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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
cadence
obnoxious
bulk
insolence
2. Sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
carapace
contiguous
acclivity
tonsure
3. Trickery; deception
waggish
prodigal
incubus
chicanery
4. Defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor
emaciated
sully
bowdlerize
whine
5. Driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive; unattractive; N.
complaisant
coalesce
obliterate
repellent
6. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
turbid
amend
recant
teetotalism
7. Name; title
appellation
misdemeanor
reprisal
intelligentsia
8. Lure; persuade to do (something wrong); attract; tempt
clipper
underscore
hideous
entice
9. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
comprise
nebulous
exploit
calligraphy
10. Depart secretly and hide
maudlin
arbiter
abscond
itinerant
11. Annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation
regimen
grandiose
murmur
gall
12. Period between two successive reigns or governments
macerate
interregnum
guileless
saunter
13. All-powerful; having unlimited power
benefactor
devoid
engage
omnipotent
14. Conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus
harass
narcissist
befuddle
mange
15. Favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew
nepotism
sluggard
thwart
gestate
16. Animals of a period or region; CF. flora
fauna
dissension
compulsive
pharisee
17. Metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross
rivet
consummate
exhume
haphazard
18. Invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention
contrive
impudence
intimidate
comely
19. Dejected; dispirited
lout
converge
revelry
crestfallen
20. Physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife
obstetrician
crevice
repellent
fickle
21. Prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation
amiable
prolific
drama
kaleidoscope
22. Capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience
hoard
sentient
thrifty
mutinous
23. Very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul
allure
vie
carcinogenic
foul
24. Agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement
insurrection
vicar
impalpable
compact
25. Insignificant; unimportant
vie
inconsequential
frisk
crotchety
26. Widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people
compulsory
refractory
pandemic
contaminate
27. Kill by choking or suffocating; suppress
strangle
acrid
apogee
canker
28. Remainder
remnant
bandy
fancy
didactic
29. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
dialectical
slipshod
astronomical
refectory
30. Put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division
relegate
diorama
roster
voluptuous
31. Ill-humored; irritable
cantankerous
peremptory
predispose
cession
32. Sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person
covenant
extraneous
innovation
voluptuous
33. Bending of a ray of light
conduit
morgue
refraction
libretto
34. Essential; inherent; built-in
sluggard
intrinsic
indecision
meddlesome
35. Supporting bar; CF. airplane wing - building support
cavalier
strut
olfactory
autocratic
36. Emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
insensible
manumit
balk
avocation
37. Terrorize; intimidate
nexus
chapel
sacrilegious
cow
38. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
lumen
cession
dormer
infantile
39. Addition of details; intricacy
deliberate
myriad
astral
elaboration
40. Dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata
append
amphitheater
oratorio
emissary
41. Supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component
wanderlust
eclectic
queasy
constituent
42. Act as judge (at the request of both sides)
arbitrate
sledge
criteria
warp
43. Difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
magnitude
beneficent
predicament
statutory
44. (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane - the coast was a shambles.
default
visage
shambles
cognitive
45. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death
prolixity
bacchanal
fatalism
choir
46. Bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. insolvency
reckon
stickler
insolvent
invoke
47. State of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray
disarray
rasp
machinations
noose
48. Acute pain; extreme suffering
protract
anguish
veto
cryptic
49. Hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer
mesmerize
slavish
incubus
somnolent
50. Without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face
compartment
impassive
tickle
lax