GRE Word List
Vocabulary for GRE Preparation
A comprehensive collection of GRE vocabulary words with meanings, example sentences, synonyms, and antonyms to help you ace the GRE exam.
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Quotidian (adj)
Daily, Ordinary, as usual task etc
Taking bath is her Quotidian task
Effluvium (n)
Bad odor, an invisible emanation, especially: an offensive exhalation or smell
The effluvia (plural of effluvium) from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river
Polyglot (n)
Person who knows several languages
Akash is a polyglot, he can speak in bengali, hindi, english, spanish, sanskrit language etc.
Emanation (n)
Something which originates or issues from a source
Vaporous emanations wreathe the mill's foundations
Erroneous (adj)
Wrong; incorrect
Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions
Unctuous (adj)
Oily (literally), excessively flattering
He seemed anxious to please but not in an unctuous way. The salesman is unctuously describing the dress to sell to the customer.
Capricious (adj)
Impulsive, always changing mind
A boy sometimes wants to be a doctor, after sometimes he wants to be police, just few moment later want to become pilot. He changing his mind instantly, He is a Capricious boy
Denigrate (v)
To attack the reputation of: DEFAME | to deny the importance or validity of: BELITTLE
If you "denigrate" someone, you attempt to blacken their reputation.
Corroborate (v)
To support with evidence or authority: make more certain
Statistical Symphonies: The Market Speaks. The metrics corroborate the narrative of cross-cultural artistry.
Enervate (v, adj)
To reduce or lessen the mental or physical energy or strength
A lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul. The surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards.
Refractory (adj)
Resisting to control: stubborn or unmanageable
Refractory players will be ejected from the game
Bode (v)
To indicate (something such as future event) by sign or symbol
His leadership skill in class room boded him well in successful political leader
Esoteric (adj)
Intended to be understood by only a small number of people
Esoteric practices are very common in every religion
Recondite (adj)
Obscured, deep, esoteric. Very hard or even impossible for ordinary one to understand
Religious doctrine are unnecessarily recondite.
Bolster (n, v)
A long pillow or cushion | To support or boost
Any structural object that can support, can be called bolster.
Dogged (adj)
Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
"Success required dogged determination"
Imperious (adj)
Characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments: COMMANDING, DOMINANT
An imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess
Outperform (v)
To perform better than
According to current research, girls outperform boys in every stage of education
Proletariat (n)
Working class people regarded collectively
The growth of industrial proletariat reducing compared to previous year
Gorge (v)
To eat greedily | To consume greedily | To partake of something in large amount
Gorging on books | The Ogre Gorging on America
Quaff (v)
To drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink)
He quaffed pint after pint of good Berkshire ale
Perversion (n)
Distortion or corruption of the original meaning or state
Declaring a murderer free is the perversion of justice
Fiend (n)
An evil spirit or demon
A fiend is a person who has evil plans in their mind
Defiance (n)
Open resistance | Bold disobedience
An act of defiance
Malignant (adj)
Evil in nature or effect | malevolent
In the hands of malignant fate
Remorse (n)
Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
They were filled with remorse and shame
Disservice (n)
A harmful action
Government do a disservice by increasing the tax in pandemic period
Eradicate (v)
Destroy completely | put an end to
This disease has been eradicated from the world
Predicament (n)
A difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation
The country's financial predicament is in worst level
Counterproductive (adj)
Having the opposite of the desired effect
Too much technological improvement may have counterproductive effect
Relentless (adj)
Unceasingly intense | harsh or inflexible
The relentless heat of the desert
Atrocity (n)
An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence and injury
The textbook is full of war atrocities
Usurp (v)
To seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
Usurp a throne
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