GRE Verbal Reasoning: List 7

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. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  2. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  3. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  4. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  5. credulous
    disposed to believe on little evidence
  6. dogmatic
    characterized by assertion of unproved principles
  7. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  8. engender
    call forth
  9. edify
    make understand
  10. fawn
    try to gain favor through flattery or deferential behavior
  11. foment
    try to stir up
  12. harangue
    address forcefully
  13. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  14. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  15. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  16. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  17. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  18. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  19. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  20. querulous
    habitually complaining
  21. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  22. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  23. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  24. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  25. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
Created on Wed Jan 06 15:37:08 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 06 17:47:32 EST 2021)

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