Top 20 Most Tested GRE Words

Question 1

Ambivalent(adj.)

Answer 1

Having contradictory feelings

Question 2

Auspicious(adj.)

Answer 2

Favorable

Question 3

Belligerent (adj.)

Answer 3

Inclined to fight

Question 4

Capricious (adj.)

Answer 4

Unpredictable, whimsical

Question 5

Corroborate (v.)

Answer 5

To confirm, make stronger

Question 6

Enervate(v.)

Answer 6

To weaken; drain the energy from

Question 7

Ephemeral (adj.)

Answer 7

Short- lived

Question 8

Erudite(adj.)

Answer 8

Schorlarly

Question 9

Esoteric (adj.)

Answer 9

Known to a select few

Question 10

Extant (adj.)

Answer 10

In existence (most commonly referring to texts)

Question 11

Fastidious(adj.)

Answer 11

Nitpicky

Question 12

Inculpate (v.)

Answer 12

To charge with wrong doing; to accuse

Question 13

Loquacious (adj.)

Answer 13

Talkative

Question 14

Magnanimous (adj.)

Answer 14

Big hearted; generous

Question 15

Mercurial (adj.)

Answer 15

1. Changing one’s personality often and unpredictably
2. Animated, sprightly

Question 16

Pragmatic (agj.)

Answer 16

Practical

Question 17

Prolific (adj.)

Answer 17

Producing or creating abundantly

Question 18

Reticent (adj.)

Answer 18

Tightlipped, not prone to saying much, reluctant

Question 19

Sanguine (adj.)

Answer 19

Cheerful; optimistic

Question 20

Soporific (adj.)

Answer 20

Inducing sleep

Question 21

Adjective

Answer 21

A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun (ex, charming, cruel, fantastic, gentle, huge, rough, perfect)

Question 22

Noun

Answer 22

A word that refers to a thing(book), q person(Noah Webster), or an action (yelling) (ex. Cake, shoes, school bus, time)

Question 23

Verb

Answer 23

A word that indicates a physical action(ex. drive), a mental action(ex. think), or state of being (ex. exist).

Used to describe the noun or pronoun is doing

Question 24

Pronoun

Answer 24

Are words to identify or refer to someone (ex. You, I, they, she, it, this)

Question 25

Disinterested

Answer 25

Lacking any bias; impartial; do not care about your own angle, being as objective as possible

Question 26

Accede

Answer 26

Submit; succumb; acquiesce;

Question 27

Soporific vs. sporadic?

Answer 27

Soporific- sleep inducing
Sporadic - periodically in almost a random way