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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. Expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced
peddle
eloquence
castigation
sherbet
2. Connection
captious
nexus
braggadocio
duplicity
3. Small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel
artless
scrap
aphasia
bate
4. Text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book
amicable
beguile
libretto
monarchy
5. Disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
wax
dissension
pharisaical
crest
6. Severely critical
buttress
gorge
disparage
censorious
7. Confer
blunt
glean
bestow
toady
8. Elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language
hardy
rudimentary
ponderous
monochromatic
9. Step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark - design - or seal; shape with a die; characterize; Ex. machine stamping out car bodies; Ex. newspaper stamping him as a liar; N. stamping; implement used t
hew
perceptive
rig
stamp
10. An act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point - right - etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire
subsequent
concession
shack
reparable
11. Relating to paradise; blissful
elysian
draw
nurse
imply
12. Participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
pragmatic
complicity
mendicant
malady
13. Well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif
implore
loathe
homage
sinecure
14. Lawyer in the lower court of law
solicitor
vernacular
inane
germ
15. Heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent
dote
irascible
ardor
effervescence
16. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome
noisome
extant
advert
mentor
17. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to
parchment
replica
beget
hypercritical
18. Providing a general overview; summary; N. synopsis
devious
synoptic
nubile
meddlesome
19. Collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse
talisman
expostulation
consign
corpus
20. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
vociferous
affable
reminiscent
vie
21. Support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle - movement - person - etc.)
atheistic
champion
presume
lectern
22. Crookedly; slanted; at an angle
askew
intelligentsia
warranty
perceptive
23. Extremely small
devolve
infringe
minuscule(miniscule)
immune
24. Practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total
distract
unceremonious
teetotalism
consort
25. Copy
legato
inhibit
replica
marred
26. Inform
rudimentary
apprise
palliate
proletarian
27. Restore to a previous condition or position
reinstate
dissertation
gerontology
queue
28. Boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing
percussion
incommodious
pugilist
bifurcated
29. Elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
invidious
gibe
unwonted
apotheosis
30. Narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula
gamely
insularity
eminent
equinox
31. Muscular; having well-developed muscles
tithe
pejorative
knell
brawny
32. Glass water bottle; decanter
caprice
carafe
subdue
repulsion
33. Pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis
auroral
chapel
ruminant
gloss_over
34. Intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.
momentous
lust
bewitch
caustic
35. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic
jaded
prognosis
hew
carnivorous
36. Free from worries; having no problems
lethal
compile
carefree
inverse
37. Discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
pulsate
rolling
bandy
gape
38. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty
determinate
pedestrian
squeamish
sparse
39. Revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child
chagrin
resuscitate
proletarian
quash
40. Bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)
corporeal
mendicant
impertinent
gory
41. Not biased; fair; N. impartiality
low
vent
impartial
ignite
42. Frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF. fury
reek
philanderer
monarchy
furor
43. Difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky
fastidious
whine
distort
stratified
44. Holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory
cog
ransack
retrench
retentive
45. Pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively
unbridled
aberration
mollycoddle
innocuous
46. Pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)
defrock
halcyon
slew
riddle
47. Feathers of a bird;
wastrel
plumage
slur
fraudulent
48. Malicious misrepresentation; slander
capsize
toll
calumny
sherbet
49. (of a spirit) visit (a place); come to mind continually; visit (a place) regularly; frequent; Ex. haunted house; Ex. haunted by his last words; N: place much frequented
rationalize
haunt
nomadic
catastrophe
50. Counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated
precinct
isotope
prescience
forge