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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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1. Underwater explosive apparatus; V.
sherbet
Shangri-la
puissant
torpedo
2. Lacking in spirit
dispirited
wiggle
surveillance
levity
3. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.
dull
pessimism
incantation
concede
4. Without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute
foible
categorical
sedition
inhibit
5. Formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.
intelligentsia
cohere
requisition
nostalgia
6. Social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement
convention
hibernate
glaring
stalemate
7. Sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate
prelude
dotage
stately
ulcer
8. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
disproportion
isthmus
indulge
opulence
9. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
precocious
cross
bloated
charm
10. Rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents
deviate
largess
foster
rile
11. Length of time something lasts
monotheism
benevolent
duration
demise
12. Use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce
miniature
coercion
maelstrom
vouch
13. Respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige
manifest
prestige
gangrene
impregnable
14. Black volcanic rock
obsidian
spatula
assail
conspire
15. Fluent; talkative; glib; N. volubility
voluble
muggy
infantile
credo
16. Clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions
foul
sly
impiety
burlesque
17. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
mash
imbalance
abstemious
waive
18. Bog; marsh; soft - wet - boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
vivisection
quagmire
novelty
propagate
19. Oddity; idiosyncrasy
anemia
prevaricate
rankle
eccentricity
20. Bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.
droop
supple
retiring
behoove(behove)
21. Courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness
delusion
interloper
fawning
besmirch
22. Capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber
scrupulous
tensile
alcove
cameo
23. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
contest
scurrilous
inveterate
appellation
24. Falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth
immune
lope
cede
deciduous
25. Falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation
dilapidated
desultory
syllogism
regent
26. Move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N.
lag
gallows
marrow
luxuriant
27. Take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace
supplant
exigency
forbearance
skim
28. Formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.
lineage
panegyric
shack
taint
29. Display of partiality toward a favored person
favoritism
acerbity
malign
spawn
30. Occurring again and again
sequester
cozen
recurrent
odium
31. Act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive
disjunction
clip
ebullient
burlesque
32. Accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes
allegiance
takeoff
wean
penumbra
33. Cast a spell over; captivate completely
digression
maroon
bewitch
elliptical
34. Good fortune and financial success; physical well-being
prosperity
mogul
ponderous
malefactor
35. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop
snub
malapropism
replete
disapprobation
36. Painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)
rail
fresco
speechless
waft
37. Peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake
buffoonery
camaraderie
placid
aristocracy
38. Uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious
squander
disquietude
solace
abate
39. Immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling
repress
lode
acknowledge
unfledged
40. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window
legislature
idolatry
waft
flaunt
41. Relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic
precedent
idyllic
climactic
scraps
42. Rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
repudiate
fester
supple
noncommittal
43. Royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner
warp
ecstasy
recreant
regal
44. Complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part
slough
plasticity
imbecility
integral
45. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
dowry
guy
remission
ignoble
46. Satisfy (thirst); quench; sate
unprecedented
slake
rank
grouse
47. Wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher
itinerant
interloper
sterile
flutter
48. Ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark
connoisseur
pedestrian
linger
commonplace
49. Something - such as a monument or holiday - intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative
memorial
tedium
ferocious
incinerate
50. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition
rabies
pachyderm
dainty
intuition