GRE Verbal Reasoning: List 4

The GRE Verbal Reasoning Test will test your vocabulary in a variety of different ways. Multiple choice questions will check your understanding of reading comprehension passages. On text completion questions, you will need to identify individual words that best fit in a sentence. On sentence equivalence questions, you will be asked to select two words that have essentially the same meaning and that best complete a sentence. We've collected some of the words that appear most commonly on the GRE Verbal Reasoning Test. Master these words to ensure that you do your best on test day.
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  1. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  2. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  3. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  4. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  5. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  6. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  7. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  8. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  9. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  10. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  11. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  12. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  13. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  14. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  15. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  16. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  17. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  18. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  19. paragon
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  20. propriety
    correct behavior
  21. soporific
    inducing sleep
  22. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  23. sententious
    abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
  24. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  25. vacillate
    be undecided about something
Created on Wed Jan 06 15:35:43 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 06 17:17:16 EST 2021)

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