300 GRE WORDS WITH THEIR MEANINGS:

1) Aberrant: Deviating from what is normal

2) Abeyance: Suspension
3) Abstemious: Moderate in appetite
4) Aesthetic: Something which is Beauty or art
5) Alacrity: Eagerness
6) Alleviate: To make something less strong
7) Amalgamate: Group
8) Ambiguous: Having more than one possible meaning
9) Ambivalence: The state of having mixed feelings
10) Ameliorate: Make something bad or unsatisfactory
11) Anachronism: A thing belonging
12) Analogous: Typically in a way which makes clearer the
nature of things compared
13) Anarchy: A state of disorder due to absence
14) Anomalous: Deviating from what is standard, normal, or
expected
15) Antipathy: A deep seated feeling of aversion
16) Apathy: Lack of interest, concern
17) Apprise: Inform or tell
18) Approbation: Approval or praise
19) Appropriate: Suitable or proper in circumstances
20) Arcane: Understood by few; mysterious or secret
21) Arduous: Difficult and tiring
22) Artless: Deception
23) Ascetic: Characterized by self discipline
24) Aspersion: an attack on the reputation
25) Assiduous: Showing great care
26) Attenuate: reduce the force, effect
27) Audacious: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold
risks.
28) Austere: Attitude, strict in manner
29) Aver: State or assert to be the case
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30) Banal: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

31) Belie: Fail to give a true impression of
32) Beneficent: Generous or doing good
33) Bombastic: High-sounding but with little meaning
34) Boorish: rough and bad mannered
35) Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly
36) Burnish: Polish (especially metal)
37) Buttress: a source of defense or support

C
38) Cacophonous: Discordant mixture of sounds
39) Cant:
40) Capricious: unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
41) Castigation: Someone
42) Catalyst: a substance that increases the rate of a chemical
reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical
range.
43) Causality: The relationship between cause and effect
44) Chicanery: the use of deception
45) Coagulate: change to a solid
46) Commensurate: in proportion
47) Compendium: a collection of concise but detailed
information about a particular subject, especially in a book or
other publication.
48) Complaisant: to accept what they do
49) Conciliatory: intended
50) Concomitant: naturally accompanying
51) Confound: especially to express anger
52) Contentious: likely to cause an argument
53) Conundrum: Questions
 54) Conventional: believed
55) Convoluted: extremely complex and difficult to follow
56) Cosmology: the science of the origin and development of
the universe.
57) Craven: archaic past participate of carve
58) Credence: acceptance of something as true.

D
59) Decorum: behaviour in keeping with good taste and
propriety
60) Deference: polite submission and respect
61) Delineate: To describe or draw something in detail
62) Demotic: relating to the kind of language used by ordinary
people
63) Demur: reserved, modest and shy
64) Denigrate: criticize unfairly
65) Denouement: the outcome of a situation, when
something is decided or made clear.
66) Derivative: Something which is based on another source
67) Desiccate: cause to become completely dry
68) Desultory: lacking a plan, purpose or enthusiasm
69) Diatribe: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against
someone or something
70) Dichotomy: repeated branching into two equal parts
71) Diffuse: between a large number of people
72) Disabuse: belief is mistaken
73) Discordant: disagreeing
74) Discrepancy: similarity between two or more facts
75) Discrete: individually separate and distinct
76) Disingenuous: not candid or sincere
77) Disinterested: uninterested
78) Dismiss: allow to leave
79) Disparage: regard or represent as being of little worth
80) Disparate: not able to be compared
81) Dissemble: disguise one’s true feelings
 82) Disseminate: spread widely
83) Dissolution: the action of formally ending
84) Dissonance: lack of harmony among musical notes
85) Doctrinaire: seeking to impose a doctrine in all
circumstances without regard to practical considerations.
86) Dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles as undeniably
true

