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GRE Vocabulary
High-frequency GRE vocabulary words for the verbal reasoning section. Essential for graduate school admissions.
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Abate
To become less intense or widespread
Aberrant
Departing from an accepted standard
Abjure
To formally reject or give up
Accolade
An award or privilege granted as an honor
Acrimony
Bitterness or ill feeling
Adulterate
To make something poorer in quality by adding another substance
Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful readiness
Amalgamate
To combine or unite to form one structure
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings about something
Anachronistic
Belonging to a period other than the one portrayed
Antithetical
Directly opposed; mutually incompatible
Apocryphal
Of doubtful authenticity, though widely circulated
Approbation
Approval or praise
Assuage
To make an unpleasant feeling less intense
Bellicose
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
Calumny
The making of false statements to damage reputation
Capricious
Given to sudden changes of mood or behavior
Chicanery
The use of trickery to achieve a goal
Circumscribe
To restrict or limit
Coalesce
To come together to form one mass or whole
Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse
Dearth
A scarcity or lack of something
Decorum
Behavior in keeping with good taste
Demur
To raise doubts or objections
Desultory
Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
Diatribe
A forceful and bitter verbal attack
Diffident
Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
Disabuse
To persuade someone that an idea is mistaken
Disseminate
To spread information widely
Ebullient
Cheerful and full of energy
Efficacy
The ability to produce a desired result
Enervate
To drain of energy or vitality
Equanimity
Mental calmness and composure
Erudite
Having or showing great knowledge
Excoriate
To criticize severely
Garrulous
Excessively talkative
Iconoclast
A person who attacks cherished beliefs
Implacable
Unable to be calmed or appeased
Inchoate
Just begun and not fully formed
Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspecting
Laconic
Using very few words
Laud
To praise highly
Magnanimous
Very generous or forgiving
Mendacious
Not telling the truth; lying
Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change
Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details
Phlegmatic
Calm and unemotional
Probity
The quality of having strong moral principles
Recalcitrant
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude
Sycophant
A person who flatters someone important for gain
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