GRE List

Urbane

Notably polite or polished in manner

Spurious

Not genuine or authentic; false.

Amiss

in a mistaken or faulty way; not quite right.

Contiguous

Sharing a common border; adjacent.

Calumny

`-A false and malicious statement intended to harm someone's reputation.

Maneuver

To cause to execute tactical movements

Obviate

To make no longer necessary

Faultless

Without any faults or imperfections; flawless.

Impregnable

Not able to be breached or taken.

Fervor

A strong feeling of excitement and enthusiasm

Shabby

Threadbare and faded from wear

Unassuming

Not having or showing a desire to be noticed, praised, etc

Inchoate

Imperfectly formed or formulated

Seamy

degraded, sordid

Conversant

Having knowledge or experience

Impassioned

showing or feeling very strong emotions

Venial

of a kind that can be remitted

Timorous

of a timid disposition

Sumptuous

extremely costly, rich, luxurious or magnificent

Coy

having a shy or sweetly innocent quality

Elicit

to call forth or draw out

Pantheon

a group of illustrious or notable persons or things

Demarcation

the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups or things

Antediluvian

very old or old fashioned

Disinterested

Not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or concerns; not interested

Idiosyncrasy

An unusual part or feature of something

Cantankerous

Often angry and annoyed

Celerity

rapidity of motion or action

Rectitude

moral integrity

preside

to be in charge of something

flabby

lacking resilience or firmness

circumstantial

belonging to, consisting in, or dependent on circumstances

clog

to halt or retard the progress, operation, or growth of

spike

to suppress or block completely

disorient

to cause to lose the sense of time, place or identity

Implacable

opposed to someone or something in a very angry or determined way that cannot be changed

Confer

to give to someone or something; to discuss something important in order to make a decision

Bootless

useless, unprofitable

Straddle

to include different areas of activity, groups, time etc.,

Equanimity

Calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure

Stupefy

to make stupid, groggy, or insensible

Largesse

The act of giving away money or the quality of a person who gives away money

Desultory

Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose

Felicitous

very well suites or expressed

Esoteric

hard to understand

Heretofore

up to this time

Categorical

being without exception or qualification

stringent

marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard

Noisome

offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell

Aspersion

defamation

Woo

to seek to gain or bring about

coin

to devise

Eccentric

deviating from an established or usual pattern or style

Fallacious

containing a mistake

Immolate

to offer in sacrifice

Rebut

to drive or beat back

Rive

To become split

Circumscribe

to limit the size or amount of

Divest

to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title

Vitriolic

bitterly scathing

Condign

deserved, appropriate

spunk

mettle, pluck, brave

affluent

flowing in abundance

wield

to have and use

sagacious

caused by or indicating acute discernment, super smart/too smart

Apposite

very appropriate

Callous

not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people

Herald

to signal the approach of; (formal) a person who announces important news

Stifle

to stop from doing or expressing something

Mimetic

imitative

Lapse

to stop for usually a brief time

Univocal

unambiguous

ape

to imitate or mimic in an inept way

anthology

a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music

Avow

to declare assuredly

Gall

to make feel annoyed or angry

Debase

to lower the value or reputation of

Wherewithal

the money, skill, etc., that is needed to get or do something

Debilitate

to impair the strength of

dilatory

characterized by procrastination

excoriate

to criticize very harshly

Maudlin

weakly and effusively sentimental

Infamy

evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal

Jaded

fatigued by overwork

Immutable

unable to be changed

Varnish

adorn, embellish

anchor

to secure firmly

relish

to enjoy or take pleasure in

Malleable

capable of being easily changed or influenced

Tantamount

equal to something in value, meaning or effect

Acrimony

harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings

Obstinate

stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

Enamor

to cause to be loved or admired

tenacity

the quality or state of being very determined to do something

antiquarian

relating to the collection and study of valuable old things

Layperson

nonspecialist

founder

to experience failure; one founds or establishes

plight

an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situations

figment

something made up or contrived

epilogue

a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work