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GRE Word List 13


Group 1

Alleviated made less severe [alleviation (n); alleviate (v)]
Apostrophe 1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech)
Centurion roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers)
Emollient softening (a); something which softens (n)
Fusillade long burst of gunfire
Inerrancy infallibility; inability to make mistakes [inerrant (a)]
Mince 1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps, 3. speak in an affected manner
Palpate medical term meaning to examine with the hands
Platitude unoriginal, obvious saying
Quibble 1. (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument

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Group 2

Apprehension slight fear; sense of something unfavorable
Conniving cunning; scheming [connive (v)]
Derision mockery [deride (v)]
Epigram short, witty saying
Lassitude lack of energy; weariness
Pedantic over-insistent on matters of book-learning [pedant (n)]
Phenomenology branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory
Precipitate 1. hurried (a); 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry (n), 3. to instigate or speed up an action (v)
Renege go back on promise or retract statement

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Group 3

Armada fleet of ships
Dawdler slow person who falls behind others [dawdle (v)]
Dross something worthless; impurities left after refining
Expiate atone; make amends for
Hack 1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money, 3. hired horse
Prone 1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal
Propensity tendency; inclination
Scabbard cover for a sword
Skiff small boat
Umbrage 1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury

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Group 4

Dilettantism dabbling esp. in the arts [dilettante (n) = person who dabbles]
Enervate weaken
Malevolent having evil intentions [malevolence(n)]
Neophyte new convert; tyro
Panegyric speech praising someone; laudatory words
Presage forewarn of; indicate
Serration jagged edge
Slight 1. minor (a); 2. perceived insult (v) and (n)
Tare 1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing
Unprepossessing unattractive

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Group 5

Aberration deviation from the normal
Cant insincere talk
Disinter dig up [opposite inter = bury]
Fa�ade 1. front elevation of building, 2. false appearance or demeanor
Impeding hindering [impede (v); impediment (n)]
Lacuna gap; missing part [plural = lacunae]
Monolithic united in purpose; forming a single unit
Pied multicolored
Roster list of names
Seemly appropriate (of behavior); decorous

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Group 6

Analogue 1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input (engineering)
Coda piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document
Commingle mix
Equivocal ambiguous; open to interpretation [equivocate (v), equivocation (n)]
Fallible capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)]
Hallow respect; worship
Indigence poverty
Papyrus material used for writing on before paper was invented
Pique 1. annoyance (n); 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy (v)
Sap 1. liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n)

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Group 7

Arbitrator mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute [arbitrate (v)]
Descry to see (esp. at a distance); catch sight of
Facetious not intended to be taken seriously
Indecorous unseemly; inappropriate (of behavior)
Proliferate grow and spread [proliferation (n)]
Scotch (v) to prevent; stop; disable
Strut 1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v)
Toy (v) to play with
Usury lending money at high interest rates
Wag (n) a witty person

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Group 8

Atavism reappearance of ancestral traits; regression [atavistic (a)]
Filibuster delaying tactics
Gambit opening move; transaction
Mitigation making less severe [mitigate (v)]
Obligate compulsory
Predilection leaning; interest; talent
Propitiate appease; try to gain favor [propitiation (n)]
Stanch to stop
Travesty parody; ridiculous error
Waft drift smoothly (v); whiff; smell (n)

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Group 9

Forage search for food
Lumber 1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood)
Muse 1. think; meditate (v); 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology, a goddess who gives inspiration]
Prescience foreknowledge
Prune 1. to trim; 2. a dried plum
Ready (used of wit) quick
Resolve firmness (n)
Squalid dirty and demeaning
Sullied made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)]
Veneration worship; respect [venerable (a), venerate (v)]

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Group 10

Demur object; hesitate to accept
Duplicity cunning; deception; double dealing
Exigency urgent matter; pressing need
Expostulate offer strong objections; remonstrate
Gossamer delicate; filmy; like gauze
Inefficacious ineffective
Pine 1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve
Prudish narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals [prudery (n), prude (n)]
Quixotic impractically idealistic
Stipple cover with dots of paint etc.

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