Most Commonly Confused Words: GRE Vocab from Complement vs Compliment to Feint

These videos will cover both advanced GRE words and more basic GRE words but the focus will be on avoiding common GRE mistakes in vocabulary.

61. complement and compliment complement is a verb, and means to complete something. Example: Her shoes complemented her beautiful skirt. compliment is a verb, and means to praise something or someone. Example: He complimented his assistant on her sense of humor.

62. connote and denote connote is a verb, and means to express something indirectly. Example: The term “modern science” usually connotes a complete openness to testing. denote is a verb, and means to indicate something. Example: Let us assume that X denotes the number of fruits.

63. childish and childlike childish is an adjective, and means immature. Example: His childish mischiefs were why he often received a lot of criticism. childlike is an adjective, and means exhibiting simplicity and innocence like a child. Example: That girl, though very intelligent and mature, often seems childlike to me.

64. council and counsel council is a noun, and means a governing body. Example: The council will finalize the decision tomorrow. counsel is a verb, and means to help someone with suggestions. . Example: The teacher counselled the struggling student.

65. discreet and discrete discreet is an adjective, and means modesty. Example: Though a rich man, he always remained discreet about his wealth. discrete is an adjective, and means different, or separate. Example: Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units.

66. deprecate and depreciate deprecate is a verb, and means to disagree strongly with someone. Example: My father deprecates the value of the internet. depreciate is a verb, and means to lower the value of something. Example: The value of the currency depreciated due to the economic slowdown.

67. eminent and imminent eminent is an adjective, and means of great quality or position. Example: Eminent leaders from all over the world attended the convention. imminent is an adjective, and means about to occur. Example: Global warming is imminent very soon, with all the pollution that we are causing.

68. evoke and invoke evoke is a verb, and means to make something occur. Example: Their dislike for each other evoked the quarrel between the two groups. invoke is a verb, and means to call earnestly for something. Example: She invoked his help on the issue.

69. exhort and extort exhort is a verb, and means to appreciate or support. Example: The media have been exhorting people to turn out for the demonstration. extort is a verb, and means to take something by force (looting). Example: He was convicted of trying to extort $1 million from the company.

70. faint and feint faint is an adjective, and means lacking clarity. Example: I only have a faint idea of what he is planning to do. feint is a verb, and means to deceive someone. Example: The boxer feinted his opponent with a fake move, and then punched him in the face.

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[rhythmsomaiya]

dissemble and disassemble is also a good shout.

[anasputhawala]

Thanks for the video! Very helpful indeed, if you get the chance Philip, can you please make a video regarding mixture word problems or perhaps GRE difficult word problems in general for quantitative reasoning.

[sumaiyaaralima]

Sir, i've a question.
Is it enough Magoosh & ETS words in GRE for 1 blank & SE?
TIA😊

[faryalineurope]

Your Vedios are very helpful...
I have only one month left for gre. I am worried about my verbal.. My recent mock score was 145. Whenever I attempt a 2or 3 blanks TC or SE Qs, my Qs is always half right means there is always one blank that I choose wrong.. My rc is 50 50. Plz can you help me in getting 155