GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L2

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

(v) Formally give up the throne (or some other power or responsibility), give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Question 2

Adhere

Answer 2

Stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or belief

Question 3

Alienate

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Cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant

Question 4

Arcane

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Known or understood by only a few; obscure, secret

Question 5

Augment

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Make Larger

Question 6

Bolster

Answer 6

Strengthen or support

Question 7

Capricious

Answer 7

Acting on impulse, erratic

Question 8

Coalesce

Answer 8

Come together, unite; fuse together

Question 9

Confer

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Consult, compare views; bestow or give

Question 10

Conversant

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Knowledge about or experienced with

Question 11

Covert

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Secret, veiled, undercover

Question 12

Debunk

Answer 12

Expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims

Question 13

Denote

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Be a name or symbol for

Question 14

Disabuse

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Free someone from a mistake in thinking

Question 15

Dispatch

Answer 15

Speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way

Question 16

Divine

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Discover through divination or or supernatural means; perceive by insight

Question 17

Egalitarian

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Related to belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres

Question 18

Enervate

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Weaken, tire

Question 19

Eschew

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Shun, avoid, abstain from

Question 20

Extrapolate

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Conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience

Question 21

Finesse

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Extreme delicacy, subtlety, or diplomacy in handling a sensitive situation or in a performance or skill (n); use tact or diplomacy; employ a deceptive strategy (v)

Question 22

Gainsay

Answer 22

Declare false, deny; oppose

Question 23

Guile

Answer 23

Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness

Question 24

Hyperbole

Answer 24

Deliberate exaggeration for effect

Question 25

Inadvertent

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Unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention, careless

Question 26

Indifferent

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Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial

Question 27

Jargon

Answer 27

Vocabulary specific to a group or occupation; convoluted or unintelligible language

Question 28

Landmark

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Object (such as a building) that stands out and can be used to navigate by; a very important place, event, etc.

Question 29

Likewise

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Also, in addition to; similarly, in the same way

Question 30

Metamorphosis

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A complete change or transformation (in biology, a change such as a caterpillar becoming a pupa and then a butterfly)

Question 31

Nascent

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Coming into existence, still developing

Question 32

Obstinate

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Stubborn or hard to control

Question 33

Oscillate

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Swing back and forth; waver, change one's mind

Question 34

Patronizing

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Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior

Question 35

Phone

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fake, counterfeit; insincere, not genuine

Question 36

Posthumous

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Happening or continuing after death

Question 37

Pretentious

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Claiming or demanding a position of importance or dignity, esp. when unjustified; showing off, creating a deceptive, false show of worth

Question 38

Proliferate

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Increase or spread rapidly or excessively

Question 39

Quandary

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Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma

Question 40

Replete

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Supplied in abundance, filled gorged (used with with)

Question 41

Retrospective

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Looking to the past or backward; applying to the past, retroactive (adj.); An art exhibit of an artist's work over a long period of time (n)

Question 42

Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful; reddish, ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicating health or vitality)

Question 43

Simultaneous

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At the same time

Question 44

Spate

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Sudden outpouring or rush; flood

Question 45

Status quo

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Existing state or condition

Question 46

Supplicate

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Pray humbly; ask, beg, or seek in a humble way

Question 47

Tenuous

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Long and thin, slender; slimsy, having little substance

Question 48

Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere at the same time

Question 49

Verbose

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Wordy

Question 50

Wily

Answer 50

Crafty, cunning, characterized by tricks or artifice