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Unfamiliar Words 1
Unfamiliar GRE Word List 1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| • mutable | adjective * liable to change; likely to change [Barron] |
| • renege | noun * person that deserts a cause, political party, religious group, etc [Barron] |
| • granary | noun * building where grain is stored [Barron] |
| • incumbents | noun * official duties [Nandigam] |
| • fleece | noun * woolly hair of a sheep or similar animal [Barron] |
| • comity | noun * friendly social atmosphere; social harmony [Barron] |
| • credulity | noun * willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility [Webster] |
| • demean | verb * ~ oneself: lower oneself in dignity; deprive oneself of others' respect [Barron] |
| • brassy | adjective * being shamelessly bold [Taisha] |
| • provisory | adjective * containing or subject to a proviso; conditional [Taisha] |
| • exponent | noun * one that expounds or interprets [Taisha] |
| • acerbity | adjective * sourness of taste, character, or tone. [Barron] * bitterness of speech and temper [Nandigam] |
| • automaton | noun * robot [Barron] * mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself [Nandigam] |
| • equable | adjective * free from extremes of heat or cold; moderate [Barron] * marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality [Taisha] * steady, regular [Nandigam] |
| • itinerant | adjective * travelling from place to place [Barron] * wandering; traveling [Nandigam] |
| • craven | adjective * cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous [Webster] |
| • proscenium | noun * the part of the stage in front of the curtain [Barron] |
| • treatise | noun * long written work dealing systematically with one subject [Barron] |
| • inane | adjective * without meaning; silly or stupid [Barron] * lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly [Taisha] * silly, senseless [Nandigam] |
| • antediluvian | adjective * of the time before Noah's Flood [Barron] * made, evolved, or developed a long time ago [Taisha] * antiquated; ancient [Nandigam] |
| • beatific | adjective * showing or giving great joy and serenity; blissful [Barron] * giving or showing bliss; blissful [Nandigam] |
| • surcharge | noun * additional load/charge [Nandigam] |
| • finical | adjective * too fussy about food, clothing, etc. [Nandigam] |
| • deface | verb * to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it [Webster] * spoil the appearance or legibility of by marking or damaging the surface [Barron] |
| • intrepid | adjective * steadfast and courageous [Princeton Review] * fearless; brave [Barron] * characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance [Taisha] * fearless, brave, undaunted [Nandigam] |
| • stylus | noun * an instrument for writing, marking, or incising [Taisha] |
| • squalor | noun * squalid state [Barron] |
| • indistinct | adjective * not easily heard, seen, clearly marked [Nandigam] |
| • diabolize | transitive verb * 1. to make diabolical or devilish 2. to represent as diabolical [Webster] |
| • ventilate | verb * cause air to enter and move freely through [Barron] * admit fresh air into to replace stale air [Nandigam] |
| • bifurcated | adjective * divided into two branches; forked [Nandigam] |
| • libidinous | adjective * having or showing strong sexual feelings; lustful [Barron] |
| • galvanize | verb * to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock [Barron] |
| • exterminate | verb * to get rid of completely usually by killing off [Taisha] |
| chicanery | noun * trickery or subterfuge [Princeton Review] * use of clever but misleading talk in order to trick sb, esp in legal matters; dishonest practice [Barron] * deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; trickery [Taisha] |
| • polity | noun * form or process of government [Barron] |
| • analogy | noun * partial similarity between two things that are compared [Barron] * 1. resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike; similarity 2. comparison based on such resemblance |
| • dissonance | noun * discord [Barron] * lack of agreement; especially: inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs [Taisha] |
| • ostentation | noun * pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others [Webster] * display to obtain admiration or envy [Nandigam] |
| • imponderable | adjective * of which the effect or importance cannot be measured or estimated [Barron] |
| • maraud | noun * a sudden short attack; search for plunder [Barron] |
