GRE Vocab

Austere

Without adornment

Plastic

Not rigid

Steep

Completely soak

Flag

sag or droop

Contentious

Argumentative

Rail

Complain bitterly

Beautify

Bless

Nice

Exacting

Archaic

Outdated

Brook

Tolerate

Dogmatic

Authoritatively, stubbornly opinionated

Intransigent

Refusing to compromise

Didactic

Intended to teach or instruct

Pedagogical

teaching, instructing

Canonical

Established rules

Iconclastic

one who undermines traditional conventions

Heretical

Violating accepted dogma or convention

Inveterate

Ingrained

Tenuous

weak, little strength

Inherent

Ingrained within one’s nature, essential

Accolade

Praise

Opprobrium

Disgrace, contempt, scorn

Elegy

Mournful poem/song often for the dead, praises the person

Hackneyed

commonplace by frequent use

Trite

boring because of constant use

Piquant

pungent, spicy

Emollient

Soothing to the skin

Sophomoric

Exhibiting immaturity, pretentious

Puerile

Childish

Inchoate

in an initial stage, not fully formed

Nascent

Coming into being, early development

Reticent

quiet, reserved

Renege

Fail to honor a commitment

Regale

Entertain, feast

Rescind

invalidate