GRE Words

Question 1

vociferous

Answer 1

speaking loudly , noisy and vocal

• voice + furious -

Question 2

aesthetic

Answer 2

someone who has appreciation for beauty or art

– aes sounds like ash i.e. Aishwarya and everyone appreciates her beauty –

Question 3

glut

Answer 3

in excess supply

- g = gained , lut = lot -

Question 4

dogmatic

Answer 4

highly opinionated, no accepting that ones own beliefs might be wrong.

– dogmatic backwards is kinda like i am god –

Question 5

mawkish

Answer 5

overly sentimental to point where it is disgusting

– maa ka kiss hamesha sentimental hota hai –

– Gwyneth Paltrow Oscar speech –

Question 6

exacerbate

Answer 6

make things worse

– ex is from (acerb) in latin is bitter or harsh to worse–

– (ex) ek (acer) Acer laptop (bate) if you beat it with laptop when it stops working you’ll worsen the situation –

Question 7

reticent

Answer 7

disinclined to speak , or to let you know whats happening

– 50cent-> talks too much and contrary too that reticent does not wanna talk –

– (reti) rehti (cent) shant i.e.REHTISHANT –

Question 8

platitude

Answer 8

a trite or obvious remark

– plat in french is flat i.e. flat remark –

– plat is plastic so plastic atitude which has no value –

Question 9

gall

Answer 9

a trait of being rude or impertinent

Question 10

diffident

Answer 10

lacking confidence in ones own ability or worth; timid;shy

– (diff) difficult in being (ident) confident –

Question 11

apathetic

Answer 11

marked by lack of interest or show little to no emotion or animation

–show a*pathetic amount of emotion or animation for anything –

Question 12

mitigate

Answer 12

to make less sever or harsh

Question 13

eschew

Answer 13

to avoid something deliberately or walk away from something

Question 14

inexorable

Answer 14

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 15

gossamer

Answer 15

characterised by unusual delicacy and lightness

Question 16

lambast

Answer 16

to criticize harshly

Question 17

germane

Answer 17

relevant and appropriate

Question 18

superfluous

Answer 18

not having a useful purpose

Question 19

audacious

Answer 19

willing to be bold in social situation; to take risks

– aud -> (audition) being bold and confident in audition –

Question 20

incisive

Answer 20

having the ability to make really good judgement or clear distinction

Question 21

fortuitous

Answer 21

happening by chance or by accident

– Sheldon naming the gangs app as SHELDON and NODLEHS –

Question 22

impudent

Answer 22

improperly forward or bold

– someone to someone in naruto I’ll kill you, you impudent beast –

Question 23

gainsay

Answer 23

deny or contradict, speak against

Question 24

volubility

Answer 24

the quality to talk or write easily and continuously

Question 25

culminate

Answer 25

to reach the highest point or the deciding point

Question 26

conspicuous

Answer 26

without any attempt to conceal or hide anything; completely obvious

– (con) can (spicu) speak the situation can speak .i.e not hide anything–

Question 27

insidious

Answer 27

deceitful or treacherous person

– darth vader or “Lord darth sidious” he was treacherous person inside –

Question 28

juxtapose

Answer 28

place right next to each other for comparison

– ju(just) xt (next) pose(position)–

Question 29

delineate

Answer 29

describe in detail

– de(describe) line (line by line) ate ( appropriately in detail ) –

Question 30

circumvent

Answer 30

find a way to get out of doing something

– circum (circle or round) vent (event) to get around from doing or going to an event –

Question 31

contrive

Answer 31

to pull of a plan or a scheme usually through skill or trickery

– con(con deceiving) try to pull off a scheme with
‘trive’ (trick) –

Question 32

incongruous

Answer 32

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

– in(not) congruous ( congruent) not compatible –

Question 33

mollify

Answer 33

to make someone angry less angry

– mollify sounds like nullify or pacify –

Question 34

vilify

Answer 34

spread negative information about

– vilify is like villainifying someone by lying –

Question 35

vehement

Answer 35

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

– ve(very) he(heavy or intense) ment(emotion) –

Question 36

hackneyed

Answer 36

banal i.e overused

Question 37

expound

Answer 37

adding extra detail to the statement; explaining in depth;

– adding ex(extra) pound(weight into details) –

Question 38

abstruce

Answer 38

difficult to understand; incomprehensible

– sounds like confuse when you are confused you don’t understand something –

Question 39

refute

Answer 39

prove to be false

– when you know something is wrong, you refuse to believe it and prove it wrong or false –

Question 40

underscore

Answer 40

adding extra weight to( communication)