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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. Disentangle; solve
outlook
stamina
speck
unravel
2. Make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib
unison
lush
odoriferous
slick
3. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
beseech
barrister
sidetrack
prime
4. Quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
sordid
junket
manipulate
verity
5. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition
juxtapose
elastic
erudite
sanctuary
6. Forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
meditation
commensurate
harbinger
fortuitous
7. Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.
furrow
quietude
perturb
protocol
8. Trickery; deception
squat
blush
chicanery
succulent
9. Make invalid; make null; invalidate
nullify
gist
debase
balk
10. Blessing
fervid
comity
gavel
benediction
11. Nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling
corpus
prevaricate
gibberish
memento
12. Inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence
belligerent
reticent
provident
incubus
13. Mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life
bastion
pious
explicit
maim
14. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry
natation
chivalrous
distill
seine
15. Condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation
complement
ulterior
damn
anthology
16. Highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
prodigious
mannerism
prodigy
substantiate
17. Providing nourishment
irretrievable
fictitious
nutritious
refuse
18. Piece of sculpture showing a person's head - shoulders - and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster
perspicacious
foul
bust
transmute
19. Convincing
slur
veritable
cogent
barrister
20. Lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
nuance
nether
ductile
suppress
21. Gold and silver in the form of bars
modicum
elastic
bullion
unconscionable
22. Change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander
aspire
vacuous
gerrymander
pushy
23. Condition of being unable to feel pain
analgesia
dilemma
vanguard
flippant
24. Put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more
insurrection
crest
nonplus
blunder
25. Entire range
alias
incense
gamut
herald
26. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
astigmatism
embrace
timbre
casualty
27. Brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub
fray
palette
foolhardy
downcast
28. Thriftless; not providing for the future
incidental
improvident
fetter
debar
29. Beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
standstill
desultory
well-bred
importune
30. Ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark
converge
commonplace
inter
incandescent
31. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include
insurrection
embody
tribune
drone
32. Excuse
grandiloquent
pretext
subtlety
quorum
33. Impressive; majestic
stockade
sportive
commiserate
august
34. Mass of material sticking together
hardy
cozen
conglomeration
abstemious
35. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine
enervate
perspicuous
quarantine
nomadic
36. Division of animals or plants - below a family and above a species
latch
outlandish
regent
genus
37. Start; beginning
evenhanded
knotty
usage
inception
38. Arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation
self-indulgence
hapless
detonation
provocative
39. Dig; search deeply; investigate
charisma
stanch
delve
espionage
40. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.
derivative
swipe
thrifty
gallows
41. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views
gargoyle
roseate
discerning
skulduggery(skullduggery)
42. Correct; change ; generally for the better
plausible
constituent
amend
fret
43. Exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
supernumerary
cursory
hyperbole
pyromaniac
44. Loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.
presumptuous
grovel
linger
matin'ee(matinee)
45. Equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate
snip
parity
raffle
eulogistic
46. Squeeze between the thumb and a finger - or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
kindle
pinch
complementary
braid
47. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound
incisive
suture
prune
machinations
48. Guess; N.
bawdy
surmise
cherubic
evince
49. Keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.
inkling
threat
shun
vertigo
50. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
diffidence
tactile
ravel
unanimity