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GRE Vocab
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
projectile
expeditious
preeminent
serrated
2. Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character
refrain
plane
insipid
languor
3. Bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry
peevish
thrall
apiary
natty
4. Able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will
protean
pliable
fuss:
abject
5. Make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)
sheaf
annotate
addle
deplore
6. Astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded - dumfounded - dumbstruck
avarice
crust
dumbfound(dumfound)
glib
7. Irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric
buffet
adapt
devise
eccentric
8. Soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud
giddy
dissent
foil
bog
9. Meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore
pretext
sidereal
carnivorous
inalienable
10. Beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle
idiosyncrasy
mollify
fringe
flail
11. Unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent
perpetuate
commemorate
incoherent
sublime
12. Falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth
deciduous
momentous
serpentine
jaded
13. Very small
incarnate
tightwad
perpetrate
infinitesimal
14. Grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment
vouchsafe
manifesto
protocol
emanate
15. Path of the sun and the planets
simplistic
consequential
ecliptic
unction
16. Exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy
stratum
sober
prattle
transcendent
17. Compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary
portend
pinion
dexterous
lexicographer
18. Prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation
drama
ruffian
extol
fluency
19. Lying below; fundamental
acumen
institute
underlying
rococo
20. Imagined; unreal
fancied
interpolate
hindrance
menagerie
21. Genuine; real
affinity
unfeigned
chuckle
turgid
22. Make invalid; make null; invalidate
reconcile
nullify
bawdy
spangle
23. Repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant; Ex. hideous face/scream
sluggish
aseptic
caldron(cauldron)
hideous
24. Insane; Ex. lunatic asylum
obstreperous
lunatic
stymie
illusory
25. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
rabies
tribute
prude
vegetate
26. Enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor
condign
aviary
filch
verve
27. Gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death
macabre
perfunctory
limbo
tenet
28. Absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous
stellar
consistency
rhapsody
conservatory(conservatoire)
29. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk
torso
mortify
enterprising
clientele
30. Touchy; peevish; ill-tempered
petulant
theoretical
passive
provision
31. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
adjuration
reverent
manipulate
drone
32. Word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
dyslexia
brave
auspicious
dwindle
33. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses
unmitigated
rubric
threadbare
tenacity
34. 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
mellifluous
psychic
jaundice
legerdemain
35. Give or take milk at the breast or udder
saboteur
suckle
lassitude
enliven
36. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life
symbiosis
sphinx-like
unexceptionable
fake
37. Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display
assiduous
nausea
throttle
ostentatious
38. Relating to space
gyroscope
duplicity
parry
spatial
39. Very cautious; watchful
reminiscence
wary
murmur
porridge
40. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
vernal
vise
portly
burnish
41. Expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced
eloquence
trance
extenuate
thesis
42. Frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail
infirmity
flip
surpass
hail
43. One who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.
devise
bully
opalescent
tout
44. Existing at birth
detached
purse
congenital
subtlety
45. Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist
elliptical
consternation
slapdash
mass
46. Boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration
rivulet
invalidate
ordinance
revelry
47. So high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax
paraphernalia
dinghy
paste
prohibitive
48. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with practical worth or impact of something; Ex. pragmatic test of the skill
feral
pragmatic
render
mulct
49. Pertaining to money
connivance
fusillade
rumble
pecuniary
50. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude
collusion
beget
overthrow
culpable