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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. (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
inverse
variegated
sterile
icon(ikon)
2. Motherly; N. maternity: motherhood
maternal
invective
burlesque
inquisitor
3. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage
universal
vigilant
loll
anchor
4. Marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array
array
incur
sophistry
universal
5. Work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera
makeshift
irrevocable
egress
opus
6. Given to(having a tendency of) joking
exodus
pedant
jocose
revelry
7. Fastidious; finicky; easily upset
insightful
meager
monolithic
fussy
8. Moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
holster
undulating
boor
underscore
9. Powerful movement of or like a wave; V.
spontaneity
marrow
surge
kismet
10. Abnormal or deviant
aberrant
nauseate
ulterior
confound
11. Display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey - if you've got it - flaunt it !''
fleet
portend
glow
flaunt
12. Quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record
sneak
avuncular
cite
renown
13. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
rubric
cryptic
partition
vehement
14. Ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom
spectral
tepid
besiege
irresolute
15. Parish priest; representative
negate
thematic
soporific
vicar
16. Only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent
multilingual
torso
talisman
tangential
17. Offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant
exasperate
brag
auxiliary
oblique
18. Bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal - feudalism
undertaker
rolling
unsullied
feud
19. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy
harrowing
nether
hypochondriac
soporific
20. Bottomless
gargoyle
belligerent
pivotal
abysmal
21. Boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration
revelry
mirth
enthrall
plebiscite
22. Explain
expound
advocate
indefatigable
obese
23. Relieve (pain)
earthly
ram
refute
alleviate
24. (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; Ex. Many women now considers ``housewife'' a pejorative expression - because it patronized them.
pejorative
hazard
affidavit
impetuous
25. Spot; blot; CF. blot+botch
countenance
blotch
hiatus
horde
26. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search - especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion
elegy
cubicle
scavenge
reprimand
27. Very small
jostle
warranty
infinitesimal
enterprise
28. Rash; reckless; foolishly daring
profligate
solicit
foolhardy
miscellaneous
29. Act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)
conflagration
recital
stilted
vagrant
30. Deportment; connection
bearing
sacrosanct
bastion
jostle
31. Excuse
assay
pretext
oratorio
arcane
32. Transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment
luscious
contrite
puny
remit
33. Quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
verity
couple
palimpsest
dregs
34. Sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous; CF. monotone
disparity
monotony
admonish
sedentary
35. Deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
sentient
dyslexia
acquittal
dotage
36. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
genealogy
centrifuge
narrative
avarice
37. Sentry; lookout
cabal
levy
sentinel
foray
38. Person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism
abide
militate
indissoluble
masochist
39. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant
wake
decry
claustrophobia
significant
40. Prove genuine
authenticate
subjugate
buccaneer
hale
41. Framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached
chassis
mass
abet
reprobation
42. Practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total
teetotalism
adulation
doldrums
prepossessing
43. Filled with great surprise or fear; horrified
floe
aghast
pseudonym
well-bred
44. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
resort
embellish
abstruse
decoy
45. Flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable
accost
remittance
pliable
Epicurean
46. Weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power
impotent
craft
shyster
breach
47. Estimate value of; N. appraisal
suture
detraction
veneer
appraise
48. Outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.
olfactory
sheathe
maim
semblance
49. Government by a privileged few
oligarchy
putrid
knit
composure
50. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?
attrition
whelp
swarthy
outstrip