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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. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition
preen
accommodate
trifling
trance
2. Projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information
molten
commiserate
extrapolation
championship
3. Surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.
hem
deleterious
predilection
explicate
4. Cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
initiate
boisterous
conjure
alcove
5. Nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.
idolatry
obese
titter
salutary
6. Continue steadily in spite of difficulties
persevere
maternal
ethnology
retard
7. Existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)
subsistence
redolent
impale
forfeit
8. Strong point or special talent in a person's character
waive
implement
brackish
forte
9. Detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant
scion
scavenge
groove
soluble
10. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person
lax
parasite
pundit
satellite
11. Border; edge - rim - or margin; Ex. on the verge of: very near to; V: border on
verge
clientele
recline
livid
12. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny
coax
arbiter
discernible
misogynist
13. Walk through a substance - such as water - that impedes movement
hibernate
wade
feature
thwart
14. Book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus
squash
anthology
soothsayer
jaded
15. Slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work
slipshod
polyglot
spin
downcast
16. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation
negate
secular
odium
propensity
17. Having a common ancestor
polyglot
consanguineous(consanguine)
anthem
tentative
18. Climate
arrogance
disengage
clime
infringe
19. Cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin - smooth - shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery
natal
vitiate
glaze
inhibited
20. Having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
apathy
infirmity
cantankerous
fluted
21. Strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock
revile
defrock
dais
assail
22. Liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance
lavish
palatable
reconcile
travesty
23. Honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement
chuckle
capacious
kudos
tribune
24. Person of no importance; nonexistence
nonentity
corrosive
pertinacious
perversion
25. Given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining
querulous
resuscitate
expository
usury
26. Begin to grow; give off shoots or buds; N: new growth on a plant; shoot
sprout
seduce
craven
mores
27. (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into
debilitate
brocade
devout
incisive
28. Vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
plethora
conveyance
nectar
obituary
29. Apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction
deflect
ascertain
lubricate
sensitization
30. Loss of speech due to injury or illness
aphasia
ecosystem
indigence
monumental
31. Clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
awful
renounce
raiment
compute
32. Social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement
sprightly
convention
egoism
annihilate
33. Suffering from a disease; destroyed
tensile
centrifuge
contumacious
blighted
34. Murder of a king or queen
vernal
chasten
regicide
mendacious
35. Supplying nourishment
nourishment
alimentary
tepid
mercenary
36. Give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time
chameleon
spare
insularity
bohemian
37. Small cavern
grotto
pan
coincidence
forthcoming
38. Ancestors
tiller
forebears(forbears)
glossary
feature
39. Like wood
amalgamate
ligneous
abridge
improvise
40. Unable to be doubted; which cannot be doubted; unquestionable
sportive
reconnaissance
scavenge
indubitable
41. Brother or sister
depose
wake
aberrant
sibling
42. Life-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
quietude
ploy
diorama
realm
43. State of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness
stupor
docile
eclipse
efface
44. Marked by commotion or uproar; very noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious; causing loud laughter; extremely funny
bout
eulogy
evenhanded
uproarious
45. Extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
wring
padre
portend
parched
46. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone
demise
barefaced
prone
rumble
47. Every two years
vassal
biennial
gross
parchment
48. Persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement
ventriloquist
solder
smudge
induce
49. Overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply
benevolent
crone
indigent
glut
50. Scold strongly
rent
baroque
martial
berate