GRE Vocabulary List

\por-TEND\, verb:
To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshadow; to bode.

\GAD-uh-bout\, noun:
Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.

\SAP-id\, adjective:
1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor.
2. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking.

\CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
A trinket; a knickknack.

\LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:
To treat or regard as an object of great interest or importance.

\koh-puh-SET-ik\, adjective:
Very satisfactory; fine.

\RAP-in\, noun:
The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of another's property by force.

\ih-REF-ruh-guh-buhl\, adjective:
Impossible to refute; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.

\ACK-mee\, noun:
The highest point of something; the highest level or degree attainable.

\REV-uh-nuhnt\, noun:
One who returns after death (as a ghost) or after a long absence.

1. One who is devoted, given, or addicted to some particular pursuit, subject, study, or way of life.
2. A devoted admirer.
3. A devout adherent of a religion or cult.
4. A dedicated believer or advocate.

\PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; as, "I saw it with my own eyes."
2. An instance or example of pleonasm.
3. A superfluous word or expression.

\post-PRAN-dee-uhl\, adjective:
Happening or done after a meal.

\puhnk-TIL-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Strictly attentive to the details of form in action or conduct; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.

\FAY\, adjective:
1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin.
2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant.
3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched.
4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed.
5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.

\el-i-JAHY-uhk\, adjective:
1. Relating to the mourning or remembering of the dead.
2. Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
3. Expressing sorrow.

\in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\, transitive verb:
To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.

\uh-PLOM\, noun:
Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.

\NEB-yuh-lahyz\, verb:
1. To become vague, or indistinct.
2. To reduce to a fine spray.

\DAHR-kuhl\, verb:
1. To grow dark, gloomy, etc.
2. To appear dark; show indistinctly.