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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.
dull
horoscope
dichotomy
expertise
2. Become engaged to marry
quorum
betroth
incipient
arraign
3. Joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival
heed
energize
festive
rakish
4. Noisy confusion
conflagration
uproar
jaundiced
career
5. Atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime
uxorious
heinous
daunt
hover
6. Token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit
scrupulous
trappings
unassuming
memento
7. Wave around (a weapon); flourish
emend
brandish
reciprocal
legislature
8. Tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance
egotism
encumber
taunt
chant
9. Public records; place where public records are kept
archives
gouge
carillon
irrevocable
10. Kill by choking or suffocating; suppress
reprehensible
patrimony
strangle
uncouth
11. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
daunt
distinctive
gullible
latent
12. Skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity
strident
dexterous
porous
obituary
13. Undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd
canter
nondescript
problematic
stoic
14. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
demeanor
blunt
bourgeois
galaxy
15. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
parsimony
disquisition
visionary
fiasco
16. Core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance
ecstasy
motility
shimmer
pith
17. Dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life
component
understate
conceit
drab
18. (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
maneuver(manoeuver)
compulsive
rolling
laceration
19. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed
irate
banal
doze
dishearten
20. Prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules
mutinous
wary
dummy
escapade
21. Tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder
render
sophistry
palpable
corrosive
22. The chance occurrence - at the same time - of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental
pharisee
skiff
coincidence
lewd
23. Concerning trade or merchants
ignoble
discernible
maudlin
mercantile
24. Spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells - ideas - feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate
clique
animosity
rudimentary
pervasive
25. Promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
gastronomy
filth
tout
motto
26. Objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable
epigram
exceptionable
marginal
sectarian
27. Deduce; conclude; N. inference
gloss
infer
regimen
hedonist
28. Rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter
besmirch
testator
stout
flippant
29. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise
corpus
levee
vicissitude
grudging
30. Feverish
inundate
febrile
nurse
fodder
31. Burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless
caustic
renown
fatuous
buxom
32. Cause; produce; create
equity
avow
generate
scoff
33. Settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place)
epicure
Epicurean
ensconce
pudding
34. Ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons
hew
conventional
florid
dyspeptic
35. Complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part
welt
dismantle
ordination
integral
36. Body of customers
inimitable
vernacular
clientele
idiom
37. Trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded
petty
condole
vendor
proxy
38. Snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill
servitude
nip
intransigence
stipulate
39. Balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity
equilibrium
unwieldy
pastoral
ruddy
40. Genuine; real
accoutre
sepulcher
grueling
unfeigned
41. Extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress;
disproportion
denounce
blasé
cordon
42. Deserving reverence; N: priest
precedent
parsimony
virus
reverend
43. Chance; luck
delineate
embryonic
hap
rent
44. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence
indulge
disabuse
banal
dogmatic
45. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful
cite
boon
indict
theocracy
46. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians
canker
predator
herpetologist
hew
47. Universally present; ubiquitous
omnipresent
controvert
amorphous
righteous
48. Helpful; useful; advantageous
beneficial
succor
impending
disinterested
49. Yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
haunt
succumb
provident
fitful
50. Crude cabin
agenda
waive
abysmal
shack