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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. Vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy
hieroglyphic
loom
onslaught
contusion
2. Turn into vapor (steam - gas - fog - etc.)
recalcitrant
takeoff
vaporize
rococo
3. Lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger
careen
conducive
affinity
betroth
4. Of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest
slew
recession
peripheral
impenetrable
5. Slip or slide
vigilante
hermetic
slither
veneer
6. One who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself; ADJ. introverted
impinge
supplant
fumble
introvert
7. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
melee
brandish
fruition
specious
8. Wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher
depose
bask
itinerant
cunning
9. Done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss
ignoble
tension
perfunctory
respiration
10. Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around
infallible
scourge
meager
circumvent
11. Bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry
partial
dismember
swelter
pedantic
12. Combative; bellicose; N.
militant
finite
precedent
elaboration
13. Writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court; V: summon with a subpoena
subpoena
institute
idolatry
friction
14. Doubts
cloister
misgivings
nip
riveting
15. Supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component
discursive
constituent
sidereal
caldron(cauldron)
16. Loss of speech due to injury or illness
abolish
aphasia
pulchritude
kneel
17. Imitation
optimist
nexus
mimicry
inclusive
18. Deceive - persuade - or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her
diva
wheedle
cornucopia
braid
19. Nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong
retaliate
malicious
amoral
tertiary
20. Decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts
mosaic
topography
decomposition
bulge
21. (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D
rickety
excise
introvert
weird
22. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.
reprehensible
unwonted
grandeur
pestle
23. Not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite
refectory
actuate
cordon
insatiable
24. Violent; rough; noisy
offensive
boisterous
repercussion
nadir
25. Undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd
nocturnal
nondescript
amphitheater
warranty
26. Combination (of two business corporations); act of merging
merger
imprudent
detain
sluggish
27. Long - eventful - adventurous journey
intimidate
odyssey
pushy
fluency
28. Prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky
esoteric
frolicsome
flora
barterer
29. Optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red
formality
necromancy
monolithic
sanguine
30. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
pungent
dint
upshot
parched
31. Morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?
reprobate
commemorate
ramp
quandary
32. Ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame
engage
flamboyant
hinterlands
babble
33. Open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape
devious
conifer
gape
sully
34. Record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry
genealogy
interregnum
dismember
fervid
35. Maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part
hue
primal
mutilate
hireling
36. Irritate; fester; annoy
virile
rankle
tribune
medley
37. Meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation
odorous
saline
conflagration
denotation
38. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander
vile
indefatigable
demented
palliate
39. Lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive
deluge
enduring
tryst
transmute
40. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster
cessation
loiter
unmitigated
hale
41. Evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look
pecuniary
parameter
asymmetric
baleful
42. Uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious
disquietude
tithe
array
remediable
43. (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; N. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion
pathetic
dispassionate
proselytize
tempo
44. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
acoustics
mammoth
bookish
tutelage
45. Law enacted by the legislature
cadaverous
jollity
preen
statute
46. Roof of the mouth; sense of the taste
palate
berate
profligate
finished
47. Produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite
affected
stem_from
igneous
indubitable
48. Excessively or elaborately decorated
ornate
forthright
botch
abate
49. Writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
parchment
commonwealth
ciliated
franchise
50. Smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste
flighty
uncouth
primordial
paste