GRE Word Groups

Common GRE words grouped together by meaning. General categories, not exact definitions.

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ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION
Abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse
ACT QUICKLY
Apace
abrupt
headlong
impetuous
precipitate
ASSIST
Abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance
BAD MOOD
Bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish
BEGINNER/AMATEUR
Dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro
BEGINNING/YOUNG
Burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent
BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
Acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant
BOLD
Audacious
courageous
dauntless
BORING
Banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite
CAROUSAL
Bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude
CHANGING QUICKLY
Capricious
mercurial
volatile
COPY
Counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
vicarious
CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
Aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defamation
denounce
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate
DEATH/MOURNING
Bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith
DENYING OF SELF
Abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate