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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulous
parsimony
ambush
enact
credulity
2. Ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
blasé
ordain
torrid
ordination
3. Person receiving protection and support from a patron
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4. Pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous
rational
pseudonym
advent
variegate
5. Unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal
malady
censorious
intimidate
earthy
6. Place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
arboretum
outcast
episodic
languid
7. Twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist
exuberance
contortions
pacify
bilious
8. Remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp
incriminate
flit
stratum
commemorative
9. Moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse
ceremonious
incarcerate
fervent
impetus
10. Something - such as a monument or holiday - intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative
abusive
pertinacious
memorial
pigment
11. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency
solvent
saunter
reminiscent
temper
12. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension
generality
dint
purchase
suspend
13. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
breach
precursor
lank
hubbub
14. Pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
incompatible
mute
hydrophobia
piquant
15. Talkative boaster; braggart
blowhard
surrogate
sallow
riveting
16. Connoisseur of food and drink; epicure
parchment
stoke
gourmet
pensive
17. Trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion
circuit
tawny
marrow
vestige
18. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
upright
adjuration
shack
putrefy
19. Lacking in spirit
dispirited
multifarious
hibernate
rolling
20. Copy
filth
replica
tortuous
deflect
21. Feverish
incidental
appease
febrile
avocation
22. Small boat
prostrate
pinnace
philatelist
pugilist
23. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics
scaffold
podiatrist
seasonable
outlook
24. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art
quail
amalgam
adjuration
catharsis
25. Attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle
comatose
gist
molten
engage
26. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
provenance
bent
dutiful(duteous)
abnegation
27. Illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.
impassive
contraband
cow
charisma
28. Religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic
denomination
luxuriant
prime
mandatory
29. Fear of being locked in
claustrophobia
tedium
aplomb
forbearance
30. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism
probity
mystic
eclectic
gerontocracy
31. Attach
tact
mollycoddle
append
inert
32. Spot; blot; CF. blot+botch
analogy
disconsolate
proximity
blotch
33. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air
ventilate
debonair
thesis
vacillate
34. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
timbre
bandy
archetype
cozen
35. Uncorrectable
chaff
cacophonous
dorsal
incorrigible
36. Work against; Ex. militate against the chances of promotion; CF. serve as a soldier
militate
affront
infringe
mammoth
37. Portray
explicit
heinous
depict
feint
38. Hit or knock against with force; N.
bump
refulgent
ambidextrous
bristling
39. Unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy
flighty
ineffable
nostrum
extrinsic
40. Waster; profligate
wastrel
hallowed
mores
assuage
41. Truthfulness; adherence to the truth
veracity
empirical
trident
annihilate
42. Confuse; puzzle
fluke
ramshackle
torrent
confound
43. Shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs
lagoon
treasure
frustrate
amicable
44. Student at a military school
visceral
autocratic
heed
cadet
45. Silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
timorous
palette
sullen
reverie
46. Arranged by degrees (of height - difficulty - etc.)
mannered
cavil
tenant
graduated
47. Extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience
destitute
venture
hovel
indentation
48. Feasible
practicable
gawk
apprehend
paranoia
49. Charge in court; indict
guileless
arraign
humid
autopsy
50. Trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded
gorge
petty
impediment
ascertain