GRE Vocabulary Flashcards

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A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and their definitions commonly found in GRE contexts.

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ARCHAIC

Ancient; old-fashioned.

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ARDOR

Intense and passionate feeling.

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ARTICULATE

Able to speak clearly and expressively.

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ASSUAGE

To make something unpleasant less severe.

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CACOPHONY

Harsh, jarring noise.

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ATTENUATE

To reduce in force or degree; to weaken.

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CANDID

Impartial and honest in speech.

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AUDACIOUS

Fearless and daring.

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AUSTERE

Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated.

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BANAL

Predictable, clichéd, boring.

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BOLSTER

To support; to prop up.

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BOMBASTIC

Pompous in speech and manner.

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CAPRICIOUS

Changing one's mind quickly and often.

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CASTIGATE

To punish or criticize harshly.

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CATALYST

Something that brings about a change in something else.

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CAUSTIC

Biting in wit.

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CHAOS

Great disorder or confusion.

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CHAUVINIST

Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs.

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CHICANERY

Deception by means of craft or guile.

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COGENT

Convincing and well-reasoned.

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CONDONE

To overlook, pardon, or disregard.

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CONVOLUTED

Intricate and complicated.

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CORROBORATE

To provide supporting evidence.

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CREDULOUS

Too trusting; gullible.

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CRESCENDO

Steadily increasing volume or force.

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DECORUM

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.

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DEFERENCE

Respect, courtesy.

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DERIDE

To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.

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DESICCATE

To dry out thoroughly.

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DESULTORY

Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.

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DIATRIBE

An abusive, condemnatory speech.

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DIFFIDENT

Lacking self-confidence.

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DILATE

To make larger; to expand.

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DILATORY

Intended to delay.

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DILETTANTE

Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic.

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DIRGE

A funeral hymn or mournful speech.

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DISABUSE

To set right; to free from error.

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DISCERN

To perceive; to recognize.

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DISPARATE

Fundamentally different; entirely unlike.

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DISSEMBLE

To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions.

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DISSONANCE

A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds.

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DOGMA

A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief.

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ELEGY

A sorrowful poem or speech.

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ELOQUENT

Persuasive and moving, especially in speech.

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DOGMATIC

Dictatorial in one's opinions.

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DUPE

To deceive; a person who is easily deceived.

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EMULATE

To copy; to try to equal or excel.

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ENERVATE

To reduce in strength.

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ENGENDER

To produce, cause, or bring about.

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ECLECTIC

Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources.

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EFFICACY

Effectiveness.

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ENIGMA

A puzzle; a mystery.

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ENUMERATE

To count, list, or itemize.

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EPHEMERAL

Lasting a short time.

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EQUIVOCAL

Open to more than one interpretation; misleading.

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EQUIVOCATE

To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead.

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ERRATIC

Wandering and unpredictable.

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ERUDITE

Learned, scholarly, bookish.

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ESOTERIC

Known or understood by only a few.

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ESTIMABLE

Admirable.

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EULOGY

Speech in praise of someone.

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EUPHEMISM

Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.

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EXACERBATE

To make worse.

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EXCULPATE

To clear from blame; prove innocent.

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EXIGENT

Urgent; requiring immediate action.

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EXONERATE

To clear of blame.

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EXPLICIT

Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression.

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FANATICAL

Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion.

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FAWN

To grovel.

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FERVID

Intensely emotional; feverish.

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FLORID

Excessively decorated or embellished.

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FOMENT

To arouse or incite.

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FRUGALITY

A tendency to be thrifty or cheap.

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GARRULOUS

Tending to talk a lot.

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GREGARIOUS

Outgoing, sociable.

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GUILE

Deceit or trickery.

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GULLIBLE

Easily deceived.

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HOMOGENEOUS

Of a similar kind.

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INCHOATE

Not fully formed; disorganized.

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INGENUOUS

Showing innocence or childlike simplicity.

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ICONOCLAST

One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions.

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IMPERTURBABLE

Not capable of being disturbed.

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IMPERVIOUS

Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected.

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INIMICAL

Hostile, unfriendly.

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INNOCUOUS

Harmless.

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INSIPID

Lacking interest or flavor.

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INTRANSIGENT

Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled.

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IMPETUOUS

Quick to act without thinking.

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IMPLACABLE

Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful.

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INUNDATE

To overwhelm; to cover with water.

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IRASCIBLE

Easily made angry.

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LACONIC

Using few words.

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LAMENT

To express sorrow; to grieve.

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LAUD

To give praise; to glorify.

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LAVISH

To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant.

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LETHARGIC

Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.

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LOQUACIOUS

Talkative.

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LUCID

Clear and easily understood.

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LUMINOUS

Bright, brilliant, glowing.

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MALINGER

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill.