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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. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured
bluff
entree(entr'ee)
sanction
palliate
2. Storage place for military equipment
arsenal
broach
tentative
beneficent
3. Avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)
irreverence
psychosomatic
covetous
decorous
4. Rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter
stout
subsistence
pragmatist
venerate
5. Treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs
coddle
vying
vortex
ecologist
6. Low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)
obloquy
chaff
galley
brawny
7. Light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the switch
bifurcated
clasp
endearment
flick
8. Patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent
impunity
nautical
resignation
spectrum
9. Case for a sword blade; sheath
stentorian
scabbard
nostalgia
sentimental
10. Treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity - respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.
ram
indignity
bombardment
dabble
11. Bring upon oneself
aerie(aery -eyrie -eyry)
equity
cataract
incur
12. Move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.
tablet
flamboyant
delve
creep
13. Shrewd in money matters; thrifty
ambulatory
canny
snuffle
impenitent
14. Shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V.
ooze
tonsure
shear
gush
15. Beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces
caste
swathe
preternatural
scurvy
16. Restrain; handcuff; N.
aegis
consign
manacle
solder
17. Helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
exemplary
conducive
outmoded
brood
18. Specialist in classifying (animals - etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification
indomitable
liability
tribune
taxonomist
19. Increase; make greater (as in value - reputation - or usefulness); improve
velocity
enhance
mystic
margin
20. Patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain from (in a generous and forgiving way); be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to prison
bivouac
brawl
forbearance
exculpate
21. Rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position
retract
oblivion
eminent
fraudulent
22. False belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that
delusion
encumber
expiate
herpetologist
23. Having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash
granulate
spurious
luscious
ciliated
24. Of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald
piebald
ethereal
esoteric
foreshadow
25. Causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass
adversity
aghast
vitriolic
peer
26. Willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive'
headstrong
animadversion
encircle
plenary
27. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse
cajole
pith
apocalyptic
negligible
28. Lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car
raffle
replica
prepossessing
frieze
29. Wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder
fleece
diffidence
transport
bombardment
30. Platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement
bromide
homage
consolidation
derogatory
31. Full of flowers; full of ornate expressions
flowery
annex
preponderance
retiring
32. Desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration - misuse - or theft of something sacred
dabble
bastard
diligence
sacrilegious
33. Condition or period of flowering
visceral
attest
draught
florescence
34. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling
fatuous
etymology
bemoan
ebullient
35. Deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile
nominal
wean
connoisseur
guile
36. Produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas
visionary
squander
machinations
compensatory
37. Object to be thrown or projected
missile
indigence
credence
incontrovertible
38. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
quaint
ensue
homage
harbor
39. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
devoid
pungent
impropriety
exodus
40. Repeat
arable
reiterate
rejuvenate
flip
41. Insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence
sanguine
inordinate
unerringly
impertinent
42. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy
verdigris
apostate
cow
amputate
43. Speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions
gnarl
wring
umbrage
stammer
44. Breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest - as for raising specific plant or animal
rakish
swear-word
warranted
fancier
45. Move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)
bevy
truculence
slink
embezzlement
46. Disagreeably aggressive
parasite
pushy
galleon
boon
47. Wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp
sultry
pulverize
subservient
vagabond
48. Undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd
nondescript
remunerative
sibylline
sow
49. Sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb
schematic
mauve
gossamer
perennial
50. Long and thin; Ex. Lank - gaunt - Abraham Lincoln
maverick
novelty
decomposition
lank