Real GRE Confusing 341 Words List:

1. Covet (desire) vs covert (secrecy) vs convulsion (upheaval)

vs contravene (violate)
2. Incursion is attack but discursion is haphazard
3. Precipitate (done hastily) vs perspicacious (keen,discern)
vs peripatetic (on foot)/peregrinate (also means on foot)
vs perpetuate (cause to last indefinitely)
4. Irenic (peaceful) vs relic (vestige or remains of past)
5. Curt/terse: brief and direct in a way that may seem rude
6. Illuminating (enlightening) vs illusory (fairytale)
7. Ominous is something bad will happen in future vs numinous is holy
and spiritual
8. Momentary is lasting a very short time but moment is significant.
9. Commensurate (proportionate) vs consummate (complete)
vs commiserate (to express sympathy)
10. Obliterate means to cancel vs obeisance means to bow down
(referred to in a negative context) vs obfuscation means to complicate
vs obviate means to make no longer necessary vs obscure also
means to complicate vs occult means to hide vs opaque means
difficult to understand vs obtrusive means noticeable in an annoying
way vs obduracy means stubborn
11. Pellucid (clear) vs peculiar (different) vs pristine (uncorrupted)
vs pecuniary (money related)
12. Demur (is to object slightly) vs demure (shy)
13. Forsake is to give up and foreground is to highlight
14. Extirpate (destroy completely) vs exigency/exigent (urgent and
critical) vs exiguous (meager)
15. Contravene and transgress is violate
16. Momentary is small time period vs moment itself is referred to as
significant/important (Classical GRE Trap)
17. Recast is remodel refashion but recoil is to quickly move away from
shocking frightening and recant is that you no longer hold that particular
belief.
18. Rebuff and rebuke both mean to reject and refuse
19. Humdrum is boring AF or unoriginal vs hamstring is powerless
20. Indignant (anger because of injustice) vs indigent which is poor
vs indigenous is built in
21. Sartorial is fashionable vs sardonic is mocking vs sordid is
dirty/repulsive
22. Elegiac is expressing sorrow but eulogy/eulogise is high praise
and euphemism is substitution of an inoffensive expression that may
otherwise offend.
 
23. Thrift is careful with money spending whereas spendthrift is spending
a lot.
 24. Tenable is reasonable vs tenacity (endurance) vs tenuous is
fragile/exiguous
25. Trenchant is incisive/keen/sharp vs treacherous is deceiving
vs entrenched is firmly fixed
26. Impassioned means strong feelings vs impasse means deadlock
vs impassive is not showing feeling or emotion vs passive is
acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance.
27. Invigorate is full of energy vs rigorous is strict.
28. Exonerate/vindicate is free from blame vs culpable is blameworthy
vs excoriate is to criticise someone harshly
     29. Unfounded/untenable and baseless are all used in the same way on
the     real GRE - without any foundation.
        (ETS uses these three words A LOT)
     30. Celerity is swiftness of movement vs cerebral Is intellectual rather
than being emotional.
    31. Foreground refers to a prominent position vs forbear it to choose not
to do vs forsake is to give up
    32. Partisan is biased vs spartan is simple
   33. Ingenuous is naive but disingenuous is not sincere
        (ETS tests these two words A LOT)
    34. Utilitarian is functional vs egalitarian means equal rights
    35. Parochial and provincial both mean limited scope/outlook
    36. Fractious is quarrelsome vs factious is divided vs fallacious is illogical
vs fatuous is silly.
   37. Portend is sign vs potent is having great power, influence or effect.
  38. Pastiche is mixture/imitation of work vs panacea which means cure for
all vs panache which means flamboyant.
39. Spartan is monk-like or characterised by simpleness vs partisan is
divided/biased (Typical ETS Trap)
40. Stymied is to prevent vs staid is serious,boring or ill fashioned
41. Pejorative is insult vs prerogative is privilege
42. Dump is to get rid of vs damp is to lessen the severity of
43. Rein is control vs reign is in power.
44. Contented is happy vs contend is to argue vs contentious is also to
argue
45. Exonerate is free someone from blame vs excoriate is blameworthy
46. Impetuous is acting or doing something quickly/making a decision in
haste but impecunious is having little or no money
47. Surreptitious is mysterious vs serendipity is lucky
48. Proliferate is to increase vs profligate is wasteful/extravagant
vs prodigious is extraordinary in size or degree
49. Trenchant is incisive in expression or style (ETS also tests this word as
strong and clear and keen) vs entrench is fixed vs treacherous is betrayal.
