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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. Introduce something into a larger whole; include; embody; give material form to; ADJ.
jubilation
incorporate
hirsute
bulk
2. Pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.
pretension
requisite
eccentric
beget
3. Merriment; laughter
lance
exceptionable
mirth
sparse
4. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
hermetic
colossal
curtail
vent
5. Knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware
dogmatic
cognizance
screech
ego
6. Mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
laceration
smear
assuage
immolate
7. Yellowed; prejudiced (envious - hostile - or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye
reverent
provident
disabuse
jaundiced
8. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism
imminent
bigotry
swathe
eclectic
9. First rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript
imperturbable
rescind
draft
virile
10. Daily; occurring during the daytime
mason
diurnal
myriad
frustrate
11. Vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal
ecstasy
patent
conscientious
nebulous
12. Legally correct; Ex. rightful owner
gawk
founder
banal
rightful
13. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)
regent
ethnology
jargon
grudging
14. Truthfulness; adherence to the truth
embrace
malaise
interstice
veracity
15. Beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
opportune
suffragist
thresh
hazy
16. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
barrister
buccaneer
sheathe
beatitude
17. Plunder
ignite
pillage
attenuate
sober
18. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person
horticultural
coma
pundit
linger
19. Suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient
solder
execrate
expedient
seasonal
20. Hidden danger; concealed trap
pitfall
dissipate
descry
indenture
21. Examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.
autopsy
disapprobation
vitreous
jocose
22. Poet
grotto
emaciated
reimburse
bard
23. Slight degree of color; V: give a tint to
remit
crestfallen
tint
hallowed
24. Negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person
benevolent
derelict
advent
actuate
25. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander
mutilate
vile
acetic
partisan
26. (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing - esp. from one lover to another; impulsive
itinerary
commonplace
amazon
flighty
27. Little round hill; hillock
thrifty
diurnal
knoll
illusory
28. Authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
talisman
magisterial
jaundice
convoke
29. Compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse
compulsion
porous
supercilious
penitent
30. Rustic; pastoral
grudge
sullen
bucolic
snicker
31. Well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif
enlist
sinecure
insolvent
lugubrious
32. Recognize; admit
droll
acknowledge
balk
cliché
33. Massive; impressively large; built as a monument
monumental
except
grueling
cursory
34. Secret
repository
ascetic
clandestine
gourmet
35. Hag; ugly old woman
array
nubile
presentiment
crone
36. Remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge
dislodge
venal
erratic
dissident
37. Testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning
deposition
adjutant
tread
lascivious
38. Imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall
canker
forthcoming
immure
don
39. Remainder
remnant
vendor
swindler
savant
40. Young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family
acrophobia
whelp
ultimate
overblown
41. Most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court
conservatory(conservatoire)
primordial
definitive
stench
42. Person administering capital punishment
executioner
lofty
mat
abstemious
43. Isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life
infamous
incidental
sequester
arrogance
44. Frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF. fury
impugn
lethal
seep
furor
45. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search - especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion
glib
damn
scavenge
fawning
46. Disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward
leaven
downcast
slough
acme
47. Bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
simulate
stoop
drone
feasible
48. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave
exhume
perpetrate
notch
amputate
49. Grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others
killjoy
depredation
contrite
implode
50. Washing
pass_off
predilection
ablution
surfeit