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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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1. Formidable; causing fear
aversion
redoubtable
histrionic
scrupulous
2. Of or living in trees
stratum
consonant
arboreal
perverse
3. Delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development
outfit
mishap
longevity
retard
4. Ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet)
debutante
acumen
muse
atypical
5. Tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live
shirk
indigent
polar
warren
6. Drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying)
liability
frigid
suckle
credulity
7. Parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
pushy
scourge
palimpsest
repulse
8. Look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
deranged
exempt
thrive
despise
9. Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife
uxorious
liaison
hostage
termination
10. Grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others
killjoy
mammoth
missile
shard
11. Ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried the unwelcome question very skillfully; N.
cavalier
paragon
parry
projectile
12. Unchangeable
din
immutable
incongruity
lax
13. Intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general
exclaim
putative
surreptitious
purport
14. Fitness; talent
aptitude
subsistence
dingy
glossary
15. Sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic
modish
homily
alliteration
prodigious
16. Temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.
terminology
remission
tertiary
analgesia
17. Skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence
bludgeon
synthesis
tact
ingenious
18. Minor fight; minor battle in war; V.
scavenge
skirmish
mangle
vassal
19. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive
plenary
bereaved
lap
hive
20. Convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun
bawdy
rhapsodize
perimeter
tan
21. Portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation
vertebrate
bearing
delineate
apogee
22. Repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote
incumbent
babble
rote
censure
23. (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds
warren
exorbitant
trinket
cremate
24. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get
reparable
venerable
probity
naivet'e(naivety)
25. Rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song - etc
spoilsport
rendition
swear
apotheosis
26. Immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling
expository
invincible
unfledged
base
27. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
queasy
subversive
comprehensive
predispose
28. State of reacting readily to appeals - orders - etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment
addle
recondite
recumbent
responsiveness
29. Movable; not fixed; N. mobility
eugenic
centrifugal
mobile
perverse
30. Harmless
decapitate
innocuous
countenance
impious
31. Take apart; disassemble
cistern
dismantle
inveterate
summation
32. Large kettle
perpetrate
caldron(cauldron)
mincing
chaplain
33. Connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal
volatile
crass
natal
amenable
34. Cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
haughtiness
conjure
stultify
liaison
35. Pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
artisan
colloquial
circuit
disapprobation
36. Appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth
attest
travesty
verisimilitude
jaded
37. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave
fester
mischance
implausible
exhume
38. Psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire
delude
menagerie
libido
stalemate
39. Minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing
nostalgia
misdemeanor
swerve
impale
40. Shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
buffoon
nuance
heresy
bridle
41. Awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable
lumen
unwieldy
fete(f^ete)
impair
42. Argumentative; fond of argument
disputatious
manacle
prudent
slander
43. With identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ.
anthem
missile
feasible
incognito
44. Flood; rush; V.
crossbreed
deluge
detraction
duplicity
45. Of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others
languor
skittish
humble
spruce
46. Urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
impersonal
importunate
elegy
evince
47. Highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
forensic
intangible
capitulate
culmination
48. Curse; express abhorrence for; detest
transparent
execrate
recite
vertebrate
49. Tear made by rending; rip; split
bestow
oaf
rent
ecclesiastic
50. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
purveyor
refulgent
deploy
ploy