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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. Clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against
agape
maneuver(manoeuver)
fete(f^ete)
friction
2. Pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
nascent
sanctuary
hydrophobia
piquant
3. Transient; impermanent; fleeting; N. transitoriness
ample
transitory
staccato
satirical
4. Stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.
daze
sinuous
spruce
dazzle
5. Hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
crust
impede
sear
lounge
6. Club; heavy-headed weapon; V.
generic
castigation
discrete
bludgeon
7. Quarrelsome
phenomena
inopportune
catcall
belligerent
8. Gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose
fancy
incrustation
anarchist
benefactor
9. Work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera
dogged
contend
insularity
opus
10. Reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work
corpuscle
averse
fictitious
exquisite
11. Drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying)
imply
liability
spate
affidavit
12. State of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty
dormant
punitive
limn
suspense
13. Having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing
surrogate
eloquence
cognitive
avert
14. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome
prosperity
parvenu
pragmatist
noisome
15. Error; stupid mistake
hue_and_cry
quaint
spoof
blunder
16. Satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated
dally
satiate
feature
synthesis
17. Plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events
shudder
forfeit
scruple
scenario
18. Overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic
rebuke
somber
rave
pariah
19. Reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply
averse
rejoinder
imbalance
expropriate
20. Slight degree of color; V: give a tint to
tint
imbroglio
moribund
retribution
21. Frenzied; frantic
homogeneous
frenetic(phrenetic)
expurgate
jeopardize
22. Short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly
parvenu
vulture
bristle
tessellated
23. Payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy
elusive
inclement
pushy
expenditure
24. Cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
sedition
dawdle
scotch
geniality
25. Sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy
fit
chassis
incarcerate
mongrel
26. Hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite
stratified
meticulous
grouse
malicious
27. Abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text
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28. Immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling
metaphor
tenure
prey
unfledged
29. In utter disorder
chaotic
granary
vehement
comely
30. Fair; impartial; OP. inequitable
arduous
equitable
franchise
promiscuous
31. Threat; V: threaten
pell-mell
personable
fathom
menace
32. One who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia
apologist
cessation
fluke
foresight
33. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter
forlorn
deplete
askew
rigor
34. Hint; slight indication
promiscuous
inkling
unctuous
coercion
35. Discord
recline
paramount
dissonance
breed
36. Sheer; transparent
vacillate
conscientious
illusory
diaphanous
37. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior
dally
acrimonious
furtive
tenant
38. Unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent
lethal
enthrall
terminology
incoherent
39. Giving off an odor
incoherent
odoriferous
juridical
deranged
40. Doctor who treats mental diseases
psychiatrist
hyperbole
scuffle
intimidate
41. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful
disarray
abusive
inimitable
scad
42. Spot; blot; CF. blot+botch
blotch
intervene
court
pecuniary
43. Twisting force; force producing rotation
torque
distill
chaperon
philatelist
44. Following in time or order; later
countermand
wean
subsequent
nonsense
45. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty
decrepit
sparse
filial
grievance
46. Metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)
sallow
concord
lachrymose
lode
47. Throw into confusion; involve in strife - dispute - or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio
embroil
dissuade
delusive
cameo
48. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
promontory
hermetic
stereotype
emulate
49. Brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee
adjacent
torpor
fracas
raze
50. Cut the top off; shorten
grandeur
frisk
truncate
disinter