GRE Flashcards - next 50

Question 1

Corroborate

Answer 1

supporting evidence

Question 2

Crescendo

Answer 2

steadily increasing in volume or force

Question 3

Decorum

Answer 3

appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

Question 4

Credulous

Answer 4

too trusting; gullible

Question 5

Convoluted

Answer 5

intricate and complicated

Question 6

Condone

Answer 6

to overlook, pardon or disregard

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

respect, courtesy

Question 8

Desiccate

Answer 8

to dry out thoroughly

Question 9

Diatribe

Answer 9

an abusive, condemnatory speech

Question 10

Dilate

Answer 10

to make larger, expand

Question 11

Deride

Answer 11

to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock

Question 12

Desultory

Answer 12

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Question 13

Diffident

Answer 13

lacking self-confidence

Question 14

Dilatory

Answer 14

intended to delay

Question 15

Dilettante

Answer 15

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Question 16

Disabuse

Answer 16

set right, free from error

Question 17

Disparate

Answer 17

fundamentallly different; entirely unlike

Question 18

Dissonance

Answer 18

a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds

Question 19

Dirge

Answer 19

a funeral hymn or mournful speech

Question 20

Discern

Answer 20

to perceive or recognize

Question 21

Dissemble

Answer 21

to present a false appearance

Question 22

Dogma

Answer 22

a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief

Question 23

Dupe

Answer 23

to deceive or a person who is easuly deceived

Question 24

Efficacy

Answer 24

effectiveness

Question 25

Eloquent

Answer 25

persuasive and moving, especially in speech

Question 26

Emulate

Answer 26

to copy; to try to equal or excel

Question 27

Embellish

Answer 27

to add ornamental or fictitious details

Question 28

Elegy

Answer 28

a sorrowful poem or speech

Question 29

Dogmatic

Answer 29

dictatorial in one's opinions

Question 30

Eclectic

Answer 30

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

Question 31

Enigma

Answer 31

a puzzle, a mystery

Question 32

Ephemeral

Answer 32

lasting a short time

Question 33

Erratic

Answer 33

wandering and unpredictable

Question 34

Engender

Answer 34

to produce, cause, or bring about

Question 35

Enumerate

Answer 35

to count, list, itemize

Question 36

Erudite

Answer 36

learned, scholarly, bookish

Question 37

Equivocate

Answer 37

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Question 38

Esoteric

Answer 38

known or understood only by a few

Question 39

Exigent

Answer 39

urgent; requiring immediate action

Question 40

Exacerbate

Answer 40

to make worse

Question 41

Eulogy

Answer 41

speech in praise of someone

Question 42

Exonerate

Answer 42

to clear or blame

Question 43

Exculpate

Answer 43

to clear from blame, prove innocent

Question 44

Estimable

Answer 44

admirable

Question 45

Euphemism

Answer 45

use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Question 46

Frugality

Answer 46

tending to be thrifty or cheap

Question 47

Foment

Answer 47

to arouse or incite

Question 48

Fanatical

Answer 48

acting excessively enthusiastic

Question 49

Fervid

Answer 49

intensely emotional, feverish

Question 50

Explicit

Answer 50

clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression