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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. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses
generality
saturate
threadbare
refrain
2. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty
grandeur
arrogance
outlaw
conceit
3. Remitting of money; amount of money remitted
draw
jaunt
remittance
physiological
4. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse
sustain
antecedents
pediatrician
apocalyptic
5. V-shaped cut in a surface; V.
anesthetic
rend
nautical
notch
6. Sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
dregs
fictitious
ratify
excise
7. Courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave
elegy
dilapidated
robust
pluck
8. Confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data
franchise
sprout
obstetrician
welter
9. Pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea
disconsolate
succumb
grouch
germinal
10. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning
wheedle
peddle
therapeutic
bank
11. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)
enlist
sluggard
hubris
vegetate
12. Imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy
scuttle
forestall
dummy
incidence
13. Small planet
emaciated
drivel
asteroid
fabricate
14. Incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime
abdicate
opprobrium
implicate
primordial
15. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
obligatory
preen
amenities
hail
16. Introduce as a subject; moot; open up
pretend
unwonted
broach
galley
17. Waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation
superficial
artisan
scaffold
vacillate
18. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
injurious
herbivorous
tanner
optometrist
19. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible
patina
fictitious
equable
inconsistency
20. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views
emancipate
roseate
rue
spoilsport
21. Cause; produce; give rise to
mutter
unprepossessing
malapropism
engender
22. Object (because of doubts - scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday
forestall
convulsion
perfidious
demur
23. Differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance
impassioned
welter
diverse
lubricate
24. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
reciprocate
viable
giddy
topography
25. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
scourge
imperil
simper
disjointed
26. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring
prattle
perennial
mealymouthed
fecundity
27. Clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth
gauche
viscid
mawkish
marrow
28. Contend; compete
vie
inkling
antecede
digression
29. Long life; long duration
auxiliary
fringe
longevity
imbue
30. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
equilibrium
papyrus
cabal
hue_and_cry
31. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
vindicate
recourse
erotic
ramshackle
32. Unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved
catapult
unwarranted
funereal
staid
33. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window
wage
palatial
waft
anchor
34. Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble
insurrection
filch
solace
quicksilver
35. Tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral
cadence
sepulcher
execrable
warren
36. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience
nefarious
subservient
adhere
desolate
37. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)
materialism
litigation
hide
bantering
38. Shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair
lustrous
scabbard
insensible
discrepancy
39. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)
damn
bedraggle
gracious
prong
40. Fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops
cantankerous
earthy
drip
onus
41. Tyrant; harsh - authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
ecologist
alliteration
rant
despot
42. Expose to slander
traduce
disavowal
sophomoric
uncanny
43. Trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion
connoisseur
derivation
vestige
buccaneer
44. Hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous
enormity
culmination
procrastinate
desiccate
45. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person
clown
pundit
controvert
dominate
46. Hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive
recluse
sunder
gist
recreant
47. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
pandemonium
fundamental
ideology
facet
48. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
asylum
atheistic
quaint
piebald
49. Shrink back as if in fear; cower
prosper
cringe
congruence
aberration
50. Self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative
florid
nefarious
reserve
stoke