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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Portray
bloated
depict
beatific
unction
2. Make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert
dilapidated
desolate
pontifical
apolitical
3. Disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb
plenitude
unkempt
madrigal
anvil
4. Change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
variegate
impertinent
flit
riddle
5. Esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener
nocturnal
dislodge
arcane
circumlocution
6. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty
pithy
kudos
rebuttal
illusive
7. Plunder
austere
pillage
vantage
buffoonery
8. Slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
indefatigable
rejoinder
obsequious
utopia
9. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant
intangible
papyrus
destitute
epicure
10. Having human form or characteristics
polemic
commonwealth
insubordination
anthropomorphic
11. Driving forward; N. propulsion
refractory
propulsive
putative
exempt
12. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power
vertigo
bargain
capacity
viable
13. Shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance
mangy
guile
extrude
conglomeration
14. Mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare
precipitate
occult
unfrock
serendipity
15. Government by a privileged few
imperceptible
traumatic
terminus
oligarchy
16. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation
self-indulgence
suture
negate
slacken
17. Discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
barefaced
bandy
complementary
counterpart
18. Tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite
jaded
imprudent
repertoire
vacuous
19. Storage place for military equipment
arsenal
dauntless
conifer
cremate
20. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
sheaf
careen
impede
opaque
21. Assault
inebriated
assail
expunge
palm
22. Informal discussion; conversation
adroit
colloquy
constitution
misdemeanor
23. Widespread; generally accepted
reverend
prevalent
ascetic
disaffected
24. Speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence
posterity
malign
pathological
seismic
25. Begin and continue (a war)
sound
intangible
compartment
wage
26. Shield; protection; defense
dilapidated
aegis
hindsight
sate
27. Speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly
hem
hireling
phalanx
inarticulate
28. (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current
secular
perforate
gradation
rife
29. Unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste
token
defame
scrappy
unseemly
30. Crack; fissure
badinage
repeal
crevice
gallows
31. Long life; long duration
beeline
longevity
accessible
wade
32. Sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
befuddle
rigid
hone
gerontocracy
33. Impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve
vertex
hirsute
irretrievable
punctilious
34. Egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate
predicament
procrastinate
ovoid
rue
35. Acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt
tyranny
lank
exonerate
exchequer
36. Person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)
heckler
pall
gratify
layman
37. Marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle
gratify
indecisive
historic
dismember
38. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil
pontifical
decelerate
imbroglio
condole
39. Swimming
tremulous
implausible
parity
natation
40. Link as in a chain
gait
unfeigned
skirmish
concatenate
41. Subside or moderate
abate
bout
quarry
vent
42. Satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
douse
elucidate
sate
camp
43. Seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use
onerous
eventual
usurp
viscid
44. Walk through a substance - such as water - that impedes movement
premise
vegetate
wade
stratum
45. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary
unprecedented
juridical
blues
shift
46. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
narrative
glacial
congeal
tipple
47. Calmness of temperament; composure
prefigure
authoritative
equanimity
berate
48. Unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead
coup
gargantuan
metaphysical
stygian
49. Gay; joyous
immolate
quagmire
gourmet
blithe(blithesome)
50. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
astute
peruse
remediable
grim