GRE Vocabulary

Substantiate

(v) to establish by evidence; verify; support

Levee

(n) earthen or stone embarkment to prevent flooding

Emollient

(adj) soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying;(n) an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

Problematic

(adj) doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing

Prohibitive

(adj) tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid

Cardinal

(adj)of basic importance or consequence; primary

Viable

(adj) practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

Indeterminate

(adj) uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

Resolve

(n) determination; firmness of purpose

Quibble

(n) a minor objection or complaint(v) cavil (to raise trivial and frivolous objection)

Sententious

(adj) aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively; saying much in a few words; pithy

Subside

(v) settle down; grow quiet; descend

Pellucid

(adj) transparent, easy to understand, limpid

Permeable

(adj) penetrable;porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

Condone

(v) to overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

Pathological

(adj) related to the studying of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal

Latent

(adj) potential, but undeveloped; dormant; hidden

Irresolute

(adj) uncertain how to act; weak

Tangential

(adj) peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

Stipulate

(v) to make express conditions; specify

Incorporate

(v) to introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

Levity

(n) lack of seriousiness or steadiness; frivolity

Voluble

(adj) fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language

Distend

(v) to expand; swell out

Untenable

(adj) indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

Savor

(v) to enjoy; to have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

Warranted

(adj) justified; authorized

Divest

(v) to strip, deprive

Preamble

(n) introductory statement

Contention

(n) claim; thesis

Mendacious

(adj) lying; habitually dishonest

Perfidious

(adj) treacherous, disloyal

Puissance

(n) power, strength

Indigence

(n) poverty

Stygian

(adj) dark, gloomy

Unfeigned

(adjective) genuine, not false or hypocritical

Execrate

(v) to denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil