GRE EXAM VOCAB

Abate - to lessen in intensity
Aberrant - deviating from the norm
Abscond - to leave secretly
Admonish - to warn or reprimand
Aesthetic - related to beauty or art
Aggregate - to gather together or sum up
Alacrity - cheerful readiness or willingness
Ameliorate - to make better or improve
Anomalous - abnormal or irregular
Antipathy - strong dislike

Arduous - requiring significant effort
Assuage - to ease or lessen
Audacious - bold, daring
Austere - strict, simple, unadorned
Banal - predictable, boring
Belie - to contradict or misrepresent
Bolster - to support or strengthen
Bombastic - pompous in speech or writing
Cacophony - harsh, discordant sound
Capricious - impulsive, unpredictable

Castigate - to punish or criticize harshly
Catalyst - something that causes change
Caustic - biting or sarcastic
Chicanery - trickery or deception
Cogent - clear, logical, convincing
Contrite - feeling remorseful
Convoluted - complex or intricate
Credulous - gullible or naive
Cynical - believing people are motivated by self-interest

Decorum - proper behavior
Deference - respect for others
Deride - to mock or ridicule
Diatribe - a harsh denunciation
Disparate - fundamentally different
Dogmatic - stubbornly opinionated
Efficacy - effectiveness
Ephemeral - short-lived
Equivocate - to use ambiguous language to deceive