Barron GRE Vocab (definitions) Flashcards
diligent; hard working
assiduous
funeral hymn
dirge
free of cunning or deceit; artless
guileless
seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so; deceptively attractive
specious
easily angered
irascible
lethargy; sluggishness
lassitude
rude; insensitive
boorish
to adore; honor; respect
venerate
self-governing; independent
autonomous
ill-humored; sullen
morose
move back and forth
oscillate
wistful; extravagant; lavish
prodigal
bold; daring; fearless
audacious
to make worse
exacerbate
showing no emotion
impassive
verbal abuse
invective
one-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
partisan
simple; unoriginal
derivative
cowardly
craven
act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
transgression
difference between
discrepancy
using few words
laconic
to spread out
diffuse
tending to vary frequently; fickle
volatile
caution or reprimand
admonish
generosity; nobility
magnanimity
long, violent speech or verbal assault
tirade
contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
belie
to inform
apprise
submissive; eager to please
obsequious
introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine
incorporate
praise or glorify
laud
easily deceived
gullible
to intentionally use a vague language
equivocate
similar or comparable
analogous
to specify as an essential condition
stipulate
deception through guile or trickery
chicanery
to fall; plunge
plummet
to expand; swell out
distend
discord; lack of harmony
dissonance
novice; beginner
neophyte
showing off learning
pedantic
to combine (into a unified whole)
amalgamate
to deceive; trick
dupe
stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
refractory
not candid/sincere; crafty
disingenuous
pompous; bombastic
grandiloquent
inflexible; incapable of being pleased
implacable
scarcity
paucity
uncertain (p)
precarious
stubbornness; refusal to compromise
intransigence
to affirm; declare to be true
aver
shyness; lack of self confidence
diffidence
to prod; urge on
goad
moderate in appetite
abstemious
firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
narrow-mindedness; isolation
insularity
weak; insubstantial
tenuous
justified
warranted
produce and release substance into organism
secrete
to retract a statement or opinion
recant
fickle; constantly changing one’s mind
capricious
record of a voyage; record of daily activities
log
spread throughout every part
pervasive
broad range of related ideas or objects
spectrum
dissenter; independent-minded person
maverick
attacking cherished traditions
iconoclastic
to dry out completely
desiccate
model of excellence or perfection
paragon
strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
pungent
insignificant; unimportant
inconsequential
to make less severe
assuage
to leave secretly
abscond
state of not fitting
incongruity
lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
pliability; condition of being able to be shaped or formed
plasticity
purposeful exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
not easily managed
intractable
proper behavior
decorum
to cause to happen; to throw violently
precipitate
to be sparing
stint
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
malingerer
quarrelsome
contentious
unprejudiced; objective
disinterested
unable to move; sluggish
inert
naïve and trusting; lacking sophistication
ingenuous
unsure of how to act; weak
irresolute
the act of assuming to be true or real
supposition
crisis; urgent requirements
exigency
to weaken
enervate
to consign to an inferior position
relegate
distinct; constituting a separate thing
discrete
excess; overabundance
plethora
brief, comprehensive summary
compendium
concerned; attentive; eager
solicitous
lamentful poem or song
elegy
to make unnecessary; anticipate and prevent
obviate
short-lived; not lasting very long
ephemeral
inherent; belonging to an area
endemic
to cause; produce; bring about
engender
implied; understood but not stated
implicit
to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
saturate
irregular; deviating from the norm
sporadic
burdensome; troublesome
onerous
willing to betray one’s trust; faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
perfidious
to find fault with; blame
reproach
to satisfy or overindulge
satiate
too helpful; meddlesome
officious
to copy; try to equal or excel
emulate
riddle; puzzle with no solution
conundrum
to contradict; disprove
refute
to soothe; to calm or make less severe
mollify
one who is fanatically devoted to a cause
zealot
stop up; prevent the passage of
occlude
devoutness
piety
use of agreeable/inoffensive language in place of unpleasant/offensive language
euphemism
untouched; uncorrupted
pristine
to polish
burnish
an assertion
contention
to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
supersede