High Frequency 341 Words:
1.          Jarring: disagree 
2.          Warp: twist 
3.          Valid: boring
4.          Stalwart: outstanding strength
5.          Autumnal: maturity. 
6.          Halcyon is peaceful 
7.          Malingering is faking work 
8.          Charlatan is fraud faker 
9.          Salutary is healthy
10.             Avowing: declaring openly 
11.              Averting: declare positively 
12.              Corollary: result 
13.               Abject: humble 
14.               Sagacious is keen perception 
15.               Gravitas is seriousness 
16.                Parley is to negotiate with enemy but paltry is meager 
17.                Gadflies is annoying 
18.                Quixotic is impractical. 
19.                Teem means to produce 
20.                 Ebb is to feline 
21.                 Burlesque is caricature mockery 
High Frequency Words - Set 2.
22.                    Nebulous is vague.
23.                    Vainglorious is to be proud. 
24.                    List also means to tilt.
25.                    Baseless/unfounded is the same. 
26.                    Entailed means inferred.
27.                    Certitude is free from doubt.
28.                    Stupefaction is surprising/shocking. 
29.                    Verisimilitude is probably true.
30.                    Accentuate is to emphasise but attenuate is to weaken.
31.                    Animadversion is a critical remark.
32.                    Insouciance is to be carefree. 
33.                    Appurtenances are accessories.
34.                    Irenic means peaceful.
35.                    Paltry is meagre.
36.                    Conscientiousness is being careful.
37.                    Rigor is strictness but vigor is full of energy.
38.                    ‘Nothing if not’ means more of that.
39.                    Cronyism: Giving friends unjust authority to take charge of a
position.
40.                    Estrange means to be unfriendly.
41.                    Murky and grimy both mean hidden. 
42.                    Industrious is taxing/hardworking.
43.                    Quell means to pacify things. 
44.                    Nebulous is vague. 
45.                    Mercenary is greedy. 
46.                    Evenhanded is fair but equanimity is calm. 
47.                    Cantankerous is difficult to deal with. 
48.                    Panegyrise is praising. 
49.                    Ennui is boredom. 
50.                    Tendentious is biased. 
51.                    Croon is to sing softly. 
52.                    Hallowed is respected but harrowed is arrogant. 
53.                    Valiant is courageous but salient is prominent. 
54.                    Philistine is one who hates aesthetics. 
55.                    Importunate is troublesome. 
56.                    Cagey is hesitant. 
57.                    Apropos is appropriate. 
58.                    Naysayer: Who denies everything. 
59.                    Regal is excellent. 
60.                    sanctimonious: False piety. 
61.                    Confer means to consult or advise. 
62.                    Tethered (tie him/her): Which cannot be pulled apart.
63.                    Untethered: Separate.
64.                    Infallibility(not falling): Flawless/no error.
65.                    Extirpate (extra pait not required so remove): To destroy or
remove               something completely.
66.                    Sanctimonious (saint+money): False piety.
67.                    Encumber: Hold back.
68.                    Precipitate: Happening Suddenly.
69.                    Quash(from squash):To suppress.
70.                    Remiss: Missing duties repeatedly.
71.                    Obliterate: To destroy completely.
72.                    Forsake (for god's sake please leave me): Abandon/give up.
73.                    Betoken (be a token for something): Be a signal/indication  for      
something.
74.                    Manifest: Obvious.
75.                    Valediction: Bidding farewell.
76.                    Tenacity: Determination/perseverance.
77.                    Rebuff (reject + bluff): Refuse in a rude way.
78.                    Tenable(if ten people understand theory then it has to be
reasonable):           Reasonable.
79.                    Eclipse: Make less important/loss of power.
80.                    Pilfer: Steal things that are not very valuable.
81.                    Discretionary: Non obligatory.
82.                    acclaim(A+claim): to get praised 
83.                    supple(From Shuffle): to be flexible 
84.                    aplomb: cool and calm
85.                    Occult: DiffiCULT to understand/supernatural
86.                    Cerebral (From cerebral cortex): intellectual and not emotional
87.                    occlude(opposite of include): means to block
88.                    dissemble is deceive but disseminate is to destroy 
89.                    ungainly(not gaining anything): so you are clumsy and awkward
90.                    stanch(stop+ tank): to stop something from flowing
91.                    recoil: to quickly move away from something that is                      
shocking,frightening,disgusting.
92.                    decrepitude/senescence(decrease+ aptitude): is a sign of old age
93.                    seminal(from semen of sperm):meaning influential 
94.                    contravene(contra + intervene): violate
95.                    emblematic/totemic: symbolic but embryonic is early stage of      
development
96.                    fungible(freely exchangeable): interchangeable 
97.                    mordant(more daanth): so biting/acerbic 
98.                    high minded: having strong moral principles
99.                    Fester(if you foster a sore it will become fester):aggravate
100.                raillery):friendly joking 
101.                dovish(dove is a soap and its nature is not to fight): peaceful 
High Frequency Words - Set 6:
102.                  Woo (if I ask my crush and she agrees I say woohoo so I
gain): to               gain
103.                decry (de+cry kids cry when they want to show disapproval):    
condemn
104.                Unyielding is to not give up/adamant but yielding is to surrender.      
Nothing related to production 
105.                Polymath: Mr know it all
106.                Partisan is biased but spartan is austere
107.                Limpid: Clear
108.                Trenchant (ants are clear headed and walk in straight lines and  
never deviate): Having keen perception whereas treacherous is  betrayal.
