Appendix Aof

5 lb. Book of GRE® Practice Problems

Vocabulary List

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Vocabulary List

Vocabulary List

The following is a list of all the vocabulary words — as well as some expressions — used in this book.

A few words are marked (n.) for noun, (adj.) for adjective, or (v.) for verb. We have done this in cases where a wordhas a common meaning (pan, noun – a metal container for cooking food in) as well as a less-common one (pan, verb– to criticize harshly), and we want you to learn the less common one.

While you can look up words on online dictionary sites such as dictionary.com, m-w.com, and thefreedictionary.com,we also like learnersdictionary.com, which offers simple definitions intended for English Language Learners, as wellas wordnik.com, which offers sample sentences and in-context usage for each word.

If you need to look up a phrase, try idioms.thefreedictionary.com, or simply Google the phrase in quotation marks,followed by the word “idiom.” For instance:

Note for English Language Learners: In selecting which words to include, we’ve assumed you already know words likesimultaneous, considerate, dampen, wit, merge, saturate, mandatory, innovation, delusion, juvenile, dictate,catastrophe, hysteria, enduring, generalize, superstitious, penalize, detest, suitable, controversial, contemporary,dismiss, insightful, naive, mystified, peculiar, literally. If not, please visit www.manhattanprep.com/gre, create a freemembership, and download our Basic Vocab List.

abateaberrantabet, abettorabhorrent, abhorrenceabideabjureabodeaboundabreast ofabrogateabscondabstruseacclaimaccordaccrue, accrualacculturationacerbicacuityacumenacuteaddled

addlepatedadduceadeptadherenceadjudicatoradjuvantadmonishadroitadulatoryadumbrateaerialaestheticsaffinityaforementionedagglomerateaggrandizeaggravateaggrievedaghastagogagonisticagrarianakimboalacrityalbatrossaleatoryaliasalienateallegoricalaltruisticamateurambiguousambivalentameliorateamenableamendamiableamicableamityamorphousamortizeanachronism,anachronisticanalepticanathemaanecdoteanemicannihilateanodyneanomaly, anomalousanomieantagonism

antediluvianantipathyantiquatedantithetical toapathy, apatheticape (v.)apexaphorismapocalypticapocryphal, apocryphaapollonianapologiaapologistappellantappellationsappendageapportionapposedappositeapprenticeshipapprisingapprobationappropriate (v.)aptitudearbitraryarcadianarcanearch (adj.)archaicardorarduousaridaristocraticarrantarrestingartfularticulateartifactartificeartisanartlessascentascertainasceticasinineaskance toasperityaspersionassayassentasseverationassiduousness

assimilationassuageastuteasymmetricalatrociousattest toauspiciousaustereautodidactautonomyauxiliaryavailavant-gardeavariceaverredbaldbalkanizeballastbanalbanefulbanterbarbaricbarbarousbaroquebasebaskbayingbedazzlebedizenbedlambeguilebeliebelletristicbellicosebelligerentbeneficentbenign, benignantberateberserkbeseechbesmirchbesottedbiasedbifurcatebileblacklistblandishmentsblatantblatherbleat (v.)blithebloodthirsty

blunt (verb)bogged downboisterousbolsterbombasticboom (n.)boonboondoggleboor, boorishboosterismbootlessbotchboycottbrawlbreachbreadthbrusquebucolicbureaucratburgeonbustlingbuttresscabalcadcajolecalibratedcallouscallowcalumnycandid, candorcanoncanonizationcapitalcapitulatorycapriciouscareencarnagecastigatecatalystcatharsiscausticcavalierceleritycensoriouscensurechagrinchampion (v.)charychastitychauvinismchicanerychide

chillycholericchronicchronologychumpclamorclandestineclaptrapcleave tocoalescecoarsecodacogentcognitivecollidecollude, collusivecolor (v.)coltishcommercial (adj.)communalcompendiouscomplaisantcomplementcomposurecompound (v.)con artistconcatenateconcedeconceitconcentrated (adj.)concessionsconciliatorycondescendingcondoneconfabulationconfounded,confoundingcongenialcongruentconjecturalconjureconsanguineousconsecrateconsiderableconsidered (adj.)conspiratorialconstruecontemporary,contemporariescontemptcontemptiblecontentious