| • acme | noun * highest stage of development; point of perfection [Barron] * the highest point or stage [Taisha] * peak; pinnacle; highest point [Nandigam] |
| • connoisseur | noun * an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert [Princeton Review] |
| • desecrate | verb * treat in an unworthy or evil way [Barron] * to violate the sanctity of; profane [Taisha] |
| • pervade | verb * to permeate throughout [Princeton Review] * to become diffused throughout every part of suffuse [Taisha] |
| • distrait | adjective * absent-minded; not paying attention [Barron] |
| • demerit | noun * fault; defect [Barron] |
| • consternation | noun * a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay [Webster] |
| • dour | adjective * stern; severe; gloomy-looking; joyless [Barron] * stern; harsh [Taisha] * sullen; stubborn [Nandigam] |
| • dullard | noun * a stupid or unimaginative person [Taisha] |
| • elegiac | adjective * like an elegy; mournful [Nandigam] |
| • recreant | noun, adjective * (person who is) cowardly, unfaithful or treacherous [Barron] |
| • adulate | verb * to flatter or admire excessively or slavishly [Taisha] |
| • outset | noun * start [Nandigam] |
| • untenable | adjective * indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable [Princeton Review] * that cannot be defended [Barron] * not able to be defended [Taisha] |
| • downcast | adjective * looking downwards [Barron] |
| • thematic | adjective * of or related to a theme [Barron] |
| • paradigm | noun * set of all the different forms of a word [Barron] * example; pattern; especially: an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype [Taisha] * a model, example, or pattern [Nandigam] |
| • pejorative | adjective * expressing criticismor scorn; derogatory; disparaging [Barron] * having negative connotations; especially: tending to disparage or belittle; depreciatory [Taisha] |
| • nerve | verb * to give strength or courage to; supply with physical or moral force [Taisha] |
| • nostrum | noun * medicine falsely recommended as effective; quack remedy [Barron] * a quack remedy, an untested cure [Nandigam] |
| • odious | adjective * evoking intense aversion or dislike [Princeton Review] * 1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable 2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting [Webster] |
| • underbid | verb * make a lower bid then somebody else [Nandigam] |
| • vulpine | adjective * of or like a fox [Barron] |
| • ensconce | verb * ~ oneself/sb in sth: establish or settle oneself in a safe, secret, comfortable, etc place [Barron] * settle comfortably [Taisha] |
| • neutralize | verb * to counteract the activity or effect of; make ineffective [Taisha] |
| • defection | noun *1. desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy: His defection to East Germany was regarded as treasonable. 2. failure; lack; loss: He was overcome by a sudden defection of courage |
| • gasification | noun * conversion into gas; especially: conversion of coal into natural gas [Taisha] |
| • brattish | noun * an ill-mannered annoying child [Taisha] |
| • epithet | noun * adjective or descriptive phrase that refers to the character or most important quality of sb/sth eg Alfred the Great, Attila the Hun [Barron] * adjective [Nandigam] |
| • discretionary | adjective * left to discretion; exercised at one's own discretion [Taisha] |
| • rave | verb * talk wildly or furiously as if in a fever or mad [Barron] * act with excessive enthusiasm [Nandigam] noun * an extravagantly favorable criticism [Taisha] |
| • incorporeal | adjective * without a body or material form [Barron] * immaterial; without a material body [Nandigam] |
| • incantation | noun * series of words used as a magic spell or charm [Barron] * singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula [Taisha] |
| • snivel | verb * (derog) cry and sniff in a miserable, usu self-pitying, way [Barron] |
| • ferocity | noun * savage cruelty [Nandigam] |
| • substantiation | noun * giving facts to support (statement) [Nandigam] |
| • incur | verb * cause oneself to suffer (sth bad); bring upon oneself [Barron] |
| • verisimilitude | noun * appearance or semblance ofbeing true or real [Barron] * appearing true or real [Nandigam] |
| • frowsy | adjective * 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly 2. ill-smelling; musty [Webster] * having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance [Taisha] * slovenly; unkempt; dirty [Nandigam] |
