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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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1. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap
ruse
plagiarize
thwart
voluptuous
2. Felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate
asinine
visceral
healthful
scowl
3. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth
evince
troth
quietude
affront
4. Enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space
blasphemy
vouch
elicit
ample
5. Prosper; flourish
pore
thrive
reputable
supine
6. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
quarry
affable
abominable
agnostic
7. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel
knead
spoilsport
amend
bestial
8. Children; offspring; descendants
impromptu
progeny
canny
masquerade
9. Border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety
margin
discursive
sublime
shambles
10. Morally upright; just
demagogue
righteous
shoot
inculcate
11. Make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together
self-righteous
rustle
deputize
catholic
12. Shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.
requisite
shimmer
itinerant
feud
13. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
recession
naivet'e(naivety)
egregious
bliss
14. Take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted
render
distract
sanctimonious
weather
15. Serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony
imposture
curtail
lumber
staid
16. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor
vicarious
effervescence
invert
brisk
17. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
unwitting
circumlocution
hut
grim
18. Forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity
glossary
spatula
austere
temperate
19. Corpse; dead human body
pervasive
convulsion
cadaver
iconoclastic
20. Meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word
bandy
expletive
forward
stymie
21. New or newly coined word or phrase
libido
neologism
savant
score
22. Wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant
progenitor
errant
uninhibited
disengage
23. Act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used
conversant
usage
retroactive
riddle
24. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent
buffoonery
decadence
elastic
elated
25. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand
penetrate
cozen
appall
compliance
26. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
patriarch
motto
blurt
catholic
27. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to
beget
exculpate
plaintive
circuit
28. Supplying nourishment
interim
mincing
alimentary
rally
29. Creed
conviction
credo
tightwad
carat(karat)
30. Untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery
placebo
objective
knave
pariah
31. End; V. terminate
termination
impugn
high-flown
efficacy
32. Producing tears; tearful
sanguine
shove
insuperable
lachrymose
33. Worsen; aggravate; embitter
exacerbate
superfluous
eloquence
deface
34. Lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car
empathy
bombardment
raffle
frantic
35. Conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus
palpable
frond
harangue
narcissist
36. Punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N.
transition
rubric
pinnacle
pillory
37. Opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic
luscious
elevation
camaraderie
38. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication
vent
disconcert
fancier
promulgate
39. Waste matter; worthless impurities
ambrosia
chaste
dross
wag
40. Homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic
intrude
calamity
nostalgia
canny
41. Destruction; V. demolish
demolition
taxonomist
adverse
indoctrinate
42. Case for arrows
quiver
surge
immobility
paleontology
43. Having no equal; incomparable
viper
pontifical
peerless
lookout
44. Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging
fecundity
careen
unruly
flag
45. Begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated
creed
initiate
complementary
prot'eg'e
46. Forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard
headstrong
touchy
vanguard
exude
47. Wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage
disgruntle
astute
grapple
coy
48. Cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism
pseudonym
bowdlerize
indoctrinate
inhibit
49. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound
touchy
dribble
compute
suture
50. Thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive
ceremonious
illusion
shackle
frugality