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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. Supporter; backer; opposite of opponent
proponent
shade
curb
scuffle
2. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism
opportunist
isthmus
bludgeon
progenitor
3. Scanty; inadequate
meager
migrant
eccentricity
conservatory(conservatoire)
4. Adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved
urbane
fulminate
condign
hackles
5. Complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
diversion
aviary
maleficient
whine
6. Range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken
balk
craft
ken
luxuriate
7. Long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.
furrow
incorporate
baroque
astronomical
8. Wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder
skulk
fleece
mordant
execrate
9. Breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest - as for raising specific plant or animal
panacea
lithe
bountiful
fancier
10. Plant or scatter seed
sow
visionary
contravene
assumption
11. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
stymie
disapprobation
savor
infallible
12. Woman who rules a family or larger social group
matriarch
slough
prosperous
brand
13. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone
prone
labyrinth
extol
sustenance
14. Flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.
cantankerous
dribble
invert
talon
15. Submissive; patient and long-suffering
meek
hirsute
malcontent
ligneous
16. Money or goods given to the poor
sartorial
alms
bugaboo
invulnerable
17. Joining; associating with
flay
bluster
affiliation
solitude
18. Extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil
enumerate
humor
turmoil
psychopathic
19. Forewarning; presentiment; foreboding
premonition
d'enouement
atrocity
apparition
20. One who spoils the pleasure of others
stumble
spoilsport
wean
pulverize
21. Entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer
pecuniary
rote
solicit
ingrate
22. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous
libel
adept
arraign
contingent
23. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition
hygiene
astringent
morbid
misanthrope
24. Supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
congruent
precocious
litany
afterlife
25. Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
apolitical
hive
disjointed
dainty
26. Include (as a member of a group); encompass
subsume
dispirited
dogmatic
retract
27. Bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services
gauche
protean
mountebank
debar
28. Silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
prefatory
wrinkle
dissolution
sullen
29. Having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large
toxic
aristocracy
consort
voluminous
30. Guess; N.
surmise
abominate
verisimilitude
accede
31. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
accede
recipient
transcendent
vise
32. Assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor
imposture
prevail
diabolical
mongrel
33. Make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
disbar
dilapidated
interregnum
martial
34. Ing'enue; young innocent girl
ingenue
declivity
recline
unwonted
35. Remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for
rift
scrupulous
fetid(foetid)
redress
36. Railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister
bigotry
bar
hamper
perfunctory
37. Lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned
rancor
spontaneity
chore
conflagration
38. Quarrelsome
glare
rigid
abstinence
belligerent
39. Deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
vulgar
reduce
cliché
acquittal
40. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
disport
well-bred
plight
chip
41. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face
reputed
sadistic
granary
equine
42. Make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink; N. in a fuddle: confused
grimace
fuddle
conventional
advocate
43. Promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
lottery
agitate
tout
tactile
44. White with age
pliant
hail
simile
hoary
45. Loyalty
allegiance
reduce
jeopardize
acclaim
46. Bad-tempered; rude; cross
weather
blues
surly
desiccate
47. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
belie
expeditious
resound
anesthetic
48. Defrock; strip a priest or minister of church authority
litigation
bucolic
unfrock
cower
49. Charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil - bad luck
corpus
deflect
gouge
amulet
50. Gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man
sere
precipitous
lechery
acoustics