Kaplan GRE Study Guide: Top GRE Vocabulary Word List 295 Total Words
| Word | Definition |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree or severity |
| abdicate | to renounce or relinquish a throne |
| abject | utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched |
| abjure | to renounce on oath |
| ablution | act of cleansing |
| abrogate | to abolish by formal means |
| abscond | to leave secretly |
| abstention | the act of refraining voluntarily |
| abstruse | hard to understand; secret, hidden |
| accretion | an increase by natural growth |
| acerbic | sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper |
| acquiesce | to comply, give in |
| acrid | sharp or biting to the taste or smell |
| acrimonious | caustic, stinging or bitter in nature |
| adjoin | to be close or in contact with |
| adjoin | to be next to and joined with |
| adjure | to beg or command |
| admonish | to counsel against something; caution |
| adulterate | to make impure |
| adventitious | accidental |
| affable | friendly, courteous |
| aggrandize | to increase in power, influence and reputation |
| altruist | a person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others |
| amatory | of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking |
| amity | friendship; peaceful harmony |
| anachronism | something our of place in time |
| anachronism | an obsolete or archaic form |
| androgen | any substance that promotes masculine characteristics |
| androgynous | being both male and female |
| animus | hostile feeling or attitude |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| antipathy | aversion |
| apartheid | any system or caste that separates people according to race |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| apogee | the highest or most distant point |
| apostasy | a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc. |
| apostasy | renunciation of one’s previous loyalty |
| apotheosis | glorification, glorified ideal |
| approbation | praise, consideration |
| arrogate | to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously |
| assiduous | diligent, persistent, hardworking |
| assuage | to make less severe |
| atrophy | the wasting away of body tissue |
| austere | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
| autonomy | independence, self-governance |
| aver | to affirm, to declare to be true |
| avocation | something one does in addition to a principle occupation |
| banal | predictable; clichéd, boring |
| belligerent | warlike, given to waging war |
| bemoan | to express pity for |
| benevolent | desiring to do good to others |
| benign | having a kindly disposition |
| bilateral | pertaining to or affecting two or both sides |
| bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| capricious | changing one’s mind quickly and often |
| castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
| circuitous | roundabout, indirect |
| circumambulate | to walk about or around |
| circumscribe | to draw a line around |
| circumspect | watchful and discreet |
| cogent | convincing and well reasoned |
| complacent | self-satisfied, unconcerned |
| complaisant | inclined or disposed to please |
| compunction | a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong |
| concentric | having a common center |
| conciliate | to placate, win over |
| conflagration | a large destructive fire |
| confluence | merging into one |
| congenital | existing or as such from birth |
| contravene | to come into conflict with |
| convalescent | recovering from illness |
| convoke | to call together |
| convoluted | intricate and complicated |
| corroborate | to provide supporting evidence |
| credulity | willingness to believe or trust too easily |
| credulous | too trusting; gullible |
| cursory | going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial |
| decadent | decaying; deteriorating |
| deference | respect; courtesy |
| deferential | respectful; to yield judgment to |
| deign | to think fit or in accordance with one’s dignity |
| delude | to mislead the mind of judgment of, deceive |
| derision | to act of mockery |
| desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
| desultory | at random, unmethodical |
| diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| dichotomy | division into two parts, kinds, etc. |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence |
| diffuse | to pour out and spread |
| diffuse | to spread widely or thinly |
| dilatory | intended to delay |
| dilatory | inclined to delay or procrastinate |
| dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
| disabuse | to set right; to free from error |
| disport | to divert or amuse oneself |
| disquiet | a lack of calm or peace |
| dissemble | to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| distend | to expand by stretching |
| doctrine | a principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief; dogma |
| dogma | a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
| dogmatic | dictatorial in one’s opinions |
| doleful | sorrowful, mournful |
| dour | sullen, gloomy |
| dupe | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
| duplicity | deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing |
| dystrophy | faulty or inadequate nutrition or development |
| eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| effigy | sculpture or model or person |
| effluence | flowing out of |
| elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
| elocution | art of clear and expressive speaking |
| empathy | the identification with the feelings or thoughts of others |
| enervate | to reduce in strength |
| engender | to produce, cause or bring about |
| enigma | a puzzle; a mystery |
| ephemeral | lasting a short time |
| epigram | a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed |
| epithet | a word of phrase, use invectively as a term of abuse |
| equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
| erudite | learned, scholarly, bookish |
| esoteric | known or understood by only a few |
| estimable | admirable |
| eugenics | improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics |
| eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
| euphony | pleasantness of sound |
| exacerbate | to increase bitterness or violence |
| exculpate | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
| execrable | abominable |
| exigent | urgent; requiring immediate action |
| expound | to set forth in detail |
| exult | to show or feel triumphant joy |
| fawn | to grovel |
| fiduciary | of a trust; held or given in trust |
| foment | to arouse or incite |
| forestall | to prevent by advance action |
| fractious | irritable, peevish |
| fusillade | continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism |
| grandiloquent | pompous or inflated in language |
| guile | deceit or trickery |
| heterodox | different from acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines |
| heterogeneous | of other origin; not originating in the body |
| hypocritical | affecting virtues or qualities one does not have |
| iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
| impassive | showing or feeling no emotion |
| impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
