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PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:

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CRANKY/DISAGREEABLE HARSH/ BITTER/STINGING DISLIKE


cantankerous acerbic antipathy
curmudgeon acidulous disdain
dyspeptic caustic glower
fractious draconian rancorous
obstreperous exacerbate
petulant pungent HARMFUL
querulous raucous deleterious
surly sardonic inimical
trenchant insidious
SHAMEFUL/OFFENSIVE vitriolic invidious
egregious malice
ignoble EVIL mar
ignominious iniquity noxious
invidious malevolent pernicious
noisome miscreant
odious nefarious LACK OF CULTURE/REFINEMENT
profligate ominous boor
repugnant truculence bucolic
stigma derelict
tawdry CRITICISM/RIDICULE philistine
turpitude castigate plebeian
vitiate censure provincial
wanton deride reviler
diatribe tawdry
DISRESPECTFUL disparage
flippant invective RUDE/VULGAR
impious opprobrium boor
scoff pejorative churlish
pundit insolence
HOSTILE/AGGRESSIVE rebuke reviler
inimical reproach ribald
obstreperous sardonic surly
polemical scoff vituperate
pugilist stricture
pugnacious upbraid FEARFUL/TIMID
truculence craven
IRRITATE/OFFEND daunt
BOLDNESS exasperate pusillanimous
audacious nettle
effrontery petulant POMPOUS/PRETENTIOUS
umbrage bombast
TO ATTACK cavalier
assail ANGER hubris
impugn indignant rhetoric
glower supercilious
irascible turgid
vainglorious
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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LIES & FAKERY CHEAT/SNEAK/CON URGING & FLATTERY


affected bilk cajole
apocryphal charlatan fawn
calumny chicanery grovel
canard despoiler ingratiate
charlatan dupe inveigle
chicanery furtive sycophant
disingenuous guile toady
dissembler illusory unctuous
ersatz insidious
fallacy machination RIOT/UPHEAVAL
guile perfidious cataclysm
illusory prevaricate conflagration
legerdemain sophistry fomentation
malinger subterfuge fulminate
mendacious surreptitious insurrection
meretricious wily maelstrom
ostensible sedition
prevaricate BLAME/PUNISHMENT subversive
sophistry culpable
specious exculpate PAYMENT/EARNINGS
spurious exonerate garner
incorrigible perquisite
MONEY reprehensible remuneration
amortize reproach requite
coffer
frugal RICH POOR
numismatic avarice destitute
remuneration opulent impecunious
solvent mendicant
usury GREED
avarice CHARITY
ERRORS/MISTAKES cupidity philanthropist
fallible benevolent
peccadillo CHEAP/THRIFTY
solecism frugal LACK
miser dearth
REMORSE/GUILT parsimonious paucity
contrite penurious
penitent DECREASE
INCREASE/GROW attenuate
REJECT accretion declivity
repudiate aggrandize wane
nihilism augment
pariah burgeon GIVE UP
inundate abdicate
proliferate abjure
renounce
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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INTELLIGENCE/CLEVERNESS HAPPY/CHEERFUL FRIENDLY/SOCIAL/KIND


acumen blithe affable
ingenious exuberant amiable
keen felicity avuncular
perspicacity halcyon benevolent
politic sanguine bonhomie
prudent genial
sagacious ENERGETIC/ENTHUSIASTIC gregarious
sage alacrity
scintillating ebullient BRAVERY/FEARLESSNESS
trenchant effusive audacious
rhapsodize temerity
SKILLED trenchant plucky
adroit vim
prodigy zealous STRENGTH
virtuoso formidable
LACK OF ENERGY/LAZINESS redoubtable
PASSION/EXCITEMENT enervated
ardor indolent HUMOR/LAUGHTER/PLAY
fervid languid droll
frenetic lassitude gambol
kindle listless jocular
overwrought pallid mirth
scintillating torpid parody
zealous sportive
SOPHISTICATED/NOBLE/ELEGANT
ALLEVIATING/SOOTHING august PRAISE
analgesic decorous encomium
anodyne eminent eulogy
assuage epicure extol
cathartic foppish laud
conciliate magnanimous paean
emollient palatial panegyric
mitigate panache
mollify RESPECT/ADORATION
pacify DECORATED/FANCY idolatrous
palliate opulent pious
propitiate ornate narcissist
redress rococo revere
slake venerated
HONESTY/INTEGRITY
IMPORTANT/ESSENTIAL probity GENEROUS
pith veracity philanthropist
anthropocentrism verisimilitude largess
inherent lavish
magnate magnanimous
munificent
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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EXPRESSION WRITTEN EXPRESSION REPETITION/EXCESS


