, restricted
- quarry
-
dig into
victim, object of a hunt - quash
- subdue, crush, squash
- querulous
- fretful, whining
- quiescent
- at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive
- quietude
- tranquility
- quixotic
- idealistic, but impractical
- quotidian
- daily, commonplace, customary
- raconteur
- story-teller
- raiment
- clothing
- rancor
- bitterness, hatred
- rankle
- irritate, fester
- rapacious
- excessivley grasping, plundering
- rarefied
- made less dense
- recalcitrant
- obstinately stubborn
- recant
- disclaim, disavow, openly confess error, retract previous statment
- recapitulate
- summarize
- recidivism
- habitual return to crime
- recondite
- abstruse, profound, secret
- rectitude
- uprightness, moral virtue, correctness of judgment
- recumbent
- reclining, lyin down completely or in part
- redolent
- fragrant, oderous
- refractory
- stubborn, unmanageable
- refulgent
- bightly shining, gleaming
- reprobate
- person hardened by sin, devoid of decency
- repudiate
- disown, disavow
- reputable
- respectable
- rescind
- cancel
- ribald
- wanton, profane
- rococo
- highly decorated, ornate
- sacrosanct
- most sacred, inviolabe
- sagacious
- perceptive, shrewd, having insight
- salacious
- lascivious, lustful
- salubrious
- healthful
- sanguine
- cheerful, hopeful (sanguinary- bloody)
- sardonic
- disdainful sarcastic, cynical
- sartorial
- pertaining to tailors
- scurrilous
- obscene, indecent
- sedition
- resistance to authority, insubordination
- sedulous
- diligent
- sentinal
- lookout
- sepulcher
- tomb
- seine
- net for catching fish
- sextant
- tool for navigating to determine ships lattitude longitude
- sibylline
- prophetic, oracular
- sidereal
- relating to stars
- sinecure
- well-paid position with little responsiblity
- sinuous
- winding, bending in and out
- solicitous
- concerned, interested in the well-being of others
- soliloquy
- talking to oneself
- somnambulist
- sleepwalker
- somnolent
- half asleep
- sophist
- ueses fallacious reasoning
- soporific
- sleep-causing
- specious
- seeimingly reasonable but incorrect
- spendthrift
- wastes money
- spurious
- false, counterfeit
- stolid
- dull, impassive
- stricture
- severe and adverse criticism
- strident
- loud and harsh, insistent
- stultify
- cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
- stygian
- gloomy hellish, deathly
- sublime
- exalted, noble and uplifting
- subsume
- include, encompass
- succor
- aid, assist, comfort
- supercillious
- arrogant, condescending, patronizing
- supine
- lying on the back
- supplant
- replace, usurp
- supplicate
- petition humbly, pray to grant a favor
- surfeit
- satiate, stuff, indulge to excess
- surreptitious
- secret, furtive, sneaky
- sycophant
- servile flatterer, bootlicker, yes man
- syllogism
-
logical formula conisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
deceptive, specious argument - tacit
- understood, not put into words
- tangential
- peripheral, only slightly connected
- tantamount
- equivalent in effect or value
- tautological
- needlessly repetitious
- temerity
- boldness, rashness
- tendentious
- having an aim, biased, deisgned to further a cause
- tensile
- capable of being stretched
- tenuous
- thin, rare, slim
- timorous
- fearful, demonstrating fear
- toady
- servile flatterer, yes man
- tome
- large volume
- tonsure
- shaving of the head, esp. by religious people
- torpor
- lethargy, sluggishness
- tractable
- easily manageable, docile
- truculence
- aggressiveness, ferocity
- turbid
-
muddy, having sediment disturbed
made difficult to comprehend - ubiquitous
- being everywhere
- unction
- act of anointing with oil
- unequivocal
- plain, obvious
- unmitigated
- unreleieved, absolute, immoderate
- untenable
- indefensible, not being able to be maintained
- untoward
-
unfortunate, unlucky, adverse unexpected
stubborn - upbraid
- severely scold, reprimand
- usurp
- seize another's power
- venal
- capable of being bribed, corruptable
- venial
- forgivable, trivial
- veracious
- truthful
- verdigris
- green coating on copper once exposed to weather
- versimilitude
- appearance of truth. likelihood (versimilar)
- vicissitude
- change of fortune
- vitiate
- spoil the effect of, make inoperative
- vituperative
- abusive, scolding
- wanton
- unrestrained, willfully malicoius, unchaste
- zephyr
- gentle breeze, west wind
- trenchant
- cutting, keen
- vitreous
- of or resembling glass, glassy