GRE words

Question 1

innocuous

Answer 1

not harmful or offensive

Question 2

intractable

Answer 2

not easily controlled or directed; stubborn

Question 3

inscrutable

Answer 3

impossible to understand or interpret

Question 4

utilitarian

Answer 4

designed to be useful rather than attractive

Question 5

obfuscation

Answer 5

making something unclear or unintelligible

Question 6

conjecture

Answer 6

an opinion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Question 7

elucidation

Answer 7

explanation that makes something clear

Question 8

mystification

Answer 8

feeling confused because something is difficult to understand

Question 9

retrenchment

Answer 9

the reduction of costs due to economic difficulty

Question 10

burgeoning

Answer 10

beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing

Question 11

resurgence

Answer 11

increase in activity after a period of little activity

Question 12

curtailment

Answer 12

the act of restricting something

Question 13

thwarted

Answer 13

preventing someone from accomplishing something

Question 14

raillery

Answer 14

good humored teasing

Question 15

lucidity

Answer 15

clarity of expression, intelligibility

Question 16

candor

Answer 16

being open and honest, to be frank

Question 17

ubiquitous

Answer 17

present everywhere

Question 18

incongruous

Answer 18

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

Question 19

commensurate

Answer 19

corresponding in size or degree, equivalent

Question 20

underscored

Answer 20

exaggerating

Question 21

emulate

Answer 21

surpass by imitation

Question 22

surfeit

Answer 22

overuse, an excessive amount

Question 23

penchant

Answer 23

a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something

Question 24

predilection

Answer 24

a preference or special liking for something

Question 25

wanting

Answer 25

lacking in a certain required or necessary quality

Question 26

exacerbate

Answer 26

make a bad problem worse

Question 27

portend

Answer 27

be a sign or warning that something momentous is likely to happen

Question 28

presage

Answer 28

be a sign or warning that something will happen

Question 29

flouted

Answer 29

openly disregard

Question 30

spurn

Answer 30

reject with disdain or contempt

Question 31

spurious

Answer 31

not being what it purports to be, false

Question 32

deft

Answer 32

in a way that is neat fully skillful and quick and movement

Question 33

recondite

Answer 33

difficult to understand