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Talkative words: I m really not sure why there are so many GRE words that are syno nyms for talkative, but here you go. Loquacious, garrulous, palaverous, voluble, and prolix all mean talking a lot . Criticizing or blaming words. Would you believe that aspersion, belittle, be rate, calumny, castigate, decry, defamation, denounce, deride, derisive, diatrib e, disparage, excoriate, gainsay, harangue, impugn, inveigh, lambaste, objurgate , obloquy, opprobrium, rebuke, remonstrate, reprove, revile, tirade, and vituper ate all fall into this category? They certainly aren t exactly the same, but there s a lot to be said for knowing a general level of meaning and similarity. Lying words. Words such as apocryphal, belie, canard, chicanery, defamation (again!), dissemble, duplicity, equivocate, erroneous, ersatz, fallacious, feign , guile, mendacious, mendacity, perfidy, prevaricate, specious, and spurious hav e something to do with being false or deceptive. Change-related words. There are lots of GRE words that have to do with thing s changing around. Some of them are capricious, changeable, faddish, fanciful, f ickle, flighty, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, tempestuous, quirky, unpre dictable, variable, vicissitude, volatile, whimsical, but I m sure there are other s! Starting-something words. One category of words has to do with sparking or s tarting something. Whether you arouse, beget, cause, engender, enkindle, foment, incite, induce, instigate, kindle, rouse, prompt, spark, or trigger, you are st arting something up! Uncaring words. Whether or not you care about something has a lot of words. Apathy, dispassion, ennui, impassivity, indifference, languor and lethargy all h ave something to do with a lack of caring or interest. Weakening words. We have lots of words for reducing or weakening. Allay, all eviate, assuage, attenuate, diminish, ease, enervate, and palliate are among the many words that have something to do with lessening. You can make a nice list f or words that strengthen too.