Barrons GRE Wordlist - O

Sree Harsha T. (India)
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  1. oaf
    an awkward, foolish person
  2. oath
    a solemn promise regarding your future acts or behavior
  3. oatmeal
    porridge made of rolled oats
  4. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  5. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  6. obelisk
    a stone pillar tapering towards a pyramidal top
  7. obese
    excessively large
  8. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  9. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  10. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  11. obligatory
    required by compulsion or convention
  12. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  13. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  14. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  15. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  16. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  17. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  18. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  19. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  20. obsessive
    characterized by an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation
  21. obsidian
    glass formed by the cooling of lava without crystallization
  22. obsolete
    no longer in use
  23. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  24. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  25. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  26. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  27. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  28. obviate
    do away with
  29. Occident
    the countries of Europe and North America and South America
  30. occlude
    block passage through
  31. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  32. oculist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  33. odds
    the likelihood of a thing occurring
  34. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  35. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  36. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  37. odorous
    having a characteristic aroma
  38. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  39. offensive
    unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
  40. offhand
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  41. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  42. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
  43. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  44. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  45. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  46. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  47. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  48. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  49. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  50. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  51. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  52. onslaught
    an offensive against an enemy
  53. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  54. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  55. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  56. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  57. opiate
    a narcotic drug
  58. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  59. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  60. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  61. optician
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  62. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  63. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  64. optional
    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
  65. optometrist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  66. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  67. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  68. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  69. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  70. oratorio
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra
  71. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  72. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  73. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  74. ordination
    the act of conferring holy orders
  75. orgy
    a wild gathering
  76. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  77. orientation
    the act of determining one's position
  78. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  79. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  80. ornithologist
    a zoologist who studies feathered animals
  81. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  82. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  83. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  84. osseous
    composed of or containing bone
  85. ossify
    become bony
  86. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  87. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  88. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  89. oust
    remove from a position or office
  90. outcast
    a person who is rejected (from society or home)
  91. outfit
    a set of clothing
  92. outgoing
    at ease in talking to others
  93. outlandish
    noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual
  94. outlaw
    a criminal, especially one on the run from police
  95. outlook
    an attitude that determines how you respond to situations
  96. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  97. outrage
    a disgraceful event
  98. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
  99. outspoken
    given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
  100. outstrip
    go far ahead of
  101. outwit
    beat through cleverness
  102. ovation
    enthusiastic recognition
  103. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  104. overblown
    puffed up with vanity
  105. oversee
    watch and direct
  106. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  107. overthrow
    reject or overturn a decision or an argument
  108. overture
    orchestral music at the beginning of an opera or musical
  109. overturn
    cause to flip from an upright or normal position
  110. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  111. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  112. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  113. ovoid
    rounded like an egg
Created on Mon Jul 27 02:31:53 EDT 2009

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