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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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1. Substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)
flip
hypothetical
propellant(propellent)
welter
2. Provide with food necessary for life and growth
deify
agnostic
nourish
nugatory
3. Small body revolving around a larger one
historical
satellite
aromatic
cross
4. Turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity
deify
arcade
serendipity
velocity
5. Untarnished; CF. sully
iridescent
vindicate
mauve
unsullied
6. Search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.
gullible
collected
tranquillity
ransack
7. Pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance
stellar
monotony
recipient
browbeat
8. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply
impersonal
remnant
granary
tentative
9. Nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.
inalienable
headfirst
haven
titter
10. Charge in court; indict
aloft
inquisitive
arraign
uxorious
11. Weakness of mind; state of being an imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person; fool
premonitory
breed
imbecility
impervious
12. Legal delay of payment or action; Ex. declare moratorium on the building of new houses
moratorium
impute
devotee
tawny
13. Explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe
backslide
probe
debut
acrimonious
14. Oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
ornithologist
rave
metallurgical
controvert
15. Riddle; difficult problem
deft
blush
conundrum
vivisection
16. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable
swindler
rebuttal
erratic
compress
17. Cock; adult male chicken
rooster
demented
furor
brand
18. Tentative; temporary
gruff
provisional
fleece
tangible
19. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)
deprecate
invective
venturesome
epithet
20. Premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)
rooster
inimitable
repel
foreboding
21. Shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.
glare
buffet
bevy
prolixity
22. Pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder
iconoclastic
psychopathic
coiffure
lunatic
23. Enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space
verdigris
metallurgical
pragmatic
ample
24. Offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound
desolate
absolute
endue
tender
25. Dig; search deeply; investigate
sacrilegious
diadem
bogus
delve
26. Story - play - or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable
paraphernalia
titanic
stratum
allegory
27. 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
pitfall
catharsis
acquittal
hurl
28. Waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation
extricate
sinister
vacillate
coax
29. Temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter
promontory
saturate
makeshift
impute
30. Ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously
incantation
motility
consistency
scintillate
31. Dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)
actuary
apprehensive
quay
slake
32. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage
industrious
curmudgeon
gusty
gambit
33. Stubborn; refusing to change one's belief
obdurate
indomitable
insensible
retain
34. Express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films
disarray
labyrinth
capillary
decry
35. (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains
effrontery
prefigure
rare
moratorium
36. Object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism
alchemy
fetish(fetich)
crave
jubilation
37. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
gourmand
indeterminate
consummate
recession
38. Discomposed; confused
promiscuous
discombobulated
responsiveness
barrister
39. Tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform
sloth
somatic
equable
dynamic
40. Stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch
sporadic
doddering
induce
straggle
41. Having many languages; fluent in several languages
extrapolation
inevitable
blandishment
multilingual
42. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law
ingenuous
congenital
martial
dorsal
43. Varying from of an element
assail
refrain
verisimilar
isotope
44. Unruly; rebellious; Ex. mutinous teenagers; N. mutiny: open rebellion; CF. mutineer
mutinous
memorial
isthmus
seemly
45. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin
vegetate
mutter
saccharine
wary
46. Quarrelsome
scrappy
illimitable
anecdote
imponderable
47. Nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.
vouch
osseous
privation
cipher
48. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
shackle
strut
genteel
spatula
49. Science of law
appellation
jurisprudence
manifest
guile
50. Pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)
reinstate
impermeable
grouse
prize