VOCAB GRE- 1

mandate

authorization / command

jerkily

erratic / rough / insane

poignant

impactful / touching / emotional

pusillanimous

craven / spineless / cowardly

impeccable

perfect / flawless

intrepid

fearless / dauntless

immaterial

unimportant / nonphysical

notions

beliefs / opinions / whims / novelties

disinterested

impartial / detached / indifferent

exponentially

increasing / growing rapidly

predicament

impasse / quandary

startled

surprised / shocked / astounded

dilemma

to exemplify / integrate / express

to manifest

to express / show / materialize

to eschew

to avoid

to curb

to control / suppress

eccentric

strange / odd

credible

believable / plausible

coherent

logical / understandable

perturbed

worried / upset

conducive

beneficial / facilitative

erudite

highly knowledgeable

ineffable

indescribable / unspeakable

cadenced

rhythmic

ornate

overdecorated / florid

conceit

ego / delusion

inspired

outstanding / original

succinct

brief / short / concise

trite

unoriginal / dull

proclivity

inclination / predilection

nuance

subtle / refined

eloquence

articulateness

surreptitious

clandestine / secret

unsuspecting

unwary / naive

anomalous

abnormal / aberrant

embody

personify / exemplify

imposing

grand / dignified / magnificent

subliminal

subconscious / conditioned / reactive

sublime

marvelous / elevated / noble

insular

narrow-minded / provincial

dilate

to comment / to expand

milieu

surroundings / ambience

esoteric

too complex / confidential

disposition

inclination / temperament

pensive

thoughtful

revered

sacred / worshipped / adored

fickle

volatile / capricious

impecunious

poor / destitute / indigent

transient

momentary

endeavor

attempt / to strive

detriment

dangerous / baneful

plight

trouble / predicament

compassionate

understanding

transcendence

otherworldly

empathy

understanding / compassion

distortion

warping

splendor

glory / radiance

sporadic

erratic / aperiodic

malevolent

malicious

pernicious

inimical / dangerous

nuanced

subtle / delicate

extemporaneous

spontaneous

splendor

magnificence

forthright

straightforward

tranquility

peace

outspoken

frank

milieu

environment

inured

used to / toughened

deleterious

damaging

mediocre

ordinary

mundane

everyday / ordinary / dull

fledgling

emerging

celerity

quickness

novice

amateur

conscientious

moral / scrupulous / meticulous

flamboyance

flashiness / gaudiness

slovenliness

untidiness

virtuoso

master

rancorous

resentful / angry

spite

ill will

cynical

suspicious

to loathe

hate

to be loath to

begrudge / reluctant

acquiesce

agree / succumb

trimmings

decoration

austere

strict / tough

discard

remove / reject

ambiguous

unclear / vague

docile

obedient / submissive

relinquish

to give up control / let go

lax

careless

tardy

slow / late

impulsive

instinctive / obsessive

egalitarian

democratic / classless

reverence

worship / respect / admiration

discarded / ditched

scrapped

connoisseur

cognoscente

justification

reason / excuse

scathing

critical / sharp

disingenuous

untruthful