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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. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite
extradition
unassuaged
heedless
innocuous
2. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful
hideous
bliss
ribald
ballast
3. Provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.
menial
palatial
document
atheistic
4. Of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia
animosity
frantic
rational
rabid
5. Search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.
exploit
crevice
ransack
arboreal
6. Menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question
egotistical
formidable
sheaf
complacency
7. Agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
vigilante
dissident
amiable
scuttle
8. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade
camaraderie
addendum
maladroit
methodical
9. Double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous
application
toady
duplicity
coquette
10. Harmony; accord
adventitious
slapdash
truculence
concord
11. Of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment
adjacent
seasonal
anomaly
irrepressible
12. Cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted
pusillanimous
charlatan
embroider
multiform
13. Ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.
pedestrian
knotty
orator
skinflint
14. Remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)
fiasco
perpetuate
castrate
monastic
15. Agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis
cremate
fit
unsullied
catalyst
16. One who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician
meticulous
facsimile
hireling
disgruntle
17. Mutually destructive
venial
internecine
welter
imbibe
18. Shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.
unwieldy
seasoned
maleficient
shudder
19. Remainder; balance
ebb
collateral
residue
bane
20. Intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone
frigid
duress
hybrid
badger
21. Parody
spoof
aseptic
memorial
bucolic
22. Animal - plant - or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family; representation of this; Ex. totem pole
paste
perigee
totem
preempt
23. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
lithe
knoll
indicative
lechery
24. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex. make a virtue of necessity
gauche
prefatory
navigable
virtue
25. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful
boon
damn
appraise
incantation
26. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful
indeterminate
kaleidoscope
excerpt
roil
27. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
prescience
insuperable
covenant
subterfuge
28. Become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care
lineage
tawny
prosper
hoary
29. Grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast
sumptuous
annuity
apex
colloquial
30. Support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle - movement - person - etc.)
far-fetched
champion
tribune
igneous
31. Lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry
killjoy
blush
livid
unbridled
32. Hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive
supposititious
recluse
solace
optometrist
33. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
bastard
proviso
couple
dowry
34. Roof of the mouth; sense of the taste
palate
outwit
garish
mottled
35. Flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved
kleptomaniac
delirium
malodorous
adulation
36. Undertaker; CF. death
mortician
peevish
acclaim
mauve
37. Hairstyle
coiffure
glossary
gruesome
despise
38. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air
galleon
vegetate
array
healthful
39. Groom oneself with care; adorn oneself
celestial
interjection
undermine
primp
40. Speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery
ferment
tepid
rhapsodize
jab
41. Talent
dingy
eclectic
flair
miniature
42. Prolong; lengthen in time; draw out
shrew
protract
gratuitous
penumbra
43. Choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions
salacious
commandeer
indiscriminate
matriarch
44. Unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.
contrived
quarry
fidelity
cajole
45. Having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat - autocracy
outlaw
impunity
autocratic
conformity
46. Face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features
physiognomy
novice
infamous
smelt
47. Squander; waste foolishly; scatter
duplicity
legend
parallelism
dissipate
48. Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
unassailable
culvert
reserve
collected
49. Hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind
intrigue
callous
calorific
integral
50. Collect (gradually - in a very large amount)
amass
bound
impenetrable
cerebration