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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my
bound
neologism
hereafter
resuscitate
2. Rebellious; N.
freebooter
abeyance
insurgent
conscript
3. Renounce upon oath
tether
adventitious
abjure
defer
4. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities
amend
hypercritical
tutelary
indigenous
5. In confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell
ample
sherbet
pell-mell
havoc
6. Move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army
maraud
rue
anemia
emissary
7. Chance; luck
hap
plummet
interstice
nonsense
8. Rebel; nonconformist (in a group)
entrepreneur
provisional
maverick
finish
9. Emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench
recurrent
balk
reek
nonsense
10. Unfortunate accident
prompt
query
rig
mishap
11. Expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner
defeatist
profusion
confide
ironic
12. Easily deceived
innate
gullible
qualified
retort
13. Narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully - canyon
natal
ravine
begrudge
annul
14. Charlatan; boastful pretender
mountebank
harrowing
phalanx
commonwealth
15. Collarbone
foresight
derision
oscillate
clavicle
16. Write; compose
indite
sedulous
balm
equestrian
17. Group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)
trilogy
surge
caricature
dysentery
18. Too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story
indenture
strut
far-fetched
afterlife
19. Quarrel
bicker
console
unprepossessing
sidetrack
20. V-shaped cut in a surface; V.
demented
notch
fodder
ostentatious
21. Pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
abusive
hypocritical
pariah
metaphysical
22. Long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline
prophetic
flippant
antecede
pine
23. Farewell or departure
regale
cohabit
tutelage
leave-taking
24. Disobedient; lawless; difficult to control
catechism
babble
unruly
eulogistic
25. Indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable
plump
cornucopia
incontrovertible
fissure
26. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary
sensitization
discretion
argot
muggy
27. Impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility
vivacious
wring
susceptible
inebriate
28. Indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable
traverse
badinage
irrefutable
cursive
29. Confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of confusion
intrigue
muddle
slight
pundit
30. Speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence
polemic
expunge
malign
invert
31. Steadily loyal; unswerving; steady
bid
crossbreed
cow
steadfast
32. Hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer
propinquity
mesmerize
declivity
unprepossessing
33. Strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
bombastic
flay
dilate
dogmatic
34. Swirling current of water - air - etc.; V.
appreciate
voodoo
eddy
volley
35. Tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp: dwell on(think or speak a lot about) tediously
clipper
repulse
pedantic
harping
36. Plan of a trip; record of a trip
voracious
itinerary
decoy
nostalgia
37. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
rebuff
militia
hegemony
impermeable
38. Put on; OP. doff
don
illusive
transitory
suitor
39. Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous
compassion
talisman
opprobrium
toss
40. Suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)
broach
despise
welter
menial
41. Wall painting
breed
missile
chassis
mural
42. (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)
despoil
puerile
tawdry
discursive
43. Send (something) spinning - often into the air - by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over
flip
clandestine
appall
derogatory
44. Condescend; stoop
litigation
deign
strew
felicity
45. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness
guileless
simplistic
fatuous
extenuate
46. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
ethnic
junta
poultice
staid
47. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation
sepulcher
misnomer
terrestrial
meteoric
48. Like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; Ex. meteoric rise to fame; N. meteor
meteoric
expatriate
breed
maim
49. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
enumerate
divest
imbibe
litotes
50. Lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture
cremate
vapid
vent
sophomoric