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GRE Top 100 difficult words

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Ascetic
self-denying, abstinent, austere
Unfettered
free, unrestrained
Enigma (tic)
a puzzle, something inexplicable
Succinct
terse, brief, concise
Decimate
to reduce drastically, to destroy a large part of
Aggrandize
to make larger or greater in power
diffuse
widely spread out
Mundane
worldly, commonpace
Prudent
careful, cautious
Wheedle
to influence or entice byt flattery
Audacious
bold, daring, fearless
Propensity
inclination tendency
Abscond
to depart secretly
Probity
honesty, high-mindedness
Lucid
clean and easily understood
Precursor (y)
forerunner, predecessor
Defer (ence)
to show respect or politeness in a submissive way
Malevolent
ill wiled, causing evil or harm to others
Perennial
present throughout the years persistent
Foster
to nourish, cultivate, promote
Disinterest (ed) (edness)
unbiased, not interested
Rarefy/Rarefaction
to make thinner, purer, or more refined
Mollify
to calm or make less severe
Endemic
belonging to a particular area, inherent
Precarious (ly)
uncertain
Magnanimity/Magnanimous
generosity
Insipid
bland, lacking flavor, lacking excitement
Laudable (tory)
deserving of praise
ephemeral
momentary, transient, fleeting
Irascible (-ility)
easily angered
Loquacity/Loquacious
talkative
Inchoate
imperfectly formed or formulated
Efficacy/Efficacious
effectiveness, efficiency
Impervious
impossible to penetrate, incapable, of being affected
Iconoclast
one who attacks
Hieroglyph (ic)
pictorial character
Harangue
a ranting writing or speech, lecture
Occulude
to shut, block
Florid (ness)
gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed
Espouse
to support or advocate, to marry
Erudite (-ition)
learned, scholar
Latency
the condition of being present but hidden
Enervate
to weaken, sap strength from
Complaisance/Complaisant
disposition to please or comply
Emulate
to copy, imitate
Implacable
inflexible, incapable of being pleased
Dissemble
to pretend, disguise one's motives
Obviate
to make unnecessary, to anticipate and prevent
Discrete
individually distinct, consisting of unconnected elements
Repudiate
to reject as having no authority
Diffident/Diffidence
shy, lacking confidence
Turpitude
inherent baseness, depravity
Specious (ness)
having a false appearance of truth, showy
Culpability
guilt, responsibility for wrong
mitigate/Mitigation
to soften, or make milder
Commensurate
proportional
Burgeon (-ing)
to sprout or flourish
Aver
to declare true, affirm
Propitiate
to cause to happen, to throw down from a height
Vindictive
spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving
Anachronism/Anachronistic
something chronologically inappropriate
Ameliorate (-ion)
to make better, improve
Sanction
permission, support, law, penalty
Adulterate
to corrupt or make impure
Profundity
depth (usually depth of thought)
Proximity
nearness
Precipitate
to cause to happen, to throw down from a height
Pragmatic/Pragmatism
practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals
Embellish (ment)
to ornament, make attractive with decoration or details, add details to a statement
Prevaricat (-ion)
to lie, evade the truth
Obdurate
stubborn
heresy/ Heretic(al)
an act opposed to established religious orthodoxy
Aberrant/Aberration
different from the usual or normal
Fawn (ing)
to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
Eulogy (-ize)
high praise, often in public
Guile (less)
trickery, deception
Pedant (ic) (ry)
uninspired, boring academic
Diatribe
bitter verbal attack
Desiccate (-ion)
to dry completely, dehydrate
Banal (ity)
trite and overly common
Feigned (unfeigned)
pretended
Disabuse
to free from error or misconception
Antipathy
dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
Buttress
to reinforce or support
Corroborate (-ion)
to confirm, verify
Digress (ive)
to turn aside, to stray from the main point
Misanthrope (-ic)
person who hates human beings
Assuage
to make less severe, ease, relieve
Venerate (-ion)
to respect
Anomalous
ireegular or deviating from thenorm
Quiescence (quiescent
inactivity, stillness
Laconic
using few words
Homogeneous (homogenize)
composed of identical parts
Garrulous (garrulity)
very talkative
Dogma (tic) (tism) (tist)
rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
Engender
to prduce, cause, bring out
Miser
person who is extremely stingy
Placate (implacable)
to soothe or pacify
Tractable (intractable)
obedient, yielding
Equivocal/Equivocate/Equivocation
ambiguous
open to two interpretations
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