Barron's High Frequency GRE Words : 91-100

1. Discrete (adj) separate, unconnected, consisting of distinct parts; In programmed instruction, the information to be learned is presented in DISCRETE units; you must respond correctly to each unit before you may advance to the next.
2. Disingenuous (adj) lacking genuine candor, insincere; Now that we know that the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably DISINGENUOUS.
3. Disinterested (adj) unprejudiced; Given the judge’s political ambitions and the lawyer’s financial interest in the case, the only DISINTERESTED person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.
4. Disjointed (adj) lacking coherence, separated at the joints; Unable to think of anything to say about the assigned topic, the unprepared student scribbled a few DISJOINTED sentences on his answer sheet.
5. Dismiss (v) eliminate from consideration, reject; Believing in John’s love for her, she DISMISSED the notion that he might be unfaithful.
6. Disparage (v) belittle; A doting mother, Emma was more likely to praise her son’s crude attempts at art than DISPARAGE to them.
7. Disparate (adj) basically different, unrelated; Unfortunately Tony and Tina have DISPARATE notions of marriage.
8. Dissemble (v) disguise, pretend; Even though John tried to DISSEMBLE his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls.
9. Disseminate (v) distribute, spread, scatter; By their use of the Internet, propagandists have been able to DISSEMINATE their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
10. Dissolution (n) disintegration, looseness in morals; The profligacy and DISSOLUTION of life in Caligula’s Rome appall some historians.

SAT High Frequency Words : 81-90

1. Cryptic (adj) . mysterious; hidden; secret. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes’s cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
2. Cursory (adj) . casual; hastily done. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire’s cause.
3. Curtail (v) . shorten; reduce. When Herb asked Diane for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn’t go out with him, but her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life.
4. Decorum (n)  . propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with decorum on the last day of school.
5. Deference (n) . courteous regard for another’s wish. In deference to the minister’s request, please do not take photographs during the wedding service.
6. Degradation (n) . humiliation; debasement; degeneration. Some secretaries object to fetching the boss a cup of coffee because they resent the degradation of being made to do such lowly tasks.
7. Delineate (v) . portray; depict; sketch. Using only a few descriptive phrases, Austen delineates the character of Mr. Collins so well that we can predict his every move.
8. Denounce (v) . condemn; criticize. The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public’s trust.
9. Deplore (v) . regret; disapprove of. Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
10. Depravity (n) . extreme corruption; wickedness. The depravity of Caligula’s behavior came to sicken even those who had willingly participated in his earlier, comparatively innocent orgies.

Barron's High Frequency 333 GRE Words : 81-90

1. Dichotomy (n) split, branching into two parts; Willie didn’t know how to resolve the DICHOTOMY between his ambition to go to college and his childhood longing to run away and join the circus.
2. Diffidence (n) shyness; You must overcome your DIFFIDENCE if you intend to become a salesperson.
3. Diffuse (adj) wordy, rambling, spread out(like a gas); If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce DIFFUSE manuscripts rather than brief ones.
4. Digression (n) wandering away from the subject; Nobody minded when Professor Renoir’s lectures wandered away from their official theme; his DIGRESSIONS were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
5. Dirge (n) lament with music; The funeral DIRGE stirred us to tears.
6. Disabuse (v) correct a false impression, undeceive; I will attempt to DISABUSE you of your impression of my client’s guilt; I know he is innocent.
7. Discerning (adj) mentally quick and observant, having insight; Though no genius, the star was sufficiently DISCERNING to distinguish her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
8. Discordant (adj) not harmonious, conflicting; Nothing is quite so DISCORDANT as the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.
9. Discredit (v) defame, destroy confidence in, disbelieve; The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to DISCREDIT the other.
10. Discrepancy (v) lack of consistency, difference; The police noticed some DISCREPANCIES in his description of the crime and did not believe him.

