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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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1. Informal discussion; conversation
tome
colloquy
spendthrift
bohemian
2. Pay attention to; N: close attention
pall
dogmatic
tribunal
heed
3. Drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)
quaff
vassal
knave
panegyric
4. Lie down
recline
lassitude
petulant
fructify
5. Pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race
eugenic
altercation
falsify
kindred
6. Slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment
magistrate
staid
frieze
servitude
7. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
abnegation
ploy
antiquated
tyro
8. Meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V.
amorphous
tortuous
secrete
rendezvous
9. Senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage
catechism
somber
strident
dotage
10. Lustful
personify
queasy
lewd
effusion
11. Stoppage
hilarity
prosperity
cessation
qualified
12. Sudden sharp feeling of pain
pang
gusty
hirsute
grimace
13. Conquer; bring under control
subjugate
expletive
allegiance
sly
14. Pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
conifer
abridge
unruly
tenant
15. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air
swathe
eschew
baffle
healthful
16. Serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony
quagmire
staid
minatory
eon(aeon)
17. Dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence
gullible
spendthrift
quiescent
abject
18. Renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure
hazard
forswear
galaxy
jumble
19. Treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)
conspiracy
betroth
benefit
edify
20. Pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease
placate
potential
devotee
hirsute
21. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
expunge
dubious
coterie
hue_and_cry
22. Short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers
idyll(idyl)
amazon
threadbare
capacious
23. Maker of a will; CF. testatrix
testator
avert
unfrock
acerbity
24. Depart secretly and hide
lofty
abscond
wary
blemish
25. Expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler
bowdlerize
base
expansive
elliptical
26. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
finite
dilapidated
infiltrate
recant
27. Inflated; exaggerated
pious
scruple
overblown
emblazon
28. Announce; proclaim; utter or speak - especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.
brook
enunciate
rife
capsize
29. Making a harsh noise; grating; harsh
founder
wholesome
disputatious
raspy
30. Shrill - trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times
turgid
irreconcilable
clarion
invoke
31. Banish to the country; dwell in the country
scurvy
quintessence
wax
rusticate
32. Pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham.
sham
pharisaical
threadbare
mercenary
33. Shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.
descry
shudder
lag
veracious
34. Hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
rake
adamant
epitome
brittle
35. Varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities
repulse
multifarious
exalt
vicissitude
36. Sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the same all over
sleazy
implicit
uniformity
antiquated
37. Ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously
verdigris
motility
righteous
fancy
38. Twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
sinuous
bauble
battalion
ardor
39. Set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting - unstinting; CF. stint:savings
panegyric
freebooter
peroration
stint
40. Not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite
eccentric
sanctuary
interstice
insatiable
41. Disagree
traverse
dissent
magnate
perfunctory
42. Pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble
aphorism
fastidious
blues
slur
43. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
elastic
virile
modish
disproportion
44. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
proximity
despise
lethal
rubric
45. Smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners
glossy
braggart
wastrel
fuddle
46. Produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design
deplete
broach
emboss
lackluster
47. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade
camaraderie
laud
manipulate
curator
48. Call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
frond
ferment
laity
evoke
49. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.
accord
vent
perspicacious
lush
50. A light meal; collating
obstinate
sensual
cadence
collation