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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. Brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious
apposite
atrocity
paradox
monograph
2. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
peer
compute
gnarl
drone
3. Natural inclination
martial
seine
idyll(idyl)
propensity
4. Inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)
inevitable
oblivious
circuit
preternatural
5. Countercharges; V. recriminate
wrinkle
sleeper
dys-
recrimination
6. Reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated
qualify
inquisitor
parlance
eloquence
7. Conducive to mental or physical health; healthful
gloss
reprieve
wholesome
blunder
8. Forewarning; presentiment; foreboding
premonition
promontory
vehement
quorum
9. Moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby
lull
furor
flux
phlegmatic
10. Correct; change ; generally for the better
verisimilitude
amend
delve
diva
11. Walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy
peripheral
peripatetic
bust
indulgent
12. Tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.
rip
demented
affected
poseur
13. Sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life
tentative
misgivings
sour
seamy
14. Continue steadily in spite of difficulties
healthful
duress
altercation
persevere
15. Division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split
schism
impel
endear
enthrall
16. Assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based
deplete
premise
rapture
swindler
17. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress
censure
imperial
ramble
reprove
18. Arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb
lackadaisical
academic
incendiary
titular
19. Third in order or rank
spurious
harangue
analgesia
tertiary
20. Belief in one God
monotheism
conglomerate
drivel
chase
21. Secret
bloated
clandestine
propriety
discombobulated
22. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments
premonitory
demean
spurious
vertebrate
23. Slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult
catapult
rankle
outlook
abysmal
24. Thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system
counterpart
ransack
brazen
mammal
25. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress
remorse
duress
contrived
practicable
26. Stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)
culinary
foment
mnemonic
mogul
27. Assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary
sledge
dismember
recumbent
compile
28. With reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.
sodden
apropos
tractable
beneficial
29. Neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided
ambrosia
prurient
tender
noncommittal
30. Burst inward; CF. vaccum tube
dissection
pernicious
implode
peer
31. Less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger
comeback
subdue
deft
misanthrope
32. Set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting - unstinting; CF. stint:savings
excise
impregnate
probity
stint
33. Urgent situation; ADJ. exigent
assuage
uxorious
lunatic
exigency
34. Mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough
percussion
bludgeon
pugilist
knead
35. Meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet
sloth
unearthly
untoward
tryst
36. Vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
appreciate
provenance
seep
veto
37. Speed
velocity
brand
exacerbate
equivocate
38. Right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory
franchise
periphery
besmirch
compact
39. Standards used in judging; CF. criterion
criteria
deify
gratify
corroborate
40. Mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together
concerted
cantata
doggerel
soar
41. Prove genuine
lineage
reverent
authenticate
cantankerous
42. Evildoer; criminal
supine
compulsive
malaise
malefactor
43. Notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation
rooster
nectar
predispose
infamous
44. Recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses
itinerant
leonine
prate
recuperate
45. Burn to ashes
stymie
trilogy
impenetrable
incinerate
46. Capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood
abstract
dissipate
interdict
mercurial
47. (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
crotchety
generate
erratic
sate
48. The chance occurrence - at the same time - of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental
treatise
lexicographer
compendium
coincidence
49. Unsuccessful; fruitless
hybrid
pragmatist
abortive
condiments
50. Teacher; CF. child leader
seedy
aplomb
sybarite
pedagogue