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GRE Word Group List
Kaplan's GRE Word Groups
| Meaning | Words |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated Communication | abridge compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse |
| Act Quickly | abrupt apace headlong impetuous precipitate |
| Assist | abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance |
| Bad Mood | bilious dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish |
| Beginner/Amateur | dilettante fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro |
| Beginning/Young | burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
| Biting (as in wit or temperament) | acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant |
| Bold | audacious courageous dauntless |
| Boring | banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
| Carousal (drunken merrymaking/drinking party) | bacchanalian debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sorid turpitude |
| Changing Quickly | capricious mercurial volatile |
| Copy | counterpart emulate facsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulated vicarious |
| Criticize/Criticism | aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry denounce defamation deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove |
| Death/Mourning | bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
| Denying of Self | abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
| Dictatorial | authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic (hegemony) imperious peremptory tyrannical |
| Difficult to Understand | abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid |
| Disgusting/Offensive | defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative |
| Easy to Understand | articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid |
| Eccentric/Dissimilar | aberrant anachronism anomalous discrete eclectic esoteric iconoclast |
| Embarrass | abash chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue |
| Equal | equitable equity tantamount |
| Falsehood | apocryphal canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious/mendacity perfidy prevaricate specious spurious |
| Family | conjugal consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion |
| Favoring/Not Impartial | ardor/ardent doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot |
| Forgive | absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate |
| Funny | chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper |
| Gaps/Openings | abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift |
| Generous/Kind | altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting |
| Greedy | avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal |
| Hard-hearted | asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation |
| Harmful | baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious |
| Harsh Sounding | cacophony din dissonant raucous strident |
| Hatred | abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor |
| Healthy | beneficial salubrious salutary |
| Hesitate | dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver |
| Hostile | antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive |
| Innocent/Inexperienced | credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro |
| Insincere | disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous |
| Investigate | appraise ascertain assay descry peruse |
| Lazy/Sluggish | indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torid |
| Luck | adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman |
| Nag | admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof |
| Nasty | fetid noisome noxious |
| Not a Straight Line | askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex |
| Overblown/Wordy | bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose |
| Pacify/Satisfy | ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe |
| Pleasant Sounding | euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous |
| Poor | destitute esurient impecunious indigent |
| Praise | acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration |
| Predict | augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate |
| Prevent/Obstruct | discomfort encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude |
| Smart/Learning | astute canny erudite perspicacious |
| Sorrow | disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody |
| Stubborn | implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing |
| Terse (concise) | compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn |
| Time/Order/Duration | anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal |
| Timid/Timidity | craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation |
| Truth | candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity |
| Unusual | aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy |
| Walking About | ambulatory itinerant peripatetic |
| Wandering | discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn |
| Weaken | adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate |
| Wisdom | adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism |
| Withdrawl/Retreat | abeyance adjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde |
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