contiguouscontingentcontortioncontrabandcontrapuntalcontretempscontritecontrivancecontrivedconundrumconventionalconversanceconvivialconvokeconvolutedcopiouscornerstonecorroboratecosmopolitancossetedcostivecouched incounterargumentcounterfactualcountlesscoveycrack (adj.)crackpotcredencecredibilitycredulouscrescendocruciblecrushedcrypticculminationculpablecumbersomecunningcurb (v.)cursorycurtcurtailcynicaldaftdallydateddauntingdearthdebacledebasedebauchery, debauched

debunkdecipherabledecordecrydefacedefamedefeasibledefectordeferdefiledeflectdeftdegradedeification, deifydejecteddeleteriousdelimitdelineatedelugedelvedemarcatedementiademonizedenigratedenominationdenouementdeposedepreciatedepredatederivationderogatedescentdesecratedesiccateddespotdesuetudedeterdetonationdetractordetrimentdevoid ofdevoteedevoutdexterousdialectdialecticaldiceydidacticdiffidentdigressdilapidateddilettante

diminutivedindionysiandiplomaticdiredirgedisabusedisaffectiondisclaimdisconcertingdiscount (v.)disdaindisenfranchisementdisincentivedisinclinationdisingenuousdisinteresteddispensationdisquietdissemblingdisseminatedissentdissimulationdissipate, dissipationdissolute, dissolutiondissuadedistortdivagatedivergencedoctrinairedoggedlydogmaticdotagedotingdoyennedraconiandramaturgydrossdrumdulcetdumbfoundeddupeduplicitous, duplicitydwindledyed-in-the-wooldynamicdynamodystopianearmarkearnestearthyebb

ebullienteccentriceclecticecumenicaledificeeerieeffaceeffect (v.)effectualeffeminateeffeteefficaciouseffusiveegoist, egoisticegregiouselicitemblazonemblematiceminenceempatheticempiricalenamoredencumbered,encumbrancesendemicenervateenhanceenigmatic, enigmaenshrineensureenthralledephemeraephemeralepicureanepochequableequanimityequityequivocalequivocateeremiticerodeerraticerroneousersatzerstwhileerudite, eruditioneschewesotericespouseesteemedestrangement

ethoseulogize, eulogyevanescentevergreenevocativeevokeexacerbateexcogitateexcoriateexcruciatingexculpateexecutiveexegesis, exegeticexhaustiveexorbitantexpediteexpeditiousexplicateexplicitexploitsextantextemporaneousextenuateextirpateextort, extortionateextraneousfabulousfacetiousfacilefactionfactotumfacultiesfad, faddishfallaciousfallacyfaminefanaticalfantasticalfarce, farcicalfascistfastidiousfatuousfaux-naiffawningfealtyfeasiblefecklessfecundfesterfetidfettlefib

ficklefictivefield (v.)figurativefinitefissileflabbergastedflag (v.)flaggingflagitiousflagrantflamboyantflashyflawlessfledglingfleetingflimsyfloefloutfloweryflukeflummoxfoiblesforebearsforeseeforfeitforgeryforgo, forwentfortefortitudefosterfracturedfrankfranticfraughtfruitionfull-borefulminationfurnish (v.)gadflygaffegainsaygallivantgalvanizinggarlandedgarnergarnish (v.)gauchegenesisgenteelgermanegibe

gildedginger, gingerlygistglamorizegleanglibgoregrandiloquentgrave (adj.)gregariousgrievousgrizzledgroaningguessworkguilelesshackneyedhalehallmarkhallowhamperedhankeringhaphazardhaplessharbingershedonismhegemony, hegemonicheinoushemorrhagehenceheraldheretoforehermeneuticheuristichierarchy, hierarchicalhigh-handedhinderhinterlandhistrionicshodgepodgehoi-polloihomage tohomelyhomilyhomogeneoushonehortatoryhost ofhumanizehumblinghusband (v.)hyperbolehypocrisy