E
87) Ebullient: cheerful and full of energy
88) Eclectic: deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad and
diverse range of sources
89) Effete: affected and overly refined
90) Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended
result
91) Effrontery: insolent or impertinent behaviour
92) Elegy: a poem of serious
93) Elicit: evoke or draw out
94) Embellish: make more attractive by the addition of
decorative details or features
95) Empirical: pure logic
96) Emulate: match or surpass
97) Endemic: regularly occurring within an area or community
98) Enervate: make (someone) feel drained of energy
99) Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time
100) Equanimity: calmness and composure
101) Equivocate: avoid committing oneself
102) Erudite: having or showing great knowledge or learning
103) Esoteric: intended for or interest
104) Euphemism: embarrassing
105) Exacerbate: make worse
106) Exacting: making great demands on one’s skill, attention
or other resources
107) Exculpate: show or declare that someone is not guilty of
wrong doing.
 108) Execrable: extremely bad or unpleasent
109) Exigency: an urgent need or demand
110) Existential: relating to existence
111) Extant: still in existence; surviving
112) Extraneous: irrelevant
113) Extrapolation: a current method will remain applicable

F
114) Facetious: treating serious issues with deliberately
inappropriate humour
115) Fallacious: based on a mistaken belief
116) Fatuous: silly and pointless
117) Felicitous: well chosen
118) Fledgling: a young bird that has just fledged
119) Foment: instigate or stir up
120) Forestall: prevent
121) Fractious: irritable
122) Frugality: the quality of being economical with money or
food
123) Fulminate: express vehement protest

G
124) Gainsay: deny
125) Garrulous: excessively talkative
126) Grandiloquent: extravagant in language, style or manner,
especially in a way that is intended to impress
127) Gregarious: fond of company
128) Guileless: innocent and without deception
129) Gullible: easily persuaded to believe something.

H
130) Harangue: a lengthy and aggressive speech
131) Heterodox: not conforming with accepted
132) Histrionic: dramatic in character
 133) Homily: a religious discourse which is intended primarily
for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.
134) Homogeneous: of the same kind; alike
135) Hyperbole: exaggerated statements

I
136) Iconoclastic: criticizing or attacking cherished or
institutions
137) Ideological: based on or relating to a system of ideas and
ideals
138) Idolatry: the worship of idols
139) Igneous: having solidified from lava or magma
140) Immutable: unable to be changed
141) Impassive: not feeling or showing emotion
142) Impermeable: not allowing fluid to pass through
143) Imperturbable: unable to be excited or upset; calm
144) Impervious: unable to be affected by
145) Implacable: unable to be appeased or placated
146) Implicit: suggested though not directly expressed
147) Inadvertently: without intention; accidently
148) Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed
149) Incongruity: incompatibility
150) Indeterminate: not exactly known, established or defined
151) Indigence: a state of extreme poverty
152) Indolent: lazy
153) Ineluctable: unable to be resisted or avoided
154) Inert: lacking the ability or strengthen to move
155) Ingenuous: innocent and unsuspecting
156) Innocuous: not harmful or offensive
157) Insensible: unconscious
158) Insinuate: suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant
way
159) Insipid: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
160) Insularity: lack of interest in cultures
161) Intractable: hard to control or deal with
 162) Intransigence: to agree about something
163) Inundate: people to be dealt with
164) Inured: especially something unpleasant
165) Invective: insulting, abusive or highly critical language
166) Irascible: having or showing a tendency to be easily
angered
167) Irresolute: uncertain

J
168) Juxtapose: place

L
169) Laconic: using very few words
170) Lassitude: lack of energy
171) Laud: praise highly
172) Lethargic: sluggish and apathetic
173) Levity: the treatment of a serious matter with humour or
lack of due respect
174) Limpid: completely clear and transparent
175) Loquacious: talkative
176) Lucid: easy to understand

M
177) Magnanimity: the fact or condition of being magnanimous
generosity
178) Malinger: pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work
179) Malleable: able to be hammered
180) Maverick: independent minded person
181) Mendacious: lying
182) Meretricious: apparently attractive but having no real
value
183) Metamorphosis: the process of transformation from an
immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages
184) Metaphysical: relating to metaphysics
185) Meticulous: very careful and precise
 186) Misanthrope: a person who dislikes humankind and
avoids human society
187) Misogynist: a person who dislikes, despises or is strongly
prejudiced against women
188) Mitigate: make less severe, serious, or painful
189) Mollify: appease the anger or anxiety
190) Morose: sullen and ill tempered
191) Mundane: lacking interest or excitement; dull

N
192) Neophyte: a person who is new to a subject or activity

O
193) Obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or
course of action
194) Obsequious: obedient
195) Obviate: remove ( a need or difficulty)
196) Occlude: stop, close up or obstruct
197) Officious: assertive of authority in a domineering way
198) Onerous: involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or
difficulty
199) Opprobrium: harsh criticism or censure
200) Oscillate: move
201) Ostentatious: designed to impress

