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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. Pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner
scanty
strut
killjoy
antagonism
2. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
laconic
exchequer
pundit
larder
3. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to
dissection
reprehensible
beget
concerted
4. Effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints
irresolute
substantiate
articulate
satire
5. Unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex. implausible alibi
implausible
rampant
bully
prurient
6. Gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia
bouillon
melancholy
saturnine
somnolent
7. Dig; search deeply; investigate
contagion
delve
temporal
medium
8. Turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N.
botch
resort
sledge
resolution
9. Reveal; N. disclosure
disclose
proclivity
dour
lull
10. Person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism
illuminate
restitution
masochist
homily
11. Slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people
brackish
buccaneer
couple
argot
12. Tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live
grumble
mortician
warren
adversity
13. Medieval chemistry
welter
incentive
alchemy
desiccate
14. Fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work
promiscuous
shyster
repine
warranted
15. Lawyer in the lower court of law
amok(amuck)
solicitor
contusion
beguile
16. Plead; ask earnestly
rote
fulcrum
entreat
ravenous
17. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate
manacle
retaliate
exertion
personable
18. Capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood
transpire
impute
mercurial
requite
19. Mixture
kaleidoscope
exacting
medley
revile
20. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology
physiological
scourge
mundane
flippant
21. Not able to be erased
indelible
dearth
mote
conflagration
22. Squeeze between the thumb and a finger - or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
consistency
ingenuous
pinch
punitive
23. Pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
shrew
fissure
spontaneity
haughtiness
24. Full-bosomed; plump; jolly
buxom
extrovert
aghast
equipoise
25. Medical condition in which the skin - the white part of the eyes - etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice - envy - or hostility; bias
doctrinaire
jaundice
nihilist
innuendo
26. Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous
predetermine
harrowing
exploit
opprobrium
27. Extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician
stratified
battalion
draconian
peripatetic
28. Enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex. devotee of Bach
devotee
lap
stint
vogue
29. Stockpile; accumulate for future use; N: supply stored for future use
hoard
embezzlement
effrontery
opus
30. Provide with some quality; endow
opaque
endue
flora
maudlin
31. Superfluous; more than needed or demanded
supererogatory
fathom
flip
reprove
32. Powerful movement of or like a wave; V.
trickster
constituency
therapeutic
surge
33. Conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length
demoniac(demoniacal)
foreshadow
rooster
peroration
34. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.
eccentricity
dismantle
diaphanous
analgesic
35. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale
pulse
prodigy
bluster
collate
36. Become popular with; bring (oneself) in favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself with the boss
sundry
cremate
stoke
ingratiate
37. (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick
aloft
turbid
hallucination
quiver
38. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
avalanche
ratify
quicksilver
cabal
39. Settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish
indigence
laggard
relapse
liquidate
40. Door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down
bolt
palpitate
nimble
convoluted
41. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
capacious
disquisition
anesthetic
cite
42. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
detraction
introspective
expertise
ancestry
43. Not wise; not expedient; not politic
impolitic
impeccable
apoplexy
academic
44. State of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on
incubus
plait
lethargic
affliction
45. Casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
cursory
scenario
trickster
ramshackle
46. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
ideology
stratum
bog
domicile
47. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
beseech
transient
dispel
self-indulgence
48. Loyalty; accuracy
vagrant
outgoing
lumen
fidelity
49. Money or goods given to the poor
peruse
rotundity
alms
rhapsody
50. Disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty
vindicate
reprehensible
disaffected
doze