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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. Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm
blasé
despise
navigable
halfhearted
2. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
cantata
impetus
recession
dialectical
3. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork
mason
indisputable
penumbra
filch
4. Effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph
ram
regent
sovereign
effective
5. Put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory
philanthropist
propound
codicil
brackish
6. Participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
wastrel
complicity
vibrant
insolvent
7. Casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
cursory
high-flown
sagacious
ulterior
8. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame
throes
reprehensible
takeoff
replenish
9. Denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area
fuss:
panoramic
die
maraud
10. Dig into (to get stone); N: mine
gaffe
quarry
stringent
debunk
11. Posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous
lethargic
lustrous
bane
olfactory
12. Small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves
philanthropist
cede
shed
reactionary
13. Sound on judgment; wise
trappings
dispense
judicious
unrequited
14. Strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end
intelligentsia
maneuver(manoeuver)
enamored
Occident
15. Controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
amiss
viper
prestige
ascendancy
16. Suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence
redolent
reminiscent
deliberate
resplendent
17. Grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon
burgeon
abase
resuscitate
ponderous
18. Damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure
ogle
glib
marred
effrontery
19. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get
allay
peremptory
agility
venerable
20. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition
rational
ephemeral
problematic
intuition
21. Waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter
austere
sterile
litter
tart
22. Confuse thoroughly
vulgar
befuddle
rhapsodize
peer
23. Offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound
limber
tender
propitiate
dour
24. Loyalty
phenomena
ordain
allegiance
inept
25. Counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated
forge
tortuous
somnolent
noisome
26. Cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat
shirk
jaunty
sleek
incisive
27. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy
apostate
strident
subjective
askew
28. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions
legerdemain
extrovert
encroachment
run-down
29. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)
anchor
plumber
correlation
pass_off
30. Supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child
clime
putative
parish
sanguinary
31. Haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow - cilium
sloth
gawk
supercilious
mortar
32. Dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.
brand
disband
decorum
embryonic
33. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring
dichotomy
clip
perennial
enliven
34. Reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.
rebuff
viper
prosperous
clout
35. Approval
approbation
implode
sallow
elusive
36. State of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness
cemetery
nauseous
cogitate
stupor
37. Supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint
crescendo
churlish
coercion
stint
38. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire
unruly
forge
oratorio
platonic
39. Lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up
redolent
crotchety
meek
rousing
40. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.
gullible
hieroglyphic
dull
torrent
41. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
felicitous
irony
hypnosis
auxiliary
42. Acute pain; extreme suffering
functionary
anguish
burlesque
oust
43. (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
reminiscence
recuperate
pragmatist
variegated
44. Morally upright; just
spectrum
dowse
coiffure
righteous
45. Harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
exact
realm
bait
indisputable
46. Food of the gods
application
ambrosia
gorge
centrifugal
47. Noisy quarrel
altercation
bacchanal
molt(moult)
transpire
48. Quick in movement; agile; quick in understanding; Ex. nimble climber/mind
vulpine
plutocracy
nimble
camaraderie
49. Self-satisfied; complacent
smug
warranted
proxy
spangle
50. Amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
licentious
deterrent
dispassionate
endorse