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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. Arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb
verbiage
assurance
cadaverous
incendiary
2. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition
hygiene
inveterate
quiver
sullen
3. Reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger)
erratic
despise
conciliatory
foliage
4. Absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous
consistency
indulge
apocalyptic
supplant
5. Represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification
sojourn
superimpose
personify
concordat
6. Direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech
propinquity
address
quixotic
pendulous
7. Be cautious (of)
misconstrue
luscious
beware
agape
8. State strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
subordinate
assert
haven
touchy
9. Submissive; patient and long-suffering
sententious
flicker
mannerism
meek
10. Beautiful clothes for a special occasion
finery
uxorious
halfhearted
saturate
11. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices
alliteration
monogram
vertex
onerous
12. Written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; appear;
diatribe
figure
allude
premise
13. Uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility
idolatry
probity
inception
devotee
14. Courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave
precise
pragmatic
pluck
draconian
15. Failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V.
verity
catastrophe
default
ruminate
16. Mutual relationship
haggard
correlation
check
gruel
17. Squander; waste foolishly; scatter
bliss
grim
dissipate
smattering
18. Scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd
horoscope
muddle
disperse
shack
19. Shrewd in money matters; thrifty
foist
militia
draft
canny
20. Place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come
edify
provenance
spry
evenhanded
21. Set right; correct; CF. rect-: right
rectify
lewd
traverse
factotum
22. Reprimand; severely scold
reserve
upbraid
headstrong
culprit
23. Split into opposite extremes or camps
prudent
facade(fac{c}ade)
polarize
equilibrium
24. Straightforward; direct; frank
forthright
institutionalize
matriculate
crestfallen
25. Pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air
drudgery
thermal
discredit
explicate
26. Irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path
juggernaut
tanner
ideology
harangue
27. Plundering; destruction
depredation
ingrained
espionage
latitude
28. Flexible; supple; CF. limber
lithe
millennium
avarice
ineffable
29. Fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor - proprietary
deviate
cistern
dexterous
propriety
30. Free from worries; having no problems
carefree
optimist
skiff
surly
31. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
exodus
gaudy
avenge
imbue
32. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade
camaraderie
memento
orient
hothead
33. Frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
discomfit
intolerant
mode
vivid
34. Attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation
effete
stanch
impute
rent
35. Demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction
exact
tact
scrappy
concord
36. Repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote
abominate
shard
annihilate
rote
37. Point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator
solstice
billow
devious
d'ebris
38. Substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)
epilogue
disparate
gentry
propellant(propellent)
39. Deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change
irascible
cataclysm
palatable
frustrate
40. Old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia
elated
volley
growl
senility
41. Suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote
untenable
haggle
connotation
veracious
42. Daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine
renovate
rue
rendezvous
quotidian
43. Make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb
rendezvous
expeditious
roil
intuition
44. Nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense
mortar
drivel
construe
traverse
45. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
hilarity
geriatrics
entourage
avarice
46. Pitiless; merciless; cruel
discriminate
impediment
stockade
ruthless
47. Run away secretly with the intention of getting married
elope
febrile
mutilate
egress
48. Not normal; not typical
equitable
atypical
exhume
propriety
49. Moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction
expository
rooster
restraint
sovereignty
50. Call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation
legacy
encipher
convoke
choir