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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. Location; place (of a crime - trial - gathering - etc.); CF. come
venue
abash
attest
suffuse
2. Face; appearance
obsequious
acerbity
swarthy
visage
3. Respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect
salient
bludgeon
caption
reverent
4. Autopsy; ADJ: occurring after death; of a postmortem
hatch
frenetic(phrenetic)
postmortem
kleptomaniac
5. 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
mayhem
forge
perceptive
gull
6. Insane; Ex. lunatic asylum
boorish
vanguard
betroth
lunatic
7. Of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites
aviary
polar
grimace
surrogate
8. Forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence
culinary
appraise
hallucination
vehement
9. Participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
eddy
complicity
stolid
stifle
10. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet
pseudonym
mimicry
premeditate
embrace
11. Large in quantity; generous; Ex. handsome reward
handsome
gross
fluster
blue
12. Cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat
jaunty
reinstate
enhance
disgruntle
13. (of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts
raucous
toga
prodigy
armada
14. Medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium
impecunious
confidant(confidante)
opiate
masquerade
15. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism
juggernaut
opportunist
skulduggery(skullduggery)
presumptuous
16. Crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner
proscribe
grovel
ordination
vixen
17. Crush or grind into very small particles
threadbare
querulous
pulverize
ventilate
18. Chew
masticate
tryst
pestle
apocryphal
19. Refer
impetus
despoil
advert
rigid
20. Wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar
veer
credence
colloquial
grapple
21. Diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength.
incommodious
rendezvous
inductive
sap
22. Food; CF. live
isotope
riveting
plaintive
viand
23. Having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted
disclose
probity
parameter
effete
24. Refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote
bulwark
lampoon
transcendent
abstain
25. Masses of leaves; CF. defoliate
roseate
forbearance
foliage
chide
26. Read through with care; N. perusal
grandiloquent
peruse
thresh
osseous
27. Solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize
enclave
anathema
equine
quench
28. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
multiplicity
stammer
harping
impending
29. Powerlessness; feebleness
hail
poultice
impuissance
gobble
30. Feverish
anathema
encroachment
subordinate
febrile
31. Desertion
itinerant
brag
defection
notch
32. Generator for producing electricity; energetic person
viable
anoint
odious
dynamo
33. Rule over tyrannically
domineer
caulk(calk)
discount
gall
34. Drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
inveigle
lethargic
camaraderie
sacrosanct
35. Shrink quivering as from fear; cringe
drudgery
graphite
satiate
cower
36. Defame; disgrace; destroy confidence in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable: causing discredit; shameful
turbid
patriarch
discredit
ravage
37. Goblet; consecrated cup
extrapolation
chalice
pyromaniac
satiate
38. Criticize harshly
pan
arcane
shade
addendum
39. 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.
contention
outlaw
ensconce
headfirst
40. Incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy
exploit
frantic
heyday
irremediable
41. Worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous
idolatry
arbiter
equestrian
navigable
42. Long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record
vehement
groove
commodious
roil
43. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
countenance
token
fitful
stanch
44. Concise; abrupt; pithy
terse
upbraid
graduate
balmy
45. Get one's bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate
ravel
brandish
parallelism
orient
46. Harmful
firebrand
visage
deleterious
gibberish
47. Unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
validate
cunning
canard
libel
48. Work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera
opus
intrigue
headstrong
glower
49. Repeat aloud (something learned); describe; Ex. recite his complaints; N. recitation
recite
intransigence
dowse
rout
50. Great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event
quaint
slither
insatiable
adversity
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