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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. Mass of material sticking together
convert
forsake
mortify
conglomeration
2. Advantage; anything that brings helpl - advantage - or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits
benefit
abash
incipient
hilarity
3. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected
stolid
consecrate
stoke
droll
4. Acute pain; extreme suffering
anguish
abusive
execrable
trample
5. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
vivacious
ravine
juxtapose
rubric
6. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal
tribunal
kleptomaniac
congruence
revulsion
7. Hidden danger; concealed trap
brawl
palatial
pitfall
nauseate
8. Replace; cause to be set aside; make obsolete; N. supersession
litany
marked
tome
supersede
9. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.
censor
browbeat
prelate
pontifical
10. Charge; N. indictment
dilemma
vegetate
indict
circumlocution
11. (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical
renounce
accolade
raffle
rational
12. Partly transparent
translucent
wastrel
riddle
truculence
13. Steep; overhasty; precipitate
precipitous
protean
flinch
cupidity
14. Not done politely without due formalities
enliven
rustle
unceremonious
laceration
15. Add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent - such as yeast - that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens
disgorge
deride
tract
leaven
16. Self-governing; N. autonomy
epithet
habituate
autonomous
dispel
17. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful
quiver
schematic
sporadic
kaleidoscope
18. Greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity
avid
mulct
lance
unintimating
19. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
obsolete
barrister
disconsolate
determination
20. Giving or showing bliss; blissful
beatific
holocaust
junket
apiary
21. Arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
stupefy
archaeology
substantial
meter
22. Extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy
epitome
blatant
chide
visionary
23. Spotted; stained; CF. immaculate
maculated
anonymity
wretch
weary
24. Not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
asymmetric
beneficiary
jocular
memoir
25. Form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle
arcade
herald
granulate
spoof
26. Great mass of falling snow and ice
phoenix
declivity
underhand(underhanded)
avalanche
27. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition
coda
accommodate
polemic
dissuade
28. Chance; luck
gerontology
longevity
captious
hap
29. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.
venerable
begrudge
vulnerable
perturb
30. Quarrel
champion
bicker
bifurcated
psychosis
31. Sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)
redundant
arduous
snuffle
beholden
32. Hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer
canny
pandemonium
mesmerize
venison
33. Radiating; departing from the center
inhibit
deify
centrifugal
periphery
34. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
check
fathom
optometrist
moribund
35. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy
antidote
irksome
morgue
dehydrate
36. Outstanding; superior
hapless
preeminent
adjacent
antecede
37. One who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
lot
bigot
dissemble
politic
38. Circular building or hall covered with a dome
swipe
compulsory
erode
rotunda
39. Varying from of an element
vigilante
exhort
isotope
cistern
40. Close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony
expertise
rapport
season
submissive
41. Disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement
clemency
nomadic
stoke
apolitical
42. Slavish; cringing; N. servility
forebears(forbears)
emetic
berserk
servile
43. Include; consist of
comprise
parody
gauche
fickle
44. Desert; abandon; renounce
blanch
lectern
forsake
patent
45. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
motility
cameo
diligence
plasticity
46. Banish to the country; dwell in the country
militate
accelerate
rusticate
mesmerize
47. Be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.
fancy
irate
seethe
dishearten
48. Exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate
avantgarde
ejaculation
apoplexy
appraise
49. Irritable; easily angered
talon
refectory
onerous
irascible
50. Casual; done without prior thought or preparation
terrestrial
offhand
derivative
harbor