GRE Continual List

Question 1

Parsimony

Answer 1

Stingy

Question 2

Cowed

Answer 2

to submit by intimidation

Question 3

interdict

Answer 3

prohibit

Question 4

Repatriate

Answer 4

to send back to one’s own country

Question 5

acrimony/acrimonious

Answer 5

angry/bitter

Question 6

commensurate

Answer 6

appropriate size

Question 7

etiolated

Answer 7

loss vigor, feeble

Question 8

Comportment

Answer 8

dignified, proper behavior

Question 9

Timorous

Answer 9

Fear

Question 10

Execrable

Answer 10

Very bad

Question 11

Expedient

Answer 11

Easy/practical

Question 12

stolidity

Answer 12

showing little/no emotion

Question 13

acumen

Answer 13

think clearly, make good decisions

Question 14

opulent

Answer 14

rich/luxurious

Question 15

expurgate

Answer 15

sensor

Question 16

inveterate

Answer 16

habitual/chronic

Question 17

pernicious

Answer 17

harmful

Question 18

evanescent

Answer 18

disappear like vapor, vanishing

Question 19

Debilitated

Answer 19

exhausted

Question 20

Ebullience

Answer 20

Zeal

Question 21

Odium

Answer 21

Disgust/hate

Question 22

torpor

Answer 22

mental inactivity/lethargy

Question 23

Jocosity

Answer 23

Joking

Question 24

Hegemony

Answer 24

leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

Question 25

superfluous

Answer 25

excess

Question 26

perfunctory

Answer 26

carried out with minimal effort/reflection

Question 27

Panegyric

Answer 27

public speech/text in praise of someone

Question 28

obloquy

Answer 28

strong public criticism/verbal abuse

Question 29

improvidence

Answer 29

lacking foresight

Question 30

mercurial

Answer 30

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

Question 31

Inchoate

Nascent

Answer 31

just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Question 32

profligacy

Answer 32

reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources

Question 33

hedonism

Answer 33

devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses

Question 34

insipid

Answer 34

lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge

Question 35

Germane

Answer 35

relevant to subject at hand

Question 36

Halcyon

Answer 36

calm/peaceful

Question 37

impassive

Answer 37

revealing no emotion

Question 38

infelicitous

Answer 38

unfortunate/inappropriate

Question 39

mendacity

Answer 39

dishonest

Question 40

obdurate

Answer 40

stubborn

Question 41

opprobrium

Answer 41

extreme dishonesty

Question 42

pedagogy

Answer 42

teaching/instruction

Question 43

pedantic

Answer 43

perfectionist, show offish about one’s knowledge

Question 44

penury

Answer 44

poverty

Question 45

pith

Answer 45

essential/central part

Question 46

pithy

Answer 46

precise/brief

Question 47

platitude

Answer 47

overused statement

Question 48

polemical

Answer 48

controversial argumentative

Question 49

rancorous

Answer 49

bitter, long lasting, resentment

Question 50

recalcitrant

Answer 50

defy authority

Question 51

repudiate

Answer 51

refuse to do with, discard

Question 52

salubrious

Answer 52

promoting health/well being

Question 53

specious

Answer 53

seeming true, but really misleading

Question 54

spurious

Answer 54

false/counterfit

Question 55

succient

Answer 55

brief/concise

Question 56

tenuous

Answer 56

flimsy/weak

Question 57

transient

ephemeral

Answer 57

fleeting/brief

Question 58

accolade

Answer 58

expression of praise

Question 59

ameliorate

Answer 59

make better/more tolerable

Question 60

axiom

Answer 60

universally recognized principle

Question 61

burgeon

Answer 61

to grow rapidly/florish

Question 62

bucolic

Answer 62

rustic/pastoral rural

Question 63

chary

Answer 63

wary/cautious

Question 64

cogent

Answer 64

appeal to reason/convincing

Question 65

complaisance

Answer 65

willing to comply with others

Question 66

contrite

Answer 66

plentiful, seek forgiveness

Question 67

dearth

Answer 67

scarcity lack of

Question 68

demur

Answer 68

to question/oppose

Question 69

didactic

Answer 69

intended to teach/instruct

Question 70

eclectic

Answer 70

getting ideas from variety of sources

Question 71

emollient

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soothing to skin

Question 72

enigmatic

Answer 72

mysterious

Question 73

esoteric

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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

Question 74

facetious

Answer 74

playful/humorous

Question 75

furtive

Answer 75

secretive

Question 76

harangue

Answer 76

long pompous speech

Question 77

impecunious

Answer 77

lacking funds, without money

Question 78

incipient

Answer 78

coming into being,

Question 79

innocuous

Answer 79

harmless

Question 80

intransigent

Answer 80

refusal to comply

Question 81

inveigle

Answer 81

to obtain by deception/flattery

Question 82

peruse

Answer 82

examine with care

Question 83

relegate

Answer 83

to forcibly assign to a lower place or position

Question 84

preen

Answer 84

groom with care

Question 85

prodigious

Answer 85

extremely big in size

Question 86

putrefy

Answer 86

rot/decay

Question 87

quaff

Answer 87

to drink deeply

Question 88

quiescence

Answer 88

motionless

Question 89

redoubtable

Answer 89

formidable

Question 90

squalid

Answer 90

dirty from neglect

Question 91

supplant

Answer 91

to take the place of

Question 92

torpid

Answer 92

lethargic, sluggish

Question 93

ubiquitous

Answer 93

found everywhere

Question 94

urbane

Answer 94

sophisticated

Question 95

aberrant

Answer 95

deviating form norm

Question 96

alacrity

Answer 96

eager/enthusiastic

Question 97

arduous

Answer 97

effortful/willingness

Question 98

assuage

Answer 98

mollify

Question 99

austere

Answer 99

simple/plain

Question 100

axiomatic

Answer 100

self evident truth