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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display
mortify
bereft
trickster
fanfare
2. Summarize
bludgeon
forthright
recapitulate
penury
3. Express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow
marked
kinetic
discordant
condole
4. Wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions
percussion
terrestrial
wiggle
gratuitous
5. Without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection
antithesis
despondent
apropos
facade(fac{c}ade)
6. Silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise
orient
muted
calamity
filibuster
7. Star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness
nova
phlegmatic
rank
disperse
8. Very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand
remiss
myriad
sanctuary
arch-
9. Join; unite; OP. uncouple
couple
stigma
rolling
legato
10. Apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction
valor
calamity
maudlin
lubricate
11. Exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of
monetary
plumb
menagerie
potion
12. Suave; refined in manner; elegant
urbane
hazard
infallible
subversive
13. Of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify
disjunction
vitreous
suture
noxious
14. Hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex
concave
acclimate
fissure
impecunious
15. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate
spate
contagion
baleful
title
16. Direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)
partisan
plebiscite
impersonal
antiseptic
17. Deceive; lead astray by deception; wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly
mirth
titter
misconduct
inveigle
18. Last demand; last warning; last statement of conditions that must be met; Ex. They have ignored our ultimatum.
earthy
ultimatum
blasphemy
meander
19. Deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old
inveterate
righteous
dank
rancor
20. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
prefatory
exquisite
jargon
haven
21. Poke abruptly with something sharp; punch with short blows
debut
tensile
jab
pummel
22. Striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion
macerate
percussion
cajole
repository
23. Arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
assimilate
nugatory
meter
parallel
24. Beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net.
drone
botch
thrash
elliptical
25. Man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)
blowhard
avantgarde
groom
vitriolic
26. The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
lethal
molecule
drama
exertion
27. Discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
concurrent
bandy
smattering
stamina
28. Pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet
rationalize
fruition
ursine
purse
29. Drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees
consecrate
consign
awry
nectar
30. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference
anathema
economy
affected
appreciate
31. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning
bank
scabbard
enact
detraction
32. Command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done
bigotry
finery
fiat
catastrophe
33. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination
debut
smelt
ordain
pretext
34. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
unintimating
expository
quibble
retentive
35. Effusively sentimental
carcinogenic
maudlin
smolder
caustic
36. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism
deadlock
bastion
rebus
affinity
37. Come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention
foreboding
bludgeon
disseminate
intervene
38. Wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place
nomadic
obdurate
constituent
emissary
39. Mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
grudging
muddle
volatile
bungle
40. Use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder
converse
husband
supercilious
laud
41. Excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria
hysteria
untoward
metropolis
subliminal
42. Descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior - anterior
posterity
lottery
gusty
malign
43. Saying farewell; expression of leave-taking
precipitous
valediction
palm
tanner
44. Explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe
optician
probe
hue
pragmatic
45. Army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
attire
militia
rip
thrive
46. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians
decadence
pinnacle
herpetologist
spoonerism
47. Imagined; unreal
fancied
jubilation
euphemism
apocryphal
48. Sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous; CF. monotone
attest
monotony
frustrate
refraction
49. Make shiny by rubbing; polish
vulnerable
vagrant
burnish
buffoonery
50. Put or force in without being asked; trespass; enter as an uninvited person; Ex. intrude one's own opinion into the report; CF. thrust in
glutton
pry
intrude
dismember