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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. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals
privy
proscribe
compliance
numismatist
2. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.
probity
sound
lilliputian
compress
3. With a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
celestial
boorish
askance
germinal
4. Widespread; generally accepted
application
prevalent
glib
anemia
5. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
dispense
irremediable
daunt
procrastinate
6. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism
opportune
lament
imperial
prod
7. 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
brindled
entourage
intrude
brave
8. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention
potable
detain
abbreviate
propitious
9. Soil; defile; make dirty
congruent
antipathy
assail
besmirch
10. Make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs
kinetic
reconcile
voluptuous
pristine
11. Renounce upon oath
abjure
plagiarize
pinnace
sophisticated
12. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
orient
damn
gingerly
slag
13. Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket
consort
forlorn
docket
downcast
14. Clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
maladroit
sextant
nether
impenetrable
15. Brief explanation of words used in the text
minion
glossary
hubbub
bestow
16. Merriment; laughter
affirmation
aperture
assurance
mirth
17. Purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence
infidel
lust
quintessence
concurrent
18. Connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus
fete(f^ete)
itinerary
epicure
synthetic
19. Very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience
gauche
astigmatism
munificent
meteoric
20. Home of a hermit
intrude
hermitage
submissive
contentious
21. Movable; not fixed; N. mobility
universal
libidinous
crust
mobile
22. Descent; ancestry
unprepossessing
vaporize
anesthetic
lineage
23. Dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people.
levity
descry
optometrist
abide
24. Person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded
heresy
civil
reputable
hothead
25. Something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct
lag
paradox
ingenue
infiltrate
26. Treat with scorn or contempt
impalpable
languor
disdain
abstain
27. Insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance
slight
bargain
cumbersome
ineluctable
28. Periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
molt(moult)
propagate
aria
brochure
29. Distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule
devious
render
dispense
residual
30. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
posterity
appurtenances
ideology
interstice
31. (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description
vivid
willowy
transparent
miscellaneous
32. Cutting off; separation
begrudge
disconcert
abscission
extraneous
33. Stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious
compliance
enormity
parsimony
begrudge
34. Case for a sword blade; sheath
anomaly
scabbard
asymmetric
noose
35. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands
idyllic
dignitary
inordinate
lap
36. Countercharges; V. recriminate
recrimination
gust
discomfit
rip
37. Substance causing vomiting; ADJ.
thematic
sentient
emetic
decrepit
38. Hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed
crossbreed
clout
amble
aristocracy
39. Prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky
frolicsome
substantive
disengage
unerringly
40. Kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to
igneous
enumerate
ignite
verisimilar
41. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
pander
phalanx
larceny
avalanche
42. Having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.
maxim
sour
arbiter
forbearance
43. Face; appearance
breach
visage
smolder
uninhibited
44. Rude - insensitive person
punitive
exculpate
boor
convert
45. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
reprove
epilogue
proviso
galaxy
46. Unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved
overweening
unwarranted
neophyte
distraught
47. Venomous spider
protract
disparity
coax
tarantula
48. Present falsely; represent falsely to be
surrogate
putrid
welt
pass_off
49. Not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject
prurient
conservatory(conservatoire)
extraneous
chaperon
50. Harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory
defame
monolithic
anchor
pedestrian