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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. (of a person) fat and round
rotund
enterprising
odds
braggadocio
2. Study of insects
icon(ikon)
entrance
stammer
entomology
3. Set free; liberate
holster
emancipate
junta
dislodge
4. Charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil - bad luck
amulet
stately
nonchalance
retrospective
5. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy
celibate
bohemian
stringent
besmirch
6. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
egregious
referendum
hostility
glimmer
7. Widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people
exorbitant
rabies
ingenue
pandemic
8. Persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement
induce
cavil
mollify
demean
9. Having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing
cognitive
swarm
slick
autonomous
10. Tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
indefatigable
sensuous
bifurcated
authoritarian
11. Make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate
preclude
profane
sheaf
madrigal
12. Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clichéd
fiasco
cliché
pious
loft
13. Maker and seller of eyeglasses
gadfly
neophyte
optician
motility
14. Calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene
vitreous
serenity
stumble
mode
15. Something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume
demise
dyslexia
dubious
assumption
16. Tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack
dogmatic
tribute
catastrophe
taut
17. Not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance
fodder
herbivorous
civil
passive
18. Trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark
lachrymose
cunning
lackluster
scintilla
19. Rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
incontinent
meter
biennial
effrontery
20. Ardent; zealous; hot
rampant
anvil
archetype
fervid
21. Diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself
mauve
virtual
application
weird
22. Disturb greatly
perturb
bask
anemia
benefit
23. Forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence
gaunt
vehement
mores
sanctimonious
24. Deserving reverence; N: priest
egotism
provisional
expurgate
reverend
25. Underline; emphasize
bolt
castigation
underscore
slew
26. Contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks.
ingrate
prosaic
knit
precinct
27. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
healthy
prohibitive
audacious
placebo
28. Four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped
disarray
catharsis
quadruped
integral
29. Spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells - ideas - feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate
pervasive
herald
spectral
rebate
30. Composed; calm; self-possessed
recite
collected
stench
canard
31. (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
lugubrious
inhibited
colloquy
progeny
32. Adjust to climate or environment; adapt
acclimate
hysteria
misadventure
peon
33. Confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb
disconcert
avantgarde
pertinent
excerpt
34. Accidental; casual; happening by chance
blanch
odious
adventitious
caldron(cauldron)
35. Brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious
extemporaneous
crave
purse
resplendent
36. Seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership
peruse
invulnerable
lubricate
aspire
37. Behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious
flirt
enunciate
vivisection
incessant
38. Corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; Ex. perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; N: person whose sexual behavior is not natural
pervert
viscous
solstice
nurse
39. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
utopia
betray
phalanx
pacifist
40. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
nuptial
crabbed
savor
pediatrician
41. Artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears
factitious
plaster
labile
delineate
42. Repeat
reiterate
expeditious
prestige
drab
43. Bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. insolvency
overbearing
jetsam
brood
insolvent
44. Make valid; confirm; ratify
validate
brochure
pitfall
inasmuch_as
45. Remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles
rave
deviate
pharisaical
antidote
46. Blood-vessel; CF. vein
fermentation
poise
artery
demeanor
47. Imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon
extol
Shangri-la
universal
avalanche
48. Done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne
nocturnal
recluse
aplomb
tender
49. Forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard
compound
vertebrate
madrigal
vanguard
50. Art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome
pedestal
gastronomy
satellite
shove