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The GRE Verbal Reasoning measure asks test takers to understand and evaluate written material, analyze relationships among ideas, and use evidence within a sentence or passage. Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence all reward careful attention to connotation, contrast, logic, and precise word choice—not isolated memorization alone.

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Words 631–665 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
631	compelling	adjective Study Field: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: compelling is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	सम्मोहक	The documentary offers compelling evidence from newly opened archives.
632	conjecture	noun Study Field: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: conjecture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	अटकल	The claim remains conjecture until the documents are authenticated.
633	decry	verb Study Field: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: decry is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	दोष देना	Health advocates decry advertising that targets young children.
634	elucidate	verb Study Field: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: elucidate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	स्पष्ट करना	A timeline helps elucidate the sequence of discoveries.
635	evince	verb Study Field: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: evince is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	जताना	The letters evince deep concern for displaced families.
636	superfluous	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	अनावश्यक	The editor removed every superfluous adjective.
637	surfeit	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: surfeit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	अतिरेक	A surfeit of examples made the argument harder to follow.
638	surreptitious	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	छल से किया हुआ	The camera recorded a surreptitious exchange of documents.
639	sycophant	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: sycophant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	चमचा	The ruler surrounded himself with each sycophant who praised every decision.
640	synthesis	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: synthesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	संश्लेषण	The essay offers a synthesis of archaeological and linguistic evidence.
641	tacit	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: tacit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	मतलब रखा हुआ	Their silence gave tacit approval to the change.
642	taciturn	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: taciturn is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	अल्पभाषी	The taciturn witness answered in brief phrases.
643	tangential	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: tangential is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	स्पज्या का	The editor removed a tangential discussion of the author's childhood.
644	tantamount	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: tantamount is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	समान	Ignoring the warning was tantamount to accepting the risk.
645	tautological	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: tautological is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	अनुलापिक	The phrase “future plans” can be tautological in some contexts.
646	temerity	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	दुस्साहस	She had the temerity to challenge the ruler in public.
647	tenacious	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	दृढ़	A tenacious investigator followed the evidence for years.
648	tenet	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: tenet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	सिद्धांत	Equal treatment is a basic tenet of the organization.
649	tenuous	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	तुच्छ	The article draws a tenuous link between the two events.
650	terse	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: terse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	संक्षिप्त	The official issued a terse denial.
651	torpor	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: torpor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	सो हो जाना	Winter cold sends the animal into torpor.
652	transcend	verb Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: transcend is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	ट्रांसेंड	The novel's themes transcend its historical setting.
653	transgress	verb Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Prefix focus: trans- means across, through, or beyond.	उल्लंघन करना	The character must decide whether justice permits her to transgress the law.
654	transient	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: transient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	क्षणिक	The economic benefit proved transient.
655	trepidation	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	घबराहट	With some trepidation, the team opened the sealed chamber.
656	ubiquitous	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	1. सर्वव्यापी 2. सर्वव्यापक 3. सर्वत्रव्याप्त	Smartphones have become ubiquitous in many communities.
657	unctuous	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	मरहम का	The salesman's unctuous compliments made buyers suspicious.
658	unremitting	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: unremitting is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	निरंतर	Unremitting rain caused the river to overflow.
659	urbane	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: urbane is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	शिष्ट	The urbane host moved easily among diplomats and artists.
660	usurp	verb Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: usurp is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. हड़पना 2. हथियाना	The general attempted to usurp the elected government's authority.
661	utilitarian	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: utilitarian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	उपयोगी	The building's utilitarian design prioritized durability.
662	utopia	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: utopia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. यूटोपिया 2. मायानगरी	The novel's apparent utopia depends on hidden coercion.
663	vacillate	verb Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: vacillate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	संदेह करना	The council continued to vacillate between renovation and demolition.
664	vapid	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: vapid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	नीरस	The adaptation reduced a complex novel to vapid romance.
665	vehement	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: vehement is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	लवलीन	Residents voiced vehement opposition to the highway.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Reading the Evidence in the Ground

Reading practice for pages 19–21. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

When archaeologists uncovered a burned doorway, newspapers quickly began to decry the site as evidence of a violent invasion. The excavation director warned that this conclusion was still a conjecture. Charred grain and collapsed roof beams did evince a sudden fire, but they could not identify its cause. A later soil analysis helped elucidate the sequence of events and offered a more compelling explanation: an accidental kitchen fire had spread during a drought.

Hindi translation

जब पुरातत्वविदों ने जला हुआ द्वार खोज निकाला, तो अखबारों ने जल्दी ही उस स्थान को हिंसक आक्रमण का प्रमाण बताना शुरू कर दिया। खुदाई के निदेशक ने चेतावनी दी कि यह निष्कर्ष अभी भी केवल एक अनुमान था। जला हुआ अनाज और गिरी हुई छत की बल्लियाँ सचमुच अचानक लगी आग का संकेत देती थीं, लेकिन वे उसका कारण नहीं बता सकती थीं। बाद में किए गए मिट्टी के विश्लेषण ने घटनाओं के क्रम को स्पष्ट करने में मदद की और एक अधिक ठोस व्याख्या दी: सूखे के दौरान रसोई में लगी एक आकस्मिक आग फैल गई थी।

Reading comprehension

1. Why does the director call the invasion claim a conjecture?

The evidence shows a fire but does not identify its cause.

2. What do the charred materials evince?

They evince that a sudden fire occurred.

3. What explanation does the soil analysis support?

It supports the explanation that an accidental kitchen fire spread during a drought.

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The GRE Verbal Reasoning measure examines how well test takers understand and evaluate written material, recognize relationships among words and concepts, and analyze how parts of a sentence work together. Its three principal verbal question types are Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence.

Vocabulary matters on the GRE, but memorizing a definition is only the beginning. Strong preparation also connects each word to its connotation, common contrasts, near-synonyms, and role in an argument. Use the examples, readings, and quizzes here to practise choosing words from evidence in the sentence, then use official ETS material to learn the precise test format.

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