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.