P
202) Paragon: a person or thing regarded as a perfect example
of a particular quality
203) Partisan: a strong supporter of a party, cause, or a person
204) Pathological: relating to pathology
205) Paucity: amounts
206) Pedantic: excessively concerned with minor details
207) Pellucid: transcluently clear
208) Penchant: a strong or habitual liking for something or
tendency to do something
209) Penury: extreme poverty
210) Perfidious: deceitful and untrustworthy
211) Perfunctory: carried out without real interest, feeling or
effort
212) Permeable: allowing liquids or gases to pass through it
213) Pervasive: spreading widely throughout an area or a
group of people
214) Phlegmatic: having an unemotional and stolidly calm
disposition
215) Piety: the quality of being religious
216) Placate: make someone less angry
217) Plasticity: the quality of being easily shaped
218) Platitude: a remark or statement
219) Plethora: a large or excessive amount of something
220) Pragmatic: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in
a way that is based on practical rather theoretical
considerations
221) Precarious: in position
222) Precipitate: to happen suddenly; unexpectedly
223) Precursor: a person or thing that comes before another of
the same kind
224) Presumptuous: failing to observe the limits of what is
permitted or appropriate
225) Prevaricate: speak or act in an evasive way
226) Pristine: in it’s original condition
227) Probity: honesty and decency
228) Problematic: presenting a problem
229) Prodigal: spending money
230) Profound: having or showing great knowledge; very great
231) Proliferate: increase rapidly in number
232) Propensity: natural tendency to behave in a particular
way
233) Propitiate: win
234) Propriety: relating to an owner; ownership
235) Proscribe: forbid, especially by law
Q
236) Qualified: certified
237) Quiescent: in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

R
238) Rarefied: thin
239) Recalcitrant: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude
towards authority or discipline
240) Recant: say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief,
especially one considered heretical
241) Recondite: little known; abstruse
242) Refractory: stubborn or unmanageable
243) Refute: to be wrong or false; disprove
244) Relegate: assign an inferior rank or position to
245) Reproach: express to one’s disapproval of or
disappointment in their actions
246) Reprobate: an unprincipled person
247) Repudiate: reject
248) Rescind: revoke, cancel, repeal
249) Resolute: admirably purposeful, determined and
unwavering
250) Resolved: firmly determined to do something
251) Reticent: not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily
252) Reverence: deep respect for someone or something

S
253) Sage: either of two bushy North American plants with
silvery grey leaves
254) Salubrious: health giving; healthy
255) Salutary: producing good effects; beneficial
256) Sanction: official permission or approval for an action
257) Sartorial: relating to tailoring, clothes or style of dress
258) Satiate: another term for sate
 259) Sensual: relating to or involving gratification of the senses
and physical, especially sexual, pleasure
260) Sensuous: relating to or affecting the senses rather than
the intellect.
261) Sentient: feel things
262) Skeptic: a person inclined to question or doubt accepted
opinions
263) Solicitous: showing interest
264) Soporific: sleep
265) Specious: superficially plausible, but actually wrong
266) Sporadic: only in a few places
267) Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular
circumstance, quality, or person
268) Stipulate: demand or specify
269) Stolid: animation
270) Striated: marked with long, thin parallel streaks
271) Substantiate: provide evidence to support
272) Subsume: include
273) Supersede: take the place of
274) Supposition: an assumption or hypothesis

T
275) Tacit: understood
276) Taciturn: reserved
277) Tangential: relating to
278) Tenuous: very weak or slight
279) Tirade: a long angry speech of criticism or accusation
280) Torpor: a state of physical or mental inactivity
281) Tortuous: full of twists and turns
282) Tractable: easy to control or influence
283) Transgression: an offence
284) Truculence: being aggressively hostile
285) Turgid: congested

U
 286) Untenable: defended against attack or objection

V
287) Vacillate: waver between different opinions or actions
288) Vapid: offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
289) Venerate: regard with great respect
290) Veracious: speaking or representing the truth
291) Verbose: using
292) Viable: capable of working successful
293) Viscous: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid
and liquid
294) Vitiate: spoil
295) Vituperative: bitter and abusive
296) Volatile: easily evaporated at normal temperatures

W
297) Whimsical: acting or behaving in a capricious manner

Z
298) Zealot: a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in
pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.