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GRE Verbal Reasoning: List 2

The GRE Verbal Reasoning Test will test your vocabulary in a variety of different ways. Multiple choice questions will check your understanding of reading comprehension passages. On text completion questions, you will need to identify individual words that best fit in a sentence. On sentence equivalence questions, you will be asked to select two words that have essentially the same meaning and that best complete a sentence. We've collected some of the words that appear most commonly on the GRE Verbal Reasoning Test. Master these words to ensure that you do your best on test day.
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  3. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  4. asperity
    harshness of manner
  5. culminate
    reach the highest or most decisive point
  6. corroborate
    give evidence for
  7. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  8. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  9. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  10. ephemeral
    lasting a very short time
  11. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  12. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  13. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  14. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  15. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  16. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  17. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  18. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  19. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  20. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  21. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  22. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  23. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  24. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  25. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
Created on Wed Jan 06 15:33:14 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 06 16:31:59 EST 2021)

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