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GRE Vocab
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gre
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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. Bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored
betray
crabbed
adage
blasé
2. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise
annuity
jab
disenfranchise
exodus
3. Postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of
inadvertently
verbatim
pedagogue
reprieve
4. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
disquisition
adulation
rend
log
5. Cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace
gouge
lace
fumble
faction
6. Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism
headfirst
skeptic
sophisticated
flighty
7. Exact
tenant
bolster
precise
bilk
8. Oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena
probity
celestial
amphitheater
bellicose
9. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
equilibrium
gnarl
variegate
pulmonary
10. Calmness of temperament; composure
equanimity
covert
overthrow
facet
11. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
primal
militant
torrent
mealymouthed
12. Exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality
aquiline
impair
conduit
except
13. Help bring about; make less difficult
facilitate
beneficent
comport
aria
14. Insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
terrestrial
corroborate
livid
brazen
15. Violent scoundrel; bully
malapropism
ruffian
rectify
subpoena
16. Apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature
siren
preponderance
touchstone
philology
17. Break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt
defray
germinate
renege
vindictive
18. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire
antecede
menial
viable
platonic
19. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
functionary
libidinous
balk
rebuke
20. One that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.
furor
outcast
infallible
substantiate
21. Humorous; mischievous; tricky
brood
converge
precipitous
waggish
22. Formless; lacking shape or definition
circuit
amorphous
demure
liquidate
23. Compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair
liability
mottled
reparation
propensity
24. Not spacious; inconvenient
menace
gorge
incommodious
compunction
25. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
impugn
isthmus
tutelage
idolatry
26. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation
reparation
bastard
inveigh
misnomer
27. Weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound
galvanize
squeamish
paraphernalia
imponderable
28. Loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.
linger
foppish
convivial
implement
29. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health
ingenuous
enfranchise
flux
invalid
30. Limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget
indigent
chaff
refractory
parameter
31. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
synthetic
buffoonery
adjuration
gerontocracy
32. Wandering from place to place; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy
intimate
remittance
eclectic
vagrant
33. Harmful; damaging; N. detriment
blithe(blithesome)
bristling
insatiable
detrimental
34. Neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided
sensuous
rampart
noncommittal
tablet
35. Unerring; never making mistakes
infallible
abide
asteroid
convoke
36. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin
legacy
foreboding
vivid
urchin
37. Deputize; pass or be passed to others (power - work - or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to
bludgeon
gnarl
devolve
unilateral
38. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament
clarion
plight
prod
superimpose
39. One who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia
browbeat
flux
apologist
relic
40. Territory enclosed within an alien land
nadir
enclave
prank
aptitude
41. Flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux
flux
weather
default
extirpate
42. Life-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
cynical
glut
diorama
mock
43. Expose to slander
exotic
traduce
bauble
introspective
44. Exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy
ingrate
transcendent
turmoil
negligence
45. Of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy
economy
bulk
distinctive
substantial
46. Limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate
modicum
regale
apathy
collation
47. New growth from a plant
stipulate
urgent
epoch
shoot
48. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones
emaciated
scale
disperse
subsume
49. Dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes
malediction
ragamuffin
inveigh
therapeutic
50. Wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.
miscellaneous
amiss
vehement
prune