idealisticidealoguesideologicalidiomidiosyncraticidleidyllicignominiousimmaterialimmortalizeimpartialimpasseimpeccableimpecuniousimpedeimpenetrableimperilimperiousimpiousimplacabilityimplicated, implicationimplicitimportunateimprobityimpromptuimpudentimputationinadvertentlyinaneincendiaryincensedincentive, incentivizeinchoateincipientincomprehensibleincongruousinconsequentialinconsolableincorrigibleindefatigableindelicateindemnifyindeterminateindictindifferentindigenousindignantindiscretionindistinctindolentindustriousinexorable

infamyinfinitesimalinfirmityinformingénueingenuityingenuousinhibitedinimicalinitiallyinklinginnocuousinnuendoinquisitioninscrutableinsidiousinsipidinsofarinsolventinsurgentinterinterlocutorinterludeinterpolateintransigentintrepidintrinsicinundateinured toinvalidateinvestitureiotairascibleirateironcladironyirreconcilableirredeemableirredentistirrefutableirrelevanciesiteration, iterativejaundicedjejunejeopardizejingoisticjocularjouissancejovialityjurisprudencekeenklutzy

labilelabyrinthinelackadaisicallackeylaconiclacunaelamentlapselasciviouslassitudelaudlavishlaxlayperson, laymanleerylegions ofleitmotifsleniencylibertine, libertinouslimpidlissomeliteratilitheloaf (v.)loathsomelobbyingloftylogisticalloquaciouslubriciousluciditylulllummoxluridlurkmacabremagnanimitymainstreammakeshiftmalfeasancemalice, maliciousmalignmanifestmanumitmarkedlymarrowmartialmasqueradematerial (adj.)maudlinmaximmayhem

means (n.)meddlingmelancholymelangemendaciousmercenarymercurialmeretriciousmessianicmetastasizemeticulousmilitantmimeticminusculeminutiaemiredmirror (v.)mirthmisanthrope,misanthropymisermishapmishmashmisnomermitigatemockmodicummodishmollifymonarchymoneyedmonologicalmootmoralistmordantmoresmorosemortifyingmotemotleymuckrakingmundanemunificentmushroommustermute, mutedmutiny, mutinousmyopicmyriadmyrmidonnadirnascent

naysayernebulousnemesisneologismnominal, nominallynonchalantnonplussednostrumnotionalnotoriousnotwithstandingnovelnoveltynovicenoxiousnugatorynuisanceobjective, objectivityobligingobloquyobsequiousobsoleteobtuseobviateodiousofficiousoftoligarchyolioominousomnipotent,omnipresenceopineopportunismopprobriumorthodoxostentatiousostracizeotherworldlyoustoutdoneoutlawoutpaceoutrightoutstripoverrideoverrunovertovertakeoverturepacificpacifist

paeanpainstakingpalliatingpan (v.)panaceapanachepandemicpanderpanegyricpantheonparableparadigm, paradigmaticparadox, paradoxicalparagonparameterparamountparamourparlousparochialparodyparsimony, parsimoniouspartial, partialitypartisanparvenupassépastimepatent (adj.)pathogenpatrimony, patrimonialpatronize, patronizingpaucitypeccadillopecuniarypedantic, pedantrypeddlepell-mellpellucidpenchantpenetratingpenitentialpenumbrapepper (v.)pepperyperennialperfidyperilperilousperipheralperniciousperpetuityperquisitespersonable

perspicaciouspertpertinentperusepervadepettyphased inphilippicphilistinephysiologypicayunepidginspiecemealpietypilferingpillorypinepiouspiquespith, pithyplacateplacidplangentplateauplatitudeplauditsplenaryplethoraplumplunderpoignantpolemicpoliticizepolymathponderouspontificatepopulistpositposteritypostulatepotablepoulticepragmaticprattleprecedentprecociouspredicated onpremeditatedpreoccupiedpreposterousprerequisitespresage

prescientpresumptuouspretentiouspreternaturalprevalencepriggishprobityproclivityprocureprodigalprodigyprofaneprofligateprofundityprogenyprogressiveprologuepromulgateproponentpropoundproscribeprotagonistproteanproverbialprovidentialprovincialprowessprude, prudishprudentprurientpuckishpuerilepufferypuissantpulchritudepunpunctiliouspunditpuritanicalpurportedputativeputschpyrrhicquackquagmirequantumquarrelsomequiescentquietusquislingquixoticquotidian

