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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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1. Raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation
exalt
adhere
venom
prosper
2. Irreverent
impious
misadventure
dour
expeditious
3. Loop formed in a rope
posterity
disabuse
orientation
noose
4. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute
alchemy
convene
chaplain
perspicacious
5. Change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune; CF. the last emperor of China
vicissitude
paranoia
recluse
graze
6. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
tract
misconstrue
compendium
sedentary
7. Regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful
toss
billow
rue
surpass
8. Dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes
ragamuffin
compliance
venison
fortuitous
9. Yielding to another; ceding
cession
adherent
indigenous
conglomeration
10. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones
scale
meteoric
guy
rivet
11. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
laggard
placebo
jeopardize
hindrance
12. Constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions
miserly
morbid
constitution
salvage
13. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
dilate
caliber
quiver
rhapsodize
14. Agree
nonentity
accede
edify
underlying
15. Obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests
insinuate
spartan
endearment
amenable
16. Capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber
season
brooch
dyspeptic
tensile
17. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor
repercussion
bromide
brisk
evenhanded
18. Collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo
perversion
catastrophe
venture
menagerie
19. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous
ascetic
betroth
omnipotent
pulchritude
20. Large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge - swell - roll in billows
leaven
betroth
spoilsport
billow
21. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
abide
perspicuity
truculence
preposterous
22. Refer
beguile
incredulity
advert
grandeur
23. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude
mute
antiquated
cistern
collusion
24. Shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer
coy
proximity
emancipate
decant
25. Ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons
brunt
fruition
conventional
annotate
26. Condition of being unable to feel pain
slur
inerrancy
discursive
analgesia
27. Surrender; give up all resistance
lien
perquisite(perk)
capitulate
reconcile
28. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy
flag
beguile
irksome
rustle
29. Defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail
foil
crevice
deterrent
prodigious
30. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin
uproarious
rejuvenate
waif
urchin
31. Pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air
dissolution
thermal
audit
pessimism
32. Blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful
trifling
thrive
reproach
detain
33. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
haggle
timorous
castigation
modish
34. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
combustible
preempt
molecule
hackles
35. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
ponderous
aloof
rend
resurrect
36. Insignificant; unimportant
alliteration
smirk
inconsequential
disparate
37. Leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown
repercussion
maroon
confine
engaged
38. Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious
shuffle
delirium
prate
hypercritical
39. Something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt
denigrate
trifle
trigger
slovenly
40. Make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate
fluency
impregnate
abbreviate
carat(karat)
41. Easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitate
facile
muddle
insolvent
embark
42. Soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to
pacify
tacit
engross
subsidiary
43. Revive
dawdle
dais
resurrect
notable
44. Measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment
impinge
mete
cant
trenchant
45. Match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu
fatalism
bout
ruddy
sumptuous
46. Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption
ichthyology
incumbent
prate
presume
47. Fear; nervous apprehension
incontinent
forfeit
trepidation
climactic
48. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
foresight
febrile
notch
unison
49. Essential; inherent; built-in
transitory
pucker
intrinsic
unsullied
50. Believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.
ignite
somnolent
Epicurean
languor