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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. Lengthen; extend; draw out
brink
raconteur
prolong
query
2. Sky blue
azure
portly
blackball
abut
3. Lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of
sobriety
bemoan
reprehensible
doddering
4. Urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation
exhort
august
scabbard
fervent
5. Deep dish for serving soup
tureen
nutritious
valid
bravado
6. Evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.
extort
credential
omniscient
gargantuan
7. Tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor
refractory
knell
accelerate
malignant
8. (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; N. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion
premise
polyglot
scaffold
proselytize
9. Turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity
purveyor
deify
gastronomy
potion
10. Prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer
regimen
emblazon
limber
gnarled
11. Person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen
ultimatum
cadence
hypochondriac
beget
12. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air
ventilate
conceit
adverse
absolute
13. Rubbing away; tending to grind down
congruent
drone
abrasive
pharisee
14. Highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
defoliate
invalid
prodigy
intuition
15. Work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid
effectual
dabble
fatuous
simulate
16. Pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum
blunt
cerebral
requite
quicksilver
17. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
pallet
wane
dupe
mange
18. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary
execute
titanic
discretion
mannerism
19. Liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance
shade
verbalize
rigor
lavish
20. Expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting
oust
depreciate
convivial
ambience
21. Quarrelsome
lopsided
congruent
lagoon
belligerent
22. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation
egotistical
hermetic
suborn
stringent
23. Free from worries; having no problems
carousal
allude
carefree
arch-
24. Dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go.
invocation
tint
humus
quandary
25. Rebel; nonconformist (in a group)
replete
psychic
militate
maverick
26. Understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust
implicit
uncouth
monotony
equity
27. Division of animals or plants - below a family and above a species
solvent
stink
genus
asperity
28. Delaying; tending to delay
mealymouthed
remunerative
posterity
dilatory
29. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic
synoptic
recreant
airy
fanaticism
30. Cheater
uninhibited
agnostic
lugubrious
swindler
31. (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains
garner
commensurate
passive
rare
32. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
inclement
dappled
impugn
dirge
33. Prosper; flourish
thrive
mnemonic
tact
oligarchy
34. One-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration
censor
environ
refuse
unilateral
35. Copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon
amiable
ratify
travesty
impugn
36. Overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
garish
deciduous
carnal
exonerate
37. Religion practiced chiefly in Haiti
hibernate
sedate
desiccate
voodoo
38. Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
tirade
mutablility
circumlocution
pluck
39. Applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise
urgent
acclaim
prescience
subversive
40. Return of part of a payment; discount; V.
rebate
pusillanimous
sagacious
swill
41. Causing cancer; N. carcinogen
economy
carcinogenic
mandatory
nepotism
42. One who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop
reaper
anthropologist
bigotry
scurvy
43. A covered passageway usually lined with shops
arcade
transmute
jaundice
devise
44. Narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation
tract
rift
lament
precise
45. One devoted to the promotion of human welfare; CF. humanism
coincidence
humanitarian
apparent
enhance
46. Dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.
infinitesimal
vagrant
disband
compulsion
47. Musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace
motif
overture
fetish(fetich)
accretion
48. 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.
protocol
vanguard
tread
lineaments
49. (of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted
run-down
amalgam
perspicuity
prognosticate
50. Powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol - Moghul; CF. Mongolian
stolid
mogul
overt
judicious