GRE Word List
Prepare for GRE using this word list containing over 4880 frequently used words.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| assimilate | absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| cant | insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people |
| conscientious | scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker |
| disheveled | untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel |
| effulgent | shining brightly; brilliant |
| evasive | not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit |
| flit | fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower |
| foolhardy | rash; reckless; foolishly daring |
| ingenious | marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity |
| jaded | tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite |
| loquacious | talkative; N. loquacity |
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| lugubrious | mournful; sorrowful |
| mode | prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life |
| poise | good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position |
| sheathe | place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade |
| singular | being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior |
| tenacity | firmness; persistence |
| transcendental | going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
| wane | decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N. |
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