GRE Vocabulary Group 5
Terms
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- alloy (v.)
- to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
- appropriate (v.)
- to take for one's own use, confiscate
- arrest, arresting (v./adj.)
- to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
- august (adj.)
- majestic, venerable
- bent (n.)
- leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
- broach (v.)
- bring up, announce, begin to talk about
- brook (v.)
- to tolerate, endure, countenance
- cardinal (adj.)
- major, as in cardinal sin
- chauvinist (n.)
- a blindly devoted patriot
- color (v.)
- to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss or affect
- consequential (adj.)
- pompous, self-important; logically following; important
- damp (v.)
- to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
- die (n.)
- a tool used for shaping
- essay (v.)
- to test or try; attempt; experiment
- exact (v.)
- to demand, call for, require, take
- fell (v.)
- to cause to fall by striking
- fell (adj.)
- inhumanly cruel
- flag (v.)
- to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
- flip (adj.)
- sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
- ford (v.)
- to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
- grouse (v.)
- to complain or grumble
- guy (n./v.)
- a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
- intimate (v.)
- to imply, suggest, or insinuate
- list (v.)
- to tilt or lean to one side
- lumber (v.)
- to move heavily and clumsily
- meet (adj.)
- fitting, proper
- milk (v.)
- to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
- mince (v.)
- pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
- nice (adj.)
- exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
- obtain (adj.)
- to be established, accepted, or customary
- occult (adj.)
- hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
- pedestrian (adj.)
- commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
- pied (adj.)
- multi-colored, usually in blotches
- pine (v.)
- to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
- plastic (adj.)
- moldable, pliable, not rigid
- pluck (n.)
- courage, spunk, fortitude
- prize (v.)
- to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
- rail (v.)
- to complain about bitterly
- rent (v./n.)
- torn; past of rend
- quail (v.)
- to lose courage, turn frightened
- qualify (v.)
- to limit
- sap (v.)
- to enervate or weaken the vitality of
- sap (n.)
- a fool or nitwit
- scurvy (adj.)
- contemptible, despicable
- singular (adj.)
- exceptional, unusual, odd
- stand (n.)
- a group of trees
- steep (v.)
- to saturate or completely soak
- strut (n.)
- the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
- table (v.)
- to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
- tender (v.)
- to proffer or offer
- waffle (v.)
- to equivocate, to change one's position
- wag (n.)
- wit, joker
- enigma
- mystery
- fervid
- Marked by great passion or zeal; extremely hot, burning
- abstain
- To refrain from something by one's own choice
- apathy
- Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness
- capricious
- impulsive and unpredictable
- corroborate
- To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain
- homogenous
- all of the same or similar kind or nature
- engender
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To bring into existence; give rise to;
To procreate; propagate. - gullible
- Easily deceived or duped; naive
- laudable
- Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.
- propriety
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The quality of being proper; appropriateness.
Conformity to prevailing customs and usages. - advocate
- One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender:
- antipathy
- A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance
- dissonance
- A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
- enervate
- To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
- ingenuous
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Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
Openly straightforward or frank; candid. - lethargic
- deficient in alertness or activity
- obdurate
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Hardened against feeling; hardhearted.
Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. - ostentation
- Pretentious display meant to impress others; boastful showiness
- paradox
- A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
- philanthropic
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Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian.
Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance; benevolent - prevaricate
- To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.
- waver
- To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly.