Official ETS Revised GRE Exam Vocabulary
with Correct Answers
Confounds - CORRECT ANSWER -confused; obscures
Repudiates - CORRECT ANSWER -Rejects; discards; declines
Recapitulates - CORRECT ANSWER -to repeat briefly; summarizes
Anticipates - CORRECT ANSWER -knows, understands, or reacts to something or someone in
advance
Polarize - CORRECT ANSWER -become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
Facetious - CORRECT ANSWER -playfully humorous, comical; jocular; flippant
Portrayal - CORRECT ANSWER -a description of something in the form of language or a picture
Patent - CORRECT ANSWER -make open to sight or notice
Comprehensive - CORRECT ANSWER -including all or everything
Pervasive - CORRECT ANSWER -spreading throughout, widespread
Opaque - CORRECT ANSWER -not clear
, Arcane - CORRECT ANSWER -mysterious, esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the
initiated; Ex. Arcane ritual;
Laudable - CORRECT ANSWER -worthy of high praise, praiseworthy
Painstaking - CORRECT ANSWER -very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
Vanquished - CORRECT ANSWER -defeated, conquered, overpowered
Spurious - CORRECT ANSWER -intended to deceive
Inferior - CORRECT ANSWER -one of lesser rank or station or quality
Credence - CORRECT ANSWER -belief, mental acceptance
Disregard - CORRECT ANSWER -give little or no attention to
Collude - CORRECT ANSWER -act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or
illegal purpose, conspire
Forgery - CORRECT ANSWER -fake, criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
with intent to defraud
Mistook - CORRECT ANSWER -identified incorrectly; misunderstood
Cunning - CORRECT ANSWER -showing inventiveness and skill
with Correct Answers
Confounds - CORRECT ANSWER -confused; obscures
Repudiates - CORRECT ANSWER -Rejects; discards; declines
Recapitulates - CORRECT ANSWER -to repeat briefly; summarizes
Anticipates - CORRECT ANSWER -knows, understands, or reacts to something or someone in
advance
Polarize - CORRECT ANSWER -become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
Facetious - CORRECT ANSWER -playfully humorous, comical; jocular; flippant
Portrayal - CORRECT ANSWER -a description of something in the form of language or a picture
Patent - CORRECT ANSWER -make open to sight or notice
Comprehensive - CORRECT ANSWER -including all or everything
Pervasive - CORRECT ANSWER -spreading throughout, widespread
Opaque - CORRECT ANSWER -not clear
, Arcane - CORRECT ANSWER -mysterious, esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the
initiated; Ex. Arcane ritual;
Laudable - CORRECT ANSWER -worthy of high praise, praiseworthy
Painstaking - CORRECT ANSWER -very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
Vanquished - CORRECT ANSWER -defeated, conquered, overpowered
Spurious - CORRECT ANSWER -intended to deceive
Inferior - CORRECT ANSWER -one of lesser rank or station or quality
Credence - CORRECT ANSWER -belief, mental acceptance
Disregard - CORRECT ANSWER -give little or no attention to
Collude - CORRECT ANSWER -act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or
illegal purpose, conspire
Forgery - CORRECT ANSWER -fake, criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
with intent to defraud
Mistook - CORRECT ANSWER -identified incorrectly; misunderstood
Cunning - CORRECT ANSWER -showing inventiveness and skill