GRE EXAM REVIEW 2026 STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS
◉ laconic. Answer: Using few words
◉ equivocal. Answer: Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
◉ harangue. Answer: noisy, attacking speech
◉ galvanize. Answer: To startle into sudden activity
◉ gossamer. Answer: (adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a
very thin, light cloth
◉ didactic. Answer: intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively
◉ dogmatic. Answer: dictatorial in one's opinions
◉ gainsay. Answer: Declare false, deny; oppose
◉ mawkish. Answer: excessively sentimental
,◉ prescience. Answer: foreknowledge of events; knowing of events
prior to their occurring
◉ querlous. Answer: complaining; grumbling
◉ recondite. Answer: Difficult to understand
◉ deferential. Answer: respectful
◉ reticent. Answer: Quiet
◉ gall. Answer: rude, impertinent, bitter anger
◉ torpor. Answer: extreme mental and physical sluggishness
◉ ephemeral. Answer: Lasting a short time
◉ quotidian. Answer: occurring daily; commonplace
◉ refractory. Answer: Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage
, ◉ travesty. Answer: mockery
◉ spurious. Answer: Not genuine; false
◉ ascetic. Answer: One who leads a life of self-denial and
contemplation; absent of luxury
◉ languid. Answer: (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
◉ soporific. Answer: causing sleep or lethargy
◉ largess. Answer: generous giving (as of money) to others who may
seem inferior
◉ apochryphal. Answer: false, spurious, of doubtful origin
◉ intransigent. Answer: Refusing to compromise
◉ abstruse. Answer: difficult to understand; obscure
◉ provincial. Answer: Unsophisticated
QUESTIONS
◉ laconic. Answer: Using few words
◉ equivocal. Answer: Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
◉ harangue. Answer: noisy, attacking speech
◉ galvanize. Answer: To startle into sudden activity
◉ gossamer. Answer: (adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a
very thin, light cloth
◉ didactic. Answer: intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively
◉ dogmatic. Answer: dictatorial in one's opinions
◉ gainsay. Answer: Declare false, deny; oppose
◉ mawkish. Answer: excessively sentimental
,◉ prescience. Answer: foreknowledge of events; knowing of events
prior to their occurring
◉ querlous. Answer: complaining; grumbling
◉ recondite. Answer: Difficult to understand
◉ deferential. Answer: respectful
◉ reticent. Answer: Quiet
◉ gall. Answer: rude, impertinent, bitter anger
◉ torpor. Answer: extreme mental and physical sluggishness
◉ ephemeral. Answer: Lasting a short time
◉ quotidian. Answer: occurring daily; commonplace
◉ refractory. Answer: Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage
, ◉ travesty. Answer: mockery
◉ spurious. Answer: Not genuine; false
◉ ascetic. Answer: One who leads a life of self-denial and
contemplation; absent of luxury
◉ languid. Answer: (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
◉ soporific. Answer: causing sleep or lethargy
◉ largess. Answer: generous giving (as of money) to others who may
seem inferior
◉ apochryphal. Answer: false, spurious, of doubtful origin
◉ intransigent. Answer: Refusing to compromise
◉ abstruse. Answer: difficult to understand; obscure
◉ provincial. Answer: Unsophisticated
