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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. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
licentious
phalanx
cursive
unprepossessing
2. Privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before
prerogative
auspicious
hue_and_cry
bane
3. Sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster
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4. Dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
mercenary
burlesque
cleave
consecrate
5. Noisy party with a lot of drinking
thesis
verisimilar
mass
bacchanal
6. Drink in
begrudge
precinct
imbibe
compound
7. Person designated to execute the terms of a will
subside
momentous
executor
urgent
8. Lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull
distraught
nomenclature
lackluster
spin
9. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality
formality
canard
interdict
dumbfound(dumfound)
10. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
misapprehension
privation
ventral
brood
11. State confidently; declare as true
aver
unfrock
relapse
generic
12. Influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence
viscous
subjective
invert
evoke
13. Wave around (a weapon); flourish
prelude
canny
demur
brandish
14. Insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people
unanimity
cant
prodigy
gruesome
15. Respectable; having a good reputation
reputable
miscreant
avenge
collaborate
16. Harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense
severity
querulous
perversion
temperate
17. Catch sight of (something distant)
imperturbable
caldron(cauldron)
mendacious
descry
18. Hard; inflexible
liability
adamant
insidious
decorum
19. Precede
docile
threadbare
pensive
antecede
20. Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption
stigma
libidinous
savor
presume
21. Quick or willing to receive (ideas - suggestions - etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal
tranquillity
token
perspicacious
receptive
22. Wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier
affinity
fetid(foetid)
stockade
ratify
23. Giving off an odor
lofty
odoriferous
indulge
tipple
24. Defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor
anemia
swathe
prestige
sully
25. Boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy
ennui
ape
disinter
rail
26. Social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement
obstinate
aggrandize
parry
convention
27. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand
penetrate
nebulous
gargoyle
inevitable
28. Condition of no movement or activity; stop
fallow
standstill
brunt
inveigle
29. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry
bulge
chivalrous
magistrate
outcast
30. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
affable
homely
elated
castrate
31. Irritable; easily angered
vitreous
bombardment
conspiracy
irascible
32. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper
macerate
definitive
incandescent
energize
33. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits - vegetables - or ornamental plants; CF. agriculture: science or art of farming or growing crops
flashy
horticultural
rider
saturnine
34. Ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.
pedestrian
enclave
metaphor
existential
35. One who spoils the pleasure of others
alchemy
spoilsport
mannerism
hallucination
36. Decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command
extant
confidence
edict
kindred
37. Approach; tend to meet; come together
idyll(idyl)
mystic
converge
mammoth
38. Study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
penology
fledgling(fledgeling)
murky
ballast
39. Trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous
malignant
propellant(propellent)
unregenerate
platitude
40. Evildoer; criminal
battalion
malefactor
bearing
apotheosis
41. Top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
crest
spin
braid
venture
42. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio
jostle
dummy
tremor
aria
43. Mass of material sticking together
fugitive
conglomeration
miscellaneous
pathological
44. Appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory
gloat
vicissitude
regiment
propitiate
45. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity
draconian
disparity
scavenge
defoliate
46. Clear from blame or guilt
abject
fervent
recidivism
exculpate
47. (of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs
coddle
acknowledge
tutelage
torrid
48. Clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions
interjection
sly
stint
vegetate
49. Not planned; impromptu; extempore
parasite
maritime
tonsure
extemporaneous
50. Fair; impartial; OP. inequitable
cohabit
parable
equitable
evasive