109.                Hidebound (bound to hide something as they are narrow
minded so          difficult to explain to them): narrow minded
110.                Hoodwink (wink under hood of jacket) meaning you deceive
111.                Disenchant: When reality hits you.
112.                Tyro/nascent/budding/neophyte/embryonic: Beginner  
113.                Alarmist: a person who alarms others needlessly 
114.                Import is used as short form for importance on the GRE (ETS trap)
115.                Blight (bina light ke eyes get spoilt): Spoilt
116.                Concoct(cocktail mix): To make up/invent 
117.                Portend: There is a sign for port end):sign/indicate
118.                Convulsion: Turmoil
119.                Rein is control but reign is a dominance period 
120.                At a premium means difficult to get as it is scarce.
121.                Inert (From scientific term inertia): Unable to move 
122.                Compunction (come and punch me when you feel you have
done               something wrong): Feeling remorseful/apologetic
123.                Abet (a bet in cricket): to encourage in some wrongdoing 
124.                antithesis(anti+thesis): Exact opposite of someone/something. 
125.                Proprietary: Ownership
126.                Factious is disagreeing but Fractious is annoyed 
127.                Noisome (When you fart in silence it’s noisome as it spreads
bad               odour): Bad odour/smell. 
128.                Hamstring: Impair
129.                Vainglorious: (all your glorious achievements are in vain if you
boast about them) meaning arrogance 
130.                Founder (fo+under go under the sink): Collapse
131.                Flummery: Meaningless
132.                rapacious: Greedy
133.                Douse: Extinguish. 
134.                Gaffe (goof ups just like goofy in scooby- Doo): Blunders 
135.                Jarring(jar falls on ground): Make a harsh sound
136.                To keep abreast of: Up to a particular standard.
137.                Umbrage(from rage): To take offence 
138.                Nebulous: Nebula Milky Way is cloudy): Vague
139.                Welter (from world tour so don't know which country to start
from):               Hodepodge
140.                Ravel: Complicate
141.                Fealty (sounds like fidelity and that means loyalty): Loyalty
142.                Paltry (Pal means a friend and you have a sad life having less    
friends): Small/Meagre
143.                Fusty (rhymes with rusty): Outmoded/Unpleasant smell.
144.                Peripatetic and Peregrinate both mean to travel or wander.
145.                Obeisance (obedient sons always respect others): To show
respect                 (is usually used negatively on the real GRE e.g.
bootlicking).
146.                Animadversion (any made version of a speech will bring
criticism) :         Bringing criticism.
147.                Bridle/Manacle(a bride bridles and controls husband): To control
148.                Erstwhile: Onetime
149.                Callow(cal+low meaning calibre low): Immature.
150.                Obviate(rhymes with deviate): Prevent from happening
151.                Valorise: To assign value or validity. 
152.                Preternatural: (spider man’s peter Parker): Surpassing the
natural.
153.                Monolithic: (mono is single and this is thick) so solid and uniform
154.                Hedge (Hedgehog is a shy animal and tries to avoid contact
with               humans): To avoid.
155.                Gloat (Ignorant people treat goats badly and gloat at it): Happy
with                    their own success and even happier at others failure.
156.                Humdrum(There was a movie humdum which was boring AF):    
Monotonous/boring.
157.                Kindred(relates with kindergarden with same age students):      
Affiliation or similar in character.
158.                Ludicrous: (if you somewhat rearrange the word, it changes to  
ridiculous): Ridiculous.
159.                Sift (opposite of swift):To go through very carefully.
160.                Lull (from lullaby): Rest/Calm.
161.                Tendentious: Rearrange the words to make tendency +bias/ious.    
Biased.
162.                Bemoan (be mourn): To complain/Regret. 
163.                Scaremonger (Mongolian moms are extra cautious): To raise
alarms needlessly
164.                Covet (from car corvette everyone wishes to have it): To wish
for.
 
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Vocabulary list - Set 1:
1. Underwrite: To guarantee the financial support of or to agree to
something (Real GRE Traps you with this word a lot)
2. Douse: Extinguish.
3. Animus: Deep - seated ill will.
4. Proclivity: Inclination or predisposition towards something.
5. Antithetical: Being in direct and clear opposition.
6. Conjecture: Inference from defective or presumptive evidence.
7. Surfeit: Excess supply of.
8. Metamorphose: To become transformed.
9. Embraced: Hug or accept readily (REAL GRE uses it as the latter 99%
of the time).
