GRE vocab 2024
incipient - *answers *In an initial stage; beginning to develop
ephemeral - *answers *Lasting for a very short time
seminal - *answers *Influencing later developments
canonical - *answers *(adj) authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of
accepted rules, standards or artistic works
cognoscenti - *answers *those who know
Paean - *answers *a song of praise, joy, or triumph
Elocution - *answers *The skill of clear, expressive speech
Artless - *answers *without guile; open and honest
Guileless - *answers *Without cunning or deceit; artless
Proliferate - *answers *To increase greatly in number; multiply
Quixotic - *answers *exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
Capricious - *answers *impulsive and unpredictable
Descry - *answers *to detect by looking carefully
Peruse - *answers *(v.) to read thoroughly and carefully
Assay - *answers *analyze; evaluate
Laudable - *answers *worthy of praise
Pragmatic - *answers *practical, as opposed to idealistic
Zeal - *answers *enthusiastic devotion
Fervid - *answers *burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated
Lucid - *answers *clear and easily understood
Pedant - *answers *a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to
common sense; a person with abundant knowledge of minor, uninteresting things
Vacillate - *answers *To waver in mind or opinion; to be indecisive or irresolute
, GRE vocab 2024
marionette - *answers *puppet moved by strings
effigy - *answers *A figure/model constructed in mockery
diurnal - *answers *active during the day
autumnal - *answers *past maturity or the middle part of life
extricate - *answers *(v.) to free or remove from entanglements or difficulties; to
remove with effort
catatonic - *answers *characterized by a lack of movement, activity, or expression
diaphanous - *answers *very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
reticent - *answers *silent; reserved; reluctant to share (in regards to speaking)
gradation - *answers *(n) a progression, a process taking place gradually, in stages;
one of these stages
cogitate - *answers *think over; ponder
furtive - *answers *Sneaky; stealthy
augment - *answers *to supplement, increase
fractious - *answers *troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome
unctuous - *answers *insincerely polite; greasy; two-faced
glib - *answers *(adj.) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
recapitulate - *answers *to summarize; to repeat briefly
repudiate - *answers *to reject the validity of
pervasive - *answers *widespread
munificent - *answers *very generous, more than necessary
prevaricate - *answers *to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
avarice - *answers *extreme greed
secular - *answers *Non-religious; Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
incipient - *answers *In an initial stage; beginning to develop
ephemeral - *answers *Lasting for a very short time
seminal - *answers *Influencing later developments
canonical - *answers *(adj) authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of
accepted rules, standards or artistic works
cognoscenti - *answers *those who know
Paean - *answers *a song of praise, joy, or triumph
Elocution - *answers *The skill of clear, expressive speech
Artless - *answers *without guile; open and honest
Guileless - *answers *Without cunning or deceit; artless
Proliferate - *answers *To increase greatly in number; multiply
Quixotic - *answers *exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
Capricious - *answers *impulsive and unpredictable
Descry - *answers *to detect by looking carefully
Peruse - *answers *(v.) to read thoroughly and carefully
Assay - *answers *analyze; evaluate
Laudable - *answers *worthy of praise
Pragmatic - *answers *practical, as opposed to idealistic
Zeal - *answers *enthusiastic devotion
Fervid - *answers *burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated
Lucid - *answers *clear and easily understood
Pedant - *answers *a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to
common sense; a person with abundant knowledge of minor, uninteresting things
Vacillate - *answers *To waver in mind or opinion; to be indecisive or irresolute
, GRE vocab 2024
marionette - *answers *puppet moved by strings
effigy - *answers *A figure/model constructed in mockery
diurnal - *answers *active during the day
autumnal - *answers *past maturity or the middle part of life
extricate - *answers *(v.) to free or remove from entanglements or difficulties; to
remove with effort
catatonic - *answers *characterized by a lack of movement, activity, or expression
diaphanous - *answers *very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
reticent - *answers *silent; reserved; reluctant to share (in regards to speaking)
gradation - *answers *(n) a progression, a process taking place gradually, in stages;
one of these stages
cogitate - *answers *think over; ponder
furtive - *answers *Sneaky; stealthy
augment - *answers *to supplement, increase
fractious - *answers *troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome
unctuous - *answers *insincerely polite; greasy; two-faced
glib - *answers *(adj.) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
recapitulate - *answers *to summarize; to repeat briefly
repudiate - *answers *to reject the validity of
pervasive - *answers *widespread
munificent - *answers *very generous, more than necessary
prevaricate - *answers *to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
avarice - *answers *extreme greed
secular - *answers *Non-religious; Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
