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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. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.
credence
welter
mural
idle
2. Unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation
advocate
mutter
ambiguous
institution
3. Someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat
slick
dereliction
scapegoat
prosperity
4. Diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy
rampart
excoriate
dais
nebula
5. Tip
subtlety
apposite
gratuity
agnostic
6. Take off; OP. don
stipple
menial
primordial
doff
7. Corruption; turning from right to wrong
foul
perversion
erotic
prot'eg'e
8. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
serendipity
breach
glow
bump
9. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
delta
credence
asteroid
cordon
10. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions
diabolical
antecedents
extrovert
premeditate
11. Wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions
malapropos
cupidity
filch
wiggle
12. Poor verse
zest
addle
doggerel
cadet
13. Injure without breaking the skin; N.
resignation
compensatory
chimerical
bruise
14. Forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence
rolling
hypocritical
shove
vehement
15. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); CF. kangaroo - opossum - wombat
ferment
sequester
marsupial
dissection
16. Thwart; present an obstacle; stump
indubitable
sham
stymie
crabbed
17. Sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent
gracious
dormant
comprise
insouciant
18. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include
magnanimity
propellant(propellent)
wag
embody
19. First in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence
conciliatory
primal
intractable
detonation
20. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass
lucrative
vitriolic
tribunal
embed(imbed)
21. Renovate; make clean - bright - or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish
porridge
refurbish
incantation
wheedle
22. Selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.
daze
excerpt
despot
disclaim
23. Short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors
diorama
snip
demure
plump
24. Physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics
pediatrician
scintillate
impeccable
relent
25. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.
fussy
compress
induce
prop
26. Eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal
fancied
palatable
dismiss
paragon
27. Nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia
myopic
consonance
tardy
demean
28. Changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates
insightful
spontaneity
vise
migrant
29. Chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.
loll
babble
antecede
relic
30. Very small
cynical
infinitesimal
cipher
interrogate
31. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks
reprise
gloat
illuminate
surmise
32. Strong and firm (in the body)
reciprocal
verdant
cohorts
sturdy
33. Of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest
strut
reciprocate
peripheral
turbid
34. Highly excited; intensely curious
queer
cumulative
agog
substantial
35. Clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
vitriolic
resilient
approbation
raiment
36. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork
ram
rake
illicit
mason
37. Popular fashion; Ex. Jeans became the vogue.
vogue
diligence
pragmatic
inanimate
38. (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat
pert
malodorous
rakish
irksome
39. Peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake
ephemeral
broil
placid
zest
40. Partly transparent
translucent
jurisdiction
solvent
ellipsis
41. Assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
entrance
vouch
equine
abet
42. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)
epithet
poise
unfledged
gradation
43. Occupy fully; absorb
slander
unique
respiration
engross
44. Tendency to keep together
headfirst
cohesion
hallowed
paranoia
45. Form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle
granulate
ulterior
predicament
quack
46. Make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured
ramification
pendulous
prerogative
indemnify
47. Waste; spend foolishly
granary
palette
squander
inkling
48. Not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know
unwitting
elaboration
blemish
abject
49. Small ornamental statuette(very small statue)
figurine
centurion
explicate
revile
50. Powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol - Moghul; CF. Mongolian
scrap
temporal
vintner
mogul