Top GRE Vocab. Words (M-Z)

Question 0

Malleable

Answer 0

Capable of being shaped

Question 1

Malinger

Answer 1

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 2

Metaphor

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A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol

Question 3

Meticulous

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Extremely careful about details

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

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Mitigate

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To soften; to lessen

Question 6

Mollify

Answer 6

To calm or make less severe

Question 7

Monotony

Answer 7

Lack of variation

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Naive

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Lacking sophistication or experience

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

Question 11

Obstinate

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Stubborn, unyielding

Question 12

Obviate

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To prevent; to make unnecessary

Question 13

Occlude

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To stop up; to prevent the passage of

Question 14

Onerous

Answer 14

Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

Question 15

Opaque

Answer 15

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

Question 16

Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

Question 17

Ostentation

Answer 17

Excessive showiness

Question 18

Paradox

Answer 18

A contradiction or dilemma

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

Question 20

Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Philanthropy

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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 25

Placate

Answer 25

To soothe or pacify

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Plastic

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Able to be molded, altered, or bent

Question 27

Plethora

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Excess

Question 28

Pragmatic

Answer 28

Practical as opposed to idealistic

Question 29

Precipitate

Answer 29

To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

Question 30

Prevaricate

Answer 30

To lie or deviate from the truth

Question 31

Pristine

Answer 31

Fresh and clean; uncorrupted

Question 32

Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Propitiate

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To conciliate; to appease

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Question 36

Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

Question 37

Pungent

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

Question 38

Quiescent

Answer 38

Motionless

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

Question 40

Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Reticent

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Silent, reserved

Question 42

Rhetoric

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Effective writing or speaking

Question 43

Satiate

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To satisfy fully or overindulge

Question 44

Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

Question 46

Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit

Question 47

Stolid

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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Tacit

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Done without using words

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Taciturn

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Silent, not talkative

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Tirade

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

Question 53

Transitory

Answer 53

Temporary, lasting a brief time

Question 54

Vacillate

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To sway physically; to be indecisive

Question 55

Venerate

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To respect deeply

Question 56

Veracity

Answer 56

Filled with truth and accuracy

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Vex

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To annoy

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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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Waver

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To fluctuate between choices

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Whimsical

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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

Question 62

Zeal

Answer 62

Passion, excitement