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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. Excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities)
peccadillo
unfeigned
hypercritical
benefactor
2. Silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound - color - shade of
mute
dissection
verity
evasive
3. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?
misdemeanor
placate
bravado
swarthy
4. Stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge
abolish
rote
grandiose
subterfuge
5. Set free; liberate
monotheism
hindmost
emancipate
diffidence
6. With a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
askance
maternal
pacifist
juncture
7. Portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation
concord
maneuver(manoeuver)
delineate
historical
8. Unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings
voluminous
throes
uninhibited
enigma
9. Systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure
cohesion
acumen
methodical
aloof
10. Testify; bear witness
pallid
rigid
exploit
attest
11. Compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands
championship
diverse
grueling
urgent
12. Traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine
orthodox
efface
severity
negligence
13. Lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity
mendacious
quiescent
regiment
invidious
14. Rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
concentric
sear
disclaim
carrion
15. Severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction
eschew
minion
efface
ordeal
16. Tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe
tithe
conveyance
monastic
gracious
17. Disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation
abhor
refute
incubate
devotee
18. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
jocund
frond
d'eb^acle
furor
19. Unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition
inexorable
manifest
mace
pristine
20. Represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification
marrow
personify
panache
remonstrate
21. Rubbing away; tending to grind down
mace
usurp
abrasive
mural
22. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse
appall
prostrate
rehabilitate
apocalyptic
23. Trick to deceive; stratagem
fleece
apogee
ruse
douse
24. Collect (gradually - in a very large amount)
amass
boost
philatelist
concise
25. Pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope
correlate
droll
paradox
devout
26. State of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous
anonymity
elaboration
impassioned
peevish
27. Delayed
genre
coddle
trivia
belated
28. Meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore
carnivorous
graze
topple
vendetta
29. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
supposition
repertoire
maim
sophist
30. Prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive
preempt
latitude
petty
awe
31. Rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
plebiscite
encomiastic
fester
filing
32. Turn aside; turn away from a straight course
slick
mulct
vampire
deflect
33. Fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land
smolder
anthology
arable
prurient
34. Silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
sullen
mobile
purse
discretion
35. Hasten; make go faster
expedite
agitate
buttress
arbitrary
36. Blood-vessel; CF. vein
dermatologist
romp
histrionic
artery
37. Beautiful clothes for a special occasion
choice
ordination
finery
automaton
38. Retort; quick clever reply; return to former status
incarcerate
eulogistic
comeback
gadfly
39. Slope; slant; Ex. steep incline
incline
base
grudging
brochure
40. Genuine; real
unfeigned
ultimate
fugitive
lechery
41. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
treatise
procurement
compunction
indulge
42. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress
ramble
terse
willowy
dispense
43. Hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
founder
moratorium
unsavory
brittle
44. Confuse; make nervous and confused; N.
caustic
demure
expository
fluster
45. Excessively fat; N. obesity
obese
indecision
stammer
impoverish
46. Supporting bar; CF. airplane wing - building support
apotheosis
emend
expertise
strut
47. Swollen; distended (as from liquid)
dominate
turgid
graduate
amalgam
48. Fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
bizarre
ingrained
forsake
cloister
49. Suitable; to the point; relevant
seasonable
singular
vagary
pertinent
50. Properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance
prosper
schism
vivacious
finished