GED RLA Vocabulary List: 110 Academic Words
Learning GED RLA vocabulary is an important step in getting ready for the test. These academic words show up often in reading passages, writing prompts, and questions in different parts of the exam. This list has 110 high-frequency GED RLA vocab words, with their parts of speech and meanings, to help you grow your vocabulary and feel more confident on test day.
A
Aberration (noun) – deviation from the norm
Abstain (verb) – to refrain deliberately
Acquiesce (verb) – to accept without protest
Adversarial (adjective) – oppositional; hostile
Aesthetic (adjective) – concerning beauty
Affluent (adjective) – wealthy; rich
Ambivalent (adjective) – having mixed feelings
Anomaly (noun) – irregularity
Arduous (adjective) – extremely difficcult
Assert (verb) – to claim firmly
B
Benchmark (noun) – standard
Benevolent (adjective) – well-meaning
Bolster (verb) – to support
Brevity (noun) – concise exactness
Burgeon (verb) – to expand rapidly
C
Cacophony (noun) – mixture of loud, unpleasant sounds
Chronological (adjective) – arranged in order of time
Coherent (adjective) – clear; logical
Connotation (noun) – emotional or cultural meaning
Cumulative (adjective) – increasing by successive additions
D
Debilitate (verb) – to weaken
Deleterious (adjective) – harmful
Demagogue (noun) – manipulative leader
Deride (verb) – to ridicule
Discrepancy (noun) – inconsistency
E
Ebullient (adjective) – enthusiastic
Egregious (adjective) – outstandingly bad
Ephemeral (adjective) – short-lived
Equanimity (noun) – mental calmness
Esoteric (adjective) – understood by few
F
Fastidious (adjective) – very attentive to detail
Fervent (adjective) – passionate
Fiscal (adjective) – relating to finances
Fractious (adjective) – irritable
Furtive (adjective) – secretive
G
Garrulous (adjective) – excessively talkative
Germane (adjective) – relevant
Grandiose (adjective) – overly elaborate
Gratuitous (adjective) – uncalled for
Guile (noun) – cunning deceit
H
Harangue (noun/verb) – lengthy angry speech
Hegemony (noun) – dominance
Hyperbole (noun) – exaggerated statements
Hypothetical (adjective) – supposed
Histrionic (adjective) – overly dramatic
I
Idiosyncratic (adjective) – peculiar
Impecunious (adjective) – having little money
Impetuous (adjective) – impulsive
Incontrovertible (adjective) – undeniable
Ineffable (adjective) – too great for words
J
Jubilant (adjective) – joyful
Judicious (adjective) – showing good judgment
K
Kismet (noun) – fate or destiny
Kudos (noun) – praise
L
Laconic (adjective) – using few words
Languid (adjective) – slow, sluggish
Legerdemain (noun) – deception
Loquacious (adjective) – talkative
Lugubrious (adjective) – mournful
M
Maelstrom (noun) – turbulent situation
Magnanimous (adjective) – generous
Malleable (adjective) – easily influenced
Maverick (noun) – independent thinker
Meticulous (adjective) – extremely careful
N
Nebulous (adjective) – vague
Nefarious (adjective) – wicked
Neophyte (noun) – beginner
Nostalgia (noun) – sentimental longing
Nuance (noun) – subtle difference
O
Obdurate (adjective) – stubborn
Obfuscate (verb) – to confuse
Ostentatious (adjective) – showy
Ostracize (verb) – to exclude
Overwrought (adjective) – agitated
P
Paragon (noun) – model of excellence
Pejorative (adjective) – disparaging
Perfunctory (adjective) – done without care
Pragmatic (adjective) – practical
Precarious (adjective) – unstable
Q
Quagmire (noun) – difficult situation
Quandary (noun) – dilemma
Quixotic (adjective) – unrealistically idealistic
Quotidian (adjective) – daily
R
Recalcitrant (adjective) – defiant
Reciprocate (verb) – to return in kind
Relegate (verb) – to assign inferior position
Rhetoric (noun) – persuasive speaking
Rudimentary (adjective) – basic
S
Sagacious (adjective) – wise
Sanctimonious (adjective) – hypocritically pious
Sanguine (adjective) – optimistic
Sycophant (noun) – flatterer
Synthesis (noun) – combination
T
Tenuous (adjective) – weak
Tirade (noun) – long angry speech
Trepidation (noun) – fear
Truncate (verb) – to shorten
Tumultuous (adjective) – chaotic
U
Ubiquitous (adjective) – ever-present
Unctuous (adjective) – excessively flattering
V
Vacillate (verb) – to waver
Venerate (verb) – to respect deeply
Veracious (adjective) – truthful
Vilify (verb) – to slander
Vociferous (adjective) – loud
W
Wanton (adjective) – deliberate/unrestrained
Wistful (adjective) – yearning
Wry (adjective) – dryly humorous
X-Y-Z
Xenophobia (noun) – fear of foreigners
Zeitgeist (noun) – spirit of the times
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10. Blatant
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition:
Very obvious and offensive; done openly and without shame.
Example Sentences:
The student’s blatant plagiarism led to a failing grade.
His blatant disregard for the rules caused tension among the team.
