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GRE-Level Vocabulary 1

Seventy advanced words common in graduate-level reading.

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  • abjureWord
    To solemnly give up or renounce
  • abateWord
    To become less intense
  • aberrantWord
    Departing from the normal path or type
  • abeyanceWord
    A state of temporary inactivity
  • abscondWord
    To leave quickly and secretly, often with something
  • abstemiousWord
    Eating and drinking sparingly
  • accretionWord
    Gradual growth by additions
  • adulterateWord
    To make impure by adding something inferior
  • aggrandizeWord
    To make seem greater in power or rank
  • alchemyWord
    A seemingly magical process of transformation
  • anathemaWord
    Something detested; a person or thing strongly disliked
  • antithesisWord
    The direct opposite
  • apostateWord
    One who abandons a belief or cause
  • apotheosisWord
    The highest point; glorification as a god
  • aphorismWord
    A short, wise saying
  • bowdlerizeWord
    To remove material thought improper from a text
  • cabalWord
    A small secret group plotting together
  • calumnyWord
    A false statement meant to damage a reputation
  • captiousWord
    Tending to find fault over trivial points
  • catharsisWord
    A release of strong emotion
  • cavilWord
    To raise petty objections
  • chimericalWord
    Imaginary; unrealistic
  • churlishWord
    Rude and ill-mannered
  • cloyingWord
    Sweet to the point of disgust
  • compendiousWord
    Containing much in brief form
  • concomitantWord
    Occurring along with something else
  • conflateWord
    To merge into one
  • contumaciousWord
    Stubbornly disobedient
  • cravenWord
    Cowardly
  • dearthWord
    A scarcity
  • denouementWord
    The final resolution of a story's plot
  • desiccateWord
    To dry out completely
  • dilatoryWord
    Slow to act; delaying
  • dirgeWord
    A mournful song
  • disabuseWord
    To free from a false idea
  • discursiveWord
    Wandering from one topic to another
  • disingenuousWord
    Not candid; pretending to know less
  • dissembleWord
    To hide one's true feelings
  • dissonanceWord
    A clash of sounds or ideas
  • distendWord
    To swell out
  • eclecticWord
    Drawing from many sources
  • effaceWord
    To erase or make inconspicuous
  • effronteryWord
    Shameless boldness
  • elegyWord
    A sad poem or song for the dead
  • emollientWord
    Soothing; making softer
  • encomiumWord
    Warm, glowing praise
  • endemicWord
    Native to or common in a particular place
  • enmityWord
    Deep hostility
  • ephemeralWord
    Short-lived
  • equivocateWord
    To use vague language to avoid commitment
  • eschewWord
    To deliberately avoid
  • evanescentWord
    Quickly fading away
  • exegesisWord
    Careful explanation of a text
  • expiateWord
    To make amends for wrongdoing
  • extolWord
    To praise enthusiastically
  • fallaciousWord
    Based on a mistaken belief or faulty reasoning
  • fecundWord
    Fertile; producing much
  • fetterWord
    To restrain; also, a chain on the feet
  • filibusterWord
    A long speech used to delay a vote
  • fulminateWord
    To protest loudly
  • gainsayWord
    To deny or contradict
  • gambolWord
    To skip about playfully
  • glibWord
    Smooth-talking but insincere
  • harangueWord
    A long, aggressive speech
  • hegemonyWord
    Dominance of one group over others
  • histrionicWord
    Overly dramatic
  • hubrisWord
    Excessive pride
  • idiosyncrasyWord
    A personal peculiarity
  • impecuniousWord
    Having little or no money
  • imprecationWord
    A curse
  • incipientWord
    Just beginning to appear
  • indolentWord
    Lazy
  • ineffableWord
    Too great to be put into words
  • ingenuousWord
    Innocent and sincere
  • inimicalWord
    Hostile or harmful
  • insouciantWord
    Casually free of worry

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