gre high frequency words- part 2

201. loquacious

adjective

he's so loquacious i can't get a word in edgewise: talkative, talky, prolix, garrulous, wordy,
verbose, voluble, windy, long-winded; prating, chatty, chattery, chattering, babbling, prattling;
informal gabby, blabby.

—antonyms

silent, reserved, taciturn, closemouthed, uncommunicative, reticent.

202. lucid

adjective

1 a lucid sky portended a fine day: shining, bright, clear, transparent, crystalline , brilliant,
resplendent, radiant, lustrous, luminous , scintillating, sparkling, dazzling; pellucid; illuminated.

2 the witness gave a lucid account of what happened: clear, easily understood, crystal clear,
intelligible, understandable, articulate, comprehensible; precise, direct, straightforward, accurate,
specific, well-organized, to the point, apposite, positive, certain.

3 although usually in a delirium, the patient has some lucid moments: clearheaded, clear thinking,
normal, rational ; responsive, perceptive.

—antonyms

1 dark , darkling, gloomy, dusky, obscure, opaque, turgid , muddy, murky; overcast.

2 unintelligible , incomprehensible, vague, indistinct, unclear, ambiguous, equivocal, garbled,

mystifying.

3 confused, muddled, irrational; unresponsive, unperceptive.

203. luminous

adjective

the watch has a luminous dial: reflecting light, luminescent , radiant, irradiated, glowing, lustrous,
illuminated, shining; shining in the dark; bright, brilliant.

204. magnanimous

adjective

only a truly magnanimous man could forgive such an insult: forgiving, free of vindictiveness,
generous, largehearted, liberal; charitable, beneficent, philanthropic, altruistic, unselfish, princely.

—antonyms

unforgiving, vindictive, resentful, small, petty , selfish; parsimonious, miserly.

205. malinger

verb

in the army he would malinger by pretending to be ill: slack, shirk, procrastinate, loaf, dodge,
evade, duck one's duty, lie down on the job; slang goldbrick, goof off.

206. malleable

adjective

1 tin is a malleable metal: workable, easily shaped, easily wrought; ductile, tractable, plastic,
pliant, flexible.

2 since young children are malleable, one must be careful what one says in front of them:
impressionable, easily influenced, moldable, tractable, teachable, manageable, governable,
docile; adaptable, flexible, pliable, compliant.

—antonyms

1 rigid , stiff, hard, firm; unyielding, inflexible, unbending , inelastic.

2 refractory , intractable, recalcitrant, ungovernable.

207. maverick

noun

1 the cowboys rounded up the mavericks for branding: unbranded calf, yearling; unbranded cow;
motherless calf.

2 the young senator was regarded as a political maverick: noncomformist, eccentric,

independent, individualist, loner, independent thinker, one's own man; dissenter, dissident .

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208. mendacious

adjective

the mendacious retailer misled us: lying , untrue, false, untruthful, deceitful.

—antonyms

truthful, honest.

209. metamorphosis

noun

1 there are four stages in the metamorphosis of a mosquito: transformation, change of form,
mutation, transmutation, structural evolution, transfiguration, series of changes, modification,
conversion, transmogrification.

2 this once-confident man underwent a complete metamorphosis after his business failure:
change in appearance or behavior, personality change, transformation, alteration, radical change,
startling change, permutation.

210. meticulous

adjective

our meticulous housekeeper never forgets a thing: fastidious, scrupulous, exact, exacting,
minutely careful, solicitous about details, painstaking, precise, nice, finical, finicky, fussy,
particular; punctilious, perfectionist.

—antonyms

careless, inexact, imprecise, sloppy, negligent .

211. misanthropic

adjective

his unhappy childhood fostered his misanthropic personality: antisocial, unfriendly, unsociable,
distrustful, unneighborly, inhospitable , morose, unpersonable, cynical, surly, discourteous,
unaccommodating, unapproachable, unresponsive, cold, distant.

—antonyms

personable, amiable, amicable, loving, sociable, cordial; humanitarian; philanthropic, charitable.

