GRE

450 flashcards · English · by Priyanshi Dhillon

1. Refractory

   Rebellious or Stubborn

2. Indefatigable

   Tireless or Never tiring

3. Perseverant

   Determined or unstoppable

4. Indigent

   Poor or needy

5. Imbibition

   Process of absorption of water by plants

6. Lugubrious

   Sad or Unhappy

7. Lucubration

   Studying hard or Writing

8. Magnanimous

   Generous or Charitable

9. Mettle

   Ability to cope up with difficulties

10. Prodigious

    Impressively great in extent, size or degree

11. Ubiquitous

    Present or found everywhere

12. Voluble

    Talkative or Loquacious

13. Accolade

    Award or gift given as an special honor

14. Iconoclastic

    Attacking or criticising someone's beliefs

15. Impugn

    Question or challenge

16. Delectable

    Delicious

17. Reprobate

    Unprincipled person

18. Clamour

    Confusing loud voice of people shouting

19. Mercurial

    Sudden or unpredictable change in mood or mind

20. Equivocation

    Using ambiguous language to conceal the truth or being vague

21. Condemnation

    Strong Disapproval

22. Reproach

    Disapproval or disappointment

23. Didactic

    Teaching with an ulterior motive of giving moral instructions

24. Supplant

    Supersede or replace

25. Resolute

    Determined or purposeful

26. Unswerving

    Not changing or becoming weak

27. Opprobrious

    Expressively Scorn or Criticism

28. Chary

    cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

29. Implicate

    Incriminate someone

30. Unflappable

    Being calm in chaos

31. Intrepid

    Adventurous or fearless

32. Daunt

    Being frightened to achieve something

33. Lionize

    Treating someone like a celebrity

34. Extol

    Praising Enthusiastically

35. Heckler

    someone who interrupts someone's performance just to criticise or abuse them

36. Congregation

    A group of people, animals or people gathered for religious worship

37. Execrable

    Extremely bad

38. Salubrious

    Healthy

39. Fallacious

    Mistaken Belief or Untrue

40. Euphuism

    Style of Literature or an elaborate way of speaking or writing

41. Euphemism

    Replacing harsh or abusive words with mildly harsh

42. Prevarication

    Deviate from truth

43. Divagate

    Stray away from a subject

44. Dubious

    with Doubt

45. Sanctified

    made holy or pure

46. Assignation

    A planned meeting especially by lovers

47. Sanguine

    Being optimistic in times of difficulty

48. Countenance

    Acceptable or Possible

49. Precedent

    Event or action used as an example

50. Unprecedented

    Something that Never happened or unknown

51. Bastion

    Place, Institution or person with specific principles or attitude

52. Foible

    Flaw or weakness

53. Cataclysm

    large scale violent even occurred in nature

54. Perpetual

    Never ending or lasting forever

55. Reproof

    expression of Blame or disapproval

56. Surly

    Unfriendly

57. Expatiate

    Speak or write in depth or detail about something

58. Domineering

    Exercise control over others

59. Eschew

    Avoid using something

60. Hoax

    Humorous or malicious deception

61. Prominence

    Famous, Noticeable, Important

62. Ostentatious

    Showy or pretentious

63. Decentralized

    Controlled my many rather than one

64. Modular

    Build on modules

65. Intangible

    Something that can not be touched or not physically present

66. Indiscernable

    Impossible to see or distinguish

67. Jocular

    someone who likes to joke, playful

68. Infallible

    Incapable of being wrong

69. Waggish

    Humorous in a playful or mischievous way

70. Facetious

    Cracking inappropriate jokes in serious situations

71. Staid

    Serious, old fashioned, unadventurous

72. Obsequious

    Someone who is obedient or attentive

73. Sycophant

    Someone who acts obsequious just to get an advantage

74. Fictitious

    Unreal, fake or imaginary

75. Conversant

    Knowledgable or familiar with

76. Ingenuous

    Innocent or sincere

77. Prolific

    Plentiful, Present in large number or quantity

78. Defunct

    No longer Existing or functioning

79. Moribund

    At the point of death or in decline

80. Unflagging

    Tireless or Persistent

81. Sated

    Satisfied to the full

82. Pastime

    activity done to enjoy after work, a hobby

83. Inveigling

    Persuade someone to do something by the means of deception or flattery

84. Opine

    hold and state one's opinion

85. Needling

    annoying someone especially with criticism

86. Laud

    praise highly

87. Fulminate

    Protest

88. Vassal

    Servant, someone loyal to the lord

89. Serf

    servant of the land he works on and is sold along with it

90. Precursors

    Something that happened before another in time

91. Ponder

    Think about something carefully and deeply

92. Malinger

    Pretend to be ill to escape work

93. Entropy

    Degree of disorder or uncertainty

94. Cerebration

    To use mind or think

95. Incur

    Being subject to the result of one's own behaviour or actions

96. Obviate

    Prevent or Eliminate

97. Mien

    Person's appearance or manner, indicating their mood or character

98. Prognosis

    Prediction made about a course of a disease

99. Coalition

    A temporary alliance, especially in political parties

100. Dissipation

     waste of money, energy or resources overindulgence in sensual pleasures