GRE Vocab List E (Princeton Review) (50 words)

Question 1

approbation

Answer 1

(noun) an expression of approval or praise

Question 2

axiomatic

Answer 2

(adj.) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

Question 3

discordant

Answer 3

(adj.) conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 4

effrontery

Answer 4

(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 5

ennui

Answer 5

(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 6

fulminate

Answer 6

(verb) to loudly attack or denounce

Question 7

inured

Answer 7

(adj.) accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 8

extemporaneous

Answer 8

(adj.) improvised; done without preparation

Question 9

neologism

Answer 9

(noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Question 10

noxious

Answer 10

(adj.) harmful, injurious

Question 11

perspicacious

Answer 11

(adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

Question 12

prattle

Answer 12

(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Question 13

predilection

Answer 13

(noun) a disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 14

sordid

Answer 14

(adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Question 15

truculent

Answer 15

(adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Question 16

virulent

Answer 16

(adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 17

adulation

Answer 17

(noun) excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 18

chary

Answer 18

(adj.) wary; cautious; sparing

Question 19

dearth

Answer 19

(noun) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

Question 20

emollient

Answer 20

(adj.)/( noun) soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin

Question 21

furtive

Answer 21

(adj.) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 22

incipient

Answer 22

(adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 23

odious

Answer 23

(adj.) evoking intense aversion or dislike

Question 24

impecunious

Answer 24

(adj.) lacking funds; without money

Question 25

penurious

Answer 25

(adj.) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Question 26

preen

Answer 26

(verb) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

Question 27

putrefy

Answer 27

(verb) to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form: putrid)

Question 28

pernicious

Answer 28

(adj.) extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed

Question 29

quaff

Answer 29

(verb) to drink deeply

Question 30

inveigle

Answer 30

(verb) to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 31

quiescence

Answer 31

(noun) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj. form: quiescent)

Question 32

redoubtable

Answer 32

(adj.) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Question 33

evanescent

Answer 33

(adj.) tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

Question 34

halcyon

Answer 34

(adj.) calm and peaceful

Question 35

grandiloquence

Answer 35

(noun) pompous speech or expression (adj. form: grandiloquent)

Question 36

infelicitous

Answer 36

(adj.) unfortunate; inappropriate

Question 37

rancorous

Answer 37

(adj.) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun form: rancor)

Question 38

recalcitrant

Answer 38

(adj.) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Question 39

surfeit

Answer 39

(verb) an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess (noun form: a surfeit of supplies)

Question 40

acerbic

Answer 40

(adj.) having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Question 41

astringent

Answer 41

(adj.) having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Question 42

contiguous

Answer 42

(adj.) sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Question 43

impetuous

Answer 43

(adj.) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Question 44

neophyte

Answer 44

(noun) a recent convert; a beginner; novice

Question 45

refulgent

Answer 45

(adj.) radiant; shiny; brilliant

Question 46

renege

Answer 46

(verb) to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

Question 47

prosaic

Answer 47

(adj.) dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Question 48

rarefy

Answer 48

(verb) to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Question 49

variegated

Answer 49

(adj.) multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

Question 50

vituperate

Answer 50

(verb) to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate