GRE Vocabulary

numismatic

coin collecting

obdurate

resistant to persuasion

noisome

stinking; putrid

abase

to humble; disgrace

aberrant

deviating from what is normal or expected

abeyance

temporary suppression or suspension

abjure

to reject; abandon formally

abscond

to leave secretly

abstemious

moderate in appetite

accretion

a growth in size; an increase in amount

acidulous

sour in taste or manner

aerie

a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling

alacrity

speed or quickness

amerliorate

(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

amortize

to diminish by installment payments

anodyne

something that calms or soothes pain

ardor

intense and passionate feeling

arrogate

to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right

attenuate

to reduce in force or degree; weaken

augury

prophecy; prediction of events

chicanery

deception by means of craft or guile

desultry

random;with out purpose

diffident

lacking self-confidence

dilatory

intended to delay

dilettante

someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic

dissemble

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

enervate

to reduce in strength

ephemeral

lasting a short time

equivocate

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

esoteric

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

exigent

urgent; requiring immediate action

garrulous

tending to talk a lot

implacable

unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

inchoate

not fully formed; disorganized

ingenuous

showing innocence or childlike simplicity

inimical

Hostile, unfriendly

insipid

lacking interest or flavor

irascible

Easily angered

laconic

using few words

malinger

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

misanthrope

a person who dislikes others

obsequious

hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

overly submissive and eager to please

obviate

to prevent; to make unnecessary

occlude

to stop up; prevent the passage of

opprobrium

public disgrace

pedant

(adj) showy in one's learning; overly instructive

showing off learning; bookish;

perfidious

willing to betray one's trust

precipitate (adj)

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

prevaricate

to lie or deviate from the truth

propitiate

to conciliate; to appease

quiescent

motionless

soporific

(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep

tacit

done without using words

torpor

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

quiescence

stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

sojourn

A temporary stay

conciliation

appeasement, pacification

chimerical

created by or as if by a fanciful imagination

artless

guileless; natural

rococo

very highly ornamented