| impetuous | quick to act without thinking |
| impetuous | characterized by sudden rash action or emotion |
| importune | to urge or press with excessive persistence |
| impugn | to challenge as false |
| inamorata | a female lover |
| inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized |
| inculpate | to charge with fault |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a place |
| indigent | deficient in what is requisite |
| indoctrinate | to imbue someone with learning |
| indolence | state of being lazy or slothful |
| indolence | showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful |
| induce | to move or lead by influence |
| ineffable | too great for description |
| infusion | liquid extract so obtained |
| ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
| inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| insensate | without feeling or sensitivity |
| insidious | intended to trap or beguile |
| insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful |
| interloper | someone who intrudes in the domain of others |
| intransigent | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
| intransigent | refusing to agree or compromise |
| invective | of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse |
| irascible | easily made angry |
| laconic | using few words |
| litigate | to make the subject of a lawsuit |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury |
| magnate | a powerful or influential person |
| maladroit | clumsy, tactless |
| malevolent | characterized by or expressing bad will |
| malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official |
| malign | to speak harmful untruths about, to slander |
| malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| maxim | an expression of general truth or principle |
| minatory | menacing, threatening |
| misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| miscegenation | interbreeding of races |
| mitigate | to soften, to lessen |
| mollify | to calm or make less severe |
| nascent | starting to develop |
| neophyte | a recent convert |
| obdurate | hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion |
| obfuscate | to render indistinct or dim |
| oblique | having a slanting or sloping direction |
| obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please |
| obsequious | fawning |
| obsolescent | becoming obsolete |
| obstreperous | noisily defiant, unruly |
| obtuse | not sharp, pointed or acute |
| obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| occlude | to stop up; to prevent the passage of |
| omnivorous | eating or absorbing everything |
| onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| opprobrium | public disgrace |
| opprobrium | the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct |
| panegyric | formal or elaborate praise at an assembly |
| panoply | a wide-ranging and impressive array or display |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| paucity | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
| percipient | having perception; discerning; discriminating |
| perfidious | willing to betray one’s trust |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| perfunctory | performed merely as routine duty |
| peripatetic | walking or traveling about; itinerant |
| permutation | a complete change; transformation |
| perquisite | a gratuity, tip |
| perspicacious | shrewd, astute |
| perspicacious | having keen mental perception and understanding |
| pertinacious | resolute |
| pertinacious | persistent, stubborn |
| petulant | showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance |
| philanderer | one who carries on flirtations |
| philanthropy | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| philology | the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity and determine their meaning |
| plethora | excess |
| precept | a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct |
| precipitate | to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
| preclude | to prevent the presence of |
| precocious | unusually advanced or mature in mental development or talent |
| predilection | preference, liking |
| prescient | having knowledge of things before they happen |
| presentiment | a feeling of anticipation over a future event |
| prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| probity | honesty, high-mindedness |
| prodigal | lavish, wasteful |
| proliferate | to increase in number quickly |
| promulgate | to make known by open declaration |
| propitiate | to conciliate; to appease |
| propound | to set forth for consideration |
| propriety | correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs |
| proscribe | to condemn as harmful or odious |
| proselytize | to convert of attempt to recruit |
| protract | to prolong, draw out, extend |
| provident | having or showing foresight |
| prudence | wisdom, caution or restraint |
| puerile | childish, immature |
| pugnacious | to quarrel or fight readily |
| punctilious | strict or exact in the observance of formalities |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage or resolution |
| querulous | full of complaints |
| quiescence | the condition of being at rest, still, inactive |
| quiescent | motionless |
| recumbent | lying down; reclining; leaning |
| refractory | stubborn, rebellious |
| rejoinder | to reply, retort |
| remonstrate | to say or plead in protect, objection or reproof |
| reprehensible | deserving rebuke or censure |
| reprisals | retaliation against an enemy |
| reprobate | a depraved or wicked person |
| repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| reticent | silent, reserved |
| reticent | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely |
| revile | to criticize with harsh language |
| salient | prominent or conspicuous |
| sedition | incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government |
| sociopath | a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility |
| soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
| specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
| stolid | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| subjugate | to conquer |
| subterfuge | an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule |
| supercilious | arrogant, haughty, condescending |
| supplicate | to make humble and earnest entreaty |
| taciturn | silent, not talkative |
| tenable | capable of being held, maintained or defended |
| tenacious | holding fast |
| tendentious | having a predisposition towards a point of view |
| torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| tractable | easily managed or controlled |
| transcendent | going beyond ordinary limits |
| unconscionable | unscrupulous |
| veracious | habitually truthful |
| veracity | filled with trust and accuracy |
| verisimilitude | the appearance or semblance of truth |
| verity | truthfulness |
| vicarious | performed, exercised, received or suffered in place of another |
| vilify | to slander, to defame |
| vociferous | crying out noisily |
| volition | free choice, free will; act of choosing |
| voracious | having a great appetite |
Too easy…
nice and plzz post more words.