10. Panacea: Remedy for all ills or difficulties.
11. Primitive: Assumed as a basis/not derived/original.
12. Ceded to: To give something over to the control or possession of
another usually under pressure.
13. Gratify: To be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to.
14. Evanescent: Temporary
15. Unwieldy: Not easily managed or handled.
16. Harbinger: One that pioneers or initiated a major change. Also known
as a precursor.
17. Rescinded: Remove or cancelled.
18. Evocatively: Evoking or tending to evoke a response (usually
emotional)
19. Furtive: Shady.
20. Intrepid: Having no fear

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Vocabulary list - Set 2:
21. Eclectic: Composed of elements drawn from various sources (can be  
interchanged for heterogeneous)
22. Spurious/Specious: Having a deceiving nature.
23. Quirk: A peculiar trait (can be interchanged for idiosyncratic)
24. Lionized: To treat an object of great interest or importance (can be
interchanged for eulogised)
25. Ratiocinate: Reason (can be interchanged for collate)
26. Agglomerate: Growing together but not coherent.
27. Juxtapose: To place side by side
28. Interpose: To intervene
29. Perspicacious: Keen (can be interchanged for discernment)
30. Unruliness: Refusal to obey.
31. Artifact: Something created by humans usually for a practical purpose.
32. Mainstay: Something or someone to which one looks for support.
33. Mendacity: Fabrication
34. Restorative: Beneficial/Healthy
35. Unmistakable: Clear (can be interchanged for decisive)
36. Genteel: Stylish
37. Impassioned: Full of emotion (can be interchanged for impassioned)
38. Bumble: To make or do something in a clumsy way. Not the Dating app
you use :P
39. Panegyric: Formal or elaborate praise.
40. Rebuke: To criticise sharply (can be interchanged for mockery)
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Vocabulary list - Set 3:
41. Eclipse: To reduce in importance or repute.
42. Precocious: Exceptionally talented at an early age (you know who 🙈)
43.Nefarious: Evil
44. Vacuous: Lacking content.
45. Lugubrious: Cheerless or bleak.
46. Imperturbable: Extremely Calm
47. Unprepossessing: Unremarkable
48. Unruffled: Smooth
49. Atrocious: Horrifying
50. Cavalier: Capricious or unpredictable
51. Evanescent: Temporary
52. Polymathic: Encyclopaedic -  a person who has a lot of knowledge.
53. Fleeting: Transitory - passing swiftly
54. Thwarted: To prevent
55. Parsimonious: Sharing as little as possible.
56. Demanded: Exacted - exactly asked for.
57. Fallacious: Misleading.
58. Unsophisticated: Naive - straightforward.
59. Conjectural: Assumption/ Speculation
60. Deprecation: Refusal to accept as right or desirable.
61. Denigration: Defame
62. Hauteur: Arrogance
63. Inimical: Antagonistic - Ill will.
64. Symbiotic: Cooperative relationship or mutualism.
65. Apathetic: Little or no emotion - spiritless.
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Vocabulary list - Set 4:
66. Trepidation: Apprehension or nervous feeling.
67. Transience: Temporary.
68. Adducing: To offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis.
69. Suppleness: Flexible but real GRE mostly uses this word as complain
often to the point of excessive eagerness to please
70. Fitfully: Irregular
71. Quandary: A state of perplexity or doubt.
72. Ploy: A devised or strategic move.
73. Camaraderie: A spirit of friendly good - fellowship
74. Presage: Foretell or predict and real GRE uses the word portents for
presage too.
75. Avert: To turn away.
76. Sententious: Preaching moral values.
77. Manifest: Obvious but real GRE usually tests this word as crystal clear.
78. Germane: Relevant but real GRE can also test this word as meaningful.
79. Impregnable: Unconquerable.
80. Credulous: Ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence.
81. Equivocal: Ambiguous but real GRE can also test this word as
suspicious.
82. Circumspect: Cautious but real GRE can also use this word as
conservative.
83. Fungible: interchangeable
84. Inimitable: Matchless or incomparable.
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Vocabulary list - Set 5:
85. Decadence: A period of decline and can be used on the real GRE as
degeneracy as well.
86. Purveyor (my Islamabad 341 group  will never forget this word :p): A
person (usually producer) who sells or deals in particular goods
87. Ubiquitous: High in number/present everywhere. Real GRE uses it with
omnipresent.
88. Intractable: Not manageable but Real GRE uses it as stubborn.
89. Superlative: Beyond excellence.
90. Adventitious: Extraneous but real GRE can use it as something arising
irregularly.
91. Porous: It does mean having holes but real GRE uses it as not being
secure.
92. Proscribed: Prohibit and people confuse it with prescribe which is to
advise.
