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In one of our previous GRE flashcard posts, we highlighted 90 classic English words to improve your overall GRE verbal vocabulary. In this post, we are going to add to that list. So let’s begin. 1. Inchoate just begun and so not fully forme...
In one of our previous GRE flashcard posts, we highlighted 90 classic English words to improve your overall GRE verbal vocabulary.
In this post, we are going to add to that list. So let’s begin.
1. Inchoate
just begun and so not fully formed or developed
2. Profligacy
recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant, profligate behavior
3. Sui Generis
being the only example of its kind, unique
4. Austerity
severe and morally strict; the quality of being austere, having no pleasures or comforts
5. Profligate
using money, resources, etc., in a way that wastes them
6. Demarche
step or manoeuvre in political or diplomatic affairs
7. Opprobrium
harsh criticism, contempt
8. Apostates
a person who abandons a belief or principle
9. Solipsistic
the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist
10. Obduracy
refusing to change in any way
11. Internecine
causing destruction to both sides
12. Soporific
causing sleep
13. Kristallnacht
German, night of (broken) glass:
14. Peripatetic
going from place to place
15. Nascent
beginning to exist, not fully developed
16. Desultory
going from one thing to another, without a definite plan or purpose
17. Redoubtable
deserving to be feared and respected
18. Hubris
excessive pride
19. Mirabile Dictu
wonderful to relate
20. Crèches
a place where babies are looked after while their parents work, shop, etc.
21. Apoplectic
sudden loss of the ability to feel or move; adj: suffering from apoplexy; easily made angry
22. Overhaul
to examine carefully and thoroughly and make any necessary changes or repairs; to come from behind and pass them
23. Ersatz
used as a poor-quality substitute for something else, inferior to an original item
24. Obstreperous
very noisy or difficult to control
25. Jejune
too simple, naïve; dull, lacking nourishment
26. Omertà
rule or code that prohibits speaking or revealing information, generally relates to activities of organized crime; sub; the Mafia
27. Putative
generally supposed to be the thing specified
28. Manichean
A believer in Manichaeism – an ancient Iranian Gnostic religion
29. Canard
a false report or rumour, aerofoil designs on certain airplanes
30. Ubiquitous
seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time
31. Atavistic
relating to the behavior of one’s ancestors in the distant past
32. Renminbi
another name for the Chinese Yuan, official currency of People’s Republic of China
33. Sanguine
hopeful, optimistic
34. Antediluvian
very old-fashioned
35. Cynosure
object or someone who serves as a focal point of attention and admiration, something that serves to guide
36. Alacrity
eagerness or enthusiasm
37. Epistemic
cognitive, relating to learning, or involving knowledge
38. Egregious
exceptional, outstanding
39. Incendiary
designed to set something on fire, tending to create public disturbances or violence
40. Chimera
an imaginary creature composed of the parts of several different animals, wild or impossible idea
41. Laconic
using few words
42. Polemicist
person skilled in art of writing or speech, arguing cases forcefully
43. Comity
mutual civility; amity, an atmosphere of social harmony, the policy whereby one religious sect refrains from proselytizing the members of another sect
44. Provenance
the place that something originally came from
45. Sclerotic
condition in which soft tissue in the body becomes abnormally hard
46. Prescient
knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen
47. Hegemony
control and leadership, by one country over others
48. Verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real
49. Feckless
not able to manage things properly or look after oneself, not responsible enough
50. Abject
of the most contemptible kind
51. Aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
52. Abjure
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
53. Abnegation
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
54. Abrogate
revoke formally
55. Abscond
run away, often taking something or somebody along
56. Abstruse
difficult to penetrate
57. Accede
yield to another's wish or opinion
58. Accost
approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
59. Accretion
an increase by natural growth or addition
60. Acumen
shrewdness shown by keen insight
61. Adamant
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
62. Admonish
scold or reprimand; take to task
63. Adumbrate
describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
64. Adverse
in an opposing direction
65. Advocate
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
66. Affluent
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
67. Aggrandize
embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
68. Alacrity
liveliness and eagerness
69. Alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily
70. Amorphous
having no definite form or distinct shape
All the best for your GRE examination!
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