212. mitigate

verb

there's no way to mitigate the effect of that unfavorable report: lessen, relieve, moderate,
moderate in severity, alleviate, abate in intensity, palliate, soften, assuage, allay, soothe, placate,
weaken, mollify, ameliorate, ease, blunt, reduce, lighten, diminish, temper, extenuate.

—antonyms

increase, augment, heighten, enhance, strengthen.

213. mollify

verb

flowers would not mollify her anger: appease , calm, moderate, placate, quell, still , lessen,
mitigate, allay, reduce, palliate , conciliate, make less violent, decrease, soften, pacify, soothe,
tone down, quiet, lighten, temper, abate, ease, assuage, curb, check, dull, lull, blunt .
—antonyms

exasperate, exacerbate, agitate, stir, increase.

214. morose

adjective

i feel very morose after reading that sad story: depressed , low, crestfallen, sad, melancholy,
downcast , moody, glum, dour, informal blue, down in the dumps; saturnine , mopish, gloomy,
despondent, mournful, solemn; sullen, sulky, cross, surly, testy, waspish, sour , churlish, grumpy,
cranky, ill-tempered, irascible.

—antonyms

cheerful, blithe, happy, good-natured, pleasant, genial, amiable, friendly.

215. mundane

adjective

artists often have trouble with the mundane affairs of life: ordinary, prosaic, commonplace,
worldly, terrestrial, earthly, down-to-earth, day-to-day, routine, humdrum, everyday, practical,
pedestrian, petty.

—antonyms

heavenly, celestial, ethereal, empyrean, unearthly, unworldly, spiritual.

216. negate

verb

this year's losses negate last year's profits: nullify , invalidate, void, reverse; quash, squash ,
quell, squelch; vanquish, defeat, overthrow , overwhelm, destroy, wipe out, blot out; deny,
abrogate, revoke, gainsay, retract, disavow; rebut, refute, contradict; disallow, set aside; veto,
repeal; disown, disclaim, repudiate.

—antonyms

affirm, confirm, attest to, ratify, endorse, corroborate, reinforce, support.

217. neophyte

noun

the neophyte learned the ropes very fast: beginner , tyro, apprentice, trainee, novice, probationer,
newcomer, recruit, learner; tenderfoot, rookie, greenhorn, student, pupil; convert , proselyte,
entrant, disciple, no-vitiate.
—antonyms

veteran, old hand, expert.

218. obdurate

adjective

1 the child was obdurate in refusing to eat vegetables: stubborn, obstinate, intractable, unyielding,
inflexible , adamant, immovable, willful, headstrong, pigheaded, mulish, bullheaded;
unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable.

2 the tyrant was obdurate in his treatment of prisoners: unmoved, uncaring, unfeeling, harsh,
merciless, unmerciful , unpitying, pitiless, unsympathetic, uncompassionate, unsparing,
untouched ; hardened, callous, cruel, cold-blooded, hardhearted .

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antonyms

1 obedient , agreeable, compliant, flexible, amenable; manageable, docile, tractable.

2 compassionate , sympathetic, caring, feeling, merciful, pitying, relenting, softhearted, kind,

gentle, tender.

219. obsequious

adjective

the boss prefers obsequious underlings: servile , fawning, toadying, sycophantic, subservient,
menial, ingratiating, deferential, slavish, cringing, cowering, mealymouthed, truckling, slang
bootlicking, kowtowing, apple-polishing.

—antonyms

domineering, overbearing, swaggering, lordly, imperious, proud, haughty, arrogant, impudent ,

brash, bold, assertive, forceful, aggressive .

220. obviate

verb

the suspect's confession obviates the necessity for a trial: avert, avoid, make unnecessary,
circumvent, remove, do away with, preclude , prevent; forestall, divert, parry, sidetrack, ward off,
turn aside, stave off, fend off, informal nip in the bud.

—antonyms

necessitate, require, make essential, oblige, impel, cause, make unavoidable.

221. occlude

verb
waste materials seem to be occluding the drain: obstruct , block, clog, shut off, shut up, choke,
choke off, plug, close, barricade, congest, stopper, stop up, constrict, strangulate.

—antonyms

clear, unclog, open, ream, unplug.