93. Accentuate: Intensify but attenuate is weaken.
94. Indict: Criticise or accuse
95. Valorise: To assign value or merit to.
96. Equivocation: Deliberately avoiding in speech.
97. Opprobrium: Disgrace
98. Trepidation: Apprehension/nervous feeling.
99. Infamy: Dishonour.
100. Levity: Changeable but real GRE can also use it as cheerful.
101. Exacting: Careful attention but real GRE can also use it as exhausting.
102. Indispensable: Essential but really GRE usually uses it as more towards
not being neglected.
103. Trenchant: Keen or sharp but real GRE can use it negatively - caustic.
104. Perfunctory: Lacking interest.
105. Sullen: Gloomy but real GRE can use it as sluggish/slow.
106. Surly: Threatening in appearance but real GRE can use it as irritability.
107. Subvert: To overturn or overthrow.
108. Interminable: Endless
109. Prehensile: Capable of easily grasping or a quick learner.
110. Jarring: Incongruous
111. Quiescent: Quiet.
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Vocabulary list - Set 6:
112. Ad hoc: When necessary or needed but real GRE usually uses it as
temporary basis
113. Antiquarian: Dealing in old or rare books.
114. Succumb: To give in.
115. Hyperbole: Exaggeration.
116. Plasticity: Adaptability. Real GRE uses it in the sense of being an all
rounder.
117. Feeble: Weak usually referred on real GRE as weak bodily strength.
118. Augmented: To make greater in size, amount, or number. Real GRE
usually uses it in a positive sense.
119. Brook: Tolerate. Real GRE usually uses it as dealing with hardships.
120. Fecundity: Prolific or intellectually productive.
121. Sanguinity: Cheerfulness.
122. Verisimilitude: Something very similar. Real GRE uses it as
literalism/naturalism/realism.
123. Decry: To express strong disapproval.
124. Condone: To disregard. Real GRE uses it as being the bigger person.
125. Inconsequential: Illogical or insignificant.
126. Objectivity: Impartial or unbiased.
127. Supplanted: Replace but real GRE uses it as toppling someone over.
128. Neophyte: Beginner
129. Zealot: a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their
religious, political, or other ideals.
130. Timelessness: The quality of not changing as the years go past, or as
fashion changes.
131. Unwarranted: Not justified or authorised.
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Vocabulary list - Set 7:
132. Defensiveness: Protection but real GRE uses it as someone who is
valuable.
133. Belligerence: An aggressive attitude and is usually paired with the word
pugnacity on the real GRE.
134. Punctilious: Careful attention to details.
135. Novel: New or not known or experienced before. Real GRE uses it as
original or something along the lines of an invention.
136. Snag: A danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognised.
137. Hitch: Also means Snag. Snag and Hitch are usually tested together so
you should know both.
138. Upshot: Final result or outcome. Real GRE can also use it as a condition
or occurrence traceable to a cause.
139. Acrimonious: Deep seated resentment
140. Benignant: Mild and kind
141. Inured: Able to withstand hardship, strain or exposure. Real GRE uses it
as accustomed to accept something that is usually undesirable.  
142. Waning: To fall gradually from power, prosperity or influence. Ebb is
another word that means waning and is used on the real GRE.
143. Conjure: To appeal or request to someone in an earnest or urgent
manner. Don’t confuse it with the word conjecture as the real GRE
interchanges these two words subtly and screws all of us.
144. Ingenious: Creative. Real GRE can use this word as clever. Don’t
confuse it with the word ingenuous which means innocent/naive.
145. Maintain: To preserve but real GRE will use this word as asserting or
emphasising.
146. Capricious: Unpredictable. Unconventional can also mean capricious on
the real GRE.
147. Lackluster: Dull or mediocre.
148. Ascribed: Accredit or attribute.
149. Conspicuous: Obvious to the eye or mind. Real GRE uses it in a
positive sense - as attracting attention or good taste.
150. Immaterial: Insignificant.
151. Robust: Exhibiting strength or firmness. Real GRE usually uses this
word as a representation of good health.
Note: These sets are for ONLY those who
aim for a 160+ on the verbal section.
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Vocabulary list - Set 8:
 152. Elusive: To avoid or being slippery. Real GRE can also use it as hard to
comprehend or define.
153. Undercut: To underline or destroy the force, value, or effectiveness of.
154. Affinity: An attraction or liking for something and the Real GRE can use
affinity as sympathy or kinship.
155. Abstracted: Inattentive to one’s surroundings. Also referred to as
daydreaming.
156. Divorce: Everyone knows what a marriage divorce is but real GRE
divorce means to make or keep separate.
157. Accord: To grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or unearned
and real GRE can also use it as reconciliation.
158. Tranquility: Peaceful and real GRE can also use it as state of freedom.
159. Scrupulous: Having moral integrity and real GRE can also use it as
being very meticulous.
