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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. Improperness; unsuitableness
impropriety
Occident
throes
retaliate
2. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.
brag
centigrade
dull
obtuse
3. Abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious - luxuriate
extraneous
exodus
prototype
luxuriant
4. Of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)
psychosomatic
dint
peddle
scurry
5. Of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge
liquidate
superficial
peddle
soporific
6. Noxious(harmful) smell
conciliatory
effluvium
halfhearted
bilk
7. Poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal - elegiac
proselytize
practical
elegy
intuition
8. Lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull
excise
intimidate
lackluster
slipshod
9. Exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate
ejaculation
iridescent
engage
fumble
10. Foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning
portend
paranoia
deadpan
hostage
11. Put or force in without being asked; trespass; enter as an uninvited person; Ex. intrude one's own opinion into the report; CF. thrust in
incompatible
implode
intrude
disfigure
12. Prove genuine
grotesque
invincible
authenticate
execrable
13. (of a person) fat and round
rotund
turpitude
circumspect
feint
14. Underwater explosive apparatus; V.
constitution
astral
officious
torpedo
15. Restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird's wing
quiver
exquisite
pinion
condone
16. Give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; Ex. predispose people to certain cancer; N. predisposition
enlist
tether
predispose
ligneous
17. Servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn
toady
lap
recess
riveting
18. Unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible
denomination
piety
insensible
deference
19. Motherly; N. maternity: motherhood
maternal
resolution
prologue
egotism
20. Portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation
incarcerate
corrosive
terse
delineate
21. Speak equivocally about an issue; N.
amiss
imprecation
waffle
anomaly
22. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration
caption
stifle
cabal
dupe
23. Stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain
disinclination
dispense
apoplexy
desultory
24. Keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor
retain
groove
provisional
arsenal
25. Bending of a ray of light
refraction
astigmatism
confiscate
havoc
26. Long life; long duration
tumult
bawdy
caucus
longevity
27. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
tardy
airy
ram
filch
28. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
horde
contiguous
indigent
epilogue
29. Tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G
modulate
penchant
tome
pan
30. Shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color
glow
oath
entail
stodgy
31. Praising; full of eulogy
somber
eulogistic
excerpt
metaphor
32. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected
stolid
sluggard
sensuous
rebus
33. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
limp
sextant
topography
aggregate
34. Killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers
pall
slaughter
recreant
thwart
35. Pedestal; raised platform
cajole
cite
sophistry
podium
36. Take pleasure in great comfort
forward
providence
gibberish
luxuriate
37. Awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable
pedagogy
lament
unwieldy
lexicographer
38. Sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.
infidel
incur
threat
consequential
39. Confused uproar; loud noise; din
magniloquent
premonitory
formality
hubbub
40. Gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself
relic
scrutinize
barb
temporize
41. Miserable person; bad or despicable person; ADJ. wretched: miserable; bad; contemptible; vile
camaraderie
amnesty
molt(moult)
wretch
42. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
idyll(idyl)
unearthly
tribute
paste
43. Chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain
curb
limbo
mesmerize
belittle
44. Ardent; zealous; hot
botch
distinct
fervid
servile
45. Act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch
lookout
lode
incinerate
monotony
46. Loyalty; accuracy
ransack
fidelity
banal
frustrate
47. Shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V.
tonsure
potent
degenerate
dint
48. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
retard
breach
contagion
cuisine
49. Overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable
exodus
insurmountable
slovenly
unmitigated
50. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning - trivial details of learning - or technicalities
retract
pedant
magisterial
actuary