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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. Very wicked
nefarious
provender
remunerative
disburse
2. Become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person
intelligentsia
degenerate
memento
acute
3. Stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision
brisk
proviso
alms
impassable
4. Not wise; not expedient; not politic
impolitic
remittance
primary
geniality
5. Rejoice
faculty
exult
perturb
confine
6. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry
chivalrous
wag
jettison
castigation
7. Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.
progenitor
fumble
protocol
coy
8. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
chaotic
fringe
vortex
compulsion
9. Forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
macerate
virile
propound
harbinger
10. Bad-tempered; rude; cross
contaminate
indolent
surly
interpolate
11. Daily domestic task (such as cleaning - cooking - and shopping); unpleasant task
chore
abrogate
ichthyology
pore
12. Like a fox; crafty
certitude
reverent
bait
vulpine
13. Willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat
beware
enterprise
laborious
antecedents
14. Capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
nepotism
punctilious
unison
vagary
15. Minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil
olfactory
lout
shambles
quibble
16. Vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
inasmuch_as
enterprising
blackball
offensive
17. Profane; violate the sanctity of
desecrate
condone
propagate
geniality
18. Hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop
gloat
heresy
jetsam
halting
19. Used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease
pandemonium
residual
prophylactic
welt
20. Fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)
equivocal
comely
patois
rubble
21. Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety
sanctimonious
propensity
vicissitude
obfuscate
22. Free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle
drip
concatenate
usury
extricate
23. Pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
ostentatious
speechless
haughtiness
surge
24. Renounce; give up (position - right - or responsibility)
abdicate
domicile
mammal
sonorous
25. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention
hybrid
raze
degenerate
detain
26. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic
optional
euphemism
refrain
bent
27. Male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact
elaboration
solemnity
pillory
ram
28. Interfering; V. meddle: interfere
lassitude
dappled
meddlesome
brusque
29. Person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism
rebus
optimist
bulwark
accessory
30. Repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts
serpentine
tundra
colossus
solder
31. Storage place for military equipment
emend
urge
arsenal
concomitant
32. Make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented
puzzle
enumerate
coin
mandatory
33. A place where bees are kept
apiary
couple
belittle
caliber
34. Conventions; moral standards; moral customs
disingenuous
mores
tutelage
cohabit
35. Needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true
edict
glare
tautological
rig
36. Worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff
extenuate
insightful
chaff
sect
37. Hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger.
fluke
flinch
intrinsic
phalanx
38. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities
secrete
tutelary
mangle
eon(aeon)
39. Oily; bland; insincerely suave
unctuous
hazard
aberration
indemnify
40. Monastery or convent
irrefutable
cloister
pariah
befuddle
41. Firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances - he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assurance
encumber
flotsam
assurance
partition
42. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
pulpit
conscientious
incarnation
saturnine
43. Payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy
nocturnal
expenditure
tyranny
protean
44. Operatic singer; prima donna
diva
prostrate
auxiliary
belated
45. Explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
vernacular
livid
gloss_over
quizzical
46. Letter; written statement; CF. sent
missive
repercussion
groove
nutrient
47. Harmful; damaging; N. detriment
Shangri-la
mnemonic
flush
detrimental
48. Food of the gods
sordid
smolder
chasten
ambrosia
49. Furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide
dysentery
varnish
panoramic
purveyor
50. Long - passionate - and vehement speech; V.
harangue
aversion
distinction
gruff