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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. Destroy completely; wipe out; Ex. obliterate the village
obliterate
evanescent
nonchalance
grim
2. Pass safely through (a storm or difficult period); endure the effects of weather or other forces
abominable
nugatory
fluke
weather
3. Clowning
factotum
vitreous
buffoonery
manipulate
4. Cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable
gambit
statutory
vaunted
revoke
5. Self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent
complacency
autonomous
facet
surveillance
6. Repeal; annul; cancel (a law - decision - or agreement)
dissonance
cache
resonant
rescind
7. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
divest
parish
flinch
prognosticate
8. Low - guttural - menacing sound (as of a dog)
cessation
growl
fitful
plumber
9. Two-chambered as a legislative body
affront
pluck
aesthetic
bicameral
10. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air
tranquillity
ventilate
rebuke
sidereal
11. Cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile)
parley
distinction
intermediary
fell
12. Ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose
warranty
florid
conviction
pillory
13. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate
log
title
deranged
braggart
14. Having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing
civil
brand
cipher
ponderous
15. Those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
disembark
gentility
trilogy
unmitigated
16. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression
blandishment
foppish
oscillate
stultify
17. Noxious(harmful) smell
unearthly
pontifical
effluvium
torque
18. Threat; V: threaten
canard
insalubrious
menace
disproportion
19. Beak(bill); pen point
mangle
prudent
nib
aristocracy
20. Get one's bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate
sway
decry
orient
ultimate
21. That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
concomitant
vaunted
temporize
asinine
22. Since; owing to the fact that
indignity
inasmuch_as
circumlocution
restraint
23. Miser; excessively frugal person
caption
tightwad
hazy
atypical
24. Frighten; N. intimidation
elated
sultry
intimidate
manumit
25. Unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex. implausible alibi
naivet'e(naivety)
plight
cherubic
implausible
26. Period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare
prime
dappled
indignity
palimpsest
27. Windy
gusty
retract
decry
antediluvian
28. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise
illusion
sectarian
disenfranchise
roster
29. Solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome
low
ooze
awe
subordinate
30. Confirm; support; strengthen
colossal
corroborate
muggy
fundamental
31. Powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power
libretto
optional
miniature
puissant
32. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)
philanthropist
swarm
charlatan
adamant
33. Unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in unison.
abusive
forswear
bouillon
unison
34. Imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional
lancet
interjection
outcast
fictitious
35. Impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction); restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control; Ex. restive horses because of wolves; CF. not a general synonym for `restless'
ample
legend
brunt
restive
36. Having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
rancid
condescend
coda
pervert
37. Lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry
comprise
graze
geriatrics
livid
38. Slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work
slipshod
entrepreneur
incarnation
seine
39. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
ponderous
fusion
personify
gnarl
40. Essence; main point; substance
despise
gist
rebuke
voracious
41. Skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
crabbed
titillate
incubus
cynical
42. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
balk
initiate
d'ebris
succumb
43. Speak equivocally about an issue; N.
torque
waffle
chary
bode
44. Large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
sleigh
exiguous
impregnate
lurk
45. Cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
geniality
overblown
toxic
jostle
46. Calmness; peace
interrogate
tranquillity
vulgar
equitable
47. What someone deserves
parlance
eugenic
deserts
girth
48. Object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism
fetish(fetich)
wangle
prattle
buttress
49. Restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird's wing
obsequy
lugubrious
pinion
expansive
50. Signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
indices
sneak
apostate
bemused