160. Mendacity: Deceitful
161. Artlessness: Very crude or natural and real GRE can also use it as
being very naive.
162. Intractable: Stubborn or not easily manageable.
163. Nascent: beginning to come into existence.
164. Erudite: Scholarly.
165. Innate: Something that is inborn.
166. Dearth: Scarcity and real GRE uses it in the concept of lack of supply.
167. Surfeit: Overabundant supply and real GRE can use this word as disgust
caused by excess or an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something.
168. Profusion: Lavish expenditure or real GRE can also use it as excess
supply of something.
169. Salient: Prominent or something that projects outward or upward from its
surroundings.
170. Unexceptional: Commonplace.
171. Nondescript: Belonging to no particulate class or kind and real GRE can
use this word as dull.
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Vocabulary list - Set 9:
172. Restorative: Beneficial to the body or mind and real GRE can use this
as wholesome.
173. Tonic: Keynote and real GRE can use it as refreshing or bearing a
principal stress or accent.
174. Astute: Crafty/shrewd/cunning.
175. Tantamount: Equivalent in value
176. Subservient: Useful but in an inferior capacity and real GRE can use it
as obsequiously submissive.
177. Confound: Confusion and real GRE can also use it as destroying.
178. Parsimony: The quality of being careful with money or resources: Thrift.
179. Ignobility: Characterised by baseless, lowness or meanness.
180. Antipathy: A deep seated ill will.
181. Probity: Uprightness and honesty.
182. Mercurial: Likely to change frequently, suddenly or unexpectedly.
183. Tedious: Boring or tiresome because of length or dullness.
184. Panacea: A remedy for all ills or difficulties: cure-all.
185. Heaven: I know what heaven is but real GRE can use it as an emotion in
terms of bliss or eternal happiness.
186. Unremarkable: Average and real GRE can use it as commonplace.
187. Wary: Having or showing a close attentiveness time avoiding danger or
trouble.
188. Muddled: Confusion or lacking in order and real GRE can use it as
lacking in cleanliness as well.
189. Convivial: Likely to seek or enjoy the company of others.
190. Cajoles: To deceive with soothing words or false promises (what third
party GRE resources do)
191. Coaxes: It means Cajoles too and they are often used interchangeably.
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Vocabulary list - Set 10:
192. Foster: Nurture but real GRE can use it as encouragement or adoption
as well.
193. Heterogeneous: Mixed
194. Reproach: Disapproval or disappointment but real GRE can also use it
as disgrace or blaming someone.
195. Respite: Interval of rest or relief but real GRE can also use it as a period
of temporary delay.
196. Voluble: Rotating but real GRE can also use it as glib which means
fluent but insincere and shallow.
197. Enigmatic: Mysterious and real GRE usually uses this with perplexing.
198. Indispensable: Absolutely necessary
199. Primitive: Rudimentary/Fundamental or basic.
200. Intelligible: Capable of being understood.
201. Intractability: Not easily managed but real GRE can also use it as being
stubborn.
202. Rote: Use of memory usually with little intelligence but real GRE usually
uses it as mechanical or unthinking routine or repetition.
203. Limpid: Clear and transparent. Real GRE can also use it as something
that is untroubled.
204. Tranquil: Peaceful but the real GRE can also use it as steady/stable.  
205. Acute: Delicate but real GRE can use it as keen/sharp and quick.
206. Circumstantial: It means careful attention to detail but real GRE can
also use it as contingent which means empirical (not logically necessary)
207. Proliferating: To increase in number.
208. Pedigree: Background history. Real GRE usually uses it with origin.
209. Antecedents: Someone or something responsible for a result.
210. Precursor: Predecessor.
211. Novelty: Something new but the real GRE can also use it as unusual.
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Vocabulary list - Set 11:
212. Dreary: Gloomy/dismal but the real GRE can also use it as
discouragement.
213. Tedious: Tiresome or boring.
214. Untether: To free from and is usually used with the word ‘divorced’
215. Constrict: To compress or restrict.
216. Profusion: In great quantity but real GRE can also use it as ‘wealth’.
217. Encomiums: Enthusiastic praise or a tribute.
218. Sanctioning: This can either mean to allow or to ban but real GRE
usually uses it as to allow.
219. Reprehend: Disapproval/censure but the real GRE can use it as to
declare something as morally wrong or evil.
220. Betoken: To serve as a sign or symptom of. This is usually used with the
word ‘presage’ on the real GRE.
221. Gainsay: Reject or oppose
222. Quell: To pacify or reduce the submission.
223. Quiescence: Temporary inactivity.
224. Chimerical: Not real and existing only in imagination (just like you score
a 290 on your mock and want a 330 on the real GRE🤭)
225. Succinct: Marked by the use of few words to convey much information
or meaning but the real GRE can also use it as ‘abrupt’
226. Deleterious: Harmful but the real GRE uses this word as harmful in an
‘unexpected way’. The word pernicious also means the same.
