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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. Clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit
matriculate
trigger
preeminent
cunning
2. Stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived
dwindle
lurk
limp
repugnance
3. Marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle
scrutinize
diaphanous
indecisive
aplomb
4. Willing to obey orders; yielding; timid
tinge
gratify
expos'e
submissive
5. Attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster
court
proximity
magniloquent
hubris
6. Last demand; last warning; last statement of conditions that must be met; Ex. They have ignored our ultimatum.
solitude
ultimatum
pang
welt
7. Not genuine; N: one that is not genuine; impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake the results of the experiment/the signature
missile
circuit
incrustation
fake
8. Juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness; N: succulent plant such as a cactus
subordinate
succulent
surveillance
gauche
9. Strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end
epigram
maneuver(manoeuver)
stygian
explicate
10. Foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal
cornice
frugality
paramount
pathological
11. Not essential; minor; N: something incidental
chaotic
intermittent
incidental
filing
12. (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice
doom
indomitable
sallow
allegiance
13. Daily domestic task (such as cleaning - cooking - and shopping); unpleasant task
historic
churlish
prolific
chore
14. Student of the history and science of humankind
anthropologist
prosperous
incident
speck
15. Looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination
browbeat
incompatible
introvert
introspective
16. Be a sign of; foreshadow
doldrums
raspy
prefigure
torpedo
17. Insane
phlegmatic
severity
demented
clot
18. Exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate
knead
ejaculation
mirth
rummage
19. Make void
incumbent
facile
annul
miscellany
20. Dark; not transparent; N. opacity
embellish
canter
opaque
elegy
21. Brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious
invoke
incandescent
spurn
resplendent
22. Stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge
amazon
lunatic
buoyant
subterfuge
23. Suffering from a disease; destroyed
paradox
intimidate
blighted
recuperate
24. Direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech
robust
disapprobation
unregenerate
address
25. Violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)
evanescent
infringe
cistern
extirpate
26. Correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement
emend
unintimating
procrastinate
clot
27. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime
pessimism
expansive
felon
valid
28. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
precise
granary
parvenu
contest
29. Calmness; peace
tranquillity
taut
stipulate
hoodwink
30. (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds
glacial
exorbitant
elope
dupe
31. Having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.
expedite
trunk
euphemism
sour
32. Systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme
hortatory
satirical
verity
scheme
33. Lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp
requite
egress
sectarian
chip
34. Command; order; forbid
substantial
forbearance
devise
enjoin
35. Deep dish for serving soup
pecuniary
tatter
provender
tureen
36. Fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral
fleet
devotee
pomposity
mercantile
37. Suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence
reminiscent
misconduct
environ
podiatrist
38. Dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
consecrate
pedant
mayhem
repose
39. Quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily
cavil
nourish
genuflect
crux
40. Items of business at a meeting
metaphor
complacency
agenda
trident
41. Damp; N. humidity
humid
contiguous
megalomania
affluence
42. The act of anointing with oil; Ex. extreme unction
explicit
unction
mnemonic
resolve
43. Property inherited from a father
scuttle
slither
intuition
patrimony
44. Pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet
purse
hamper
effervescence
reparable
45. Trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar.
convoluted
mawkish
antipathy
brand
46. Superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
papyrus
curator
agnostic
seasonable
47. Refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
repudiate
rebuttal
abusive
Elysium
48. Doctrine; dogma
commensurate
deign
tenet
regeneration
49. Bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
stoop
vicar
cistern
gamut
50. Daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine
quotidian
obituary
default
iconoclastic