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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. Bog; marsh; soft - wet - boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
prescience
gull
salubrious
quagmire
2. Hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition
precipitant
titular
lounge
animus
3. Sudden sharp feeling of pain
dogmatic
hermetic
pang
elevation
4. Smooth and shining (as from good health); V.
sleek
d'eb^acle
carrion
pert
5. Something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture
inimical
cataract
d'ebris
forfeit
6. Distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse')
grouch
optimum
malaise
repulsion
7. Without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment
wary
unassailable
officious
impromptu
8. Begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural
inaugurate
inflated
requiem
introvert
9. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
prosody
indicative
expatriate
homogeneous
10. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition
intolerant
hygiene
muse
delusive
11. Open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert
totem
thematic
ventral
overt
12. Restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of
parchment
rehabilitate
cumbersome
unprecedented
13. Mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental
barb
sobriety
virtue
mawkish
14. Pertaining to ships or navigation
materialism
d'enouement
nautical
iota
15. Award of merit; strong praise and approval
slavish
skimp
belittle
accolade
16. Agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement
cursory
stint
compact
humble
17. Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling
viand
inured
inert
pervert
18. Notch; deep recess; V. indent; CF. tooth
gruel
juggernaut
crotchety
indentation
19. Doctrine; dogma
buffoon
culprit
tenet
mime
20. Not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return
corpus
crescendo
pending
implicit
21. Life-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
litotes
diorama
bluff
alliteration
22. Territory enclosed within an alien land
guileless
enervate
enclave
shirk
23. Unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate
inept
cloying
comport
nourishment
24. Provide with some quality; endow
endue
deprecate
desolate
crinkle
25. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics
martial
podiatrist
doff
marked
26. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy
soporific
piecemeal
ram
exorbitant
27. Able to live both on land and in water; N.
truncate
amphibian
cremate
insubstantial
28. Fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed.
outlaw
pragmatic
skim
render
29. Watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance
vigilant
slipshod
forestall
rotundity
30. Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
buxom
rummage
connubial
oatmeal
31. Temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.
remission
propound
forebears(forbears)
contaminate
32. Charming; attractive
engaging
circumscribe
geriatrics
pan
33. Hiding place; V.
disparity
cache
taut
intrude
34. Done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
dinghy
plasticity
underhand(underhanded)
stigma
35. Prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.
engaging
memento
avert
tundra
36. Causing cancer; N. carcinogen
carcinogenic
obeisance
pariah
elliptical
37. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
unrequited
bravado
gnarl
unwieldy
38. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel
cater
generality
seedy
toxic
39. Subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing
appurtenances
provincial
refurbish
simile
40. Praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession or series) of applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud
plaudit
jettison
sphinx-like
eclectic
41. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window
waft
monarchy
brand
immolate
42. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
abstruse
proscribe
healthy
caliber
43. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
amoral
torpedo
relevant
acoustics
44. Seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership
enthrall
plaster
plebiscite
aspire
45. Point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator
maelstrom
castrate
solstice
circuit
46. Having a common center
berserk
concentric
propinquity
clamor
47. (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial
degenerate
venial
demise
cipher
48. What someone deserves
tribulation
heed
deserts
impromptu
49. Chance; luck
hap
founder
cryptic
bromide
50. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power
bargain
awl
torrent
fraudulent