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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. Gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
legacy
reprieve
glossary
advent
2. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable
ragamuffin
feasible
disheveled
centrifuge
3. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
ingenue
tutelage
scuffle
prototype
4. Quick clever reply
repartee
indemnify
tanner
reminiscent
5. Falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation
incandescent
stagnant
amenities
dilapidated
6. Opposite
libretto
bountiful
inverse
codify
7. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.
pitfall
rapacious
cohere
idle
8. Blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams
monastic
vendetta
incredulous
guile
9. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent
filial
alacrity
decadence
paroxysm
10. Blessing
rampant
uniformity
asteroid
benediction
11. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome
pharisaical
noisome
aromatic
simper
12. Abnormal; impaired
dys-
garish
flamboyant
expertise
13. Move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.
renounce
oblique
creep
dismiss
14. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
stalemate
saturnine
eccentric
formidable
15. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply
inarticulate
sleigh
veto
tentative
16. Having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf
induct
founder
apprise
serrated
17. Witty thought or saying - usually short
slap
quarry
purchase
epigram
18. Woman who rules a family or larger social group
matriarch
prodigal
fervid
sleight
19. Evil; ominous
cadaverous
petrify
alienate
sinister
20. Irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness
perversion
mite
bask
testy
21. Pitcher; container for holding liquids
jug
excerpt
accolade
billowing
22. Touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please
cite
longevity
tickle
bolster
23. In feudalism - one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent
vassal
mincing
missive
iconoclastic
24. Able to walk
condign
ambulatory
perpetual
paraphernalia
25. Fight
defalcate
odium
melee
deluge
26. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few - esp. initiates; N. esoterica
ostensible
ineffectual
manifestation
esoteric
27. Fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
contrived
miniature
bizarre
disclose
28. (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage
bedraggle
traumatic
malodorous
mulct
29. Intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.
deviate
lust
authenticate
nugatory
30. Overcome
virtue
surmount
timorous
exiguous
31. Pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
colloquial
nutrient
motley
deride
32. Shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)
outrage
haunt
devious
defect
33. Able to live both on land and in water; N.
amphibian
philatelist
assail
felicitous
34. Absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous
preposterous
soothsayer
flaccid
ego
35. Spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
imperative
litany
immaculate
sunder
36. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.
practical
incline
unwonted
dissuade
37. Undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development
uniformity
monotheism
embryonic
sonnet
38. Machine that separates substances by whirling them
pedagogue
vigil
centrifuge
cardiologist
39. Fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion
pore
spasmodic
ambivalence
predispose
40. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude
posture
effeminate
amputate
prelude
41. Long - eventful - adventurous journey
ethereal
odyssey
infamous
mirth
42. Current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time
voluptuous
wean
draught
shear
43. Openmouthed
agape
shove
simile
inundate
44. Detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant
scion
prime
spectrum
exposure
45. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere
chaste
retain
shudder
chaperon
46. Lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell
impregnable
sluggish
respiration
plight
47. State of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray
comprehensive
osseous
saturnine
disarray
48. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand
scion
ornithologist
epic
aplomb
49. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
vise
unctuous
assert
nostrum
50. Of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment
upshot
seasonal
rebuke
discount