GRE GREGMAT Vocabulary List Group 20
- abreast — informed or familiar about a particular topic
2. confound — perplex or puzzle someone
3. digression — an aside that strays from the main subject
4. discrepancy — a difference between two or more things that should be the same
5. duplicitous — deceptive in speech or action
6. expedient — affording short-term benefits, often at the expense of the long-term
7. fabricate — invent in order to deceive
8. glum — appearing or feeling sad or despondent
9. harbinger — a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something
10. intrinsic — belonging to the essential nature of a thing
11. largesse — the trait of being willing to donate money or resources; generosity
12. libertine — someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker
13. malfeasance — wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official
14. manifest — 1. be revealed; show plainly; 2. obvious; not obscure or hidden
15. minute — very small
16. modish — in the current fashion or style
17. nascent — in the process of emerging, being born, or starting to develop
18. perennial — lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time
19. pious — 1. deeply devout; exhibiting religious devotion; 2. making a show of one’s own virtue
20. providential — happening at a fortunate or opportune time
21. prowess — skillfulness and dexterity
22. schism — a split or separation within a group or organization
23. slander — baselessly speak ill of someone or something
24. stalwart — determined; staunch
25. supplicate — make a humble request; beg or beseech
26. terse — brief and to the point
27. tirade — a prolonged, vehement speech or criticism, rant
28. universal — applicable or common to all purposes, conditions, or situations
29. vanquish — defeat completely
30. woeful — 1. very sad; 2. very bad; awful
