Advanced GRE Word List 11

Question 1

Abjure

Answer 1

Renounce; swear to refrain from something.

Question 2

Blandishment

Answer 2

Words used to coax or flatter.

Question 3

Cardinal

Answer 3

High ranking official of the Catholic Church or major; important.

Question 4

Deliberate

Answer 4

Slow (adj.); to think over (v.); on purpose (adj.).

Question 5

Feckless

Answer 5

Feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative.

Question 6

Meretricious

Answer 6

Falsely attractive; tawdry.

Question 7

Augury

Answer 7

Prediction, looking for omens.

Question 8

Boycott

Answer 8

Refuse to have dealing with.

Question 9

Glib

Answer 9

Slick; superficial (in speech); fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.

Question 10

Incise

Answer 10

To cut into.

Question 11

Ostracism

Answer 11

Shunning; social isolation.

Question 12

Penchant

Answer 12

Inclination; leaning towards; predilection.

Question 13

Rarefy

Answer 13

Make less dense.

Question 14

Repine

Answer 14

Fret; be discontented.

Question 15

Stipulate

Answer 15

Specify.

Question 16

Diaphanous

Answer 16

Transparent; thin and delicate.

Question 17

Feint

Answer 17

Pretend attack; a move intended to deceive.

Question 18

Inured

Answer 18

Hardened; habituated.

Question 19

Puissance

Answer 19

Power or great influence.

Question 20

Recondite

Answer 20

Obscure.

Question 21

Stygian

Answer 21

Very dark. Of or relating to the river Styx.

Question 22

Touting

Answer 22

Advertising; supporting.

Question 23

Virtuosity

Answer 23

Skill; expertise.

Question 24

Volubility

Answer 24

Excessive talkativeness.

Question 25

Caret

Answer 25

Punctuation mark signifying omission.

Question 26

Contiguous

Answer 26

Adjacent; touching; abutting. Next or together in sequence.

Question 27

Ellipsis

Answer 27

Omission of essential words.

Question 28

Extirpation

Answer 28

Wiping out; complete destruction.

Question 29

Foppish

Answer 29

Behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion.

Question 30

Gaffe

Answer 30

Blunder; social mistake.

Question 31

Hortatory

Answer 31

Encouraging; exhorting.

Question 32

Opprobrius

Answer 32

Expressing great scorn.

Question 33

Recumbent

Answer 33

Reclining; lying down.

Question 34

Discernment

Answer 34

Judgement; perceptiveness.

Question 35

Encomium

Answer 35

Praise. Eulogy.

Question 36

Inveigle

Answer 36

Coax; cajole; wheedle; entice.

Question 37

Minatory

Answer 37

Threatening.

Question 38

Ossified

Answer 38

Turned to bone; become rigid.

Question 39

Plumb

Answer 39

Measure the depth of.

Question 40

Quintessential

Answer 40

Most typical; the perfect example of.

Question 41

Runic

Answer 41

Mysterious; magical.

Question 42

Accretion

Answer 42

Accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside.

Question 43

Anachronistic

Answer 43

Occurring in the wrong period of time. Esp. something that is conspicuously old fashioned.

Question 44

Chronic

Answer 44

Long lasting (often in description of disease).

Question 45

Churlishness

Answer 45

Rudeness; Ill mannered behavior.

Question 46

Demagogue

Answer 46

A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument.

Question 47

Effrontery

Answer 47

Daring; audacity (has a negative connotation).

Question 48

Idyll

Answer 48

Story or incident in a peaceful or ideal setting.

Question 49

Interregnum

Answer 49

Interval between reigns or governments.

Question 50

Nugatory

Answer 50

Of minor significance; futile.

Question 51

Sinecure

Answer 51

Job that pays salary but requires little effort.

Question 52

Anodized

Answer 52

Electroplated; coated with a thin layer of metal.

Question 53

Aphoristic

Answer 53

Expressed tersely or briefly.

Question 54

Canonical

Answer 54

Orthodox.

Question 55

Commensurate

Answer 55

Of equal significance.

Question 56

Dexterity

Answer 56

Skill, esp. with hands.

Question 57

Extant

Answer 57

Still in existence (opposite of extinct).

Question 58

Impugned

Answer 58

Challenged; called in to question.

Question 59

Probity

Answer 59

Uprightness; honesty.

Question 60

Ranconteur

Answer 60

A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful way.

Question 61

Solicitous

Answer 61

Kindly; expressing care and concern.

Question 62

Amalgamate

Answer 62

To join; consolidate.

Question 63

Baleful

Answer 63

Evil.

Question 64

Coerce

Answer 64

Force.

Question 65

Inchoate

Answer 65

Undeveloped; nascent.

Question 66

Iniquitous.

Answer 66

Evil; unjust.

Question 67

Libertine

Answer 67

1. A person, esp. a man, who behaves without moral principle, esp. in sexual matters. 2. A person who rejects accepted matters of religion; freethinker.

Question 68

Millinery

Answer 68

Hats and hat making.

Question 69

Natty

Answer 69

Neat; dapper; smart.

Question 70

Occluded

Answer 70

Obscured; blocked.

Question 71

Sidereal

Answer 71

Of or with respect to the distant stars.

Question 72

Avaricious

Answer 72

Greedy for money.

Question 73

Extirpate

Answer 73

Wipe out entirely

Question 74

Halcyon

Answer 74

Peaceful and happy; calm.

Question 75

List

Answer 75

To lean to one side or to write in order.

Question 76

Maudlin

Answer 76

Sad; sentimental; inclined to weep.

Question 77

Refulgent

Answer 77

Glowing; radiant.

Question 78

Subliminal

Answer 78

Below the threshold of consciousness.

Question 79

Viteruperate

Answer 79

Attack bitterly.

Question 80

Whittle

Answer 80

1. Carve with a knife. | 2. Reduce step by step.

Question 81

Colander

Answer 81

Bowl with holes used to drain vegetables.

Question 82

Cumbersome

Answer 82

Bulky; difficult to carry.

Question 83

Epistemology

Answer 83

Theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. The investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.

Question 84

Froward

Answer 84

Difficult to deal with; disobedient.

Question 85

Supine

Answer 85

Lying flat on ones back.

Question 86

Untoward

Answer 86

Unexpected.

Question 87

Verisimilar

Answer 87

True to life; giving the appearance of reality.

Question 88

Abate

Answer 88

Reduce intensity.