美国大学网站上提供的GRE单词列表

　　GRE VOCABULARY

　　aberration anomaly, deviation from standard, irregularity, atypical

　　abrogate do away with

　　abstemious sparing, moderate

　　abstruse concealed, deep, difficult to comprehend

　　accolade award, honor, high praise

　　accretion accumulation, enlargement, growth

　　adroitly skillfully

　　adulate admire excessively/slavishly, flatter

　　alacrity eagerness, readiness

　　alias assumed

　　allocate distribute, designate

　　allusion indirect reference to something else, hint

　　ameliorate improve

　　amenable agreeable

　　arbiter one who arbitrates/decides, judge

　　ardor fervor, enthusiasm

　　assuage lessen the intensity of something

　　audacious bold, fearless

　　audacity boldness, reckless daring

　　auspicious prosperous, favorable

　　aver prove truth of, state it is true

　　badger harass/annoy continuously, bait

　　baleful hurtful, malignant, sorrowful

　　beget bringsintosbeing, cause to exist

　　bereave deprive, leave desolate

　　brazenly boldly

　　brook tolerate

　　burnish polish

　　cacophony harsh sounding mixture of sounds

　　cajole deceptively persuade someone to do something he/she declines to

　　candid free from prejudice/bias/malice, honest, fair

　　capricious unpredictable, momentarily changeable

　　chary cautious

　　circumlocution indirect expression, use of wordy/evasive language

　　coda distinct passage concluding a composition

　　cogent powerful

　　cognizant perceptive, observant

　　compliant yielding, submissive

　　composure ease

　　conciliatory peace making

　　conjoin join together

　　conjure summon, bringsintosbeing as if by magic

　　connoisseur expert

　　consensus unanimity, near unanimity, complete accord in opinion

　　contentious argumentative

　　conundrum puzzle, riddle

　　corroborate confirm, back up with evidence

　　cower shrink

　　debacle violent, sudden breakdown/overthrow

　　debauchery intemperance, wild living

　　decorous in good taste, proper

　　deleterious harmful, menacing

　　despondent desperate, hopeless

　　dire disastrous, horrible, ill-omened, extreme

　　dirge chant/song of sorrow/mourning, rites for the dead

　　disavow deny

　　disparage detract

　　disparaging depreciatory, derogatory, detraction

　　dispassionate passionless, impartial, neutral

　　divergent differing, deviating

　　doggerel loose, unskillful verse

　　dogma authoritative tenet, established opinion

　　dubious doubtful, questionable

　　eclectic drawn from many sources

　　edict decree, mandate, law, writ, command

　　effluvium escaping gas, noxious vapors

　　emaciation waste away, become thin/weak

　　emollient balm, salve, softening, soothing

　　enigma problem, puzzle, mystery

　　enmity antagonism, hatred, antipathy

　　epicure one interested in fine foods

　　epithet descriptive

　　equivocal ambiguous, intentionally confusing

　　erratic inconsistent, unpredictable,aimless, spasmodic, unusual, capricious

　　erudite scholarly, deeply learned

　　escrow legal agreement handled by 3rd party until conditions fulfilled

　　euphemism use of nice words in place of distasteful ones

　　evanescent vanishing, fading, scarcely perceptible

　　exigent urgent

　　exonerate completely free from blame

　　exorbitant extravagant, immoderate

　　exploit milk, drain, exhaust

　　exposition setting forth meaning, explanation

　　extol celebrate, glorify

　　extricate loosen, release

　　exuberant extremely joyful, vigorous, profuse in growth

　　faddish passing

　　feckless careless

　　fester blister, inflame, cancer

　　fickle deceitful, inconstant

　　fission splittingsintosparts

　　fissure narrow slit, crack, cleft

　　flippant shallow, disrespectful

　　flout disregard because of disrespect

　　flux substance aiding fusion

　　forbear refrain from, abstain

　　frivolous flimsy, trivial, lacking seriousness

　　fulminate strike, send forth invectives, akin to lightning

　　fulsome disgusting, morally offensive

　　fumble handle clumsily, fail to catch

　　garish flashy, excessively colorful

　　garrulous extremely talkative, wordy

　　gavel wooden hammer

　　genial helpful, cheerful, pleasant

　　genre distinctive category/class

　　goad urge forcefully, to prod

　　gouge chisel with curved blade

　　gouging force out

　　hapless unlucky

　　hold placeswherescargo is kept

　　hone sharpen

　　imperturbable calm