bombast epistolary banal
bromide expurgate bromide
calumny harangue cloying
canard lexicography derivative
circumlocution missive hackneyed
dictum neologism hoary
eloquent parenthetical platitude
encomium tome trite
epistolary verbose
eulogy SPOKEN EXPRESSION
euphemism dictum MIXTURE/VARIETY/COLLECTION
harangue garrulous amalgamation
imprecation glib coalesce
ineffable interlocutor eclectic
interlocutor inveigle mélange
invective loquacious multifarious
laconic malediction panoply
lexicography oration pastiche
loquacious orotund
malediction parley MAGIC/SUPERNATURAL/CELESTIAL
opine rhapsodize alchemy
oration amulet
orotund FORMAL EXPRESSION imprecation
parley dictum malediction
pithy eulogy prescience
platitude missive seraphic
polyglot oration wraith
rejoinder panegyric
reviler ATTENTION TO DETAIL
rhapsodize TO PROVE/BE CERTAIN assiduous
rhetoric ascertain fastidious
tome cogent lapidary
verbose corroborate meticulous
vituperate dogmatic pedantic
vociferous punctilious
voluble TO PROVE UNTRUE sedulous
debunk
TEACHING/LEARNING rebut OBVIOUS/CLEAR/UNDENIABLE
didactic refute conspicuous
edify explicit
elucidate EXPLAIN incontrovertible
erudition exegesis lucid
inculcate explicator lucid
pedagogical exponent luminous
pedantic overt
salient
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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BRIEF/SHORT TALKATIVE UNCLEAR/UNCERTAIN


ephemeral garrulous equivocal
evanescent glib latent
laconic loquacious nebulous
précis prattle obfuscate
succinct voluble opaque
syncopated verbose
transient IMPULSIVE
truncated DRAMATIC/EMOTIONAL capricious
pithy histrionic impetuous
maudlin whimsical
SUBSTITUTE treacly
ersatz AMATEUR
euphemism NEW/BEGINNING dilettante
sobriquet inchoate tyro
supplant dilettante neophyte
incipient
ABUNDANCE/EXTRAVAGENCE nascent HIGHEST
plethora neologism acme
exorbitant neophyte crescendo
extraneous tyro zenith
exuberant
lavish TIME SIMPLE
opulent anachronistic austere
prodigal concomitant monastic
replete juncture Spartan
satiate (?) quotidian
superfluous GOVERNMENT
surfeit OLD autonomy
symbarite archaic expatriate
hoary meritocracy
RULES/MORALS/AUTHORITY
axiom POLITICS/LEADERS BELIEFS
canonical demagogue ethos
martinet despot heretical
propriety disenfranchise iconoclast
scrupulous hegemony mores
interregnum
ANTI-RULES/ANTI-GOVERNMENT potentate FREE/INDEPENDENT
nihilism autonomy
disillusion POWER/INFLUENCE liberate
sedition militate libertine
subversive despot licentious
formidable maverick
TRAVEL redoubtable
itinerant
peregrinate
peripatetic
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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INDIFFERENCE/UNEMOTIONAL NOT SERIOUS DIFFICULT/COMPLEX


phlegmatic facetious abstruse
apathy flippant byzantine
callous frivolous convoluted
perfunctory lampoon enigma
stoic levity morass
stolid onerous
SERIOUS recondite
CALM/UNAFFECTED austere
placid earnest CAUTIOUS
equanimity grievous chary
imperturbable Spartan circumspect
impervious
limpid SECRET CHANGING
quiescent cabal capricious
repose clandestine gradation
phlegmatic collusion malleable
esoteric mercurial
DIFFERENT surreptitious pliable
disparate proselytize
idiosyncrasy TURN/BLOCK vacillate
nuance divert vicissitude
obstructionist
CALL OUT/BRING ABOUT occlude UNCHANGING/STUBBORN
elicit stifle contumacious
invoke stymie immutable
precipitate impasse
BOREDOM/DULLNESS inexorable
NERVOUS ennui intractable
overwrought insipid intransigent
restive mundane obdurate
solicitous prosaic obstructionist
somnolent occlude
TO SPREAD soporific ossify
permeate recalcitrant
pervasive SADNESS/GRIEF/GLOOM stasis
disseminate deject tenacious
lachrymose
FUNERALS lament FOOLISH/SILLY/UNREALISTIC
dirge grievous fatuous
elegy lugubrious maudlin
eulogy morose quixotic
grievous stultify
inter SONG/MUSIC
knell dirge NOT IN USE/USELESS
elegy fallow
paean flotsam
knell stultify
PowerScore's GRE Repeat Offender Vocabulary Words:
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FOOD AND DRINK ABSTAINING/SELF-DENIAL BEAUTY


abstemious abstemious aesthetic
quaff ascetic pulchritude
repast monastic
austere SOUND
TASTE Spartan cacophony
acerbic dissonance
acidulous ODOR/SMELL knell
gustatory fetid raucous
malodorous sibilant
RELIGION noisome sonorous
pious pungent stentorian
apostate
augury GROUP ENDING
divine coterie abeyance
impious bevy moratorium
monastic cabal quell
proselytize esoteric
sacrosanct ethos MEDICINE
sanctimonious partisan analgesic
phalanx anodyne
PEOPLE schism panacea
cartographer
debutante QUIET/PRIVATE DIRTY
demagogue reticent squalid
egalitarian taciturn sully
emissary
expatriate SMALL BIG
hedonist picayune corpulent
iconoclast nominal cumbersome
ingénue vestige
ingrate CLUMSY
misanthrope CLEAN/PURE boor
pariah expurgate cumbersome
populist pristine
progenitor DIVIDE
raconteur TO TAKE bifurcate
stevedore arrogate schism
cavalier rescind
debutante COUNTRY/RURAL
epicure DECAY bucolic
blight provincial
POLISH/REFINE/PERFECT putrefy
burnish DELAY
consummate INDIRECT dalliance
circumlocution dilatory
oblique

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