199 Words for GMAT SET 1 (30 words)

Question 0

ambiguous

Answer 0

(adj) open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; difficult to comprehend; distinguish, or classify.

Question 1

pedantic

Answer 1

(adj) ostentatious on one’s learning, overly concerned with minute details or formalism, especially in teachin

Question 2

repudiate

Answer 2

(verb) to reject as having no authority or binding force, to cast off or disown

Question 3

paradigm

Answer 3

(noun) a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, an example serving as a model or pattern

Question 4

paradox

Answer 4

(noun) a set of statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

Question 5

refute

Answer 5

(verb) to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge

Question 6

innocuous

Answer 6

(adj) not harmful or injurious; harmless

Question 7

austere

Answer 7

(adj) severe in manner or appearance, rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; lacking softness

Question 8

arcane

Answer 8

(adj) known or understood by very few; mysterious, secret or obscure

Question 9

anomaly

Answer 9

(noun) a deviation from common rule, type, arrangment, or form; an odd or peculiar condition

Question 10

pernicious

Answer 10

(adj) causing insidious harm or ruin, injury or hurt

Question 11

spurious

Answer 11

(adj) not genuine, authentic, or true; pretended or counterfeit

Question 12

petulant

Answer 12

(adj) moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

Question 13

propensity

Answer 13

(noun) a natural inclination or tendency

Question 14

mercurial

Answer 14

(adj) changeable, volatile, fickle and erratic

Question 15

nascent

Answer 15

(adj) beginning to exist or develop

Question 16

sporadic

Answer 16

(adj) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; scattered or isolated instances

Question 17

arduous

Answer 17

(adj) requiring great exertion; laborious, using much energy and vigor; full of hardships

Question 18

congent

Answer 18

(adj) convincing or believe by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation

Question 19

perfucntory

Answer 19

(adj) performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial ; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm

Question 20

pithy

Answer 20

(adj) brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse

Question 21

catalyst

Answer 21

(noun) a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

Question 22

tacit

Answer 22

(adj) understood without being openly, expressed; implied, unvoiced or unspoken

Question 23

placate

Answer 23

(verb) to appease or pacify by concessions or conciliatory gestures

Question 24

ascetic

Answer 24

(noun) a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial for religious reasons

Question 25

ostensible

Answer 25

(adj) outwardly appearing, professed or pretended

Question 26

terse

Answer 26

(adj) neatly or effectively concise. brief and pithy

Question 27

abscond

Answer 27

(verb) to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal presecution

Question 28

obdurate

Answer 28

(adj) unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn, unyielding

Question 29

guile

Answer 29

(noun) insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception

Question 30

impede

Answer 30

(verb) to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hinderance

Question 31

maverick

Answer 31

(noun) an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother; or a lone dissenter who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates

Question 32

levity

Answer 32

(noun) lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness

Question 33

(adj) ostentatious on one's learning, overly concerned with minute details or formalism, especially in teachin

Answer 33

pedantic

Question 34

(adj) open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; difficult to comprehend; distinguish, or classify.

Answer 34

ambiguous

Question 35

(verb) to reject as having no authority or binding force, to cast off or disown

Answer 35

repudiate

Question 36

(noun) a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, an example serving as a model or pattern

Answer 36

paradigm

Question 37

(noun) a set of statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

Answer 37

paradox

Question 38

(verb) to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge

Answer 38

refute

Question 39

(adj) not harmful or injurious; harmless

Answer 39

innocuous

Question 40

(adj) severe in manner or appearance, rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; lacking softness

Answer 40

austere

Question 41

(adj) known or understood by very few; mysterious, secret or obscure

Answer 41

arcane

Question 42

(noun) a deviation from common rule, type, arrangment, or form; an odd or peculiar condition

Answer 42

anomaly

Question 43

(adj) causing insidious harm or ruin, injury or hurt

Answer 43

pernicious

Question 44

(adj) not genuine, authentic, or true; pretended or counterfeit

Answer 44

spurious

Question 45

(adj) moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

Answer 45

petulant

Question 46

(noun) a natural inclination or tendency

Answer 46

propensity

Question 47

(adj) changeable, volatile, fickle and erratic

Answer 47

mercurial

Question 48

(adj) beginning to exist or develop

Answer 48

nascent

Question 49

(adj) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; scattered or isolated instances

Answer 49

sporadic

Question 50

(adj) requiring great exertion; laborious, using much energy and vigor; full of hardships

Answer 50

arduous

Question 51

(adj) convincing or believe by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation

Answer 51

congent

Question 52

(adj) performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial ; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm

Answer 52

perfucntory

Question 53

(adj) brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse

Answer 53

pithy

Question 54

(noun) a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

Answer 54

catalyst

Question 55

(adj) understood without being openly, expressed; implied, unvoiced or unspoken

Answer 55

tacit

Question 56

(verb) to appease or pacify by concessions or conciliatory gestures

Answer 56

placate

Question 57

(noun) a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial for religious reasons

Answer 57

ascetic

Question 58

(adj) outwardly appearing, professed or pretended

Answer 58

ostensible

Question 59

(adj) neatly or effectively concise. brief and pithy

Answer 59

terse

Question 60

(verb) to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal presecution

Answer 60

abscond

Question 61

(adj) unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn, unyielding

Answer 61

obdurate

Question 62

(noun) insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception

Answer 62

guile

Question 63

(verb) to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hinderance

Answer 63

impede

Question 64

(noun) an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother; or a lone dissenter who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates

Answer 64

maverick

Question 65

(noun) lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness

Answer 65

levity