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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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1. Lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith
facet
nadir
ineffectual
pestilential(pestilent)
2. Surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.
relic
avert
depredation
propellant(propellent)
3. Come or bring together; call up or summon (forces - vital powers - etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering
fraudulent
rally
vendetta
nubile
4. Urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation
vivid
exhort
ferret
roil
5. Move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.
skulk
mogul
itinerant
charisma
6. Bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services
confidential
resolve
debar
gourmet
7. Temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter
attest
tint
makeshift
savory
8. Similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things
concession
analogy
arable
acumen
9. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive
outrage
frond
effective
psychosomatic
10. Not wise; not expedient; not politic
plutocracy
molecule
impolitic
clemency
11. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
diadem
leave-taking
sheaf
quorum
12. Praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession or series) of applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud
plaudit
ruffian
fitful
chivalrous
13. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional
topple
ubiquitous
layman
sibylline
14. State of depression or melancholy; style of slow - mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)
blues
prophylactic
florescence
dominate
15. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue
abstain
fiat
paragon
misadventure
16. Joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter
vacuous
stamp
bantering
infraction
17. Play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.
prosaic
insinuate
romp
discernible
18. Decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts
impregnable
attire
depredation
decomposition
19. Stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement
inclement
reproach
summation
providence
20. Burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless
riveting
untenable
caustic
laggard
21. Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
waft
paltry
preempt
screech
22. Carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat
uxorious
predecessor
plane
analgesia
23. Pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
metaphysical
perfunctory
platonic
multiplicity
24. Going from one state of action to another
nutritious
supposition
transition
murmur
25. Confuse thoroughly
geriatrics
evanescent
underscore
befuddle
26. Debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark
foil
disembark
absolve
canvass
27. Stir up; disturb
agitate
abrogate
seminal
duress
28. Act as judge (at the request of both sides)
skulk
sanctimonious
surmount
arbitrate
29. Beginning; in an early stage
equine
incipient
subordinate
inimical
30. Blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval
suspend
epic
tart
censure
31. Monkeylike; N: ape or monkey
hail
simian
suspense
summation
32. Person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery
demagogue
spoonerism
beware
solitude
33. Destroy
institution
shift
grate
annihilate
34. Overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply
glut
anomalous
turbid
supersede
35. That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
rustic
concomitant
thresh
economy
36. Ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment
extort
allegiance
rhapsodize
emblazon
37. Empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity
masochist
vacuous
frolicsome
schematic
38. Case for arrows
motley
acoustics
quiver
sophomoric
39. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
incubus
repulsion
eccentric
cameo
40. Recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past
exorcise
philanthropist
reminiscence
slavish
41. Reduce; exhaust
influx
trinket
bulk
deplete
42. Proverb; truth pithily stated
maxim
dolt
reprieve
tentative
43. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?
swarthy
gadfly
hardy
pendant(pendent)
44. Strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture
extrovert
vain
transport
sardonic
45. In a coma; extremely sleepy
replicate
ferocious
metropolis
comatose
46. Shield; protection; defense
ephemeral
mordant
aegis
beleaguer
47. Mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth - power - or importance
taciturn
megalomania
attenuate
synthetic
48. Fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce
vendetta
apostate
evanescent
doddering
49. Diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction
chalice
founder
reduce
dapper
50. Sentry; lookout
credulity
benign
sentinel
disseminate