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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. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
chalice
slag
elicit
incense
2. Prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life
incendiary
mode
desiccate
renounce
3. Protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
prominent
errant
array
magniloquent
4. Soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence
bland
lookout
splice
outskirts
5. Predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress
halfhearted
depravity
dolt
impasse
6. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame
trinket
bereft
reprehensible
flair
7. Unattractive
rococo
ancillary
unprepossessing
squat
8. Serving to complete something
colloquial
blush
complementary
dolorous
9. Conclusion; concluding part
finale
painstaking
fluted
desecrate
10. (of land) dry; barren; unproductive
antithesis
chalice
arid
sheathe
11. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter
purport
gnarl
rigor
scruple
12. Pale purple
fundamental
tenant
mauve
staccato
13. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
ignite
introvert
bloated
disbar
14. Food; CF. live
viand
demeanor
foray
subsidiary
15. Illicit lover
institute
paramour
pronounced
intervene
16. Abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark
scurrilous
acute
expatiate
pedestrian
17. Small opening; outlet (as of fumes or a gas); Ex. He gave vent to his anger by kicking the chair.
vent
spurn
seemly
obtrude
18. Support or base as for a pillar or statue
pedestal
impinge
cache
devotee
19. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination
junta
circuitous
fringe
ordain
20. Profane; violate the sanctity of
unprecedented
desecrate
proletarian
trajectory
21. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology
contaminate
ingenuous
throb
physiological
22. Violent; rough; noisy
boisterous
sybarite
bid
iota
23. Freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish
communal
vitriolic
tawny
impunity
24. Wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood.
welter
indulge
conciliatory
gloss
25. Talkative; N. loquacity
loquacious
kneel
jug
privation
26. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant
anachronism
opulence
embroil
transcendent
27. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits - vegetables - or ornamental plants; CF. agriculture: science or art of farming or growing crops
pristine
horticultural
thrall
carcinogenic
28. Climate
importune
clime
tint
preternatural
29. Seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer
confiscate
silt
derivative
absolute
30. Attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one
annex
mentor
quaff
burgeon
31. Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others
decrepit
voyeur
sheaf
deluge
32. People of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility
hull
gentry
detraction
imply
33. Delicate; of very fine quality
choice
nectar
raspy
rendition
34. Untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery
knave
limbo
scintillate
enjoin
35. Self-evident truth requiring no proof
axiom
sound
olfactory
hedonist
36. Commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly
invalidate
tumult
exacting
lineage
37. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime
prevaricate
lumber
scintillate
felon
38. Take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
expropriate
stoic
foreboding
jetsam
39. Time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve
respite
contend
solicitous
vaunted
40. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism
urgent
disclaim
impervious
veneer
41. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness
abyss
wholesome
fatuous
insularity
42. Layer of earth's surface; layer of society; PL. strata
repartee
dissemble
malingerer
stratum
43. Wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost
pandemonium
gruesome
giddy
maelstrom
44. Clowning
epistemologist
grudge
buffoonery
gregarious
45. Widespread damage; disorder; chaos
havoc
concerted
scion
pretext
46. Word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
metaphor
dyslexia
clot
periphery
47. Balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity
equilibrium
ravage
nip
inordinate
48. Exact
staid
palpable
precise
altruistic
49. Something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating
verbalize
implication
devotee
irretrievable
50. Scarcity; dearth
effeminate
truculence
fracas
paucity