Saturday, October 3, 2009

Synonyms 5- GRE Vocabulary Word List

gather

collect, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass

gaudy

flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry

gaze

stare, gape, glare, peer, ogle

general

common, generic, universal [PARTICULAR]

gesture

gesticulation, sign, signal

ghastly

grim, gruesome, grisly, macabre, lurid

giddy

dizzy, vertiginous

glad

happy, cheerful, lighthearted, joyful, joyous

glib

slick, smooth-tongued

glum

gloomy, morose, crabbed, dour, saturnine, sullen, surly, sulky

gossip

blab, tattle

gracious

cordial, genial, sociable [UNGRACIOUS]

grand

magnificient, imposing, stately, majestic, august, grandiose

grant

vouchsafe, concede, accord, award

graphic

lifelike, realistic, vivid

grieve

lament, mourn, sorrow

gruff

brusque, blunt, bluff, curt, crusty

guide

lead, pilot, sheperd, steer, usher

habit

practice, custom, usage, use, wont, habitude

haggard

wasted, worn, careworn

hamper

fetter, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, manacle, shackle, trammel

handle

manipulate, wield, ply

happen

befall, betide, chance, occur

happy

fortunate, lucky, providential

harass

harry, hound, badger, pester, plague, bait

hard

difficult, arduous

harden

acclimate, acclimatize, season, toughen

haste

celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed [DELIBERATION]

hateful

detestable, odious, obnoxious, offensive, repellent

healthy

sound, wholesome, hale, robust, well, hardy, vigorous

heap

bank, mound, pile, stack

heavy

weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome

help

aid, assist, succor

heritage

inheritance, legacy, tradition

hesitate

vacillate, waver, falter

hide

conceal, secrete, cache, screen, bury, cloak

high

tall, lofty, towering, elevated

hinder

hamper, impede, obstruct, block, dam, bar

hole

hollow, cavity, pocket

honesty

honor, integrity, probity, rectitude

honor

homage, reverence, veneration, deference

humane

compassionate, humanitarian, merciful [INHUMANE]

idea

thought, notion, concept, conception

ideal

model, example, exemplar, standard, pattern

ignorant

uneducated, untaught, unlearned, untutored, unlettered, illiterate

imagination

fancy, fantasy

imitate

copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate

immaterial

incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual [MATERIAL]

impact

repercussion

impetuous

heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden

importance

consequence, moment, significance, import, weight

impostor

quack, faker, humbug, mountebank, charlatan

impression

impress, imprint, print, stamp

improper

unbecoming, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous

improve

better, help, ameliorate

inactive

idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine

incalculable

countless, immeasurable, incomputable, infinite, innumerable, measureless

incisive

trenchant, biting, cutting, crisp, clear-cut

incite

instigate, foment, abet

incline

bias, dispose, predispose [DISINCLINE]

include

comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve

inconsistent

incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant

increase

expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply

indicate

argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness

indifferent

unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested

indirect

circuitous, roundabout

indispensable

essential, necessary, needful, requisite

infinite

boundless, eternal, illimitable, sempiternal [FINITE]

inflexible

inexorable, adamant, obdurate

injure

harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil

injustice

injury, wrong, grievance

innate

inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary

inquiry

inquest, inquisition, investigation, probe, research

insanity

lunacy, madness, mania, dementia

instinctive

instinctual, intuitive, visceral

insubordinate

rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious

intelligent

bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, smart, intellectual

intense

fierce, vehement, violent

intention

intent, purpose, goal, end, aim, object, objective

interfere

meddle, tamper

intimidate

browbeat, bulldoze, cow, bully, bludgeon

introduce

insert, interject, interlard, interpolate, interpose

intrude

obtrude

irrelevant

extraneous, immaterial, impertinent [RELEVANT]

isolate

insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester

item

detail, particular

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