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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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1. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism
leash
subtlety
opportunist
quadruped
2. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude
celerity
firebrand
counterpart
collusion
3. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control
pummel
memoir
helm
rotunda
4. Not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return
pending
hovel
antagonism
antiquated
5. Shrink quivering as from fear; cringe
vivacious
cynical
pittance
cower
6. Question closely; cross-examine; cross-question
choleric
actuary
interrogate
demagogue
7. Defame; disgrace; destroy confidence in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable: causing discredit; shameful
dribble
sloth
discredit
incursion
8. Sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious
maelstrom
euphony
equine
vendor
9. Loathe; hate
delta
abominate
perfunctory
surveillance
10. Make thin; weaken
attenuate
raconteur
disinclination
sadistic
11. Roof of the mouth; sense of the taste
redolent
bluff
proletarian
palate
12. Continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent
persist
affluence
circumlocution
allay
13. Bottomless
maverick
pestle
mishap
abysmal
14. Prudent; judicious; well judged; expedient; well devised
politic
voyeur
unwitting
snip
15. Strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures
pastiche
drastic
improvise
misadventure
16. Disrepute; ill fame
doddering
somnolent
illusory
notoriety
17. Stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully
prolixity
stoke
run-down
audacious
18. Without money
inclined
obsequy
medium
impecunious
19. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful
tundra
equitable
ideology
bliss
20. (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound.
profound
natation
gush
swagger
21. Continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition
coquette
mar
bard
din
22. Having a common ancestor
totter
swagger
consanguineous(consanguine)
indentation
23. Bow (to show respect and obedience)
obeisance
asymmetric
slew
impeccable
24. Swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages
metamorphosis
swathe
daunt
endue
25. One who supplicates; ADJ.
disavowal
supplicant
fluted
obligatory
26. Condition of being squalid; filth; degradation; dirty neglected state; ADJ. squalid: dirty; sordid; morally repulsive; Ex. squalid story
chary
squalor
hackneyed
trilogy
27. Producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance
gait
tacit
fruitful
coddle
28. Evil spirit; devil
fiend
procrastinate
elaboration
jaunty
29. Something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt
draw
trifle
strangle
exuberance
30. Lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
mandate
sober
discrepancy
aseptic
31. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess
contrivance
defunct
cloying
backslide
32. Snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill
thrifty
nip
misconstrue
velocity
33. Wintry; wintery; of or like winter
hibernal
indict
substantive
historic
34. Generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous
smattering
brawn
misconduct
magnanimity
35. Tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder
heyday
pristine
leash
palpable
36. Spotted
mortify
atrocity
dappled
efface
37. Direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)
brook
gait
plebiscite
prefigure
38. Trifles; unimportant matters
trivia
dehydrate
paramount
jumble
39. Suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)
menial
pragmatist
engulf
bemoan
40. Organization for a special purpose; V: establish
limp
repine
institute
expiate
41. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
reserve
retaliate
fickle
rubric
42. Made of bone; bony
derision
incumbent
adverse
osseous
43. Produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design
ancillary
emboss
testy
steadfast
44. Calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
siren
veneer
actuarial
miniature
45. Created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit
statutory
severity
impecunious
acerbity
46. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.
paraphernalia
analgesic
rider
carnivorous
47. Person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)
heckler
disquietude
clique
unruly
48. Gigantic; N. titan
titanic
fresco
supposititious
therapeutic
49. Hackneyed; commonplace
bearing
pass_off
trite
malaise
50. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
iota
metamorphosis
flora
dialectical