| • disport | verb * ~ oneself: amuse oneself energetically [Barron] |
| • politic | adjective * (of actions) well judged; prudent [Barron] * characterized by shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing [Taisha] |
| • fulsome | adjective * excessive and insincere [Barron] * disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness [Nandigam] |
| • alacrity | noun * eager and enthusiastic willingness [Princeton Review] * prompt and eager readiness [Barron] * promptness in response; cheerful readiness [Taisha] |
| • caulk | verb * make (esp a boat) watertight by filling the seams or joints with waterproof material [Barron] |
| • proliferate | verb * to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly *1. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation 2. to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively |
| • loll | verb * rest, sit or stand lazily, often while leaning against sth [Barron] * to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge [Taisha] * rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue) [Nandigam] |
| • catechism | noun * summary of the principles of a religion in the form of questions and answers [Barron] * a similar book of instruction in other subjects [Webster] |
| • detain | verb * prevent from leaving or doing sth; delay [Barron] * to hold or keep in or as if in custody [Taisha] |
| • animadversion | noun * criticism [Barron] * critical remark [Nandigam] |
| • arch- | prefix * chief; most important [Barron] |
| • blandishment | noun * (fml) flattering or coaxing words and actions [Barron] * something that tends to coax or cajole; allurement [Taisha] |
| • coagulate | verb * change from a liquid to a thick and semi-solid state; clot [Barron] |
| • engender | verb * be the cause of (a situation or condition) [Barron] * to cause to exist or to develop; produce [Taisha] * cause, produce, give rise to [Nandigam] |
| • centrifuge | noun * rotating machine using centrifugal force to separate substances, eg milk and cream [Barron] |
| • lugubrious | adjective * dismal; mournful [Barron] * mournful; especially: exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful [Taisha] * mournful, excessively sad [Nandigam] |
| • excruciate | verb * to subject to intense mental distress [Taisha] |
| • pallid | adjective * pale, esp because of illness [Barron] * having an abnormally pale or wan complexion [Taisha] |
| • warmonger | noun * person who stirs up war [Nandigam] |
| • indigence | noun * poverty [Barron] |
| • archipelago | noun * (sea surrounding a) group of many islands [Barron] * an expanse of water with many scattered islands [Taisha] * group of closely located islands [Nandigam] |
| • contort | verb * to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort [Webster] |
| • hive | noun * (also beehive) box or other container for bees to live in [Barron] * a place swarming with activity [Taisha] |
| • rubric | noun 1. a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text 2. any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol |
| • stentorian | adjective * (of a voice) loud and powerful [Barron] * extremely loud [Taisha] * extremely loud and powerful [Nandigam] |
| • bugaboo | noun * bugbear; object of baseless terror [Barron] |
| • proclivity | noun * a natural predisposition or inclination [Princeton Review] * (fml) natural inclination to do sth (esp sth bad); tendency [Barron] * a natural propensity or inclination; predisposition [Taisha] * inclination |
| • unregenerate | adjective * unrepentant; unreformed [Barron] |
| • dispassionate | adjective * not influenced by emotion; impartial [Barron] * not influenced by strong feeling; especially: not affected by personal or emotional involvement [Taisha] * free from passion [Nandigam] |
| • madrigal | noun * song for several voices, usu without instrumental accompaniment, on the themes of love and/or nature [Barron] |
| • purvey | verb * to supply (as provisions) usually as a matter of business [Taisha] * provide, supply [Nandigam] |
| • fray | noun * the fray fight, contest or argument; lively or challenging action [Barron] |
| • nuance | noun * subtle difference in meaning, colour, feeling, etc [Barron] * a subtle distinction or variation [Taisha] |
| • acquiescent | adjective * disposed to acquiesce or consent tacitly [Webster] |
| • quorum | noun * minimum number of people who must be present at a meeting (of a committee, etc) before it can proceed and its decisions, etc can be considered valid [Barron] |
