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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. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy
tablet
irksome
congeal
trepidation
2. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force)
magisterial
junta
gambol
stammer
3. Great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous
obituary
intelligentsia
suborn
rapture
4. Hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
loiter
vociferous
prototype
quandary
5. Contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks.
knit
knell
holster
stentorian
6. Flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.
dribble
exemplify
incidental
centrifuge
7. Introductory statement
preamble
denigrate
metrical
manipulate
8. Give or take milk at the breast or udder
gloat
jaunty
suckle
propriety
9. Skillful (in using mind or hand)
dignitary
meditation
chaplain
adroit
10. Beginner
surly
novice
meager
seasonal
11. Boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing
grudging
pugilist
plebiscite
addle
12. Authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
magisterial
meek
traumatic
abhor
13. Rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); CF. light
ration
levitate
emaciated
arable
14. Chuckle with delight; N.
timbre
obituary
affront
chortle
15. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
quaint
metropolis
snip
pallid
16. Not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject
hallucination
extraneous
sophist
florescence
17. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as
celestial
prototype
oatmeal
simile
18. Dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks
prognosis
sleight
psychiatrist
legislature
19. Distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement
bearing
determinate
veracious
discernible
20. Not biased; fair; N. impartiality
amalgam
historic
petulant
impartial
21. Talkative boaster; braggart
blowhard
contentious
victuals
mercurial
22. Delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress
treasure
centrifuge
solicit
dainty
23. Violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
docket
warrant
supposititious
convulsion
24. Disposed to revenge; vengeful; out for revenge; spiteful; intended to cause harm; malicious; Ex. vindictive streak
jostle
vindictive
jeopardize
luxuriate
25. Small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye
loath
avid
speck
retroactive
26. Approach; tend to meet; come together
title
converge
automaton
affected
27. Radiating; departing from the center
depict
centrifugal
prance
restitution
28. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference
isthmus
distraught
evasive
appreciate
29. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.
precedent
coy
dichotomy
censor
30. Inquiry; question; V.
terminology
incorporeal
query
fortitude
31. Created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit
obloquy
temperate
taciturn
statutory
32. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
tribute
verisimilitude
conflagration
surreptitious
33. Accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence
incriminate
diverge
sheathe
gross
34. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
clipper
orientation
cornucopia
saturnine
35. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties
sanguine
doctrinaire
sunder
malicious
36. Narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully - canyon
bedraggle
ravine
pulverize
chortle
37. Elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language
rudimentary
dormant
dialectical
hermetic
38. Sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
acclivity
pending
abominable
killjoy
39. Painting in only one color; ADJ.
monochrome
anneal
healthful
rend
40. Lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy
carefree
orthodox
sybarite
hireling
41. Genuine; real
dignitary
unfeigned
economy
gentility
42. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion
vernal
illusion
impiety
miscreant
43. Substance causing vomiting; ADJ.
replicate
dissolution
emetic
arraign
44. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
statutory
incendiary
esteem
coterie
45. Vinegary
subservient
penology
acetic
providence
46. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
repartee
paramount
earthly
compendium
47. Choosing of a lot or card
guy
bowdlerize
draw
lubricate
48. Having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive
talisman
bargain
monolithic
authoritative
49. Believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.
livid
Epicurean
dilatory
edifice
50. Earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe
grandiose
germ
unsavory
asunder