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GRE Vocab
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gre
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english
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vocabulary
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bvat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy
simile
onslaught
gingerly
lilliputian
2. Firm dislike
gourmet
flit
prodigious
aversion
3. Stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity
galaxy
galvanize
meditation
nepotism
4. Given to diligent study
studious
jug
paleontology
figment
5. Argumentative; fond of argument
disputatious
merger
surge
misogynist
6. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
parallelism
retrograde
anarchist
pliable
7. Admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise
canine
culmination
jest
enfranchise
8. Approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal
carillon
qualified
endorse
capacious
9. Wintry; wintery; of or like winter
accessible
odium
hibernal
missile
10. Rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
enact
anvil
rivulet
carrion
11. Harass or trouble from all directions; hem in
colloquy
illusive
beset
assail
12. Stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting
elevation
crescendo
philatelist
artifacts
13. Bully; intimidate
merger
browbeat
cohesion
intelligentsia
14. Lack of self-confidence or courage
militate
sage
stricture
timidity
15. Lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious
exorbitant
imprudent
syllogism
cornucopia
16. Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
supposititious
broach
screech
aromatic
17. Black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis
necromancy
scurvy
ubiquitous
loathe
18. Disapproval; condemnation
ferocious
disapprobation
menace
compact
19. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate
title
impede
sheer
allegiance
20. Having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted
besmirch
effete
conglomeration
psychopathic
21. Going from one state of action to another
conduit
hover
transition
connubial
22. Desire; want intensely
nihilist
manifesto
crave
tranquillity
23. Weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify
farce
surfeit
invalidate
memorial
24. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
enamored
affirmation
redolent
repertoire
25. Making no attempt to change one's bad practices
mores
disengage
unregenerate
fanfare
26. Good fortune and financial success; physical well-being
halfhearted
prosperity
tout
incessant
27. All-knowing
anneal
omniscient
anoint
dossier
28. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon
homeostasis
mace
unsavory
perpetuate
29. Abyss; very deep crack
chasm
premonition
imprecation
rally
30. Flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute
renown
defeatist
meretricious
intrigue
31. Fill up again
rejuvenate
transitory
replenish
cumulative
32. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful
boon
enmity
miniature
jabber
33. (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores
perforate
vendetta
martinet
transpire
34. Explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
chapel
felicity
gloss_over
resort
35. Contending; CF. vie
protocol
vying
mortician
restive
36. Chew over and over (mentally or - like cows - physically); mull over(ponder)
debut
ruminate
forebears(forbears)
sleight
37. Funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials
mutinous
flirt
mitigate
undertaker
38. Paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)
exhale
pastry
dissertation
decorous
39. State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
solicit
feature
connoisseur
bereavement
40. Great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)
impute
cataract
cadet
cue
41. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation
suborn
apropos
urchin
parity
42. Small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature
impasse
commune
mutablility
earthly
43. Poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence
aplomb
nemesis
asperity
precipitant
44. Language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance
trifling
reduce
parlance
titter
45. Renovate; make clean - bright - or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish
seemly
refurbish
libertine
noxious
46. Repay; pay back
reimburse
pulse
superfluous
vituperative
47. Of or coming from the side
reprehensible
nausea
importunate
lateral
48. Mismanage; blow
cordial
noisome
conjure
botch
49. Beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception
conception
gavel
gerontocracy
straggle
50. Scientific student of birds; N. ornithology: scientific study of birds
welter
ornithologist
horticultural
ovoid