| • perfunctorily | adverb * lacking in interest or enthusiasm [Taisha] |
| • predilection | noun * a disposition in favor of something; preference * a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach * ~ (for sth): special liking (for sth); preference |
| • unseemly | adjective * (of behaviour,etc) not proper or seemly; unbecoming [Barron] |
| • conglomerate | noun * anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements [Webster] adjective * gathered into a rounded mass; consisting of parts so gathered; clustered [Webster] |
| • deviate | verb * ~ from sth: stop following [Barron] * to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc [Webster] |
| • lackadaisical | adjective * without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt [Webster] * lacking vigour and determination; unenthusiastic [Barron] |
| • gossamer | noun * fine silky substance of webs made by small spiders, floating in calm air or spread over grass, etc [Barron] * something light, delicate, or insubstantial [Taisha] * soft, light, delicate material [Nandigam] |
| • carat | noun * 1. a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams 2. a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 carats fine [Webster] |
| • totem | noun * natural object, esp an animal, considered by N American Indians as the emblem of a clan or family [Barron] |
| • miff | noun * a trivial quarrel [Taisha] |
| • gouge | noun * tool with a sharp semicircular edge for cutting grooves in wood [Barron] * tool for cutting grooves in wood [Smirnov] |
| • inverse | adjective * reversed in position, direction or relation [Barron] noun * the opposite [Nandigam] |
| • pathos | noun * quality, esp in speech, writing, acting, etc that causes a feeling of pity or sadness [Barron] |
| • impetuous | adjective * hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement * acting or done quickly and with little thought or care; rash or impulsive * marked by impulsive vehemence or passion * having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful |
| • pellucid | adjective * transparentor translucent; very clear [Barron] * easy to understand [Taisha] * transparent, easy to understand [Nandigam] |
| • indissoluble | adjective * that cannot be dissolved or broken up; firm and lasting [Barron] |
| • armada | noun * large fleet of ships [Barron] * fleet of warships [Nandigam] |
| • glacial | adjective * of the Ice Age [Barron] |
| • combustion | noun * process of burning [Smirnov] |
| • perspicuous | adjective * clearly expressed or presented; lucid [Webster] * expressed clearly [Barron] |
| • implode | verb * burst or collapse inwards [Barron] * to collapse inward as if from external pressure; also: to become greatly reduced as if from collapsing [Taisha] |
| • furor | noun * a general commotion; public disorder or uproar [Barron] |
| • domicile | oun * a person's place of residence, esp as officially established for purposes of taxation, etc [Barron] * a dwelling place; place of residence; home [Taisha] |
| • transcendental | adjective * going beyond the limits of humanknowledge, experience or reason, esp in a mystical or religious way [Barron] |
| • quietude | noun * stillness; calm [Barron] |
| • volition | noun * act of using one's will in choosing, making a decision, etc [Barron] |
| • executive | adjective * concerned with the management and carrying out of plans, decisions, etc [Barron] |
| • libelous | adjective * defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person [Barron] |
| • suffuse | verb * ~ sth: (esp of colour or moisture) spread all over sth [Barron] * to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light; flush; fill [Taisha] |
| • defalcation | noun * misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary [Webster] |
| • incarnation | noun * person that prominently displays a particular quality |
| • abjure | verb * promise or swear to give up (a claim, an opinion, a belief, etc); renounce formally [Barron] * to renounce upon oath [Taisha] * promise or swear to give up [Nandigam] |
| • apex | noun * top or highest point [Barron] * the highest or culminating point [Taisha] * tip; summit; climax; highest point [Nandigam] |
| • brass | noun * yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) [Smirnov] |
| • alloy | noun * metal formed of a mixture of metals or of metal and another substance [Barron] verb * to debase by mixing with something inferior [Smirnov] |
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