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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. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
daunt
comprise
bilious
belittle
2. Commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly
recline
turncoat
pensive
tumult
3. Cause to sprout; sprout
despot
germinate
guy
apostate
4. Contend; compete
garrulous
filing
vie
guise
5. Slow down
rendition
decelerate
forfeit
prone
6. Brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub
tractable
fray
affiliation
seedy
7. Expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
dilate
overture
devout
vulgar
8. Real being
precipitous
traduce
erratic
entity
9. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary
brackish
glacial
cornucopia
discretion
10. Work against; Ex. militate against the chances of promotion; CF. serve as a soldier
militate
query
waver
proxy
11. Small cavern
grotto
flick
psychiatrist
confide
12. Exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive
smear
dominant
document
prelate
13. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy
irksome
anecdote
countenance
latent
14. Relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin
billowing
dorsal
misogamy
buffet
15. Preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
aseptic
precocious
enterprise
volition
16. Excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses
mystic
germ
plethora
archaeology
17. Strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set
multiform
missive
redress
buffet
18. Brief flash of light; glow; V.
gleam
contempt
slag
figure
19. Reduce; exhaust
deplete
commiserate
felicitous
tribute
20. (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable(easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable
espouse
malleable
expostulation
protuberance
21. Arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler
slap
graduate
chasm
resignation
22. Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person
reaper
tiller
pantomime
pharisee
23. Condescend; stoop
dilute
prohibitive
dote
deign
24. Blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams
creed
premonition
circumvent
vendetta
25. Imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall
cognitive
guileless
presumptuous
immure
26. Suitable for drinking; drinkable
sophistry
potable
erode
retrieve
27. Make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil
unison
impoverish
ecologist
piebald
28. Pour off gently (wine or liquid)
decant
malady
trinket
fiat
29. (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly
swindler
glaring
anguish
venerate
30. Seriousness; ADJ. grave
badinage
pander
decorous
gravity
31. Pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
scurry
solace
haughtiness
girth
32. Greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity
ramp
pore
dissension
avid
33. Holding fast (as to a belief); persistent
vintner
forthcoming
tenacious
lumber
34. Thriftless; not providing for the future
sect
lexicon
improvident
alluvial
35. Incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something
partial
annex
dull
paramour
36. Similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unpara
cornice
impugn
deify
parallel
37. Offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell
rasp
salvage
obnoxious
cross
38. Treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer
exchequer
forswear
gratuitous
avuncular
39. Supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem
tantamount
reputed
gourmand
peregrination
40. Color; aspect; Ex. opinions of every hue
sinuous
cliché
inordinate
hue
41. Poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal - elegiac
unintimating
vex
elegy
gauche
42. Uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution
unscathed
odoriferous
irresolute
debonair
43. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town
self-righteous
haphazard
vagrant
sinewy
44. Red or white cell in the blood
corpuscle
deploy
impregnable
lassitude
45. Four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped
sage
parable
quadruped
intolerant
46. (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river
olfactory
ooze
constituency
devise
47. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
cremate
apropos
caliber
bolt
48. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime
runic
felon
supplant
aberration
49. Deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old
toll
superannuated
inveterate
downcast
50. Border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety
margin
actuary
tyranny
herpetologist