Top 20 Most Tested GRE Words Flashcards
Ambivalent(adj.)
Having contradictory feelings
Auspicious(adj.)
Favorable
Belligerent (adj.)
Inclined to fight
Capricious (adj.)
Unpredictable, whimsical
Corroborate (v.)
To confirm, make stronger
Enervate(v.)
To weaken; drain the energy from
Ephemeral (adj.)
Short- lived
Erudite(adj.)
Schorlarly
Esoteric (adj.)
Known to a select few
Extant (adj.)
In existence (most commonly referring to texts)
Fastidious(adj.)
Nitpicky
Inculpate (v.)
To charge with wrong doing; to accuse
Loquacious (adj.)
Talkative
Magnanimous (adj.)
Big hearted; generous
Mercurial (adj.)
- Changing one’s personality often and unpredictably
- Animated, sprightly
Pragmatic (agj.)
Practical
Prolific (adj.)
Producing or creating abundantly
Reticent (adj.)
Tightlipped, not prone to saying much, reluctant
Sanguine (adj.)
Cheerful; optimistic
Soporific (adj.)
Inducing sleep
Adjective
A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun (ex, charming, cruel, fantastic, gentle, huge, rough, perfect)
Noun
A word that refers to a thing(book), q person(Noah Webster), or an action (yelling) (ex. Cake, shoes, school bus, time)
Verb
A word that indicates a physical action(ex. drive), a mental action(ex. think), or state of being (ex. exist).
Used to describe the noun or pronoun is doing
Pronoun
Are words to identify or refer to someone (ex. You, I, they, she, it, this)
Disinterested
Lacking any bias; impartial; do not care about your own angle, being as objective as possible
Accede
Submit; succumb; acquiesce;
Soporific vs. sporadic?
Soporific- sleep inducing
Sporadic - periodically in almost a random way