Top 22 GRE Words

Question 1

precipitate

Answer 1

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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pragmatic

Answer 1

practical as opposed to idealistic

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talkative

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loquacious

Question 2

volatile

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

Question 2

a puzzle; a mystery

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enigma

Question 3

audacious

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fearless and daring

Question 3

laconic

Answer 3

using few words

Question 4

to provide supporting evidence

Answer 4

corroborate

Question 5

vacillate

Answer 5

to sway physically; to be indecisive

Question 5

changing one’s mind quickly and often

Answer 5

capricious

Question 6

to choose not to do something

Answer 6

abstain

Question 6

of a similar kind

Answer 6

homogenous

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opaque

Answer 7

impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

Question 7

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Answer 7

propriety

Question 8

enigma

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a puzzle; a mystery

Question 8

pedant

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someone who shows off learning

Question 8

practical as opposed to idealistic

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pragmatic

Question 9

adulterate

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to make impure

Question 10

praise-able, worthy of glorty

Answer 10

laudable

Question 11

using few words

Answer 11

laconic

Question 12

lavish, wasteful

Answer 12

prodigal

Question 12

to soften; to lessen

Answer 12

mitigate

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propriety

Answer 14

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Question 15

anomaly

Answer 15

deviation from what is normal

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lack of interest or emotion

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apathy

Question 17

loquacious

Answer 17

talkative

Question 19

someone who shows off learning

Answer 19

pedant

Question 21

laudable

Answer 21

praise-able, worthy of glorty

Question 22

to sway physically; to be indecisive

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vacillate

Question 24

prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

Question 26

abstain

Answer 26

to choose not to do something

Question 26

to make impure

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adulterate

Question 27

placate

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to soothe or pacify

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ephemeral

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lasting a short time

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to make something unpleasant less severe

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assuage

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capricious

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changing one's mind quickly and often

Question 32

mitigate

Answer 32

to soften; to lessen

Question 33

easily deceived

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gullible

Question 34

clear and easily understood

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lucid

Question 35

lucid

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clear and easily understood

Question 36

fervid

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intensely emotional; feverish

Question 38

intensely emotional; feverish

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fervid

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to soothe or pacify

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placate

Question 40

passion, excitement

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zeal

Question 42

assuage

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to make something unpleasant less severe

Question 43

open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous; uncertain or questionable in nature

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equivocal

Question 44

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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precipitate

Question 45

desiccate

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to dry out thoroughly

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fearless and daring

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audacious

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equivocal

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open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous; uncertain or questionable in nature

Question 48

apathy

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lack of interest or emotion

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lasting a short time

Answer 50

ephemeral

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deviation from what is normal

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anomaly

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zeal

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passion, excitement

Question 54

corroborate

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to provide supporting evidence

Question 55

to dry out thoroughly

Answer 55

desiccate

Question 56

gullible

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easily deceived

Question 57

impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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opaque

Question 59

engender

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to produce, cause, or bring about

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to produce, cause, or bring about

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engender

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erudite

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learned, scholarly, bookish

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learned, scholarly, bookish

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erudite

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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volatile

Question 64

homogenous

Answer 64

of a similar kind