222. officious

adjective

it's hard to be an office manager without being officious: obtrusive, intrusive, interfering,
meddlesome, meddling, prying, poking one's nose in, offering gratuitous advice or services,
informal kibitzing; overbearing, domineering, self-important, self-assertive, high-handed, high and
mighty; pompous, patronizing.

—antonyms

unobtrusive, in the background.

223. onerous

adjective

holding down two jobs can be an onerous task: oppressive , burdensome, hard to endure,
arduous, not easy to bear, distressing, painful, wearisome, taxing, exhausting, crushing, heavy,
weighty, demanding, grievous.

—antonyms

easy, light, simple, effortless, trivial, trifling.

224. opprobrious

adjective

1 the editorial made an opprobrious attack on modern morals: damning, denunciatory,

condemnatory, hypercritical, censorious, faultfinding; abusive, scurrilous, acrimonious, malicious,
malevolent, maligning, vilifying, vitriolic, fulminating, reviling.

2 the officer was reprimanded for his opprobrious conduct: disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful,
disreputable, objectionable, unbecoming, deplorable, reprehensible, base, outrageous , shocking,
scandalous, infamous, nefarious, despicable , corrupt, wicked.

—antonyms

1 complimentary , flattering, approving, praising, laudatory, uncritical.

2 honorable , noble, meritorious, upright, ethical, principled, virtuous, moral; becoming,

praiseworthy, worthy, laudable, noteworthy, estimable.

225. oscillate

verb
1 the clock's pendulum caught the sunlight as it oscillated: swing, alternate, librate; pulsate,
vibrate, pulse , move back and forth, seesaw, come and go, ebb and flow.

2 he's been oscillating between liberal and conservative all his life: waver, vacillate, hesitate,
fluctuate, vary, hem and haw, shilly-shally, change, equivocate.

226. ostentatious

adjective

grandfather warned us not to be ostentatious with our money. the dress is too ostentatious to
wear to a reception: flaunting wealth, fond of display, showing off, pompous, immodest,
grandiose, affected, high-flown; conspicuous, pretentious, flamboyant, flashy, showy, gaudy,
garish, loud, florid, overdone, exaggerated, obtrusive.

—antonyms

modest, reserved, conservative, somber, sedate; inconspicuous, simple, plain.

227. paragon

noun

aunt sue has always been a paragon of virtue: model , example, exemplar, prototype, archetype,
paradigm, apotheosis, idea, symbol, pattern, standard, norm, criterion, yardstick.

228. partisan

noun

1 the hometown partisans cheered the local team: supporter, follower, adherent, sympathizer,
champion, advocate, ally, backer, upholder, enthusiast, fan, zealot, devotee, rooter, booster.

2 even after the country was defeated, partisans fought the invaders in the hills: freedom fighter,
guerrilla, irregular, insurgent; (u.s. civil war) bushwacker, jayhawker.

adjective

3 the senator vowed not to engage in partisan politics: favoring one political party, predisposed
toward one group, favoring a cause, partial, biased, prejudiced, one-sided, slanted, unbalanced,
subjective.

—antonyms

1 detractor, defamer, censor, critic, backbiter, knocker; opponent, foe, adversary, rival, contender.

3 nonpartisan , bipartisan, unbiased, impartial, unprejudiced , disinterested, objective, broad-

minded, open-minded.

229. pathological

path•o•log•i•cal (path '* loj "i k* l) also path' o•log"ic, adj.

1. of or pertaining to pathology.

2. caused or affected by disease.

3. characterized by an unhealthy compulsion: a pathological liar.

[1680–90] path' o•log" i•cal•ly, adv.

230. paucity

noun

there was a paucity of information on the reported invasion: scarcity, dearth, lack, shortage,
scarceness, scantiness, deficiency , poverty, sparsity, meagerness, puniness, thinness, poorness,
insufficiency.

—antonyms

surfeit, overflow, excess, surplus, superabundance.

231. pedantic

adjective

when you ask him a question you get a pedantic answer: ostentatiously learned, pompous,
academic, scholastic, didactic, doctrinaire , bookish, stilted, dogmatic, punctilious, hairsplitting,
nitpicking, overly meticulous, fussy, finicky, overparticular.