GRE Sentence Equivalence Synonym Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering high-frequency synonym pairs and sentence equivalence terms from the GRE lecture review notes.

mitigate

ease; reduce

aberration

something unusual

quiescent

inactive; still

synoptic

brief; summarized

exonerate

clear of blame

mordant

bitingly sarcastic

vitriolic

bitterly harsh

opprobrium

bitterly harsh

suppleness

ability to adapt

adroit

quick; skillful

approbation

approval; praise

inimical

hostile; opposed

opulent

very wealthy

antediluvian

very old; outdated

specious

false but convincing

aspersion

insult; damaging remark

abstemious

self-controlled; moderate

raillery

playful teasing

bucolic

relating to the countryside

nascent

just beginning

onerous

heavy; burdensome

caterwaul

scream sharply

circumspect

careful; wise

comity

friendship; courtesy

condign

suitable; appropriate

flummox

confuse

tortuous

twisting; very complex

senescence

old age; aging

calumny

false damaging accusation

lambaste

criticize harshly

diatribe

angry criticism

diffident

shy; lacking courage

dilatory

careless; neglectful

disgorge

pour out; release

doctrinaire

rigid in beliefs

elegiac

sounding sad

extirpate

remove completely

polymath

person skilled in many fields

eschew

avoid deliberately

recondite

difficult to understand

lionize

praise as a hero

profligate

wastefully extravagant

germane

relevant; suitable

fungible

able to be swapped

garrulous

very talkative

surfeit

too much; excess

hamstring

damage; weaken

hidebound

too focused on minor rules

stymie

block; prevent

heterodox

against accepted beliefs

quixotic

unrealistically idealistic

impecunious

very poor

inscrutable

impossible to understand

insouciant

casually unconcerned

peripatetic

traveling from place to place

laconic

brief; using few words

pellucid

very clear

noisome

foul-smelling; offensive

meretricious

flashy; ostentatious

hauteur

arrogance; haughtiness

numinous

mysterious; hidden

obdurate

unwilling to compromise

obsequious

excessively flattering

fusty

old-fashioned; musty

obviate

replace; force out

sanguine

optimistic

panacea

solution to every problem

parsimonious

unwilling to spend

penury

poverty

proclivity

natural tendency

trenchant

sharp; forceful

protean

able to do many things

pugnacious

hostile; eager to fight

rapprochement

making peace

verisimilitude

appearance of being real

anathema

something strongly hated

recrudescent

returning after a pause

sanctimonious

too moralizing

truncate

cut short

acumen

sharp judgment

staid

serious; conventional

tendentious

biased; one-sided

ineluctable

certain to happen

chagrin

embarrassment; disappointment

exculpate

clear of guilt

mercurial

quickly changing

quotidian

ordinary; everyday

recalcitrant

hard to control

ignoble

shameful; dishonorable