SAT High Frequency Words : 71-80

1. Consensus (n) . general agreement. Every time the garden club members had nearly reached a consensus about what to plant, Mistress Mary, quite contrary, disagreed.
2. Constraint (n) . compulsion; repression of feelings. There was a feeling of constraint in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker.
3. Contend (v) . struggle; compete; assert earnestly. Sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young black athletes are exploited by some college recruiters.
4. Contentious (adj) . quarrelsome. Disagreeing violently with the referee's’ ruling, the coach became so contentious that they threw him out of the game.
5. Contract (v) . compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease. Warm metal expands; cold metal contracts.
6. Conviction (n) . judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief. Even her conviction for murder did not shake Peter’s conviction that Harriet was innocent of the crime.
7. Cordial (adj) . gracious; heartfelt. Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug.
8. Corroborate (v) . confirm; support. Though Huck was quite willing to corroborate Tom’s story, Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
9. Credulity (n)  . belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete. Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors to swindle them out of their savings.
10. Criterion (n) . standard used in judging. What criterion did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?

Barron's High Frequency 333 GRE Words : 71-80

1. Default (n) failure to act; When the visiting team failed to show up for the big game, the lost the game by DEFAULT.
2. Deference (n) courteous regard for another’s wish; In deference to the minister’s request, please do not take photographs during the wedding service.
3. Delineate (v) portray, depict, sketch; Using only a few descriptive phrases, Austen DELINEATES the character of Mr. Collins so well that we can predict his every move.
4. Denigrate (v) blacken; All attempts to DENIGRATE the character of our late president have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.
5. Deride (v) ridicule, make fun of; The critics DERIDED his pretentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seriously.
6. Derivative (adj) unoriginal, obtained from another source; Although her early poetry was clearly DERIVATIVE in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
7. Desiccate (v) dry up; A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to DESICCATE food in order to preserve it.
8. Desultory (adj) aimless, haphazard, digressing at random; In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not DESULTORY.
9. Deterrent (n) something that discourages, hindrance; Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a DETERRENT to potential killers.
10. Diatribe (n) bitter scolding, invective; During the lengthy DIATRIBE delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.

SAT High Frequency Words : 61-70

1. Compliance (n) : readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements. Bullheaded Bill was not noted for easy compliance with the demands of others.
2. Composure (n) : mental calmness. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
3. Comprehensive (adj) : thorough; inclusive. This book provides a comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT.
4. Concede (v) : admit; yield. Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right.
5. Conciliatory (adj) : reconciling; soothing. She was still angry despite his conciliatory words.
6. Concise (adj)  : brief and compact. When you define a new word, be concise: the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember.
7. Concur (v) : agree. Did you concur with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?
8. Condone (v) : overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse. Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck’s minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
9. Conflagration (n) : great fire. In the conflagration that followed the 1906 earthquake, much of San Francisco was destroyed.
10. Confound (v) : confuse; puzzle. No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long.

Barron's High Frequency 333 GRE Words : 61-70

1. Connoisseur (n) : person competent to act as a judge of art, a lover of an art; Bernard Berenson, the American art critic and CONNOISSEUR of Italian art, was hired by wealthy art lovers to select paintings for their collections.
2. Contention (n) : claim, thesis; It is our CONTENTION that, if you follow our tactics, you will boost your score on the GRE.
3. Contentious (adj) : quarrelsome; Disagreeing violently with the referee's’ ruling, the coach became so CONTENTIOUS that the referee threw him out of the game.
4. Contrite (adj) : penitent; Her CONTRITE tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
5. Conundrum (n) : riddle, difficult problem; During the long car ride, she invented CONUNDRUMS to entertain the children.
6. Converge (v) : Approach, tend to meet, come together; African-American men from all over the United States CONVERGED on Washington to take part in the historic Million Man March.
7. Convoluted (adj) : coiled around, involved, intricate; His argument was so CONVOLUTED that few of us could follow it intelligently.
8. Craven (adj) : cowardly; Lillian’s CRAVEN refusal to join the protest was criticized by her comrades.
9. Daunt (v) : intimidate, frighten; “Boast all you like of your prowess. Mere words cannot DAUNT me,” the hero answered the villain.
10. Decorum (n) : propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners; Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with DECORUM on the last day of school.