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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rub out; remove the surface of
efface
ribald
significant
resolve
2. Pertaining to ships or navigation
nautical
delusive
rift
personify
3. Mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness
unwieldy
alloy
bilk
herald
4. Condescend; stoop
pittance
mandate
deign
potent
5. Countercharges; V. recriminate
delude
vicissitude
recrimination
furtive
6. Person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing
discount
executive
prate
pinnacle
7. Waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly
scenario
fluctuate
cavalcade
philistine
8. Shrill - trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times
clarion
reprise
sterile
broach
9. Attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images
rivulet
lewd
iconoclastic
peripatetic
10. Scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile
sardonic
senility
benison
mauve
11. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?
pathetic
evoke
prolific
swarthy
12. Remainder
remnant
compound
plaster
sham
13. Sailing vessel built for great speed
analgesia
exotic
clipper
parody
14. Brother or sister
capillary
champion
confound
sibling
15. Not able to be perceived by touch; vague
annex
doff
intangible
appease
16. Violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision
irresolute
distinct
impetuous
parry
17. Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
prot'eg'e
fashion
symmetry
sullen
18. Hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
epilogue
mutablility
gavel
illusive
19. Painting in only one color; ADJ.
devotee
limber
monochrome
fastidious
20. Strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures
phlegmatic
erratic
drastic
ancestry
21. Wrinkle
acrimonious
spatula
crinkle
ascetic
22. Related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony
embezzlement
junket
recreant
nuptial
23. Transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment
autonomous
progeny
remit
muster
24. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness
fatuous
misconduct
fledgling(fledgeling)
gnarl
25. Disapproval; condemnation
disapprobation
blithe(blithesome)
complacency
figure
26. Pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope
devout
horde
defect
fervor
27. Mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items
parry
dispassionate
pernicious
miscellany
28. Form of literature in which irony - sarcasm - and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
gnarled
devious
satire
percussion
29. Spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals
hostage
emolument
strew
irony
30. Adjacent to; touching upon
executive
suffocate
contiguous
awful
31. Precede
venial
antecede
placid
pendulous
32. Counselor; teacher
asinine
brazen
mentor
lucre
33. That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
rhapsody
polygamist
concomitant
nether
34. Strong and firm (in the body)
executive
urge
sturdy
resign
35. Long life; long duration
axiom
infidel
console
longevity
36. Permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected; obvious; clear; Ex. transparent lie
flit
transparent
criteria
extrude
37. Expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth
lethargic
potential
miscellaneous
slack
38. Lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision
atheistic
coercion
discernible
supine
39. Word considered offensive; Ex. 'bloody''
checkered (chequered)
elliptical
raucous
swear-word
40. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work
comity
extrapolation
submerge
rehabilitate
41. Tired after long work; V.
clap
discriminate
savor
weary
42. Plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ.
isotope
gustatory
stymie
mongrel
43. Cut the top off; shorten
shoddy
galvanize
prodigy
truncate
44. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension
expenditure
factious
daunt
guile
45. Smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners
bugaboo
glossy
infallible
blurt
46. Liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance
lavish
virtuoso
profound
hypercritical
47. Think over; ponder
cogitate
chastise
proximity
millennium
48. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin
supplicate
betroth
brindled
saccharine
49. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
pinion
impunity
extemporaneous
preen
50. Compulsive habitual need
doze
coagulate
addiction
infringe