GRE High Frequency words

Ragul M. (India)
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  1. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  2. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  3. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  4. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  5. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  6. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  7. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  8. articulate
    express or state clearly
  9. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  10. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  11. corroborate
    give evidence for
  12. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  13. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  14. dilate
    become wider
  15. dilatory
    wasting time
  16. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  17. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  18. enumerate
    specify individually
  19. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  20. errant
    straying from the right course or from accepted standards
  21. estimable
    deserving of respect or high regard
  22. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  23. fanatical
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  24. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  25. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  26. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  27. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  28. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  29. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  30. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  31. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  32. impermeable
    preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
  33. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  34. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  35. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  36. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  37. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  38. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  39. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  40. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Created on Tue Aug 13 11:12:55 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Aug 16 03:41:24 EDT 2013)

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