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GRE Vocab
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1. Weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound
hostage
imponderable
synthetic
libido
2. Noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian
patrician
retrieve
ponderous
reprove
3. Enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor
insensible
distort
verve
gaudy
4. Diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself
protuberance
fancier
application
adjacent
5. Predict (according to present indications)
feline
prognosticate
buxom
grotesque
6. Tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure
tantalize
menagerie
addiction
solicitous
7. Inquiry; question; V.
query
affirmation
horoscope
prehensile
8. Messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher
fete(f^ete)
askance
check
herald
9. Soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to
decree
pacify
humility
vaporize
10. Be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.
seethe
subversive
bolt
rank
11. Give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm
ardor
cumbersome
relinquish
stanza
12. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
breach
defame
pinion
rectify
13. (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage
traumatic
frond
natty
dint
14. Unexplicable; impossible to account for; unreasonable or mysterious
unaccountable
retract
feline
vie
15. Overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury
therapeutic
drama
gouge
title
16. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive
hive
indecision
madrigal
rickety
17. Animal that ruminates; ADJ.
cordial
ruminant
confiscate
bereft
18. Advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage
ambiguous
intermittent
suffragist
kaleidoscope
19. Marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy
tedium
illimitable
ceremonious
inured
20. Heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
quintessence
cater
cumbersome
qualified
21. Outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise
voyeur
guise
enact
febrile
22. 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
intimate
spatula
fray
venom
23. Marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity
ingenious
collaborate
equable
vivacious
24. Sharp to the taste; acid-tasting; caustic; sarcastic; Ex. tart apple/reply
expropriate
tart
preposterous
tend
25. Of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly
gadfly
temporal
potential
ordain
26. Upward; high up in the air
violate
synthetic
disfigure
aloft
27. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
pathetic
mange
responsiveness
unequivocal
28. Pertaining to the universe; vast
asylum
venture
cosmic
impiety
29. Bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
stoop
redress
crabbed
outgoing
30. Formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic
sundry
ecstasy
distill
stately
31. Skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
corporeal
emolument
cynical
prong
32. Contradict; oppose; violate (a rule - law - or custom); N. contravention
contravene
artifacts
refectory
cathartic
33. Mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together
concerted
slacken
provincial
Machiavellian
34. (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered
anachronism
inclusive
navigable
addendum
35. Drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement
incongruity
anodyne
repulsion
tickle
36. (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound
graze
impute
refulgent
anoint
37. Pertaining to disease; N. pathology: study of disease
pathological
adamant
ennui
replete
38. Abdominal
bowdlerize
ventral
vigilant
symbiosis
39. Preceding (in time - rank - etc.)
gory
precedent
manumit
sluice
40. Basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated
consensus
disparate
stamina
rectify
41. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant
significant
prank
bane
benign
42. Deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back
philology
retribution
curfew
scoff
43. Rude - insensitive person
gratuity
devout
doctrine
boor
44. Convincing
cogent
scurry
pluck
clique
45. Explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable
explicate
abate
mendacious
sedentary
46. Relating to the stars
vindicate
prattle
astral
suppress
47. Expand; swell out
impeach
distend
eccentricity
resumption
48. Flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles
bluster
flaccid
aquiline
jest
49. Provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)
cater
cogitate
estranged
contrite
50. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
maverick
impuissance
purge
multiplicity
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