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GRE Vocab
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gre
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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. Greediness for wealth
unguent
kudos
avarice
subjugate
2. Prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer
calligraphy
regimen
oblivion
osseous
3. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension
supplicate
factious
aboriginal
pastoral
4. Relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion
upbraid
groom
maverick
revert
5. Twisted
gawk
gnarled
manifest
nubile
6. Light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height
giddy
abstract
sequester
monograph
7. Connoisseur of food and drink; epicure
gourmet
perfunctory
ecosystem
meteoric
8. Supporting bar; CF. airplane wing - building support
brocade
prate
strut
usury
9. Seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism
sophistry
whelp
practicable
miscreant
10. Hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.
gist
duration
headlong
preponderance
11. Individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude - behavior - or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic
nonsense
concerted
idiosyncrasy
solace
12. Royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner
maritime
regal
fusion
outspoken
13. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
regime
laconic
bandy
juncture
14. Besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset
pusillanimous
beleaguer
commodious
rag
15. Promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction
dingy
tendentious
occult
pliant
16. Shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
loath
nuance
address
doze
17. Annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)
hostage
unwonted
solicitor
chagrin
18. Blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval
dislodge
swindler
censure
presumptuous
19. Intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general
foliage
executioner
innuendo
purport
20. Deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right.
lineage
stout
swerve
magnanimity
21. Deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; self-reproach
connoisseur
intrude
incidence
remorse
22. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.
acknowledge
glean
puzzle
abase
23. File of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back
reckon
circlet
paroxysm
dossier
24. Showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance
flashy
wax
prevaricate
deterrent
25. Use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce
fiasco
phoenix
orthodox
coercion
26. Writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court; V: summon with a subpoena
surpass
actuate
shimmer
subpoena
27. Frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail
accessible
hail
crescendo
ichthyology
28. Slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent
curtail
captious
compliance
sloth
29. Connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)
frantic
historical
rile
optimum
30. Destruction; V. demolish
obtuse
demolition
incarcerate
sublimate
31. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
multiplicity
negate
bemused
reparable
32. Bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry
flux
cross
sardonic
mash
33. Muscular; having well-developed muscles
brawny
slag
amphitheater
peddle
34. Arise from; originate from
inert
maladroit
gloat
stem_from
35. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
ploy
presume
tawdry
reproach
36. Hatred of marriage
misogamy
qualms
spruce
jaundiced
37. Hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive
recluse
groove
esteem
volatile
38. Feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness
rotundity
slur
incorporate
nausea
39. Said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking
bliss
jocular
sophistry
callous
40. Stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision
ulterior
pacify
liaison
proviso
41. That cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary
unimpeachable
mortar
amazon
unearth
42. Mix in a confused way
sect
insularity
jumble
loom
43. Invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take
slur
impregnable
cardinal
lateral
44. Pardon (an offense)
tantalize
carcinogenic
amble
absolve
45. Inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person
ordination
irate
fledgling(fledgeling)
dilute
46. Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
connubial
libido
odious
aviary
47. Make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win
eulogistic
afterlife
intoxicate
sleeper
48. Very thin piece - usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
shaving
glaring
peroration
requite
49. Daring; bold; N. audacity
dispense
disconcert
audacious
fret
50. Stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate cough; N. obstinacy
brim
obstinate
quack
jaundice