GRE vocab words

Abstain

Choose not to do something

Apathy

Lack of interest or emotion

Capricious and volatile

Change mind quickly; indecisive

Engender

Initiate development; beginning

Equivocal

Misleading

Gullible

Innocent, easily tricked

Laudable

Praise

Mitigate

to lessen

Placate and assuage

To soothe; pacify; satisfy

Prodigal

Wasteful

Adulterate

To make not clean

Corroborate

To provide supporting evidence

Enigma

Mystery; puzzle

Erudite

Smart/learned

Loquacious

To talk a lot; use a lot of words

Opaque

To prevent light

Pragmatic

Practical

Propriety

Correct behavior; to obey the rules

Zeal

Passionate

Anomaly

Deviation of what is normal

Desiccate

To dry out thoroughly

Ephemeral

Lasting a short amount of time

Fervid

Favoring

Laconic

Use few words

Pedant

To show off learning

Precipitate

To act quickly

Vacillate

Hesitate