Barron's GRE 3500 Master Word List 31-35

Saami R.
As found on Barron's 17th edition GRE prep
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  1. misogamy
    hatred of marriage
  2. misogynist
    a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
  3. missile
    a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a target
  4. missive
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  5. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  6. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  7. mobile
    moving or capable of moving readily
  8. mock
    treat with contempt
  9. mode
    how something is done or how it happens
  10. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  11. modish
    in the current fashion or style
  12. modulate
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  13. mogul
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  14. molecule
    the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  15. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  16. mollycoddle
    treat with excessive indulgence
  17. molt
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  18. molten
    reduced to liquid form by heating
  19. momentous
    of very great significance
  20. momentum
    the product of a body's mass and its velocity
  21. monarchy
    autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority
  22. monastic
    relating to life in an isolated religious community
  23. monetary
    relating to or involving money
  24. monochromatic
    having or appearing to have only one color
  25. monolithic
    imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  26. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  27. monotony
    the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety
  28. monumental
    of outstanding significance
  29. moodiness
    a sullen gloomy feeling
  30. moratorium
    suspension of an ongoing activity
  31. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  32. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  33. mores
    the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
  34. moribund
    being on the point of death
  35. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  36. mortician
    one whose business is the management of funerals
  37. mortify
    cause to feel shame
  38. mosaic
    design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
  39. mote
    a tiny piece of anything
  40. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  41. motility
    ability to move spontaneously and independently
  42. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  43. mottled
    having spots or patches of color
  44. mountebank
    a flamboyant deceiver
  45. muddle
    make clouded as with sediment
  46. muggy
    hot or warm and humid
  47. mulct
    money extracted as a penalty
  48. multifarious
    having many aspects
  49. multiform
    occurring in or having many shapes or appearances
  50. multilingual
    using or knowing more than one language
  51. multiplicity
    the property of having more than one part or entity
  52. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  53. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  54. mural
    a painting that is applied to a wall surface
  55. murky
    cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through
  56. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  57. musky
    resembling the smell of a deer secretion or odorous perfume
  58. muster
    summon up, call forth, or bring together
  59. musty
    covered with or smelling of mold
  60. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
  61. muted
    softened in tone
  62. mutilate
    destroy or injure severely
  63. mutinous
    characterized by a rebellion against authority
  64. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  65. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  66. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  67. naivete
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  68. narcissist
    someone who is excessively self-centered
  69. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  70. nascent
    being born or beginning
  71. natation
    the act of someone who swims or floats in the water
  72. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  73. nauseate
    upset and make ill
  74. nautical
    relating to ships or navigation
  75. navigable
    able to be sailed on or through safely
  76. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  77. necromancy
    conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
  78. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  79. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  80. negligence
    failure to act with the prudence of a reasonable person
  81. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  82. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  83. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  84. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  85. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
  86. nether
    lower
  87. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  88. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  89. nib
    the writing point of a pen
  90. nicety
    conformity with some standard of correctness or propriety
  91. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  92. niggle
    worry unnecessarily or excessively
  93. nihilist
    someone who rejects all theories of morality
  94. nip
    sever or remove by pinching
  95. nirvana
    the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
  96. nocturnal
    belonging to or active during the night
  97. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  98. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
  99. nomenclature
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  100. nominal
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
  101. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  102. noncommittal
    refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action
  103. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  104. nonentity
    a person of no influence
  105. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  106. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  107. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  108. notable
    worthy of attention or interest
  109. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  110. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
  111. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  112. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  113. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  114. nubile
    (of young women) attractive and eligible to marry
  115. nugatory
    of no real value
  116. nullify
    declare invalid
  117. numismatist
    a collector and student of money, especially coins
  118. nuptial
    of or relating to a wedding
  119. nurture
    provide with nourishment
  120. nutrient
    any substance that can be metabolized to give energy
  121. oaf
    an awkward, foolish person
  122. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  123. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  124. obelisk
    a stone pillar tapering towards a pyramidal top
  125. obese
    excessively large
  126. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  127. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  128. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  129. obligatory
    required by compulsion or convention
  130. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  131. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  132. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  133. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  134. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  135. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  136. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  137. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  138. obsequiousness
    abject or cringing submissiveness
  139. obsessive
    characterized by an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation
  140. obsidian
    glass formed by the cooling of lava without crystallization
  141. obsolete
    no longer in use
  142. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  143. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  144. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  145. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  146. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  147. obviate
    do away with
  148. Occident
    the countries of Europe and North America and South America
  149. occlude
    block passage through
  150. occultist
    a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
  151. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  152. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  153. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  154. odorous
    having a characteristic aroma
  155. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  156. offensive
    unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
  157. offhand
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  158. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  159. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
  160. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  161. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  162. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  163. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  164. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  165. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  166. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  167. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  168. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  169. onslaught
    an offensive against an enemy
  170. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  171. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  172. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  173. opiate
    a narcotic drug
  174. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  175. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  176. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  177. optician
