GRE VOCABULARY2026 EXAMS,
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Abate - answerTo reduce in amount, degree, or severity.
Abscond - answerTo leave secretly.
Abstain - answerTo choose not to do something.
Abstruseness - answerThe quality of being difficult to understand or obscure.
Abyss - answerAn extremely deep hole.
Acerbically Witty - answerBeing sharp and biting in humor or speech, often in a harsh or
sarcastic way.
Adulterate - answerTo make impure.
Advocate - answerTo speak in favor of.
Aesthetic - answerConcerning the appreciation of beauty.
Aggrandize - answerTo increase in power, influence, and reputation.
Allegorical - answerRepresenting a deeper meaning, often moral, political, or spiritual.
Alleviate - answerTo make more bearable.
Amalgamate - answerTo combine; to mix together.
Ambiguous - answerDoubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways.
Ameliorate - answerTo make better or improve.
Anachronism - answerSomething out of place in time.
Anachronistic - answerBelonging to a time period other than the one being depicted; out
of place in time.
Analogous - answerSimilar or alike in some way; equivalent to.
Anomaly - answerDeviation from what is normal.
Antagonize - answerTo annoy or provoke to anger.
, Antipathy - answerAn intense dislike.
Apathy - answerLack of interest or emotion.
Aplomb - answerSelf-assurance, especially in difficult situations.
Arbitrary - answerBased on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason or
system.
Arbitrate - answerTo judge a dispute between two opposing parties.
Archaic - answerAncient; old-fashioned.
Ardor - answerIntense and passionate feeling.
Articulate - answerAble to speak clearly and expressively.
Ascetic - answerA person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention from
indulgence, often for religious reasons.
Aspiration - answerA strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
Assuage - answerTo make something unpleasant less severe.
Attenuate - answerTo reduce in force or degree; to weaken.
Audacious - answerFearless and daring.
Austere - answerSevere or stern in appearance; undecorated.
Avid about - answerHaving a keen interest or enthusiasm for something.
Banal - answerLacking originality, freshness, or novelty; dull.
Baseness - answerThe quality of being morally low or dishonorable.
Belies - answerTo give a false impression of something; to misrepresent.
Blithely obvious - answerCarefree and showing a lack of concern, often with something
that is easily noticeable.
Bolster - answerSupport; prop up.
Bombastic - answerPompous in speech and manner.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Abate - answerTo reduce in amount, degree, or severity.
Abscond - answerTo leave secretly.
Abstain - answerTo choose not to do something.
Abstruseness - answerThe quality of being difficult to understand or obscure.
Abyss - answerAn extremely deep hole.
Acerbically Witty - answerBeing sharp and biting in humor or speech, often in a harsh or
sarcastic way.
Adulterate - answerTo make impure.
Advocate - answerTo speak in favor of.
Aesthetic - answerConcerning the appreciation of beauty.
Aggrandize - answerTo increase in power, influence, and reputation.
Allegorical - answerRepresenting a deeper meaning, often moral, political, or spiritual.
Alleviate - answerTo make more bearable.
Amalgamate - answerTo combine; to mix together.
Ambiguous - answerDoubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways.
Ameliorate - answerTo make better or improve.
Anachronism - answerSomething out of place in time.
Anachronistic - answerBelonging to a time period other than the one being depicted; out
of place in time.
Analogous - answerSimilar or alike in some way; equivalent to.
Anomaly - answerDeviation from what is normal.
Antagonize - answerTo annoy or provoke to anger.
, Antipathy - answerAn intense dislike.
Apathy - answerLack of interest or emotion.
Aplomb - answerSelf-assurance, especially in difficult situations.
Arbitrary - answerBased on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason or
system.
Arbitrate - answerTo judge a dispute between two opposing parties.
Archaic - answerAncient; old-fashioned.
Ardor - answerIntense and passionate feeling.
Articulate - answerAble to speak clearly and expressively.
Ascetic - answerA person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention from
indulgence, often for religious reasons.
Aspiration - answerA strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
Assuage - answerTo make something unpleasant less severe.
Attenuate - answerTo reduce in force or degree; to weaken.
Audacious - answerFearless and daring.
Austere - answerSevere or stern in appearance; undecorated.
Avid about - answerHaving a keen interest or enthusiasm for something.
Banal - answerLacking originality, freshness, or novelty; dull.
Baseness - answerThe quality of being morally low or dishonorable.
Belies - answerTo give a false impression of something; to misrepresent.
Blithely obvious - answerCarefree and showing a lack of concern, often with something
that is easily noticeable.
Bolster - answerSupport; prop up.
Bombastic - answerPompous in speech and manner.
