GRE Words G-J

Question 1

Gaffe

Answer 1

A social blunder; faux pas

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Gainsay

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To contradict or oppose

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Garrulous

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Prone to trivial talking

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Generosity

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The state of giving freely

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Germane

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Relevant

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Goad

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To urge on

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Grandiloquent

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Speaking or expressing oneself in a lofty style

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Grandstand

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To conduct oneself or perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers

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Gregarious

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Sociable; outgoing

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Grouse

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To complain or grumble

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Guileless

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Without deceit

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Halcyon

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Calm

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Haphazard

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Characterized by a lack of order or planning

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Harangue

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A tirade

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Harbinger

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Anything or anyone who makes known the coming of a person or future event; an omen

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Hedge

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A barrier or boundary; an act of preventing complete loss of a bet or investment

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Heresy

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Opinion or doctrine subversive of settled or accepted beliefs

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Homogeneous

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Of the same kind

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration or overstatement

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Iconoclast

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A person who attacks and destroys religious images or accepted beliefs or traditions

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Ignominious

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Shameful, disgraceful

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Imbroglio

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Entanglement, as in a situation

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Immense

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Very large

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Impartial

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Objective, open-minded

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Impecunious

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Having no money; broke

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Impede

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To hinder; to block

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Impenitent

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Not feeling regret about one’s sins

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Imperious

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Domineering, overbearing; urgent

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Imperturbable

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Calm

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

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Impetuous

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Impulsive

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Implicit

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Implied

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Importune

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To harass with persistent demands

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Impugn

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To challenge as false with arguments or accusations

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Inadvertently

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Unintentionally

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Inane

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A nicer word for describing someone or something as stupid or idiotic

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Incensed

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Angered

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Inchoate

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Recently begun, not fully developed or organized

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Inconstant

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Changeable; fickle; variable

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Indigenous

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Originating in a particular place or region

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Indigent

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Lacking necessities, such as food, clothing and shelter

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Indolence

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Laziness

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Ineffable

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Incapable of being expressed in words; unutterable

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Inert

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inactive; lacking power to move or react

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Inexorable

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Not subject to change; not able to be persuaded or convinced

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Ingenuous

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Innocent, sincere

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Ingratiating

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Charming, agreeable

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insensible

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Incapable of perceiving or feeling

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Insinuate

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To suggest or hint slyly

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Insipid

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Bland

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Insouciant

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Free from worry or concern; carefree

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Intimation

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Something indicated or made known indirectly

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Intrepid

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Fearless and bold

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Inure

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To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure

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Invidious

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Showing or feeling envy

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Ironic

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To convey the opposite of an expression’s literal meaning

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Itinerant

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Travelling from place to place

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Jingoism

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Professing one’s patriotism loudly and excessively