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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. Going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism
intrinsic
dinghy
inevitable
transcendental
2. Being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary
veritable
exhilarating
haven
pediatrician
3. Well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty
flay
devoid
genteel
iridescent
4. (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing - esp. from one lover to another; impulsive
substantive
flighty
pathological
concede
5. Act of using one's will; act of making a conscious choice; Ex. She selected this dress of her own volition.
dint
volition
malodorous
outlaw
6. Raised platform for speakers or other important people
infernal
prim
casual
dais
7. Examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.
bemoan
pragmatic
autopsy
restive
8. Fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick
fraudulent
chaste
glib
teetotalism
9. Relating to space
derivative
dissimulate
potent
spatial
10. Evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate
machinations
cursive
plumber
usage
11. Curse; swearword
imprecation
trident
temperate
malediction
12. Paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V.
rig
plaster
culvert
promote
13. Raised platform for speech-making; pulpit
rostrum
vintner
bulwark
mace
14. Combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature
pugnacity
hover
enduring
metrical
15. Sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises
stampede
paramount
astronomical
curfew
16. Intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily)
bedizen
intelligentsia
interminable
substantiate
17. Steal (things of small value)
exact
filch
mollycoddle
petrify
18. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health
stupor
salutary
gratis
reputed
19. Writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
parchment
consistency
capacious
abrogate
20. Very important; N. moment; CF. momentary
circuitous
artisan
momentous
benign
21. Lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy
sophist
grotesque
philanthropist
compact
22. Brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee
alluvial
debar
fracas
slink
23. Help bring about; make less difficult
scavenge
facilitate
ursine
husbandry
24. Holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent
brim
pertinacious
verbiage
bearing
25. Bottomless
conjugal
abysmal
pedestrian
clamor
26. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
eccentricity
laconic
heckler
venturesome
27. Gigantic; enormous
misapprehension
livid
prostrate
mammoth
28. Drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink
kudos
defection
abdicate
tipple
29. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life
effrontery
recurrent
plaintive
symbiosis
30. Belief in one God
monotheism
elaboration
imbalance
ramble
31. Long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous
orifice
appease
grimace
rancor
32. Introductory; of a preface
pedantic
odyssey
prefatory
beseech
33. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
rend
velocity
unfetter
egregious
34. Theft; Ex. petit larceny
hatch
larceny
antecedents
duress
35. Self-evident truth
sledge
thesis
truism
conifer
36. Like a fox; crafty
vulpine
disbar
sow
rebuke
37. Silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity
fraught
nocturnal
paleontology
inane
38. Infinite; limitless
noisome
optometrist
illimitable
sedate
39. Make neat or tidy by clipping; reduce by removing what is unnecessary; ornament; decorate (round the edges); Ex. trim the cost; Ex. jacket trimmed with fur; N. ADJ: tidy; in good order
trim
verdant
uninhibited
pedestrian
40. Superfluous; more than needed or demanded
shackle
drudge
supererogatory
curmudgeon
41. Sociable; eager to mix socially with others
outgoing
evocative
concave
desperate
42. Compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair
pulse
lustrous
reparation
cordon
43. Distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement
discernible
coy
aspersion
horoscope
44. Posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous
beneficiary
utopia
bane
wiggle
45. Descent; ancestry
lineage
construe
masticate
creed
46. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
indiscriminate
eulogistic
illuminate
covenant
47. Wandering away from the subject; V. digress
transparent
propensity
sordid
digression
48. Society ruled by the wealthy
plutocracy
exacerbate
discursive
diva
49. Shine; gloss (of a polished surface)
luster
unearthly
savor
controvert
50. Cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied; CF. guide
apiarist
residual
guy
prot'eg'e