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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. Cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener
cherubic
clip
soar
gainsay
2. Close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony
rapport
supposititious
seminary
hail
3. One part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal
piecemeal
underlying
circumvent
hap
4. Groom oneself with care; adorn oneself
lineaments
conducive
primp
protocol
5. Explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable
arable
growl
mealymouthed
explicate
6. Border; edge - rim - or margin; Ex. on the verge of: very near to; V: border on
leniency
verge
glow
betoken
7. Pointed projecting part
roster
eclipse
nexus
prong
8. Chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.
monogram
lofty
babble
despise
9. Plentiful
copious
beeline
ominous
modicum
10. Pleasing to taste or smell; delicious
myopic
luscious
imprudent
thematic
11. Present falsely; represent falsely to be
sibylline
sustain
pass_off
secession
12. Introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner
prelude
latitude
disinter
misapprehension
13. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)
chicanery
inveigle
grudging
mar
14. Abuse
pretentious
initiate
stockade
invective
15. Lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of
aegis
bemoan
congruent
decipher
16. (of weather) warm and damp
ingratiate
muggy
dermatologist
unexceptionable
17. Ghost; phantom
ebb
enunciate
enhance
apparition
18. Muscular; having well-developed muscles
brawny
swerve
vaunted
puerile
19. Period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare
extort
gruff
servile
prime
20. Wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence
humble
malevolent
goad
decorum
21. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town
haphazard
moribund
remunerative
cozen
22. Trembling; wavering
draught
converse
tremulous
complicity
23. Deduce; conclude; N. inference
prosperity
infer
circuitous
apathy
24. Boaster; bragger
braggart
discrete
anthropologist
insidious
25. Decorative edge of hanging threads; edge
engross
upbraid
fringe
grunt
26. Ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman
clap
ecclesiastic
jingoist
incipient
27. Quarrelsome
beatific
belligerent
insinuate
innovation
28. Brief and compact
vignette
encompass
concise
query
29. Melted; Ex. molten lava
clime
ultimatum
molten
permeable
30. Start; urge; provoke; incite; Ex. instigate a search/quarrel
ascendancy
impoverish
instigate
unscathed
31. Give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim
collateral
waive
refractory
ruffian
32. Inform
improvident
asylum
apprise
novice
33. Vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
thesis
furor
prolixity
blackball
34. Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
umbrage
collate
strew
tessellated
35. Abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary - plenty
imposture
diva
plenitude
welter
36. Serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.
pillage
authoritarian
pastry
subsidiary
37. Noisy party with a lot of drinking
bacchanal
repast
insurrection
disgorge
38. Word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to
cue
exorcise
threadbare
affable
39. Little round hill; hillock
knoll
vertigo
caulk(calk)
inviolable
40. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon
mace
gnarled
sacrilegious
degradation
41. Repay; pay back
wheedle
impious
reimburse
converse
42. Person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise
glimmer
inclusive
supine
sage
43. Bring upon oneself
intangible
psychosis
incur
daze
44. Isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life
unrequited
propulsive
ordain
sequester
45. Tending to call up (emotions - memories)
squat
paramount
evocative
unwarranted
46. Pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear
bestial
impale
deterrent
paleontology
47. Wordy; N. verbosity
drone
verbose
askew
perfidious
48. Cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry
fancied
tawdry
drivel
simper
49. Harmful; causing injury
bar
tertiary
injurious
oratorio
50. Notch; deep recess; V. indent; CF. tooth
indentation
tantrum
haggard
tract