500+ Practice GRE Vocabulary Words Part 3

(adj.) tending to avoid people or social situations;(adj.) shy or modest in a flirtatious manner; stubbornly unwilling to make a comment

(adj.) cowardly, spineless;(n.) a coward

(n.) acceptance as truth or valid; trustworthiness;(n.) recommendation, credentials

(n.) an ugly and withered woman, a hag

(adj.) grouchy in nature or characterized by whimsical and odd notions

(adj.) mysterious in meaning, puzzling;(adj.) secret, occult

(v.) to pick out from others, select;(v.) to remove rejected members or parts from

(n.) the highest point or degree of completion

(n.) an ill-tempered person

(v.) to cut short;(v.) reduce, diminish

(n.) a person with a pessimistic outlook and who believes that most people are solely motivated by selfishness

(adj.) unpleasantly moist or humid;(adj.) damp, chilly

(n.) a mean-spirited, conniving coward

(n.) a lack, scarcity or inadequate supply

(n.) a breakup or dispersion;(n.) downfall;(n.) a complete collapse or failure;(n.) a violent rush of waters or ice

(adj.) having a sophisticated charm;(adj.) courteous and gracious; carefree

(v.) to destroy a great number or proportion of;(v.) to select and kill every tenth person of a group

(adj.) weakened or destabilized by old age;(adj.) worn out by extensive use

(v.) to make foul, dirty or unclean;(v.) to violate the chastity of;(v.) to make impure or defile

(intr. v.) to deem something inappropriate to one's dignity(tr. verb) condescend;(v.) give or grant

(v.) to degrade, particularly in terms of social status or dignity

(adj.) of or relating to the common people of a given area or region

(n.) an inhabitant or resident;(n.) someone who frequents a given place

(n.) the act of denoting, that which gives an indication of or points to something, like a. symbol or sign;(n.) the most specific meaning of a given word

(v.) to reduce or eliminate in supply

(adj.) expressing criticism or disapproval of;(adj.) uncomplimentary

(v.) to reduce the value or price of

(v.) to laugh at in a contemptuous or scornful manner

(v.) to see something by looking carefully at it, to discover or perceive

(v.) to violate the sacredness of a given object or place

(adj.) not having any set plan;(adj.) moving or jumping about from one subject to the next

(n.) a bitter, sharp or abusive attack or criticism

(n.) division into two part or regions

(v.) to stray away from the main subject, particularly in writing or speech

(n.) a dabbler in an art or particular field of knowledge, for the sole sake of amusement

(adj.) causing or involving fright and suffering;(adj.) urgent and desperate

(v.) to free from a falsehood or misconception

(adj.) in disorder;(adj.) unkempt;(adj.) disarranged

(v.) to speak of in a disrespectful or condescending way;(v.) to reduce in respect or rank

(adj.) in low spirits;(adj.) lacking enthusiasm

(v.) to drive away or disperse;(v.) to bring about the loss of energy

(adj.) lacking in moral restraint

(adj.) relating to a 24-hour period, daily;(adj.) occurring or active during the daytime

(adj.) shaking or trembling from old age;(adj.) trembling

(adj.) exhibiting grief, pain and sorry

(n.) a person who lacks bright mental capacity

(n.) a decline of mental faculties;(n.) foolish affection

(adj.) marked by courage and braveness

(n.) waste;(adj.) worthless or trivial matter

(n.) menial and distasteful work

(n.) deceitfulness in speech or conduct, speaking or acting in two different ways

(n.) incarceration or imprisonment

(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm or excited;(adj.) bubbling up like a boiling liquid

(n.) intense joy or delight;(n.) a trace or state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond self-control

(v.) to instruct or benefit,(v.) particularly in relation to intellectual or spiritual matters; to uplift

(adj.) having feminine qualities or characteristics;(adj.) characterized by excessive refinement or weakness

(n.) a crude person or figure which represents a hated person or group;(n.) a likeness or image, particularly of a person

(adj.) bursting into flower;(adj.) flowering

(n.) a unrestrained expression of emotion;(n.) flow under pressure, such as the escape of bodily fluid from vessels into the tissues or a cavity

(n.) the act of coming or going out;(n.) the right to leave or go out;(n.) a path or opening for the purposes of going out(v.) to go out

(v.) to make lucid or clear, to throw light upon;(v.) to explain or provide clarification

elusive: (adj.) tending to elude capture, comprehension or perception;(adj.) difficult to define or describe

(v.) to free from oppression or restraint;(v.)(as a legal term) to release a child from the control of parents or a. guardian

(v.) to make beautiful by ornamentation;(v.) to decorate;(v.) to add false and fictitious detail to

(v.) to edit or change a text;(v.) to correct, or free from faults or errors

(adj.) of high rank in station or quality;(adj.) outstanding in character or performance;(adj.) towering or standing above others

(adj.) softening and soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh or abrasive

(adj.) inspired by love; captivated;(adj.) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness

(v.) to advance beyond proper, established or usual limits;(v.) to trespass upon the domain, property or rights of another individual or organization

(v.) to gift or provide with a quality or trait;(v.) to put on(a piece of clothing)

(v.) to exclusively occupy;(v.) absorb;(v.) to acquire most or all of a commodity or market

(v.) to make greater in beauty, effectiveness or value;(v.) to provide with improved or enhanced features

(n.) listlessness and dissatisfaction;(n.) boredom

(v.) to captivate or interest;(v.) to enslave

(n.) something that exists as a particular unit;(n.) the fact of existence, being;(n.) the existence of something considered separate from its properties

ephemeral: (adj.) lasting a very short time; transitory;(adj.) lasting only one day

(n.) a short poem or speech directed to the audience, given at the end of a play;(n.) the performer who delivers such a poem or speech; a short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work

(n.) an inscription on a monument or tombstone in memory of the person buried there within;(n.) a commemoration for someone who has died

(adj.) free from many changes or variations;(adj.) uniform

(n.) the quality of being calm, composed, even-tempered and stable

(adj.) roving;(adj.) straying from the appropriate course of action or standards

(v.) to abstain or keep away from;(v.) to shun or avoid

(adj.) displaying a feeling or the characteristic of alienation;(adj.) kept in or at a distance

(adj.) characterized by insubstantiality, intangible;(adj.) of the celestial spheres

(adj.) of or related to bringing about improvements in offspring;(adj.) having quality, inherited characteristics

(adj.) vanishing, fading;(adj.) fleeting;(adj.) tending to become imperceptible

(adj.) tending or seeking to avoid;(adj.) elusive

(n.) a pitcher with a wide spout

(v.) to make worse or increase the severity of;(v.) to irritate or exasperate a person

(n.) the surgical act of removal

(v.) to severely berate or denounce(verbally);(v.) to physically strip off or remove the skin from

(n.) a critical analysis or explanation of a text

(adj.) commendable

(adj.) scanty or meager exodus: (n.) a departure that usually involves a large number of people

(v.) to hasten or speed up the progress of;(v.) to quickly accomplish;(v.) to issue or dispatch a document or letter

(v.) to atone or make amends for, particularly in relation to a given individual's crimes

(v.) to erase or obliterate;(v.) to destroy

(v.) to lift up;(v.) to praise highly

(v.) to disentangle;(v.) to disengage from a difficult situation

(adj.) not essential or inherent qualities;(adj.) outward or external

(v.) to discharge or emit;(v.) to exhibit

(v.) to make up or create;(v.) to concoct in an effort to deceive someone