Top GRE Words in Context

Question 1

ABATE

Answer 1

to reduce in amount, or degree

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ABSCOND

Answer 2

to leave secretly

Question 3

AGGRANDIZE

Answer 3

to increase in power, influence, or reputation

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AMALGAMATE

Answer 4

to combine

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ANACHRONISM

Answer 5

something out of place in time

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APATHY

Answer 6

lack of interest or emotion

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ASSUAGE

Answer 7

to make something unpleasant less severe

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ATTENUATE

Answer 8

to weaken

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AUDACIOUS

Answer 9

fearless and daring

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AUSTERE

Answer 10

severe or stern in appearance

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BANAL

Answer 11

predictable, boring

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BOLSTER

Answer 12

to support

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CACOPHONY

Answer 13

harsh, jarring noise

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CAPRICIOUS

Answer 14

changing one’s mind quickly and often

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CASTIGATE

Answer 15

to punish or criticize harshly

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CHICANERY

Answer 16

deception by means of craft or guile

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COGENT

Answer 17

convincing and well reasoned

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CREDULOUS

Answer 18

too trusting, gullible

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DEFERENCE

Answer 19

respect, courtesy

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DERIDE

Answer 20

to treat with contempt, to mock

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DESICCATE

Answer 21

to dry out

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DESULTORY

Answer 22

jumping from one thing to another

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DIATRIBE

Answer 23

abusive condemnatory speech

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DIFFIDENT

Answer 24

lacking self-confidence

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DILETTANTE

Answer 25

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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DIRGE

Answer 26

funeral hymn

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DISSEMBLE

Answer 27

to present a false appearance

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DISSONANCE

Answer 28

harsh and disagreeable combination

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DOGMA

Answer 29

firmly held opinion

Question 30

ECLECTIC

Answer 30

made up from a variety of sources

Question 31

ENGENDER

Answer 31

to produce, cause, or bring about

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EPHEMERAL

Answer 32

lasting a short time

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ERUDITE

Answer 33

learned, scholarly

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ESOTERIC

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understood by only a few

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ESTIMABLE

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admirable

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EULOGY

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speech in praise of someone

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EUPHEMISM

Answer 37

use of an inoffensive word in place of a more distasteful one

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EXCULPATE

Answer 38

to clear from blame

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EXIGENT

Answer 39

urgent

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FAWN

Answer 40

to grovel

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FOMENT

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to arouse or incite

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GARRULOUS

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tending to talk a lot

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GREGARIOUS

Answer 43

outgoing, sociable

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GUILE

Answer 44

deceit or trickery

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ICONOCLAST

Answer 45

one who opposes established beliefs or customs

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IMPETUOUS

Answer 46

quick to act without thinking

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INCHOATE

Answer 47

not fully formed, disorganized

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INGENUOUS

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showing innocence or simplicity

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INIMICAL

Answer 49

hostile, unfriendly

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INSIPID

Answer 50

lacking interest or flavor

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INTRANSIGENT

Answer 51

uncompromising

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INUNDATE

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to overwhelm

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IRASCIBLE

Answer 53

easily made angry

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LACONIC

Answer 54

using few words

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LUCID

Answer 55

clear and easily understood

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MALINGER

Answer 56

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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MISANTHROPE

Answer 57

person who dislikes others

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MITIGATE

Answer 58

to soften, to lessen

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MOLLIFY

Answer 59

to calm or make less severe

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OBDURATE

Answer 60

hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

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OBSEQUIOUS

Answer 61

overly submissive and eager to please

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OBVIATE

Answer 62

to prevent

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ONEROUS

Answer 63

troublesome, burdensome

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OPPROBRIUM

Answer 64

public disgrace

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PARAGON

Answer 65

model of excellence or perfection

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PEDANT

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someone who shows off learning

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PERFIDIOUS

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willing to betray one’s trust

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PERFUNCTORY

Answer 68

done in a routine way, indifferent

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PLACATE

Answer 69

to soothe or pacify

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PRAGMATIC

Answer 70

practical

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PREVARICATE

Answer 71

to lie or deviate from the truth

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PRODIGAL

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lavish, wasteful

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PROPITIATE

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to conciliate, to appease

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PROPRIETY

Answer 74

correct behavior, obedience to rules

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QUIESCENT

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motionless

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RAREFY

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to make thinner or sparser

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RETICENT

Answer 77

silent, reserved

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SATIATE

Answer 78

to satisfy fully, overindulge

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SOPORIFIC

Answer 79

causing sleep or lethargy

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SPECIOUS

Answer 80

deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious

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SUBLIME

Answer 81

lofty or grand

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TACIT

Answer 82

done without using words

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TACITURN

Answer 83

silent, not talkative

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TORPOR

Answer 84

extreme sluggishness

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VENERATE

Answer 85

to respect deeply

Question 86

VERACITY

Answer 86

filled with truth and accuracy