GRE Vocab Set 1 (Princeton Review)

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm

Question 2

Abscond

Answer 2

To depart secretly, clandestine

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

Abnormality

Question 5

Approbation

Answer 5

An expression of approval or praise

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

Strenuous and taxing

Question 7

Assuage

Answer 7

To ease or lessen

Question 8

Audacious

Answer 8

Daring and fearless

Question 9

Austere

Answer 9

Severely simple, ascetic

Question 10

Axiomatic

Answer 10

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Question 11

Canonical

Answer 11

Following or in agreement with accepted standards

Question 12

Capricious

Answer 12

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; like a capricorn according to Mom

Question 13

Censure

Answer 13

To criticize severely

Question 14

Chicanery

Answer 14

Trickery or subterfuge

Question 15

Connoisseur

Answer 15

Informed and astute judge in matters of taste, an expert

Question 16

Convoluted

Answer 16

Complex or complicated

Question 17

Disabuse

Answer 17

To set right

Question 18

Discordant

Answer 18

Conflicting, harsh in sound

Question 19

Disparate

Answer 19

Fundamentally distinct

Question 20

Effrontery

Answer 20

Extreme boldness

Question 21

Eloquent

Answer 21

Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

Question 22

Enervate

Answer 22

To weaken

Question 23

Ennui

Answer 23

Dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredome

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 25

Erudite

Answer 25

Very learned, scholarly

Question 26

Exculpate

Answer 26

To exonerate, clear of blame

Question 27

Exigent

Answer 27

Urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attention

Question 28

Extemporaneous

Answer 28

Done without preparation, improvised (extempo)

Question 29

Filibuster

Answer 29

Intentional obstruction (political)

Question 30

Fulminate

Answer 30

To attack loudly, to denounce

Question 31

Ingenuous

Answer 31

Artless, frank, and candid

Question 32

Inured

Answer 32

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 33

Irascible

Answer 33

Easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 34

Laud

Answer 34

To praise highly

Question 35

Lucid

Answer 35

Clear, easily understood

Question 36

Magnanimity

Answer 36

The quality of being noble in mind and heart

Question 37

Martial

Answer 37

Associated with war and the armed forces

Question 38

Mundane

Answer 38

Typical or concerned with the ordinary

Question 39

Nascent

Answer 39

Coming into being, developmental stages

Question 40

Nebulous

Answer 40

Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

Question 41

Neologism

Answer 41

A new word, expression, or usage

Question 42

Noxious

Answer 42

Harmful and injurious

Question 43

Obtuse

Answer 43

Lacking sharpness, not clear or precise

Question 44

Obviate

Answer 44

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 45

Onerous

Answer 45

Troubling, burdensome

Question 46

Paean

Answer 46

A song of hymn or praise

Question 47

Parody

Answer 47

A humorous imitation intended for comedy

Question 48

Perennial

Answer 48

Recurrent through the year or many years

Question 49

Perfidy

Answer 49

Intentional breach of faith

Question 50

Perfunctory

Answer 50

Cursory, done without care or interest

Question 51

Perspicacious

Answer 51

Acutely perceptive

Question 52

Prattle

Answer 52

To babble meaninglessly

Question 53

Precipitate (adj.)

Answer 53

Acting with excessive haste

Question 54

Precipitate (v.)

Answer 54

To cause or happen before anticipated

Question 55

Predilection

Answer 55

A disposition in favor of something, a preference

Question 56

Prescience

Answer 56

Foreknowledge of events

Question 57

Prevaricate

Answer 57

To deliberately avoid the truth

Question 58

Qualms

Answer 58

Misgivings

Question 59

Recant

Answer 59

To retract a previously held belief

Question 60

Refute

Answer 60

To argue against

Question 61

Relegate

Answer 61

To assign to a lower place or position

Question 62

Reticent

Answer 62

Quiet and reserved

Question 63

Solicitous

Answer 63

Concerned and attentive

Question 64

Sordid

Answer 64

Characterized by filth or grime, squalor

Question 65

Sporadic

Answer 65

Occurring only occasionally

Question 66

Squander

Answer 66

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 67

Static

Answer 67

Not moving, at rest

Question 68

Stupefy

Answer 68

To stun, baffle, or amaze

Question 69

Stymie

Answer 69

To block or thwart

Question 70

Synthesis

Answer 70

Combination of parts to make a whole

Question 71

Torque

Answer 71

A rotational force

Question 72

Tortuous

Answer 72

Winding, twisting, excessively complicated

Question 73

Truculent

Answer 73

Fierce and cruel

Question 74

Veracity

Answer 74

Truthfulness and honesty

Question 75

Virulent

Answer 75

Extremely harmful or poisonous

Question 76

Voracious

Answer 76

Insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

Question 77

Waver

Answer 77

To move to and fro (to sway)