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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. Habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety
guileless
muted
inebriated
blunder
2. Not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
diverse
asymmetric
providence
ascetic
3. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse
impasse
puissant
incident
diatribe
4. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
macabre
renounce
marshal
caliber
5. Senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage
dotage
proselytize
monolithic
bilious
6. Childish; immature; CF. puer: boy
therapeutic
audacious
puerile
quench
7. Ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
tablet
actuate
ordination
dank
8. Sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time
obliterate
martyr
brood
bulk
9. Experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of Christ
migratory
vex
vicarious
optional
10. Assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N.
penance
avenge
dolt
pose
11. Traitor
beware
indices
consanguinity
turncoat
12. Push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive
obtuse
talisman
incline
obtrude
13. Pedestal; raised platform
porous
podium
coercion
bludgeon
14. Guarantee; assurance by seller
construe
warranty
substantive
minion
15. Breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory
recess
respiration
deducible
turbid
16. List of works of music - drama - etc. - a performer is prepared to present; CF. repertory
hilarity
halfhearted
enunciate
repertoire
17. Insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
affront
apogee
adventitious
blackball
18. Delayed
ambivalence
cog
belated
domineer
19. Strong foul odor; reek; stink
temper
lot
vigor
stench
20. Refer
advert
virile
dorsal
disinter
21. Rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
effrontery
conveyance
immune
query
22. Not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. unrequited love
larceny
miscellaneous
eventual
unrequited
23. Swirling current of water - air - etc.; V.
slapdash
integrity
discount
eddy
24. Forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
advert
domineer
harbinger
browbeat
25. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean
beleaguer
shard
exploit
babble
26. Universally present; ubiquitous
sunder
omnipresent
alimentary
skim
27. Roundabout
circuitous
buttress
fray
forthcoming
28. Lively
sprightly
florescence
terrestrial
nominal
29. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision
agog
anarchy
determination
bantering
30. Fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short time; roving(wandering); running away or fleeing as from the law; N: one who flees; Ex. fugitives at large
prefatory
delta
viscous
fugitive
31. Happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.
denigrate
forthcoming
detonation
pith
32. Of good upbringing; well-mannered and refined
glaring
well-bred
careen
burlesque
33. Real being
fluctuate
pusillanimous
healthy
entity
34. Foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning
eminent
cross
jostle
portend
35. Causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass
relic
hysteria
vitriolic
reminiscent
36. Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.
loath
fitful
vigor
nonsense
37. Silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound - color - shade of
mute
punctilious
prot'eg'e
elliptical
38. Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
psychiatrist
uniformity
sneak
connubial
39. Complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
disparate
substantive
grumble
squeamish
40. Fastidious; finicky; easily upset
fussy
bovine
crescendo
scurvy
41. (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into
solicit
apposite
incisive
apex
42. Severe disapproval; CF. approbation
penchant
reprobation
crochet
rebate
43. State of violent agitation; ADJ. turbulent: violently agitated or disturbed
gastronomy
insinuate
turbulence
pry
44. Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
terminology
palatial
connotation
amity
45. Tending toward the center
centripetal
demise
stink
ineluctable
46. Unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
reciprocate
consolidation
dolt
interjection
47. Young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family
cordial
stratified
whelp
lassitude
48. Clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
anachronism
topography
dictum
maladroit
49. Calmness of temperament; composure
coalition
distort
equanimity
compound
50. Bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry
peevish
homage
mace
vociferous