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GRE Vocabulary : Word List - V

As indicated in our post GRE Text Completion : Single Blank, this word list contains all the possible difficult words that you would have encountered while solving the questions.

Go through this list and then go back to the questions once again to comprehend the context. This will enable a better understanding on your part as to what the GRE Verbal Reasoning section holds for you.

Word List - V

jubilant:
1. showing great joy, satisfaction or triumph.
Synonyms: rejoicing, exultant, euphoric, ecstatic
Antonyms: downcast, despondent

obtuse:
1. annonyingly insensitive
2. slow or difficult to understand
Synonyms: imperceptive, uncomprehending, bovine
Antonyms: clever, astute, shrewd
3. not sharp pointed, blunt

abominable:
1. something that causes moral revulsion.
Synonyms: loathsome, odious, obnoxious, atrocious
Antonyms: good, admirable

barren:
1. a land too poor to produce any vegetation
Synonyms: unproductive, infertile, desolate
Antonyms: fertile, productive
2. a place or building which is bleak and lifeless

acute:
1. having or showing a perceptive understanding
Synonyms: astute, shrewd, ingenious
2. the presence of an unpleasant situation or phenomenon to a severe or intense degree.
Synonyms: critical, drastic, profound
Antonyms: negligible

transient:
1. lasting only for a short period of time
Synonyms: temporary, ephemeral, impermanent
Antonyms: perpetual, constant, permanent

exorbitant:
1. something which is unreasonably high (usually a price or an amount)
Synonyms: extortionate, inordinate
Antonyms: reasonable, competitive

incredulous:
1. unwilling or unable to believe something
Synonyms: sceptical, wary
Antonyms: credulous

imbibition:
1. the absorption of one substance by another (used particularly for the uptake of water by a plant or seed)

lugubriosity:
1. looking or sounding sad
Synonyms: gloomy, mournful, dismal, melancholy
Antonyms: cheerful, joyful

lucubration:
1. a learned or pedantic piece of writing.

mettle:
1. a person's ability to cope well with difficulties
Synonyms: spirit, resilience, determination, tenacity

moribund:
1. (of a person) at the point of death
Synonyms: dying, expiring
Antonyms: thriving, recovering
2. something which is in terminal decline: lacking vitality or vigour

unflagging:
1. tireless; persistent
Synonyms: resolute, unrelenting, zealous
Antonyms: flagging, inconstant

defunct:
1. something which no longer exists or functions
Synonyms: obsolete
Antonyms: extant, working

stolid:
1. calm, dependable and showing little emotion
Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic, placid
Antonyms: emotional, imaginative

commensurate:
1. corresponding in size or degree
2. in proportion to something 
Synonyms: equivalent, comparable
Antonyms: disproportionate

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