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GRE Vocab
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gre
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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. Pompous; using inflated language
alimentary
ovation
bombastic
novice
2. Extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle
balk
hide
violate
prowess
3. Outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference
medley
eulogistic
shade
perimeter
4. Express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films
decry
protean
unruly
corpulent
5. Private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston
caucus
capacious
transition
lachrymose
6. Fitness; talent
aptitude
sublimate
resort
stalemate
7. Warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
courier
ransack
ineffable
admonish
8. Copy; write a copy of; N. transcription
transcribe
elaboration
rant
cohesion
9. Loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous
unprecedented
mercantile
clamor
circlet
10. Extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety
cant
spectrum
exacting
abide
11. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
expiate
extol
pedant
placebo
12. Word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to
angular
cue
prod
adapt
13. Perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination
bohemian
divine
genus
serenity
14. Yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
succumb
complacency
bleak
discrepancy
15. Stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism
rostrum
gaffe
stoic
hull
16. Detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant
scion
imperative
responsiveness
urchin
17. Poor verse
doggerel
cameo
fawning
exploit
18. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy
kleptomaniac
actuate
soporific
apotheosis
19. Make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound
stun
generality
perfidious
scabbard
20. Trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous
sporadic
virulent
regimen
platitude
21. (of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience
ostracize
episodic
hazardous
dally
22. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group
resuscitate
epigram
stipple
shift
23. Stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement
inclement
disembark
motif
chide
24. Lose animation or strength
languish
quibble
noisome
rebuttal
25. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition
nourishment
trance
incubate
putrescent
26. Drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes
ferret
remit
poignancy
eugenic
27. Of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest
enunciate
random
peripheral
parochial
28. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
acoustics
anecdote
exegesis
pedagogue
29. (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
intelligentsia
contend
rooster
variegated
30. (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide
convex
ebb
apolitical
sportive
31. Ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy
mischief
morose
actuate
mangy
32. Art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome
surmount
frolic
chisel
gastronomy
33. Familiar with; having knowledge of
conversant
curtail
overbearing
personify
34. Expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth
centripetal
primordial
potential
renegade
35. Wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid
swamp
hegemony
mode
fell
36. Mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern
aptitude
tessellated
implication
squelch
37. Very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul
foul
anthem
overture
surrogate
38. Shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair
inimical
recount
lustrous
maritime
39. Harmless
innocuous
maraud
quotidian
finesse
40. Daily; occurring during the daytime
torque
heterodox
persevere
diurnal
41. Small waterfall
blotch
orthography
wary
cascade
42. Agree; be in harmony with; gibe
jibe
tipple
faze
check
43. Renovate; make clean - bright - or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish
prance
physiognomy
animated
refurbish
44. Pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation
wretch
savory
jab
vampire
45. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex. make a virtue of necessity
bombastic
virtue
mausoleum
devoid
46. Gold and silver in the form of bars
sage
bullion
galaxy
preeminent
47. Law enacted by the legislature
statute
aviary
epithet
maniacal
48. Small light sailboat or rowboat
skiff
rivulet
plump
grouse
49. Something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented
idolatry
precedent
aboriginal
forthcoming
50. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring
panoramic
perennial
repellent
wiggle