SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
GRE Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
gre
,
english
,
vocabulary
,
bvat
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib
metamorphosis
slick
impeach
penitent
2. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.
deplore
conjecture
headstrong
begrudge
3. Hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience
covenant
imponderable
scruple
swelter
4. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
perspicuity
fester
toxic
habitat
5. Wakefulness; inability to sleep
bullion
ostentatious
Machiavellian
insomnia
6. (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)
seamy
asylum
discursive
bid
7. Root up; uproot; destroy completely
extirpate
venerate
solemnity
headlong
8. Overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
eclipse
accommodate
ravenous
garish
9. Insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash
betoken
paltry
emanate
swamp
10. One who studies the skin and its diseases
quarantine
celibate
tutelary
dermatologist
11. Conciseness; shortness of duration
vortex
acquiesce
brevity
obtrude
12. Harmful
saboteur
optional
obelisk
deleterious
13. State of having two opposite qualities
flay
malaise
polarity
volley
14. Tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe
tiller
despondent
tithe
gory
15. Unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate
humble
debonair
inept
bluff
16. Teaching; art of education
ancestry
browse
suppress
pedagogy
17. Skillful (in using mind or hand)
anthology
supersede
cede
adroit
18. Of or coming from the side
lateral
contiguous
dyslexia
omnipotent
19. Dwelling place; home
fetish(fetich)
artery
abode
deputize
20. Withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership
equity
secession
wan
haughtiness
21. Move - give - or take in a quiet - stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky
mischance
sneak
blandishment
unobtrusive
22. Squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
meter
score
spat
obese
23. Lively; spirited
indoctrinate
fervent
animated
pilfer
24. Make young again
rejuvenate
appurtenances
shambles
conspiracy
25. Unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky
onus
apiculture
amalgam
fluke
26. Direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech
apocryphal
equity
address
coquette
27. Refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
imperative
lien
paltry
rebuttal
28. Offensive in odor or flavor
duplicity
rank
encompass
defoliate
29. Hanging; suspended
bigot
pass'e
tyranny
pendulous
30. Able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof
buttress
militant
tangible
manifest
31. Hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
loiter
camaraderie
sedulous
garish
32. Moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society
maraud
askew
temperate
warranted
33. Disrepute; ill fame
wary
pomposity
notoriety
bode
34. Deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive
secular
doom
complementary
illusive
35. Frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture; farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF. husbandman
fructify
husbandry
derivation
incubate
36. Something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume
assumption
psychiatrist
impregnable
bugaboo
37. People of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility
quizzical
cunning
sinecure
gentry
38. Happening at the same time; in agreement
dabble
concurrent
practicable
nurse
39. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control
philanthropist
exiguous
sagacious
helm
40. Highly pretentious or inflated
high-flown
censor
hydrophobia
corroborate
41. Nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship
prehensile
inebriated
infer
propinquity
42. Experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy
constituency
contest
renounce
queasy
43. (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river
ooze
spurious
numismatist
amok(amuck)
44. Bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor; brave
valor
paranoia
rankle
genealogy
45. Dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata
oratorio
precarious
maniacal
lust
46. Deserving blame; blameworthy
atypical
culpable
juridical
millennium
47. Stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully
saline
resign
conceit
stoke
48. Wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar
depravity
grapple
mediate
revert
49. Cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the edge of the precipice
bowdlerize
disengage
prerogative
precipice
50. Enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor
daub
knell
verve
mystic