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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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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. Small boat (often ship's boat)
monetary
exertion
guile
dinghy
2. Having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.
condone
sour
attire
illimitable
3. Excessively or elaborately decorated
putrefy
ecstasy
accrue
ornate
4. Poor verse
abscond
doggerel
pall
authoritarian
5. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.
vent
exquisite
imprudent
fundamental
6. Intruder; one who interferes
interloper
glutinous
drone
patois
7. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
desolate
alimony
qualified
migrant
8. Dying; at the point of death; CF. death
genesis
ingenious
solvent
moribund
9. Similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unpara
scintilla
elaboration
d'ebris
parallel
10. Kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers
susceptible
pious
thematic
smother
11. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
decree
guile
rip
mordant
12. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction
filigree
concoct
accoutre
straggle
13. Reprove severely; rebuke; N.
incarcerate
reprimand
blasé
retort
14. Not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly
haphazard
expunge
unearthly
vivid
15. Sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
partition
aggregate
amphibian
caucus
16. Of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original
infidel
suckle
slavish
irreproachable
17. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
replenish
ramshackle
overwhelm
jettison
18. Hasten; make go faster
queue
quell
galleon
expedite
19. Able to live both on land and in water; N.
extirpate
succumb
germinate
amphibian
20. Free; without charge; ADJ.
beware
inveigle
hostility
gratis
21. In confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell
draft
temperate
pell-mell
suture
22. Swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence
ennui
miasma
clavicle
dilatory
23. Block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter
apex
industrious
filibuster
gamut
24. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank
ambulatory
provocative
persevere
degradation
25. Bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal
transport
ploy
prime
stilted
26. Malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled
discretion
maim
connubial
ductile
27. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny
perigee
ravine
homage
misogynist
28. Expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage
blunt
derogatory
lethal
lax
29. One of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
compartment
tint
clamber
earthly
30. Make into an institution; put or confine in an institution
malcontent
institutionalize
haughtiness
eccentricity
31. Occurring again and again
recurrent
spoilsport
remiss
perverse
32. Boaster; bragger
sumptuous
matin'ee(matinee)
gentility
braggart
33. Discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds
purported
cacophonous
tureen
apropos
34. Carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat
suborn
stagnant
well-bred
plane
35. Drifting wreckage
coda
discomfit
flotsam
wheedle
36. Determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose
resolution
waif
perpetual
comeback
37. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
aspersion
chivalrous
sophisticated
championship
38. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
hap
concur
incentive
coterie
39. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
numismatist
pungent
predetermine
rebuff
40. (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed
buffoonery
milieu
idiosyncrasy
slough
41. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose
deride
poseur
mimicry
avid
42. Causing nausea; feeling nausea
nauseous
inimical
deleterious
languish
43. Natural inclination
propensity
gracious
unearthly
monarchy
44. Of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others
proximity
dilate
solvent
humble
45. Pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather
slough
congenial
glare
render
46. Without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent
insouciant
stoke
perpetuate
inquisitive
47. Warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome
ecliptic
cordial
militia
billowing
48. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid
advent
wan
denizen
wanderlust
49. Created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit
impetus
probe
statutory
scorch
50. Railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister
recumbent
bar
hackles
gory