GRE :: Blog :: GRE WORD LIST PART1


June 04, 2008

Ok here it goes folks. I will be mentioning most of the GRE words(along with there meanings) here

with their antonyms(ant) and synonyms(syn) .

So here the first thread goes

1) ABHOR(V) Hate:

Syn:(v)

Despise

Execrate

Abominate

Syn:(N) 

Antagonism

Aversion

Antipathy

Ant:

Esteem

Revere

Venerate

Dote on

 

2) Assiduous (adj) : hardworking and perseverant

Syn:

Diligent

Sedulous

Plodding

Ant(lazy):

Torpid

Slothful

Languorous

Ant (tired):

Jaded 

Lackadaisical

Enervated

Incapacitated

 

3) Ebullient (adj) : Cheerful and full of energy

Syn:

Exuberant

Vivacious

Exhilarated

Euphoric

Elated

Ant(dejected):

Melancholy

Despondent

Disconsolate

Doleful

Desolate

 

4) Effusive (adj): very demonstrative in displaying feelings and emotions

Syn:

Rhapsodic

Fulsome

Profuse

Gushing

Ant(Subtle)

Discreet

Unobstrusive

Phlegmatic

Reticent

 

5) Stoical(adj): Enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feeling or complaining

Syn:

Forbearing

Fatalistic

Phlegmatic

Imperturbable

Ant(edgy)

Testy

Irascible

 

6) Plagiarism (N) : taking some one else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

Syn:

Poaching

Apocryphal

Infringement

Ant:

Seminal

Ingenious

Autochthonous (originating or occuring naturallyin a particular place)

Veritable

Archetypal

7) Bombast : high sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people

Syn:

Pompous

Verbose

Turgid(used with text and speech)

Orutund(only for speech)

Fustian

Grandiloquent

Ant:

Laconinc (using very few words)

Terse (short and abrupt)

Succint (precise)

Pithy (precise)

Aphoristic (a true proverbial saying_ 

 

 

 

 

Posted by GRE - Anshul Malik


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