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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. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful
skulduggery(skullduggery)
boon
archaic
conspire
2. Cut away; trim
adulation
prune
founder
fashion
3. Tropical hurricane or cyclone
obsidian
apolitical
typhoon
traverse
4. Fear of water; rabies
checkered (chequered)
flit
obnoxious
hydrophobia
5. Silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise
muted
reverend
malediction
casual
6. Done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
notch
underhand(underhanded)
discriminate
concise
7. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
horticultural
mange
well-bred
propinquity
8. Take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted
assumption
archaic
distract
bicameral
9. Protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate
relent
expostulation
quotidian
premonition
10. Work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away
transcendental
pang
contentious
deputize
11. Frustrate; perplex
pulsate
baffle
obituary
stanch
12. Illusive; deceptive; not real
illusory
lode
devolve
domineer
13. Female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew
august
gerontocracy
vixen
disputatious
14. Disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate
insubordination
betroth
canter
paragon
15. Shining brightly; brilliant
venerable
dulcet
effulgent
toss
16. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic
partiality
ramification
stickler
pessimism
17. Inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)
lust
leonine
epitaph
pulpit
18. Beyond reproach; blameless; impeccable; Ex. irreproachable conduct
compromise
irreproachable
invulnerable
corpulent
19. Spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity
shear
tatter
gall
incentive
20. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
whine
subversive
hubris
soothsayer
21. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply
tentative
stratum
bland
benefactor
22. Rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion
discursive
imperative
repercussion
chaplain
23. Crowd; swarm
horde
totter
snicker
coquette
24. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts
prolixity
cherubic
spectrum
ultimate
25. Morally upright; just
drone
righteous
disgorge
studied
26. Beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar
mendicant
leash
pedagogy
clairvoyant
27. Self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent
consequential
assiduous
brittle
elusive
28. Most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition
gusto
optimum
sphinx-like
voluptuous
29. Gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
arboretum
propound
colossus
epitome
30. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly
surmise
exuberance
discord
pliant
31. Expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting
convex
bugaboo
underlying
oust
32. Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative
nuptial
comatose
saga
substantiate
33. Pass into or through; penetrate or enter (an organization) sneakily; Ex. infiltrate the troops into enemy territory; CF. infiltrator
benign
infiltrate
inkling
flirt
34. Irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome
incinerate
spat
nettle
expeditious
35. Causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)
dehydrate
slavish
season
pestilential(pestilent)
36. (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone
sinewy
tipple
imperceptible
imbalance
37. Pertaining to marriage
marital
weather
flay
apropos
38. 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.
hive
sham
longevity
vaunted
39. (of a person) bold; adventurous; daring; (of an action) risky
warble
stamp
contravene
venturesome
40. Group sharing a common cause or opinion
camp
irascible
lionize
delta
41. Opposite
inverse
prank
complement
executive
42. Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.
diabolical
rebus
anthem
bedraggle
43. Knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware
cognizance
redoubtable
bombast
livid
44. Walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking
elixir
tramp
murmur
glib
45. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
incongruity
abstract
nefarious
culvert
46. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
disband
supine
abysmal
syllogism
47. Overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel
mayhem
pedigree
compelling
fret
48. Beginning; origin
emetic
prompt
execrate
genesis
49. Supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
toxic
abject
guy
litany
50. Outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference
perimeter
halfhearted
harass
behemoth