GRE VOCAB Words

Inimical

hostile

Scrupulous

extreme care/principled

Prolific

intellectually productive

Gauche

(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Munificent

very generous

Arbitrary

random decision

prodigious

enormous

Poignant

emotionally touching

inscrutable

difficult to understand

inveterate

habitual

trite

overused

lionize

treat as highly important

repudiate

to reject

reverent

deeply respectful

taciturn

silent; not talkative

consituent

a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent

Winsome

charming

Resurgent

a rise after defeat

Pedestrian

ordinary or dull

Hegemony

domination over others

Intrepid

fearless

Admonish

to warn

Rescind

to cancel

Garrulous

talkative

Obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please

insolent

rude

tempered

moderated, restrained

irrevocable

irreversible

Arcane

mysterious

Precipitous

with excessive or careless speed; very steep

brazen

bold and without shame

antithetical

sharply contrasted in character or purpose

sycophant

A person who flatters; a yes-man

Recind

to cancel

propitious

lucky; favorable

dilettante

amateur, dabbler

sanction

give approval to

tractable

easily managed or controlled

audacity

boldness

Foment

to arouse or incite

Pernicious

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Vacillate

to waver; to sway indecisively

Austere

(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Subversive

in opposition to authority or government

circumscribe

to restrict