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Words 141–175 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
141	assuage	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: assuage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	진정시키다	Clear safety data helped assuage public anxiety.
142	negligible	adjective Study Field: GRE transitions and expression of ideas Word study: Suffix focus: -ible means capable of, suitable for, or able to be affected.	무시할 만한	The second treatment produced a negligible improvement.
143	audacious	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	대담한	The engineers proposed an audacious plan to move the entire lighthouse.
144	augment	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: augment is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	증가시키다	Solar panels will augment the building's existing power supply.
145	austere	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: austere is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 검소한 2. 엄격한	The room's austere design reflected the order's values.
146	autonomous	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	1. 자치(自治) 2. 자주적(自主的)	The region became autonomous while remaining part of the federation.
147	aversion	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	1. 혐오 2. 염오 3. 진저	His aversion to risk kept him from investing in the uncertain venture.
148	banal	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: banal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 시시하다 2. 따분하다 3. 진부(陳腐)하다	The critic dismissed the slogan as banal and forgettable.
149	belligerent	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: belligerent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 호전적인 2. 공격적인	The diplomat's belligerent remarks threatened the fragile truce.
150	benign	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: benign is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	온화한	Tests confirmed that the unusual growth was benign.
151	bolster	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: bolster is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 강화하다 2. 뒷받침하다	New survey data may bolster the report's central claim.
152	bombastic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: bombastic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	과장된	The mayor's bombastic speech offered drama but no practical plan.
153	brevity	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	1. 간략 2. 간결	The editor praised the memo's clarity and brevity.
154	capricious	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	변덕스러운	Capricious enforcement made the rule seem unfair.
155	caustic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: caustic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 신랄한 2. 독설적인	His caustic review attacked the author instead of evaluating the evidence.
156	censure	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: censure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	비난	The committee voted to censure the official for hiding records.
157	circumspect	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: circumspect is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	조심성 있는	The attorney remained circumspect when discussing an unresolved case.
158	neophyte	noun Study Field: GRE transitions and expression of ideas Word study: Base-form focus: neophyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	초보자	As a neophyte, he asked questions that veterans had stopped considering.
159	coalesce	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: coalesce is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	합체하다	Several neighborhood groups began to coalesce around one proposal.
160	coerce	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: coerce is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	강요하다	A valid agreement cannot coerce either party into surrendering legal rights.
161	collaborate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: collaborate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	공동으로 일하다	Scientists from five countries will collaborate on the telescope project.
162	complacent	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: complacent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	안일한	Early success made the team complacent about quality control.
163	complement	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: complement is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 보완하다 2. 조화를 이루다	The photographs complement the essay's detailed description.
164	comprehensive	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	포괄적인	The review provides a comprehensive account of existing research.
165	concede	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: concede is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	양보하다	The author must concede that the evidence remains incomplete.
166	conciliatory	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: conciliatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	달래는	Her conciliatory reply reopened the stalled negotiations.
167	concurrent	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: concurrent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 동시에 일어나는 2. 동시의	The study tracked two concurrent changes in rainfall and crop yield.
168	condone	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: condone is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	묵과하다	Silence may appear to condone conduct that should be challenged.
169	construe	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: construe is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 해석하다 2. 이해하다	Some readers construe the ending as hopeful, while others find it bleak.
170	contextualize	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply.	맥락화하다	The introduction will contextualize the speech within the labor movement.
171	contrive	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: contrive is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	꾸미다	The playwright can contrive a meeting without making it seem improbable.
172	conventional	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: conventional is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	전통적인	The artist rejected conventional portrait techniques.
173	converge	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: converge is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	모이다	The two lines of evidence converge on the same conclusion.
174	cryptic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: cryptic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	숨은 뜻을 가진	The note's cryptic wording left investigators uncertain.
175	culminate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: culminate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	정점에 도달하다	Months of rehearsals will culminate in a public performance.

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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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