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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. Be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something
subsidy
prevail
ensue
molten
2. Long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras
abase
chaffing
meditation
eon(aeon)
3. Raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation
supple
ordinance
exalt
succumb
4. Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts
cognizance
tertiary
derogatory
induct
5. Loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing
sleazy
dawdle
castigation
ineffable
6. Gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself
subordinate
genuflect
temporize
aesthetic
7. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything
demagogue
turgid
omnivorous
pristine
8. Serious speech - writing - or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.
crabbed
compatible
discourse
morbid
9. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; N. metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores
grapple
noxious
prehensile
metallurgical
10. Area of thick hard skin
momentum
callus
infest
sordid
11. Slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment
servitude
agenda
shrew
prim
12. Fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.
doze
oaf
tantrum
connivance
13. Mental calmness
composure
rampart
carousal
quaint
14. Flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux
garrulous
flux
flora
functionary
15. Feign; imitate
decrepit
attribute
dearth
simulate
16. Chew over and over (mentally or - like cows - physically); mull over(ponder)
titter
ruminate
slander
convert
17. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation
predecessor
elated
dilapidated
vigor
18. Disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward
sonic
downcast
waffle
abolish
19. Pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder
psychopathic
medley
libretto
culmination
20. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
rend
equipoise
iconoclastic
dapper
21. Practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total
appurtenances
sloth
teetotalism
agility
22. Criticize harshly
timbre
pan
accolade
slew
23. Uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility
overt
bucolic
casual
probity
24. Meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet
discriminate
tryst
sedition
tithe
25. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
induce
accolade
pass_off
slag
26. Made of bone; bony
ineluctable
paradigm
osseous
enmity
27. (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions
stringent
ghastly
patronize
perfunctory
28. System of religious or ethical belief
creed
dearth
holster
resignation
29. Affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech
pallet
subterfuge
mannered
polarize
30. Art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
wax
finished
foppish
prosody
31. Notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation
infamous
hieroglyphic
nova
forebears(forbears)
32. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade
vicarious
asperity
camaraderie
unassuaged
33. New growth from a plant
shoot
elastic
covenant
seep
34. Capable of using either hand with equal ease
ambidextrous
regale
implicit
penumbra
35. Decode; CF. indecipherable
pacify
decipher
cession
comely
36. Exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas)
pending
inflated
preposterous
monolithic
37. Producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer
condescend
prolific
ductile
invocation
38. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
universal
undertaker
redolent
glutton
39. Not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V.
acerbity
exempt
toss
vortex
40. Grain-eating; CF. herbivore
spendthrift
odyssey
deterrent
herbivorous
41. Minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children
squabble
unassuming
low
assert
42. Being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior
forum
gerontocracy
singular
groove
43. Romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.
canker
gambol
umbrage
quorum
44. Clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel
adage
bedizen
prodigy
attire
45. Relating to paradise; blissful
decimate
renovate
recapitulate
elysian
46. Hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat
compensatory
inclusive
rejoinder
aristocracy
47. Uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution
delusion
irresolute
contravene
concatenate
48. Spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity
animadversion
corroborate
incentive
plane
49. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence
swelter
lout
diverse
indulge
50. Argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)
credo
blunder
haggle
gross