GRE Word List 07

Group 1

Archetype	classic example of
Clemency	mercy
Disinterested	unbiased
Flout	defy; reject
Ing�nue	na�ve, unsophisticated person
Mendacious	given to lying
Paucity	shortage
Protean	changeable
Sophomoric	juvenile; immature
Venal	corrupt; can be bribed

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Group 2

Archives	collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
Clich�	overused expression; something unoriginal
Disparage	criticize; belittle
Flustered	worked-up; not calm
Ingrate	ungrateful person
Mercenary	concerned only with money
Peccadillo	minor weakness; trivial offence
Prot�g�	person under protection of, or guided by another
Soporific	inducing sleep
Veneer	surface coating

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Group 3

Articulate	clear; lucid; eloquent
Clientele	customers
Disparity	an inequality
Fly-by-night	unreliable; disreputable
Inimical	hostile
Mercurial	volatile; changeable
Pedant	person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
Protocol	procedure; code of behavior
Sparse	spare; bare; meager
Venerate	revere; worship

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Group 4

Artifice	deception; trickery
Coalesce	come together; merge
Dispassionate	neutral; objective
Forensic	concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
Innate	inherited; inborn
Merge	come together
Pedestrian	common; mundane; banal
Provincial	unsophisticated; narrow-minded
Specious	false
Venial	minor; unimportant

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Group 5

Artisan	craftsman
Coddle	pamper; fuss over; indulge
Disseminating	circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
Fortitude	bravery
Innocuous	harmless; inoffensive
Metaphorically	symbolically; figuratively
Peerless	without equal
Prudent	cautious; wise
Speckled	spotted; freckled; dotted
Veracity	truthfulness

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Group 6

Ascetic	without luxuries; severely simple
Coercion	force
Diurnal	active in daytime
Fortuitous	happening by chance
Innovate	create; introduce something new
Meticulous	very careful; painstaking
Pejorative	derogatory
Puerile	childish
Sporadic	not continuous; intermittent
Verbose	talkative; long-winded; rambling

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Group 7

Assiduous	thorough; diligent
Cogent	lucid; well argued
Divert	1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour
Fractious	irritable; difficult to control
Inscrutable	mysterious; impenetrable
Mettle	courage; bravery; valor
Pellucid	transparently clear
Punctilious	paying attention to small details
Spurious	false
Verbosity	using too many words

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Group 8

Assuage	to calm
Cogitate	think over something; ponder
Docile	gentle and easily lead
Fraudulent	fake; false
Insentient	unfeeling
Milieu	environment
Pensive	in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
Purloin	steal
Stagnant	still; not moving
Vertigo	dizziness

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Group 9

Astute	perceptive; sharp-witted
Collage	picture made from fragments of other pictures
Dogmatic	having stubbornly held opinions
Frivolous	not serious
Insipid	dull; bland; boring
Mire	swamp; muddy ground
Penury	poverty
Pusillanimous	cowardly
Staid	dull; sober; serious
Vestigial	not developed

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Group 10

Asylum	place of refuge or safety
Collate	arrange in order
Dolt	stupid person
Frugal	economical; not wasting anything
Instigate	to start; provoke
Misanthrope	hater of the rest of mankind
Perceptive	observant
Pyromania	compulsion to start fires
Stanza	section of a poem
Vignette	small sketch

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