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Page 1: GRE Word List

antedated

extol

transmute

trancedental

enigma

obstinacy

heretical

amelioration

contingent

brevity

disparaged

proponents

cacophony

paucity

reharsh

libelous

multifariousness

eclecticism

ethos

dichotomy

chasm

protracted

infirm

non plussed

caustic

discomfited

disconcerted

tantalized

imperceptibly

precariously

sporadically

conniving

riveting

idiosyncractically

precursor

culmination

circumscribe

bequeth

commensurate

lucre

renumerative

innocous

entrenched

contravene

stoic

rueful

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ingenous

insolence

capricious

magnanimity

prolific

flag

belies

mettlesome

blithely

feckless

oblivion

ephemeral

gargantum

maverick

conspicious

banal

unsurp

rail

archetypal

impute

quaint

prudent

genuflect

enervating

pernicious

cant

sanctimonious

arcane

poignant

complaisance

credulity

plaintive

discerned

craven

acerbic

onerous

non-partisanship

imperious

diffidence

vestiges

reticence

conflate

desultroy

coherent

onus

equivocal

unfettered

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trenchant

relegate

veritable

charitable

amenable

superceded

debacle

entourage

zealous

flamboyant

droll

harangue

munificent

recuse

apportion

embellishment

quandary

detrimental

ambivalence

unscrupulous 

peremptory

contumelious

meretricious

refractory

recalcitrant

limn

sanguine

amortize

specious

conciliatory

prevarication

beget

digress

digress

pious

pertinacious

specious

unfounded

totuous

nascent

erstwhile

nuance

subsisted

austere

collude

construe

jettison

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modish

arbiter

homlies

apocryphal

droll

extenuate

stultify

repudiate

scruple

adulation

expedient

ossify

tactile

espouse

censure

recourse

equipoise

derision

stellar

indenture

vernacular

ingratiate

invective

detractor 

histrionic

dissolute

conscription

ingrate

mountebank

tyro

anthropomorphic

abstruse

abject

contrive

auspice

pilfer

envisage

knoll

gullet

replete

accentuate

commiserate

inundate

desolate

foist

sully

perpetuate

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empirical

extraction

depose

impertinent

implicate

apologist

venal

objurgate

idyllic

accrued

fiat

allegory

satiate

curtail

extinct

expurgate

stint

upshot

puissance

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come before

praise

change

beyond

mysterious

stubborn

unorthodox

soothing

subject to change/dependant on something

brief/short

criticize

people who advocate a theory

noise

shortage

to bring again without changing (ideas)

defamatory 

various/diverse

made up from different parts

ethics

splitting into two contrasting parts

break

long

ill

unhurt

burning/negative

make someone feel uneasy embarassed

unsettle/disturb composure

excite by promising unachievable

impossible to percieve

dangerous

happening at short interval, irregular

conspiring

fascinating

erratic, unexpected

pioneer

end

write

give

proportionate

luck

lucrative

harmless

inborn, deeply rooted

go against

indifferent

sad

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innocent

rudeness

unpredictable

generousity, open handed

abundant

droop,mark

refutes

irritating

carefree,merrily

irresponsible

total ignorance

temporary, fleeting

huge

unconventional

noticible

ordinary

take forcibly

criticize

typical

describe

strange

wise

pray

weakening

harmful

hypoctitical sanctimonious

making a show of being morally superior

mysterious,understood by few

sad sorrowful

yield to will of others

gullible, believes too easily

sad

to see with difficulty discerned a figure in the fog

cowerdly

sharp

difficult

impartial

dominating

shy, lacking confidence

remainder

reserved, shy

combine

unfocused, lacking purpose

clear

responsibilty

ambiguous

free

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bitter sharp

assign lower rank

genuine, verifiable

happy

tolerant, easy going

replaced

sudden failure, disaster

group surrounding a person

passionate

stylish

comical

loud bombastic declamation

generous

disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case

distribute systematically

detail added to improve looks

difficult situation

harmful

uncertainty (ambi)

without principles

authoritative, final

arrogant

prostitute like

stubborn

stubborn

depict, trace the shape of

happy, cheerful / reddish

used for loans/MORTgages

suspicious, false

compromising

obscure the truth

give rise to

deviate

ask for something

reverence

unyielding

plausuble, but false

baseless

twisty, complex

new born

former

subtle difference

remaind,maintained

stark, self denial

act in unison towards illegal/deceipt

interpret

throw away something from a jet

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current fashion (La mode)

someone with the power to settle matters at will

religious discourse

questionable authenticity

amusing (NOT drool)

weaken

point out incompetence

reject, cast off

hesitate on moral grounds

flattery

means to an end (althoug possibly improper)

make rigid, fossilize

touchable

follow

harsh criticism

turn to for assistance

equilibrium

from deride (ridicule, abase)

most important (leading performer)

bind by contract

everyday speech (of a group)

win over, gain favor

envy + active (abusive speech)

belittles and disparages

melodrama, affected

no morals

compulsory enrollment/service

shows no gratitude

flamboyant deceiver

neophyte, rookie

suggests human characteristics in others

confusing, incomprehensible to ordinary

hopeless, unfortunate, lowest

make a plan for, devise

favourable omen (auspicious)

steal n run away

imagine

small hill

foodpipe

filled with

stress on, mark as important

co-miserate (sympathise)

fill till full

abandon/reduce/provide no support

force upon

make dirty, destroy purity

indefinite/ to prolong something

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practice (not theory)

ancestry

force to leave a POSition

rude / irrevelant

suggest guilty of something

defends a policy

corruptible

scold, disaprove

delighful in all respects

formed periodically over time

formal order, decree

short story

satisfy

restrict

opposite of extant

modify by removing undesirable parts

supply insufficient amount

final conclusion

power to influence