227. Insular: Not broad or open in views or opinions.
228. Parochial: Limited in range or scope.
229. Ascribed: Acquired or assigned arbitrarily.
230. Opprobrium: Something that brings disgrace. Real Gre can use it as
‘scandalous’
231. Approbation: An act of approving officially but the real GRE can use it
as ‘excessive praise’
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Vocabulary list - Set 12:
232. Vituperation: Harsh insulting language.
233. Adulation: Excessive flattery (can be used with the word approbation’s
second meaning. Please check 230th word)
234. Amicable: Friendly goodwill and real GRE can use it as agreeable.
235. Exorbitance: Propensity for extreme in one’s actions, beliefs or habits
and real GRE can use it as deviation from rule, right or property.
236. Peril: Exposure to risk. Real GRE can use it as ‘danger’ or ‘trouble’.
237. Render: To give up. Real GRE can use it as ‘to give in acknowledgement
of dependence or obligation: pay’
238. Eviscerate: To clean/disembowel usually used in the context of removing
an organ. Real GRE can also use it as depriving of vital content or force.
239. Spurring: To incite to action or to stimulate.
240. Codifying: To arrange or assign according to type. This is usually used
with the word ‘cataloging’.
241. Shackle: Something that physically prevents free movement. This is
usually used with the word ‘stifle’.
242. Admonish: To criticise usually gently so as to correct a fault. Real GRE
can also use it as ‘to indicate duties or obligations to’.
243. Enliven: To give life, action, or spirit to: animate.
244. Preclude: To close out or make impossible by necessary consequence:
rule out in advance.
245. Symbiosis: A cooperative relationship between two dissimilar organisms.
246. Stasis: A state of static balance or equilibrium: stagnation. This word is
usually used with the word ‘inertia’
247. Espoused: To become attached to. Real GRE can also use it as ‘marry’.
248. Eschewed: To avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds:
shun.
249. Derided: To ridicule or mock someone. It is usually used with the word
‘lambaste’
250. Bedrock: Basis/foundation. Real GRE can also use it as ‘lowest point’.
251. Utilitarian: Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
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Vocabulary list - Set 13:
252: Index: An arrow shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering
information. Real GRE can also use it as indicating something or as ‘a
measure of’.
253: Catalyst: Something that provoked significant change or action.
254: Diatribe: Abusive speech. Real GRE can also use it as ironic or satirical
criticism. It’s usually paired with the word ‘rant’
255: Disquisition: A systematic search for the truth or facts about something.
256: Malfeasance: Misbehaviour or fraud.
257: Hysteria: Wildly excited activity or emotion. Real GRE can also use it as
uproar or agitation.
258: Trepidation: Apprehension or anxiety.
259: Diligence: Attentive and persistent effort.
260: Pathos: An emotion of sympathetic pity.
261: Lucubration: Intensive study.
262: Polarised: To unify or unite.
263: Reparations: Remuneration (payment to another for a loss or injury)
264: Denunciations: Public or formal expression of disapproval. It is usually
paired with the word indictments.
265: Stratify: to divide or arrange into classes, castes or social strata. It is
usually paired with the word hierarchical.
266: Extenuated: To mitigate or making something less worse but the REAL
GRE uses this word as to make something seem less bad by offering
excuses.
267: Downplay: To reduce in importance.
268: Perilous: Dangerous.
269: Stymied: To prevent.
270: Vilified: To defame
271: Repudiate: To disprove or reject. Is usually paired with the GRE word
recant which is used VERY frequently.
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Vocabulary list - Set 14:
272: Ornate: Elaborately or excessively decorated.
273: Provocative: To provoke, excite or stimulate. It is usually paired with the
word ‘incite’ on the real GRE.
274: Castigate: Punishment. Can also be interchanged with the word
‘penalising’ on real GRE.
275: Countenance: To extend approval or toleration to. Usually paired with the
word ‘sanction’ on real GRE.
276: Pedestrian: Commonplace but real GRE can use it as ‘unimaginative’.
277: Indeterminacy: Vague or not known in advance.
278: Pacific: peaceful. Usually paired with the word dovish on real GRE.
279: Indolent: Lethargic or lazy.
280: Austere: Simple and morally strict.
281: Erroneous: Mistaken or real GRE can also use it as ‘wandering’.
282: Delusive: Deceiving. Usually paired with the word specious on real GRE.
283: Relic: Shadow/trace. Usually paired with the word ‘vestige’ on the real
GRE.
284: Ephemeral: Short lived.
285: Oracular: A person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions.
286: Prophetic: Predictive.
287: Mirthful: Good humour. Usually paired with the word ‘jovial’.
288: Tepid: Lacking energy. Real GRE can use it as showing little or no
interest/enthusiasm.
