GRE Vocab Set 3 (Princeton Review)

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

Keen, accurate judgement or insight

Question 2

Adulterate

Answer 2

To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 3

Amalgamate

Answer 3

To combine into a whole

Question 4

Archaic

Answer 4

Outdated

Question 5

Aver

Answer 5

To declare or assert

Question 6

Bolster

Answer 6

To provide reinforcement

Question 7

Bombastic

Answer 7

Pompous and grant

Question 8

Diatribe

Answer 8

Harsh denunciation

Question 9

Dissemble

Answer 9

To disguise, conceal, or mislead

Question 10

Eccentric

Answer 10

Departing from norms

Question 11

Endemic

Answer 11

Characteristic of or often found in a particular location or region

Question 12

Evanescent

Answer 12

Tending to disappear like vapor

Question 13

Exacerbate

Answer 13

To make worse or more severe

Question 14

Fervent

Answer 14

Greatly emotional

Question 15

Fortuitious

Answer 15

Happening by accident or chance

Question 16

Germane

Answer 16

Relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate

Question 17

Grandiloquence

Answer 17

Pompous speech or expression

Question 18

Hackneyed

Answer 18

Rendered commonplace by frequent usage

Question 19

Halycon

Answer 19

Calm and peaceful

Question 20

Hedonism

Answer 20

Devotion to pleasurable pursuits

Question 21

Hegemony

Answer 21

Consistent dominance of one state over others

Question 22

Iconoclast

Answer 22

One who attacks traditional conventions or institutions

Question 23

Idolatrous

Answer 23

Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Question 24

Impassive

Answer 24

Revealing no emotion

Question 25

Imperturbable

Answer 25

Marked by extreme calm and steadiness

Question 26

Implacable

Answer 26

Not capable of being appeased or changed

Question 27

Impunity

Answer 27

Immunity from punishment or penalty

Question 28

Inchoate

Answer 28

Initial stages, not fully formed

Question 29

Infelicitous

Answer 29

Unfortunate and inappropriate

Question 30

Insipid

Answer 30

Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

Question 31

Loquacious

Answer 31

Extremely talkative

Question 32

Luminous

Answer 32

Characterized by brightness and the emission of light

Question 33

Malevolent

Answer 33

Having or showing vicious ill will or hatred

Question 34

Malleable

Answer 34

Capable of being shaped or formed

Question 35

Mendacity

Answer 35

Condition of being untruthful (dishonesty)

Question 36

Meticulous

Answer 36

Characterized by extreme care and precision

Question 37

Misanthrome

Answer 37

One who hates all other humans

Question 38

Mitigate

Answer 38

To make or become less severe or intense

Question 39

Obdurate

Answer 39

Unyielding, hardhearted, intractable

Question 40

Obsequious

Answer 40

Exhibiting a fawning attractiveneess

Question 41

Occlude

Answer 41

To obstruct or block

Question 42

Opprobrium

Answer 42

Disgrace, contempt, and scorn

Question 43

Pedagogy

Answer 43

Profession or principles of teaching or instructing

Question 44

Pedantic

Answer 44

Overly concerned with trivial details of learning or education, showing off one's knowledge

Question 45

Penury

Answer 45

Poverty, destitution

Question 46

Pervasive

Answer 46

Having the tendency to spread throughout or permeate

Question 47

Pine

Answer 47

To yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor

Question 48

Pirate

Answer 48

To illegally use or reproduce

Question 49

Pith

Answer 49

The essential or central part

Question 50

Pithy

Answer 50

Precise and brief

Question 51

Placate

Answer 51

To appease and make calm by concessions

Question 52

Platitude

Answer 52

A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

Question 53

Plummet

Answer 53

To plunge or drop straight down

Question 54

Polemical

Answer 54

Controversial

Question 55

Prodigal

Answer 55

Recklessly wasteful, extravagant, lavish

Question 56

Profuse

Answer 56

Given or coming forth abundantly

Question 57

Proliferate

Answer 57

To grow or increase swiftly

Question 58

Queries

Answer 58

Questions and inquiries

Question 59

Querulous

Answer 59

Prone to complaining or grumbling

Question 60

Rancorous

Answer 60

Characterized by bitter resentment

Question 61

Recalcitrant

Answer 61

Defiant of authority and difficult to manage

Question 62

Repudiate

Answer 62

To refuse to have anything to do with

Question 63

Rescind

Answer 63

To repeal, retract

Question 64

Reverent

Answer 64

Marked by extreme awe and respect

Question 65

Rhetoric

Answer 65

Effective use of language for communication and persuasion

Question 66

Salubrious

Answer 66

Promoting health or well-being

Question 67

Solvent

Answer 67

Able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance

Question 68

Specious

Answer 68

Seemingly true, but actually being fallacious

Question 69

Spurious

Answer 69

Lacking authenticity or validity

Question 70

Subpoena

Answer 70

A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Question 71

Succint

Answer 71

Brief and concise

Question 72

Superfluous

Answer 72

Exceeding what is sufficient

Question 73

Surfeit

Answer 73

An overabundant supply, excess

Question 74

Tenacity

Answer 74

The quality of adherence or persistence

Question 75

Tenuous

Answer 75

Having little substance or strength

Question 76

Tirade

Answer 76

A long and extremely critical speech

Question 77

Transient

Answer 77

Fleeting, passing quickly, brief

Question 78

Zealous

Answer 78

Fervent, ardent, impassioned, devoted to a cause