GRE Vocabulary

#661

oblique

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She made an oblique reference to the scandal.
2. The sun cast an oblique line of light across the room.
3. His oblique answer avoided the real question.

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#662

obscure

Verb/adjective

Example sentences

1. The article discusses an obscure event in history.
2. Heavy clouds obscure the mountain.
3. His explanation may obscure rather than clarify the issue.

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#663

obsequious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The obsequious assistant agreed with everything the boss said.
2. His obsequious behavior made others uncomfortable.
3. She disliked the waiter's obsequious manner.

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#664

obstinate

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The obstinate child refused to leave the park.
2. He remained obstinate even after seeing the evidence.
3. An obstinate problem may require a new approach.

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#665

obstreperous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The obstreperous crowd shouted throughout the speech.
2. An obstreperous child kicked the chair.
3. The teacher struggled to control the obstreperous class.

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#666

obtain

Verb

Example sentences

1. You must obtain permission before entering.
2. She hopes to obtain a better job.
3. The police could not obtain enough evidence.

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#667

obtuse

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He was too obtuse to understand the simple hint.
2. The obtuse student needed the idea explained again.
3. Her deliberately obtuse answer frustrated everyone.

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#668

officious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The officious clerk tried to control matters that were not his duty.
2. An officious neighbor kept giving unwanted advice.
3. She found the officious guard annoying.

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#669

opaque

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The bathroom window is opaque.
2. The company's decision-making process is opaque.
3. His explanation was so opaque that no one understood it.

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#670

opulence

Noun

Example sentences

1. The palace displayed great opulence.
2. They were amazed by the opulence of the hotel.
3. The film shows both poverty and royal opulence.

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#671

ornate

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The room had an ornate ceiling.
2. She wore an ornate silver necklace.
3. The book's ornate language was difficult to follow.

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#672

ossify

Verb

Example sentences

1. Old ideas can ossify if no one challenges them.
2. The soft tissue may ossify over time.
3. The organization began to ossify under the same leadership.

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#673

ostentatious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He drove an ostentatious gold car.
2. The party was large and ostentatious.
3. She dislikes ostentatious displays of wealth.

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#674

ostracize

Verb

Example sentences

1. The group began to ostracize him after the argument.
2. Schools should never ostracize a child for being different.
3. They tried to ostracize anyone who questioned the leader.

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#675

overweening

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His overweening pride led to failure.
2. The ruler had an overweening sense of his own importance.
3. Her overweening ambition damaged the team.

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#676

palatable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The soup was simple but palatable.
2. They tried to make the new rules more palatable to workers.
3. The medicine tastes more palatable when mixed with juice.

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#677

palaver

Verb

Example sentences

1. We spent hours in useless palaver.
2. After much palaver, they finally made a decision.
3. He grew tired of the political palaver.

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#678

palimpsest

Noun

Example sentences

1. The old city is a palimpsest of many historical periods.
2. Researchers found hidden writing on the palimpsest.
3. The building is a cultural palimpsest with layers of change.

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#679

panacea

Noun

Example sentences

1. There is no panacea for every social problem.
2. Technology is helpful, but it is not a panacea.
3. The new medicine was wrongly presented as a panacea.

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#680

panache

Noun

Example sentences

1. She completed the difficult move with panache.
2. He wears simple clothes with great panache.
3. The chef served the meal with panache.

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