289: Inherent: Within. Usually paired with the word ‘intrinsic’.
290: Strenuous: Energetic and real GRE can use it as ‘aggressive’.
291: Arduous: Marked by great effort and real GRE can use it as ‘challenging’
292: Subjective: Unique or particular and real GRE can use it as ‘technical’
293: Fastidious: Demanding or hard to please.
294: Puerile: Babyish or immature.
Note: These sets are for ONLY those who
aim for a 160+ on the verbal section.
Real GRE 160+ Hard Section High Frequency
341 Vocabulary list - Set 15:
295. Pragmatist: A practical approach to problems/affairs.
296. Hodgepodge: Mixed up and is paired with the word patchwork on the
real GRE.
297. Paradigm: Pattern
298. Affable: Friendly and is paired with the word easygoing on the real GRE.
299. Antagonistic: Marked by ill will and is paired with the word adversarial
on the real GRE.
300. Dichotomous: Two opposing groups and is paired with the word
contradictory on the real GRE.
301. Subversive: Destruction.
302. Trifling: Unimportant and is paired with the word minimal on the real
GRE.
303. Momentous: Important and is paired with the word significant on the real
GRE.
304. Oust: Force someone to leave a place and is paired with the word
forcing out on the real GRE.
305. Belie: To misrepresent and is paired with the word mask on the real
GRE.
306. Quirky: Unexpected traits and is paired with the word mask on the real
GRE.
307. Obscure: Hard to understand and is paired with the word
opaque/inaccessible on the real GRE.
308. Professed: Open and freely acknowledged and is paired with the word
proclaimed on the real GRE.
309. Antediluvian: Ancient or old and is paired with the word archaic on the
real GRE.
310. Flighty: Lacking stability and is paired with the word capriciousness on
the real GRE.
311. Chauvinistic: Attitude of superiority in a negative sense and is paired
with the word patronise on the real GRE.
312. Discern: To recognise as separate and is paired with detect/discovered
on the real GRE.
313. Envisage: To have a mental picture of and is paired with conjure up on
the real GRE.
314. Pugnacious: Someone who fights/quarrels and is paired with the word
truculent on the real GRE.
315. Clandestine: Secretive and is paired with the word surreptitious/Furtive
on the real GRE.
316.  Precarious: Dangerous and is paired with the word perilious on the real
GRE.
317. Stave off: Delay something bad or dangerous and is paired with the
word forestall/obviate/preclude on the real GRE.
318. Prosaic: Dull and is paired with the word
vapid/banal/hackneyed/insipid/commonplace/unexceptional/mundane/pedestri
an on the real GRE.
319. Knotty: Difficult to understand and is paired with the word
complicated/labyrinthine on the real GRE.
320. Extraneous: Not relevant and is paired with the word irrelevant on the
real GRE.
321. Engender: Produce and is paired with the word yield on the real GRE.
322. Rapacious: Greedy and is paired with the word
avaricious/mercenary/covetous on the real GRE.
323. Interdependent: Will be paired with interrelated on the real GRE.
324. Heterogenous: Different and is paired with dissimilar on the real GRE.
325. Impair: Less than perfect condition and is paired with undermined on the
real GRE.
326. Abound: To be present in large quantities and is paired with proliferate
on the real GRE.
327.  Coalesce: To unite and is paired with conjugate/collect on real GRE.
328. Conundrum: Something hard to understand or explain and is paired with
riddle on the real GRE.
329. Paragon: A model of excellence/perfection and is paired with exemplar
on the real GRE.
330. Prototype: Will be paired with model on the real GRE.
331. Nettlesome: Irritating and is paired with vexation on the real GRE.
332. Incontrovertible: Will be paired with indisputable on the real GRE.
333. Palpable: Capable of being touched or felt and will be paired with
tangible on the real GRE.
334. Aberration: Deviating from the norm and will be paired with anomaly on
the real GRE.
335.  An affinity for: Will be paired with an attraction to on the real GRE.
336. A Liberation from: Will be paired with a rejection of on the real GRE.
337. Altruism: Generous and will be paired with beneficence on the real
GRE.
338. Delighted in: Pleasure and will be paired with relished on the real GRE.
339. Exactitude: Attention to detail and will be paired with meticulousness on
the real GRE.
340. Eminence: Will be paired with superiority on the real GRE.
341. Unimpeachable: Reliable beyond a doubt and will be paired with
blameless on the real GRE.
342. Unassuming: Will be paired with modest on the real GRE.
343. Idealistic: Will be paired with quixotic on the real GRE.
344. Seditious: Causing people to rebel and will be paired with
provocative/incite
Note: These lists consist of all the difficult words and meanings that
have 100% been tested on the real GRE. Learn these lists by heart. You
will only understand its importance once you take your real GRE exam 🤫