1000 frequent GRE words
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GRE Frequent - Set 32
(30 words)Word | POS | Definition |
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abstruse | adj. | Difficult to understand |
auxiliary | adj. | Providing additional help or support |
caricature | noun | A drawing or description that exaggerates features for comic effect |
depravity | noun | Moral corruption or wickedness |
dilettante | noun | A person who takes up an art or activity for amusement without serious commitment or knowledge. |
effrontery | noun | Shameless boldness or audacity |
encroach | verb | To gradually take over or intrude on someone's space or rights |
endow | verb | To provide with a quality, ability, or asset |
entreat | verb | To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. |
gregarious | adj. | Fond of company |
indictment | noun | A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime |
indignant | adj. | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment |
ineluctable | adj. | Impossible to avoid or escape |
inquisitive | adj. | Having a strong desire to learn or know more |
latitude | noun | The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees |
levity | noun | Lightness in manner or attitude, often when inappropriate |
malevolent | adj. | Having or showing a wish to do evil to others |
mediate | verb | To intervene to resolve a conflict |
occlude | verb | To block or stop up an opening or passage. |
pacify | verb | To calm someone who is angry or upset |
paragon | noun | A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality |
patronize | verb | To treat someone with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority |
penurious | adj. | Extremely poor or lacking money |
piquant | adj. | Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor |
rampant | adj. | Spreading unchecked and uncontrolled |
remote | adj. | Far away in distance or time, or not closely related |
reprobate | noun | A person without morals |
turbid | adj. | Cloudy or opaque due to suspended particles |
turgid | adj. | Swollen and distended |
vacuous | adj. | Lacking thought or intelligence |