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Prep Scholar 357 Best GRE Vocab Words Practice Questions Anatomy and Physiology with answers Qs desultory - n Ans✔ adj. halfhearted; adj. inconsistent or random Qs detachment - n Ans✔ n. objectivity or aloofness Qs determinant - n Ans✔ n. a strong factor in an outcome Qs diatribe - n Ans✔ n. a rant or angry speech denouncing someone or something Qs didactic - n Ans✔ adj. educational or with an instructive purpose; often includes an element of moralizing Qs diffident - n
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Qs desultory - n Ans✔ adj. halfhearted; adj. inconsistent or random Qs detachment - n Ans✔ n. objectivity or aloofness Qs determinant - n Ans✔ n. a strong factor in an outcome Qs diatribe - n Ans✔ n. a rant or angry speech denouncing someone or something Qs
didactic - n Ans✔ adj. educational or with an instructive purpose; often includes an element of moralizing Qs diffident - n Ans✔ adj. shy, timid, or reserved due to a lack of confidence Qs dilettante - n Ans✔ n. someone with an amateur, nonserious interest in something Qs dirge - n Ans✔ n. funeral or mourning lament; n. any sad, slow song Qs disabuse - n Ans✔ v. to dispel someone’s illusions or false impressions about something Qs discern - n Ans✔
Qs disregard - n Ans✔ v. to ignore or pay no attention to Qs dissemble - n Ans✔ v. to mislead or conceal the truth, esp. with respect to one’s motives Qs disseminate - n Ans✔ v. to spread widely (esp. information) Qs dissonance - n Ans✔ n. a clash between two elements that don’t blend well Qs diverge - n Ans✔ v. to split apart, esp. a road or path Qs dogma - n
Ans✔ n. the official beliefs or tenets of particular sect or group Qs dupe - n Ans✔ v. to deceive or fool Qs ebullient - n Ans✔ adj. cheerful, enthusiastic, excited Qs eccentric - n Ans✔ adj. quirky or unusual Qs eclectic - n Ans✔ adj. composed of a variety of styles, themes, motifs, etc. Qs efficacy - n Ans✔ n. effectiveness
emulate - n Ans✔ v. to imitate or attempt to equal in accomplishment Qs enervate - n Ans✔ v. to exhaust or drain of energy Qs engender - n Ans✔ v. to cause or give rise to Qs enhance - n Ans✔ v. intensify, increase, augment Qs entitlement - n Ans✔ n. belief that one deserves things one has not earned; n. the rights one is afforded under the law Qs ephemeral - n
Ans✔ adj. short-lived or transient Qs equable - n Ans✔ adj. even-tempered; adj. not given to much change or variation Qs equivocate - n Ans✔ v. to use ambiguous language in order to mislead or deceive Qs erroneous - n Ans✔ adj. incorrect Qs erudite - n Ans✔ adj. learned Qs eschew - n Ans✔ v. avoid or abstain from
exculpate - n Ans✔ v. to exonerate or vindicate Qs exigent - n Ans✔ adj. urgent or pressing Qs exonerate - n Ans✔ v. to clear of charges of wrongdoing Qs expatiate - n Ans✔ v. to elaborate on something in great detail Qs explicate - n Ans✔ v. to explain in detail Qs exposition - n Ans✔
n. a thorough explanation; n. a public show or fair Qs extraneous - n Ans✔ adj. irrelevant or superfluous Qs extrapolate - n Ans✔ v. to estimate or conjecture about the future based on presently available information or facts Qs facetious - n Ans✔ adj. glib or flippant Qs facilitate - n Ans✔ v. to make something easier or simpler Qs fallacious - n Ans✔ adj. relying on a fallacy and thus incorrect/misinformed
frugal - n Ans✔ adj. economical, thrifty Qs gainsay - n Ans✔ v. deny or oppose Qs galvanize - n Ans✔ v. to prod someone into action Qs garrulous - n Ans✔ adj. talkative Qs gauche - n Ans✔ adj. socially inept, inappropriate, or awkward Qs germane - n Ans✔
adj. relevant to the matter at hand Qs glib - n Ans✔ adj. talking volubly, but carelessly or insincerely Qs gregarious - n Ans✔ adj. sociable, genial Qs guile - n Ans✔ n. craftiness and cunning Qs hackneyed - n Ans✔ adj. cliché, trite, banal Qs harangue - n Ans✔ n. diatribe or rant
Ans✔ adj. relating to a particular belief system or theory Qs imminent - n Ans✔ adj. about to happen Qs immutable - n Ans✔ adj. unchangeable Qs impair - n Ans✔ v. to hinder or weaken someone or something Qs impediment - n Ans✔ n. barrier, hindrance, or obstruction Qs imperturbable - n Ans✔ adj. remaining calm under any circumstance
Qs implacable - n Ans✔ adj. unforgiving; adj. relentless Qs implicit - n Ans✔ adj. implied or insinuated without being directly stated Qs imprudence - n Ans✔ n. bad judgment Qs impudent - n Ans✔ adj. disrespectful Qs inadvertent - n Ans✔ adj. by accident or unintentional Qs
v. to conclude from implicit evidence (as opposed to explicit facts) Qs ingenuous - n Ans✔ adj. naïve or innocent Qs inimical - n Ans✔ adj. harmful or hostile Qs Innocuous - n Ans✔ adj. harmless Qs inscrutable - n Ans✔ adj. enigmatic, incomprehensible Qs insipid - n Ans✔ adj. bland, uninspired, inane
Qs insular - n Ans✔ adj. tight-knit and isolated; uninterested in matters outside one’s immediate sphere Qs intensive - n Ans✔ adj. concentrated and in-depth Qs intermediary - n Ans✔ n. a go-between Qs intimate - n Ans✔ adj. close (as in a relationship); adj. particularly private; v. to imply Qs intractable - n Ans✔ adj. unmanageable; adj. stubborn or obstinate Qs intransigent - n