rabbleramificationsrampageramshacklerancorrapscallionrapturerash (adj.)ratifyravishrazereactionaryrecantrecapitulaterecederecidivistreciprocalreconditerecountrecriminationrectitudered-bloodedredoubtableredressredundantrefinementregaliaregressivereignrejoinderrejuvenationreminiscences, reminisceremorseremunerationrendrenderrenegerenown, renownedreplicatereportorialrepublicanreputabilityrequisiterequiteresoluteresplendentrestiverestlessresurrectretchretortretract

retrograderetrospectivereverentrevisionistrevivificationrhetoric, rhetoricalrife withriftrigorrisiblerisquérobustroteroundlyrousingroutrudderrueruminaterusticsabotagesaccharinesafeguardsagacitysagesaid (adj.)salubrioussalutationsalvosanctimonioussangfroidsanguinarysanguinesap (n.), (v.)sardonicsate, satiatesatire, satiricalsaturninescantyscapegoatscintillatingscornscotch (v.)scruples, scrupulousscrutinyscurvyseasonedsectariansedulousseemlyseethingself-styled

semioticsenescentsentriessequelaeseraphsereserendipityshabbyshortcomingsshorthandshrewdshunshutter (v.)shystersiderealsimilessimpaticosimulacrumsinuoussirenskepticalskitterskulkslackslight (n.)slogansmittensnubsobriquetssoi-disantsolacesolecismssolicitoussolipsisticsombersopsophistrysophomoricsparesparingspartanspeciousspecterspendthriftspookedsporadicallyspreesprintspurioussqualidstalematestanchion

standstillstanzastasisstaunchsteadfaststew (v.)stewardstigmatizestipulatestoicstolidstonewall (v.)stopgapstoriedstrong suitstygianstymiesubjectivesubsequentsubservient tosubsidesubsidizesubterfugesuffragesumptuoussuperannuatedsupersedesupinesupplicatesurplussurreptitioussuspendsweepingswindlesycophantsyncopatedsynergetictacittaciturntactfultactical, tacticstangentialtangibletantamount totarrytauttaxonomyteemingtemperatetenacioustenacitytendentious

tenettepidtergiversatetetherthesesthwarttimoroustiradetitillationtitulartoadytoiltometonytopographicaltorpid, torportortuoustorturoustotalitariantouchstonetouttractabletrademarktraipsetraitoroustransgressortransienttransmogrifytransmutetravestytreacherytremuloustrenchanttriagetribulationtritetrovetruculenttrumpettrundle (v.)tumescenceturgidturpitudetweaktyrannicalubiquitousululationumbrageunbeknownstunbridledunconscionableuncouth

unctuousundercutundergirdsundermineunderpinunderscoreunderserveundeterminableundueunforeseenunnerveunorthodoxunpropitiousunscrupulousunseemlyunstrungunwaveringupendupstandingurbaneutilitarianutilityutopiavacillatevaingloriousvanquishvapidvariegatedvauntedvenerable, veneratevent (v.)veracityverdantversatilevexedviablevicevicissitudevigorousvindicatevitiationvitreousvociferousvolatilevolleyvolublevulgarwagwailwallopwallowingwanderlust

waneward offwarily, warywax (v.)well-heeledwendwhetwhimsicalwhitewashwhollywizenedwrackedwrongdoingwryzealotzealous“accepted as gospel”“at loggerheads”“bode well”“circular logic”“common cause”“fellow feeling”“fit the bill”“flights of fancy”“for naught”“gain currency”“given teeth”“gloss over”“gray area”“hinge on”“hold the line”“in a jiffy”“in cahoots”“in lieu of”“kept at bay”“laid at the altar of”“lay down arms”“limping along”“lose currency”“no holds barred”“of two minds”“on par with”“order of magnitude”“paid dearly”“part and parcel”“rack and ruin”“rail against”“raking in”“run the gamut”“run the gauntlet”“sea change”“separate the wheat from

the chaff”“single-handedly”“stems from”“takes pains to”“tipping point”“tit-for-tat”“to send up”“under the guise of”“vim and vigor”[something is] “lost on”[someone]