VOCAB GRE- 1

1. mandate - authorization / command

2. jerkily - erratic / rough / insane

3. poignant - impactful / touching / emotional

4. pusillanimous - craven / spineless / cowardly

5. impeccable - perfect / flawless

6. intrepid - fearless / dauntless

7. immaterial - unimportant / nonphysical

8. notions - beliefs / opinions / whims / novelties

9. disinterested - impartial / detached / indifferent

10. exponentially - increasing / growing rapidly

11. predicament - impasse / quandary

12. startled - surprised / shocked / astounded

13. dilemma - to exemplify / integrate / express

14. to manifest - to express / show / materialize

15. to eschew - to avoid

16. to curb - to control / suppress

17. eccentric - strange / odd

18. credible - believable / plausible

19. coherent - logical / understandable

20. perturbed - worried / upset

21. conducive - beneficial / facilitative

22. erudite - highly knowledgeable

23. ineffable - indescribable / unspeakable

24. cadenced - rhythmic

25. ornate - overdecorated / florid

26. conceit - ego / delusion

27. inspired - outstanding / original

28. succinct - brief / short / concise

29. trite - unoriginal / dull

30. proclivity - inclination / predilection

31. nuance - subtle / refined

32. eloquence - articulateness

33. surreptitious - clandestine / secret

34. unsuspecting - unwary / naive

35. anomalous - abnormal / aberrant

36. embody - personify / exemplify

37. imposing - grand / dignified / magnificent

38. subliminal - subconscious / conditioned / reactive

39. sublime - marvelous / elevated / noble

40. insular - narrow-minded / provincial

41. dilate - to comment / to expand

42. milieu - surroundings / ambience

43. esoteric - too complex / confidential

44. disposition - inclination / temperament

45. pensive - thoughtful

46. revered - sacred / worshipped / adored

47. fickle - volatile / capricious

48. impecunious - poor / destitute / indigent

49. transient - momentary

50. endeavor - attempt / to strive

51. detriment - dangerous / baneful

52. plight - trouble / predicament

53. compassionate - understanding

54. transcendence - otherworldly

55. empathy - understanding / compassion

56. distortion - warping

57. splendor - glory / radiance

58. sporadic - erratic / aperiodic

59. malevolent - malicious

60. pernicious - inimical / dangerous

61. nuanced - subtle / delicate

62. extemporaneous - spontaneous

63. splendor - magnificence

64. forthright - straightforward

65. tranquility - peace

66. outspoken - frank

67. milieu - environment

68. inured - used to / toughened

69. deleterious - damaging

70. mediocre - ordinary

71. mundane - everyday / ordinary / dull

72. fledgling - emerging

73. celerity - quickness

74. novice - amateur

75. conscientious - moral / scrupulous / meticulous

76. flamboyance - flashiness / gaudiness

77. slovenliness - untidiness

78. virtuoso - master

79. rancorous - resentful / angry

80. spite - ill will

81. cynical - suspicious

82. to loathe - hate

83. to be loath to - begrudge / reluctant

84. acquiesce - agree / succumb

85. trimmings - decoration

86. austere - strict / tough

87. discard - remove / reject

88. ambiguous - unclear / vague

89. docile - obedient / submissive

90. relinquish - to give up control / let go

91. lax - careless

92. tardy - slow / late

93. impulsive - instinctive / obsessive

94. egalitarian - democratic / classless

95. reverence - worship / respect / admiration

96. discarded / ditched - scrapped

97. connoisseur - cognoscente

98. justification - reason / excuse

99. scathing - critical / sharp

100. disingenuous - untruthful

101. dauntless - courageous

102. dubious - doubtful / shady

103. deceitful - fraudulent

104. unsound - insane / incorrect

105. notorious - famous in a negative sense

106. esoteric - mysterious / complex / secret

107. perplexing - confusing

108. profound - deep / intense

109. beleaguered - troubled / besieged

110. impediment - obstacle

111. vigor - drive / energy / vitality

112. alacrity - eagerness / promptness

113. embroiled - involved / stuck

114. skepticism - doubt / mistrust

115. to fathom - to understand / explore

116. spurious - bogus / fake

117. tempered - diluted

118. ineffable - indescribable / unspeakable

119. cadenced - rhythmic

120. ornate - overdecorated / florid

121. poignant - impactful / touching / emotional

122. conceit - ego / delusion

123. inspired - outstanding / original

124. succinct - brief / short / concise

125. trite - unoriginal / dull

126. jerkily - erratic / rough

127. proclivity - inclination / predilection

128. exponentially - increasing / growing rapidly

129. nuance - subtle / refined

130. eloquence - articulateness

131. surreptitious - clandestine / secret

132. unsuspecting - unwary / naive

133. anomalous - abnormal / aberrant

134. embody - personify / exemplify

135. imposing - grand / dignified / magnificent

136. subliminal - subconscious / conditioned / reactive

137. sublime - marvelous / elevated / noble

138. insular - narrow-minded / provincial

139. dilate - to comment / to expand

140. milieu - surroundings / ambience

141. esoteric - too complex / confidential

142. disposition - inclination / temperament

143. pensive - thoughtful

144. revered - sacred / worshipped / adored

145. fickle - volatile / capricious

146. impecunious - poor / destitute / indigent

147. transient - momentary

148. erudite - highly knowledgeable

149. endeavor - attempt / to strive

150. detriment - dangerous / baneful

151. plight - trouble / predicament

152. compassionate - understanding

153. transcendence - otherworldly

154. empathy - understanding / compassion

155. distortion - warping

156. embodied - personified / epitomized

157. splendor - glory / radiance

158. sporadic - erratic / aperiodic