GRE Vocabulary 2024

fugacious

ending to disappear; fleeting

regnant

reigning; ruling

de facto

denoting someone or something that is such in fact

abecedarians

a person who is just learning; a novice

regale

(v.) entertain or amuse (someone) with talk

umbrage

offense or annoyance

salacious

having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters

raillery

good-humored teasing

temerarious

reckless, rash

debased

to reduce in quality or value; adulterate

pastiche

an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period

dissembler

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they does not hold in order to conceal their real feelings or motives

sophist

a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments

martinet

a strict disciplinarian

inimical

tending to obstruct or harm

inured

familiarized, accustomed

supervening

ensuing, occuring after

postliminary

following on, happening after

ineffable

indescribable, unutterable

maligning

slandering or defaming something

macerating

to soften something by soaking it

impugning

claiming that something isn’t true or valid

redounding

contribute greatly to (a person's credit or honor)

pharmacopoeia

a book, especially an official publication, containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for their use

inveighed

speak or write about (something) with great hostility

prognosis

the likely course of a disease or ailment

preclude

prevent

inculcate

instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction

plutocracy

government by the wealthy

ochlocracy

government by a mob; mob rule

bucolic

relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

fracas

a noisy disturbance or quarrel

capitulate

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

impecunious

having little or no money

vituperating

blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

unequivocal

leaving no doubt

tumid

inflated, pompous

vapid

without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious

parochial

of or relating to a church or parish

obviate

remove (a need or difficulty)

abrogate

repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

analeptic

tending to restore a person’s strength; restorative

vitiation

to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil

insolvent

unable to pay debts owed

blandish

coax (someone) with kind words or flattery

staid

sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

cicatrix

the scar of a healed wound

churl

an impolite and mean-spirited person

wastrel

a wasteful or good-for-nothing person

gelid

icy; extremely cold

sinecure

(n.) a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

impugn

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question

apogee

the highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination

interpolate

insert (something of a different nature) into something else

verve

enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit

abjured

avoided

cloying

excessively sweet or sentimental

mawkish

overly sentimental

rancorous

bitter, hateful

brusque

gruff, abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

sanguine

cheerful; optimistic

rococo

very highly ornamented

voguish

popular

austere

(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

ostentation

excessive showiness

garish

(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

obsolete

out-of-date, no longer in use

emaciated

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

prodigious

(adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

aplomb

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

derision

ridicule; mockery; harsh criticism

taciturnity

silence or extreme reserve; unwillingness to speak

furtively

Secretively or sneakily

benevolent

well meaning and kindly

felicitous

(adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

poignant

(adj.) deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell

Sentorian

extremely loud; powerful of sound

vociferous

loud and noisy; compelling attention

garroulus

excessively talkative; wordy

trepidation

a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

imperturbation

calmness, tranquility

extant

still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

recursive

returning to the same points repeatedly

amorphous

shapeless, formless, vague

esoteric

hard to understand; intended for or understood by only a small group

censure

harsh criticism or disapproval

quittance

repayment; discharge from debt

irascible

easily angered, irritable

lambasted

verbally attacked

languidly

slowly, lazily

surreptitious

secret, stealthy

affable

friendly

capricious

impulsive and unpredictable

elemental

basic

ineptitude

lack of skill or ability

mirth

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

lugubriousness

sadness to an extreme degree

denigrated

criticized harshly

lauded

praised

indemnified

compensated for harm or loss