Kaplan 900 GRE Wordlist 201-300

Pariah        -    an outcast
Partition    -    a dividing wall, a division
Paucity        -    scarcity, smallness in number or amount
Pedantic    -    boringly, scholarly, academic in mode
Penchant    -    a strong like for something, a predilection
Permeate    -    to spread or seep through, to penetrate, to pervade
Peruse        -    to study, to read over leisurely
Philanthropy    -    good will towards all people, love of mankind, and act of generosity
Pious        -    reverent, devout, dutiful, may at times be marked by hypocrisy
Pique        -    to hurt or rile the feelings of someone, irritate
Pivotal        -    crucial, something around which things turn
Placate        -    to soothe, to appease with concessions
Plausible    -    believable
Poignant    -    emotionally moving
Polemic        -    a powerful argument to defend a thesis
Precept        -    a rule or principle to guide conduct
Preclude    -    to make impossible, to shut out, to bar
Pretentious    -    showy, self-important, make unjustifiable claims to excellence
Prolific    -    marked by abundant production or offspring
Prosaic        -    dull, unimaginative, lacking excitement
Provincial    -    limited in outlook, narrow in ideas
Prudent        -    careful, cautious
Quaint        -    pleasantly old-fashioned, picturesque
Quell        -    to put an end to, to squelch, to calm
Quintessential    -    the most perfect example of
Quixotic    -     foolishly impractical and idealistic
Raucous        -    boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly
Rebuff        -    to snub, to refuse in a blunt or rude way
Rebuke        -    to criticize or reprimand sharply
Reciprocal    -    mutual, shared, interchangeable
Relegate    -    to dismiss to a less prominent position, to banish
Relic        -    an object associated with a saint, something that remains from the past
Replenish    -    to refill, to supply once more
Reprehensible    -    deserving of blame
Reprove        -    to gently criticize
Rescind        -    to cancel, to repeal
Resilient    -    an ability to recover from, or adjust easily
Respite        -    an interval of rest, a temporary delay
Resplendent    -    brilliant, gloriously bright
Robust        -    strong and healthy, vigorous
Rustic        -    primitive, rural, lacking city comforts
Saccharine    -    excessively sweet
Sardonic    -    disdainful, scornfully mocking
Scanty        -    minimal, hardly sufficient
Scintillate    -    to sparkle, to gleam, to be animated or brilliant
Servile        -    submissive, behaving like a slave
Sloth        -    sluggish, laziness, indolence
Spurious     -    false, fake, not genuine
Stagnate    -    to lie inactive, to stay in one place
Static        -    stationary, not changing or moving
Steadfast    -    loyal, faithful
Stoic        -    showing indifference to pain, apathetic
Stratagem    -    a trick or deceptive scheme
Strident    -    loud, harsh, grating
Stymie        -    to get in the way of, to hinder, to block
Succinct    -    concise, clearly expressed with a few words
Surfeit        -    abundance, excessive amount
Surmise        -    abundance, excessive amount
Table        -    to remove from consideration
Tedious        -    boring, tiresome
Teem        -    to swarm, to be inundated, to become full to overflowing
Temperance    -    habitual moderation, the avoidance of excess
Tenet        -    a principle, doctrine or belief held as so by a group
Tentative    -    uncertain, temporary not fully worked out
Tenuous        -    flimsy,
Tepid        -    lukewarm, unenthusiastic, halfhearted
Terse        -    concise, brief, free of extra word
Theology    -    the study of God or religion
Thwart        -    to prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate, to hinder
Tirade        -    a long and angry speech
Tonic        -    a refreshing drink, something that invigorates
Tortuous    -    winding, twisting, full of curves
Tout        -    to brag publicly, to praise highly
Transfix    -    to cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
Travesty    -    a parody, an imitation that makes crude fun of something
Trite        -    unoriginal, overused, clichéd, commonplace
Trivial        -    unimportant, insignificant
Tryst        -    a secret meeting of lovers
Tumult        -    noisy commotion, uproar
Turpitude    -    shameful wickedness, evil, depravity
Undermine    -    to weaken the support of, to injure in a slow or sneaky way
Unilateral    -    on one side alone
Urbane        -    suave, sophisticated, polished
Usurp        -    to size wrongfully
Vapid        -    tasteless, dull
Vehement    -    intense, forceful marked by strong feeling
Verbose        -    wordy
Vestige        -    the remains of something that no longer exists
Viable        -    workable, capable of living and growing, able to succeed
VIE        -    to complete, to contest
Vilify        -    to defame, to slander, to blacken the character of
Virulent    -    extremely poisonous, malignant, full of hate
Vivacious    -    lively, spirited
Volatile    -    explosive, tend to burn quickly
Wanton        -    immoral, lewd, deliberate maliciousness, having no regards for others
Waver        -    to be indecisive or inconstant, to fluctuate in opinion
Winsome        -    charming, sweetly engaging
Wistful        -    yearning, sad longing, a gentle desire
Zealot        -    a person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
Zenith        -    the highest point

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