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GRE Words

Top 20 GRE Words 9 Hard/Most Commonly Missed

TermDefinition
Ambivalent Having contradictory feelings Ex.) Ambivalent college freshmen are both excited and sad to leave home.
Auspicious Favorable Ex.) Walsh-Jennings and Ross' run for gold in Rio started auspiciously with an unbeaten record.
Belligerent Inclined to fighting Ex.) After drinking too much and becoming belligerent, Jack usually gets into a bar fight.
Capricious Unpredictable, whimsical Ex.) Because of Sam's capricious nature, his friends did not find him reliable.
Contentious Likely to argue Ex.) I tend to avoid contentious topic of conversation which might lead to arguments.
Corroborate To confirm or make stronger Ex.) Multiple witnesses corroborated Suzy's alibi at the time of the murder.
Enervate To weaken or drain energy from Ex.) In 30 minutes I was enervated sitting in a humid, windowless room.
Ephemeral Short-lived Ex.) YouTube has made fame ephemeral, just look at people like Rebecca Black.
Erudite Scholarly Ex.) Trudy's erudite nature helped her to be a formidable opponent on Jeopardy.
Esoteric Known to a select few Ex.) Now that "retro" is cool, previously esoteric musicians have become popular.
Extant In existence Ex.) Few documents preceding the advent of papyrus are extant today.
Fastidious Nitpicky Ex.)It is common for toddlers to have fastidious eating habits; my son won't eat anything orange.
Feckless Lazy, irresponsible Ex.) They were able to make an arrest as the feckless robber left his ID at the scene.
Histrionic To be overly dramatic Ex.) During one of her histrionic fits over losing checkers, Joan knocked over a table.
Inculpate To accuse Ex.) Even though she had an alibi, Lou continues to inculpate Mary of murder.
Limpid Clear, simple in style Ex.) Her limpid prose made even the most difficult subjects accessible to all.
Loquacious Talkative Ex.) Max's friends didn't like watching movie with him as he is always very loquacious.
Magnanimous Big-hearted, generous Ex.) After winning an Oscar Harry magnanimously bought his mom a car and house.
Mercurial Animated, sprightly; unpredictably changing often Ex.) With his mercurial nature, I can't predict his actions.
Pragmatic Practical Ex.) Tom loves these world of business where every action has an intended outcome.
Prolific Producing abundantly Ex.) Irving Berlin was a prolific song writer with over a hundred tunes.
Propitiate Placate, appease Ex.) They profusely apologized to their angry father, but were unable to propitiate him.
Remiss Negligent, careless Ex.) I would be seriously remiss if I suggested that any test went perfectly.
Reticent Tight-lipped, reluctant Ex.) Jane was reticent and preferred observing other mannerisms.
Sanguine Cheerful, optimistic Ex.) A Yale graduate with a 4.0, Jenni was sanguine about finding a job.
Sententious Pithy, uses proverbs pompously Ex.) The old sententiously stated "Youth is wasted on the young".
Soporific Inducing sleep Ex.) Turkey at Thanksgiving always seems to have a strong soporific effect.
Tendentious Biased, typically controversial Ex.) As a supporter of the cause, his reports were very tendentious.
Dogma Idea to be held true, very opinionated
Tenet Idea to be held true, to hold, defensible
Terse Not using many words
Spurious Falseness
Polity Government
Bellicose Looking for a fight
Sojourning Staying temporarily, “ relating to a journey”
Consummate Perfect, showing professional skill level
Economized Using less money
Elaborate To develop
Blithe Cheerful, without worries
Extol To praise highly
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