GRE Vocabulary ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
pedantic - CORRECT ANSWERS boringly scholarly or academic OR
narrow focus on trivial
laconic - CORRECT ANSWERS Using few words
equivocal - CORRECT ANSWERS Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
harangue - CORRECT ANSWERS noisy, attacking speech
galvanize - CORRECT ANSWERS To startle into sudden activity
gossamer - CORRECT ANSWERS (adj.) thin, light, delicate,
insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth
didactic - CORRECT ANSWERS intended to teach; inclined to teach
excessively
dogmatic - CORRECT ANSWERS dictatorial in one's opinions
gainsay - CORRECT ANSWERS Declare false, deny; oppose
mawkish - CORRECT ANSWERS excessively sentimental
prescience - CORRECT ANSWERS foreknowledge of events; knowing
of events prior to their occurring
,querlous - CORRECT ANSWERS complaining; grumbling
recondite - CORRECT ANSWERS Difficult to understand
deferential - CORRECT ANSWERS respectful
reticent - CORRECT ANSWERS Quiet
gall - CORRECT ANSWERS rude, impertinent, bitter anger
torpor - CORRECT ANSWERS extreme mental and physical
sluggishness
ephemeral - CORRECT ANSWERS Lasting a short time
quotidian - CORRECT ANSWERS occurring daily; commonplace
refractory - CORRECT ANSWERS Stubbornly disobedient, hard to
manage
travesty - CORRECT ANSWERS mockery
spurious - CORRECT ANSWERS Not genuine; false
ascetic - CORRECT ANSWERS One who leads a life of self-denial and
contemplation; absent of luxury
, languid - CORRECT ANSWERS (adj.) drooping; without energy,
sluggish
soporific - CORRECT ANSWERS causing sleep or lethargy
largess - CORRECT ANSWERS generous giving (as of money) to others
who may seem inferior
apochryphal - CORRECT ANSWERS false, spurious, of doubtful origin
intransigent - CORRECT ANSWERS Refusing to compromise
abstruse - CORRECT ANSWERS difficult to understand; obscure
provincial - CORRECT ANSWERS Unsophisticated
iconoclastic - CORRECT ANSWERS attacking cherished traditions
tortuous - CORRECT ANSWERS Twisting, winding, complex; devious,
not straightforward
discrete - CORRECT ANSWERS Distinct, separate
circumscribe - CORRECT ANSWERS limit
arcane - CORRECT ANSWERS Known or understood by only a few
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
pedantic - CORRECT ANSWERS boringly scholarly or academic OR
narrow focus on trivial
laconic - CORRECT ANSWERS Using few words
equivocal - CORRECT ANSWERS Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
harangue - CORRECT ANSWERS noisy, attacking speech
galvanize - CORRECT ANSWERS To startle into sudden activity
gossamer - CORRECT ANSWERS (adj.) thin, light, delicate,
insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth
didactic - CORRECT ANSWERS intended to teach; inclined to teach
excessively
dogmatic - CORRECT ANSWERS dictatorial in one's opinions
gainsay - CORRECT ANSWERS Declare false, deny; oppose
mawkish - CORRECT ANSWERS excessively sentimental
prescience - CORRECT ANSWERS foreknowledge of events; knowing
of events prior to their occurring
,querlous - CORRECT ANSWERS complaining; grumbling
recondite - CORRECT ANSWERS Difficult to understand
deferential - CORRECT ANSWERS respectful
reticent - CORRECT ANSWERS Quiet
gall - CORRECT ANSWERS rude, impertinent, bitter anger
torpor - CORRECT ANSWERS extreme mental and physical
sluggishness
ephemeral - CORRECT ANSWERS Lasting a short time
quotidian - CORRECT ANSWERS occurring daily; commonplace
refractory - CORRECT ANSWERS Stubbornly disobedient, hard to
manage
travesty - CORRECT ANSWERS mockery
spurious - CORRECT ANSWERS Not genuine; false
ascetic - CORRECT ANSWERS One who leads a life of self-denial and
contemplation; absent of luxury
, languid - CORRECT ANSWERS (adj.) drooping; without energy,
sluggish
soporific - CORRECT ANSWERS causing sleep or lethargy
largess - CORRECT ANSWERS generous giving (as of money) to others
who may seem inferior
apochryphal - CORRECT ANSWERS false, spurious, of doubtful origin
intransigent - CORRECT ANSWERS Refusing to compromise
abstruse - CORRECT ANSWERS difficult to understand; obscure
provincial - CORRECT ANSWERS Unsophisticated
iconoclastic - CORRECT ANSWERS attacking cherished traditions
tortuous - CORRECT ANSWERS Twisting, winding, complex; devious,
not straightforward
discrete - CORRECT ANSWERS Distinct, separate
circumscribe - CORRECT ANSWERS limit
arcane - CORRECT ANSWERS Known or understood by only a few