　　implement carry out

　　improvident wasteful, careless

　　impudent bold, impertinent, discourteous

　　impugn attack, especially the truth/integrity of something

　　impute ascribe to, refer to, attribution

　　inchoate unformed, just beginning

　　indifference detachment, lack of interest/concern

　　indignant angry

　　indulgent lenient, yielding to desire

　　ineluctable inevitable, unavoidable

　　infatuation love

　　ingenuous free from deceit/disguise

　　insolvent unable to pay ones bills

　　intrinsic inherent

　　invective insulting/abusive speech

　　laconic using few words

　　lambaste scold, beat

　　laudatory applausive, approving

　　lax slack, careless, negligent, not strict

　　levee embankment to prevent overflowing of river

　　lode a vein, ore imbedded in a rock fissure

　　loquacious extremely talkative/wordy

　　maverick nonconformist

　　mellifluous sweetly flowing

　　minatory threatening

　　misanthrope one who hates people

　　mitigated softened

　　mitis soft

　　munificent very generous

　　neophyte beginner

　　noisome bad-smelling

　　obdurate stubborn, inflexible

　　odium hate, disgust

　　offense wrongdoing

　　oscillate swing back and forth

　　ossify harden, turn to bone, become rigid

　　ostentatious conspicuous, showing off

　　palliate excuse, cause to seem less serious

　　palpable touchable, obvious

　　panegyric lofty praise

　　partisan who supports a particular idea ...

　　peccadillo slight fault

　　pedagogue pedantic/dogmatic person, teacher

　　penchant inclination

　　penchant strong liking/leaning

　　petulant ill-tempered, rude, cranky

　　piquant spicy, pleasantly pungent

　　placate conciliate, pacify, appease, calm, soothe

　　placid calm, peaceful

　　plumb measure the depth of

　　polemic powerful argument in refutation of something

　　pragmatic practical

　　precarious uncertain, dangerous

　　precipice very steep, overhanging place, hazardous situation

　　precipitate cause to happen abruptly

　　presumptuous arrogant

　　prevarication lie

　　pristine pure, uncorrupted, unspoiled

　　probity integrity, honesty

　　prodigy extraordinary

　　promulgate declare, put in force/law

　　propinquity kinship, nearness

　　propitiate conciliate, pacify, appease, calm, soothe

　　proscription restriction/ban/restraint imposed

　　proselytize convert, recruit converts

　　pundit expert

　　pungent sharp/biting to taste/smell

　　qualify modify, restrict

　　rampart fortification, defense

　　ravenous very eager/greedy for food/gratification/satisfaction

　　reciprocal mutual, shared, interchangeable

　　recondite obscure, concealed, deep, difficult to comprehend

　　rectitude righteousness, moral integrity

　　reprobate depraved, wicked, corrupt, degenerate, vicious

　　repugnant offensive, distasteful

　　resolute determined, unyielding

　　reticent quiet, dumb, reserved, silent, reluctant

　　ribald in decent, coarse

　　rivet attract and hold attention

　　sagacious wise

　　salubrious promoting good health

　　sanction ratify, confirm, authorize, approve

　　saturnine gloomy/sullen/dismal in temperament

　　savor relish, enjoy

　　sedulous zealous, persevering

　　serene tranquil, clear, untroubled, calm

　　sinuous winding, intricate

　　spendthrift wasteful, extravagant

　　spurious bogus, false

　　squalid filthy, repulsive, wretched, degraded

　　subjugate enslave, subdue, dominate

　　substantive solid, substantial

　　succinct concise, precisely expressed

　　sullen gloomy, dismal

　　superficial shallow, unimportant, external, without profundity

　　superfluous extra, unnecessary

　　surreptitious secret, sneaky

　　tacit implicit, understood

　　taunt insult, ridicule

　　temerity recklessness, foolish boldness

　　tiff argument

　　timbre quality of sound independent of pitch/loudness

　　tout give a tip

　　transitory temporary

　　trepidation fear, nervousness

　　truculent savage, fierce

　　turbid muddy, foul with sediments

　　turpitude shameful wickedness

　　untoward unfavorable, unruly

　　usurer money lender charging high interest

　　vacuous stupid

　　veracity truthfulness

　　vex annoy, pester, confuse

　　vindicate clear from blame/suspicion

　　viscid sticky, viscous

　　viscous thick and sticky

　　visionary dreamer

　　vituperation abusive language

　　welter confused mass

　　xenophobe one who hates strangers Compiled by Monika Bender