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Top GRE Words by Category Smart, Original

Adroit Astute Adept Acumen Canny Ingenious Innovative Perspicacious Perspicuous Savvy Shrewd

Unoriginal

Banal Cliché Derivative Hackneyed Mundane Pedestrian Prosaic Quotidian Trite Vacuous Vapid

Dull, Unintelligent

Fatuous Obtuse

Friendly, Easygoing

Affable Amiable Amicable Complaisant Congenial Docile Tractable

Flexible

Malleable Plastic

Give In

Acquiesce Capitulate Indulge

Stubborn

Intractable Intransigent Obdurate Obstinate Recalcitrant Tenacious

Happy

Ebullient Elated Exultant Jovial Jubilant Mirthful Sanguine

Unhappy

Dejected Despondent Disconsolate Lugubrious Melancholy

Angry/Violent

Bellicose Belligerent Captious Fractious Intemperate Irascible/Irate Pugnacious Rancor(ous) Salvo Truculent

Destroy

Decimate Eradicate Extirpate Obliterate

Liking For

Bent Penchant Predilection Proclivity

Dislike for

Abhor(rence) Animosity Antipathy Inimical Enmity Repugnance

Praise, Admiration

Acclaim Accolades Adulate Encomium Extol Eulogize/Eulogy Laud/Plaudits Lionize Panegyric Revere Tout Venerate

Manipulate

Coerce Cajole

Criticize

Abase/Debase Assail Deride Disdain Disparage Impugn Excoriate Malign Revile Vituperate

Scold, Punish

Admonish Censure Chastise Rebuke

Free from Blame

Exculpate Exonerate Penitent Repentant

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Hardworking

Assiduous Diligent Sedulous

Careful, Examine Closely

Circumspect Fastidious Meticulous Peruse Punctilious Scrupulous Scrutinize

Lazy, Careless

Apathetic Desultory Haphazard Indifferent Indolent Lackadaisical Slapdash

Dishonest

Charlatan Chicanery Disingenuous Dissemble Dupe Feign Mendacious Prevaricate Specious Spurious

Soothe

Alleviate Ameliorate Appease Assuage Mitigate Mollify Palliate Placate

Make Worse

Aggravate Exacerbate

Large, Excessive Amount

Bevy Copious Myriad Plethora Surfeit

Small Amount

Circumscribed Dearth Paucity

Diverse

Eclectic Heterogeneous Motley Multifarious

Sophisticated

Cosmopolitan Urbane

Narrow-Minded

Insular Parochial Provincial

Polite

Cordial Decorum/Decorous Discreet

Impolite, Crude

Boor(ish) Philistine

Practical

Pragmatic Prudent Utilitarian

Suspicious

Chary Incredulous Skeptical Wary

Naïve, Impractical

Callow Credulous Gullible Ingenuous Quixotic

Clear, Direct

Candid (Pel)lucid Unequivocal

Unclear, Incomprehensible

Ambiguous Inscrutable Nebulous Obfuscate Opaque

Indecisive, Uncertain

Ambivalent Equivocate/Equivocal Vacillate Waver

Wordy, Complicated

Byzantine Convoluted Florid Prolix Verbose

Plain, Using Few Words

Austere Economical Laconic Perfunctory Severe Spare Tacit(urn) Terse

Secretive

Furtive Surreptitious

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Outgoing, Talkative

Garrulous Gregarious Loquacious Voluble

Shy, Standoffish

Aloof Bashful Diffident Reserved Timid Timorous

Passionate

Ardent/Ardor Fervid Fervent

Inflated, Overblown

Bombastic Histrionic Turgid

Nervous

Apprehensive Flustered Nonplussed

Noisy, Rowdy

Boisterous Obstreperous

Calm, Quiet

Phlegmatic Quiescent Sedate Serene Stoic Tranquil Unflappable Unruffled

False, Fake

Ersatz Factitious Fallacious Specious Spurious

Generous

Altruistic Magnanimous Munificent Philanthropic

Greedy

Avaricious Cupidity

Stingy

Miserly Parsimonious

Fixed, Long-Lasting

Immutable Steadfast

Inconsistent

Capricious Erratic Fickle Impetuous Mercurial Perfidious Sporadic Whimsical Volatile

Short-Lived

Cursory Ephemeral Fleeting Transitory

Well-Known

Acclaimed Exalted Illustrious Lofty (Pre)eminent

Essence, Standard-Bearer

Crux Epitome Paradigm Paragon

Relevant

Germane

Unimportant

Ancillary Inconsequential Marginal(ize) Peripheral Picayune Trivial(ize)

Obscure

Arcane Abstruse Esoteric Recondite

Spread, Promote

Disperse Disseminate Perpetuate Propagate

Ease

Facilitate Streamline

Support

Bolster Corroborate

Contradict

Belie Gainsay

Prevent, Block

Forestall Hinder Obviate Occlude Preclude Stymie Thwart Undermine

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Reject, Break

Abjure Abrogate Eschew Jettison

Modest, Humble

Deferential Demure Self-abnegating Self-effacing

Arrogant

Condescending Contemptuous Disdain(ful) Officious Pompous Supercilious

Sentimental

Cloying Maudlin Mawkish

Harsh, Burning

Acerbic Caustic Vitriolic

Sarcastic, Dry Humor

Facetious Flippant Sardonic Wry

Luxurious, Showing Off

Fulsome Opulent Ostentatious Sybarite/Sybaritic

Simple, Poor

Abstemious Ascetic Austere Impecunious Indigent Penurious

High Point

Apex Zenith

Low Point

Nadir

Speed, Enthusiasm

Alacrity Dispatch Galvanize Zeal

Lacking Energy

Enervate Lethargic Soporific Torpid/Torpor Vitiate

Revolutionary, Rebel

Apostate Heretic Iconoclast Maverick Seditious

Wild, Wasteful

Degenerate Depraved Licentious Prodigal Profligate Wanton

Extremist

Zealot

Traditional, Rigid

Hidebound Ossified Orthodox Staid

Changeable

Malleable Mutable Plastic Protean

Wandering

Itinerant Peripatetic

Odd

Curious Eccentric Idiosyncratic Quirky Peculiar

Harm, Disease

Affliction Malignant Noisome Noxious Pestilence Scourge

Harmless

Benign Innocuous

Coming Together

Amalgam Coalesce Conciliate Confluence Propitiate Reconcile

Flattering

Obsequious Sycophant(ic)

Separate, Distinct

Discrete Disparate

Occurring By Chance

Fortuitous Providential Serendipitous

Teaching, Learning

Didactic Edify Erudite Pedantic

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