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  178. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  179. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  180. optional
    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
  181. optometrist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  182. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  183. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  184. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  185. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  186. oratorio
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra
  187. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  188. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  189. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  190. ordination
    the act of conferring holy orders
  191. orgy
    a wild gathering
  192. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  193. orientation
    the act of determining one's position
  194. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  195. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  196. ornithologist
    a zoologist who studies feathered animals
  197. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  198. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  199. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  200. osseous
    composed of or containing bone
  201. ossify
    become bony
  202. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  203. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  204. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  205. oust
    remove from a position or office
  206. outlandish
    noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual
  207. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  208. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
  209. outspoken
    given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
  210. outstrip
    go far ahead of
  211. outwit
    beat through cleverness
  212. ovation
    enthusiastic recognition
  213. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  214. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  215. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  216. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  217. ovoid
    rounded like an egg
  218. pachyderm
    a large mammal with thick skin, such as an elephant or hippo
  219. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  220. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  221. paean
    a hymn of praise
  222. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  223. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  224. palate
    the surface of the mouth separating oral and nasal cavities
  225. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  226. paleontology
    the earth science that studies fossil organisms
  227. palette
    a board on which an artist mixes paints
  228. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  229. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  230. pallet
    a hand tool with a flat blade for mixing and shaping clay
  231. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  232. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  233. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  234. palpitate
    beat rapidly
  235. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  236. pan
    shallow container made of metal
  237. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  238. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  239. pandemic
    existing everywhere
  240. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  241. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  242. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  243. panoramic
    as from an altitude or distance
  244. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  245. papyrus
    tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber
  246. parable
    a short moral story
  247. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  248. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  249. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  250. parallelism
    similarity by virtue of corresponding
  251. parameter
    a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied
  252. paramount
    more important than anything else; supreme
  253. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
  254. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
  255. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  256. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  257. parasite
    an animal or plant that lives in or on a host
  258. parched
    extremely thirsty
  259. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  260. parity
    functional equality
  261. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
  262. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  263. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  264. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  265. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  266. parquet
    a floor made of a patterned wood inlay
  267. parry
    impede the movement of
  268. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  269. partial
    being or affecting only a segment
  270. partiality
    an inclination to favor one group or view over alternatives
  271. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  272. partition
    separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
  273. passe
    out of fashion
  274. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  275. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  276. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  277. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  278. pathetic
    deserving or inciting pity
  279. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
  280. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  281. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  282. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  283. patriarch
    the male head of family or tribe
  284. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  285. patronize
    provide support for
  286. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  287. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  288. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  289. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  290. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  291. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  292. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  293. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  294. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  295. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
  296. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  297. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  298. pell-mell
    in a wild or reckless manner
  299. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  300. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  301. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  302. pendant
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry
  303. pendant
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry
  304. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
  305. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  306. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  307. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  308. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  309. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  310. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
  311. percussion
    the act of exploding a detonator that explodes when struck
  312. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  313. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  314. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  315. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  316. perfidious
    tending to betray
  317. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  318. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  319. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  320. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  321. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  322. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  323. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
  324. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  325. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  326. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  327. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  328. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  329. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  330. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  331. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  332. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  333. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  334. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  335. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  336. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  337. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  338. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  339. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  340. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  341. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  342. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  343. perversion
    the action of corrupting something
  344. pessimism
    a general disposition to expect the worst in all things
  345. pestilential
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  346. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  347. petrify
    change into stone
  348. petty
    small and of little importance
  349. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  350. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  351. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  352. philanderer
    a man who likes many women
Created on Thu Oct 18 01:37:44 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Oct 20 09:49:04 EDT 2012)

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