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Vocabulary List 1
A preliminary list of GRE vocabulary terms
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Undergraduate 3
04/18/2012

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Term
Aberrant
Definition

Adjective

 

Deviating from normal or correct

 

My aberrant parents decided to start tanning in our backyard, completely naked. We have no fence and our neighbors just stood horrified in their dining room window.

Term
Burgeon
Definition

Noun

A bud or new growth

 

Verb

To grow or flourish

 

Yesterday, my pot plants began to burgeon. Today, my mother decided to clean my room and found every last one.

Term
Cadge
Definition

Verb

 

To obtain by opposing on another's friendship, to borrow without repaying

 

I knew Katey would cadge those earings from me; I never should have let her wear them.

Term
Dissemble
Definition

Verb

 

To conceal one's real motive

 

He tried to dissemble his lack of weed smoking experience but the loud coughing told us otherwise.

 

Term
Encomium
Definition

Noun

 

A formal Eulogy or speech of praise

 

John's encomium was very well written, but all that flattery and praise started to get very tedious.

Term
Fawn
Definition

Verb

 

To seek favor or attention, to act subserviently

 

Men don't fawn over you because you're smart. They do it because you have huge tits.

Term
Gossamer
Definition

Noun

Fine cobweb covering foliage, fine cloth

 

Adjective

Very fine

 

My gossamer lingerie feels so light and gently against my skin and gives me goosebumps all over. Would you like to see?

Term
Hapless
Definition

Adjective

 

Unfortunate

 

I don't understand how you find my hapless situation so funny. I couldn't have known that he would have a panic attack as soon as I unzipped his pants.

Term

Iconoclast


Definition

Noun

 

One who attacks traditional ideas and institutions, one who destroys sacred images.

 

All of these iconoclastic homosexuals are starting to annoy me. Someone told me that they even want to be considered "people" now.

Term
Leviathan
Definition

Noun

 

A large biblical whale --> anything of immense size and power

 

I hope that leviathan doesn't get inside the restaurant before we do or else there won't be anything left to eat.

Term
Misanthrope
Definition

Noun

 

One who hates people

 

He was a true misanthrope who preferred to die rather than spend time with himself.

Term
Noisome
Definition

Adjective

 

Harmful, offensive, obstructive

 

They tried to tell me that smoking weed is noisome to leading a happy life, but I couldn't hear them over the sounds of me not caring.

Term
Occlude
Definition

Verb

 

To close or shut off

 

We manage to occlude the doorwar when the pizza man arrived so none of the smoke could escape.

Term
Prevaricate
Definition

Verb

 

To stray away from or evade the truth

 

I tried to prevaricate as much as possible when my parents asked me where I had been last night. I told them I was at my friend's house, I just didn't mention that I'm sleeping with her brother.

Term
Quiescence
Definition

Noun

 

Stillness, inactivity, dormancy

 

Adjective form: Quiescent

 

The quiescence within the room was disturbing to Mr. Sykes after he had murdered the girl. He could not bear such utter stillness. 

Term
Rarefy
Definition

Verb

 

To make or become thin, to purify or refine

 

The Buddhists wish to rarefy their minds so their spirits can be just as pure. 

Term
Savant
Definition

Nound

 

An extremely gifted person, a genius

 

Maybe I'm really a savant in hiding. Maybe the weed has just clouded my true genius but now we'll never know for sure.

Term
Tyro
Definition

Noun

 

A beginner, a person with no experience with a certain endeavor

 

We all start out as sexual tyros which means you've got to practice to get good at it. I'd rather not be a beginner on my wedding night.

Term
Vacuous
Definition

Adjective

 

Empty, without contents, lacking ideas or intelligence

 

I understand that your skull is mostly like so vacuous that there is nothing remaining with which to retain and understand the amazing arguments I have been presenting. Therefore, I shall cease all attempts to further reason with you.

Term
Waver
Definition

Verb

 

To hesitate, to tremble

 

He never seemed to hesitate or tremble while we were at the bar, but he definitely started to waver when I started climbing on top of him. I'm pretty sure he was a virgin.

Term
Zeal
Definition

Noun

 

Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, idea, or goal

 

You had thought that I no longer had any zeal for sex because I was cheating on you. I was actually just very unethusiastic because I no longer enjoyed your presence in my bed.

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