PowerScore GRE Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards from the PowerScore GRE Verbal Reasoning Bible, pages 22-54.

Impecunious

Poor

Imperturbable

Calm; incapable of agitation

Impervious

Not capable of being affected

Impetuous

Impulsive

Impious

Lacking respect or devotion, usually for a god or religion

Implacable

Incapable of being pacified or appeased

Implicit

Implied though not directly expressed

Imprecation

A curse

Impugn

To attack as false or wrong

Impute

To attribute or credit to

Incarnadine

Red or pink; flesh-colored

Inchoate

In the early stages of development

Incipient

Beginning; just starting

Incontrovertible

Unquestionable; impossible to deny

Incorrigible

Incapable of being corrected or punished

Incredulous

Skeptical; not willing to believe

Inculcate

To teach through persistent repetition

Indigenous

Native to

Indignant

Displaying anger due to unfairness

Indolent

Lazy

Ineffable

Incapable of being put into words

Inexorable

Unyielding

Ingenious

Clever and inventive

Ingenue

An artless, innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)

Ingrate

An ungrateful person

Ingratiate

To put oneself in another's good graces

Inherent

Existing as a natural and essential characteristic

Inimical

Harmful or hostile

Iniquity

Wickedness

Innocuous

Harmless

Insidious

Intended to entrap, deceive, or harm

Insipid

Bland, dull, or uninteresting

Insolence

Rudeness

Insular

Narrow-minded; isolated

Insurrection

A rebellion or uprising

Inter

To bury

Interlocutor

A person who takes part in a conversation

Interregnum

A period of time free from authority

Intractable

Stubborn; difficult to manage

Intransigent

Refusing to yield or compromise

Inundate

To flood

Inure

To become used to

Invective

Violent criticism

Inveigle

To persuade with smooth talk

Investiture

Ceremony for bestowing an official title

Invidious

Intended to hurt, offend, or discriminate

Invoke

To summon into action or bring into existence

Irascible

Quickly aroused to anger

Itinerant

Traveling from place to place to work

Jettison

To throw away

Jingoism

Noisy and excessive patriotism for one's country

Jocular

Characterized by joking

Juncture

A critical point in time

Juxtapose

To place side by side

Keen

Sharp as in a point, or sharp as in intelligence

Kindle

To light up or to excite

Kinetic

Characterized by motion

Knell

Sound of a bell at a funeral or a sign of looming death or destruction

Lachrymose

Tearful; sad

Laconic

Expressing much in few words

Lament

To express grief; to mourn

Lampoon

To mock in a satire

Languid

Lacking in energy or spirit

Lapidary

Relating to polished stones; characterized by exactness and extreme polishing

Largess

Generous gift-giving

Lassitude

Lack of energy; weariness

Latent

Existing but not visible or obvious

Laud

To praise, glorify, or honor

Lavish

Very generous or extravagant

Legerdemain

Trickery; sleight of hand

Levity

Inappropriate lack of seriousness

Lexicography

The act of writing dictionaries

Liberate

Free; unrestrained

Libertine

Unrestrained by morals

Licentious

Unrestrained by morals

Limpid

Clear; calm

Lissome

Flexible

Listless

Lacking energy or spirit

Loquacious

Extremely talkative

Lucid

Clear; easy to understand

Lugubrious

Excessively mournful; sad and gloomy

Luminous

Radiating light; enlightening; easily understood

Machination

A crafty plot

Maelstrom

A powerful whirlpool or turbulent chaos

Magnanimous

Noble and generous in spirit

Magnate

An important person in a field of business

Malediction

A curse

Malevolent

Evil

Malice

A desire to make others suffer

Malinger

To fake an illness to avoid responsibility

Malleable

Capable of being shaped or influenced

Malodorous

Having an unpleasant smell

Mar

To make imperfect; to disfigure

Martial

Relating to war

Martinet

A person who rigidly demands that rules are followed; a strict disciplinarian

Matriarch

The female head of a family

Maudlin

Foolishly emotional

Maverick

A person who chooses to be independent in behavior or thought

Melange

A mixture

Mendacious

Lying, false, or untrue