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GRE Vocab
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gre
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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. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
irony
sophistry
indisputable
curfew
2. Capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails
incense
shrew
penury
prehensile
3. Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
stipend
prosperity
eulogy
colander
4. Total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens
snub
orient
gross
founder
5. Female sheep
frenzied
ewe
bilk
censor
6. Thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive
overthrow
frugality
choir
supercilious
7. Drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action
unsightly
urge
temporize
detraction
8. Skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity
dexterous
quotidian
parallelism
gamut
9. Quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments
tarry
scrimmage
embargo
contentious
10. Turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N.
molecule
phlegmatic
capitulate
resort
11. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
moribund
disport
humdrum
iniquitous
12. Pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous
inscrutable
pseudonym
interregnum
tanner
13. Large volume; book
gild
tome
hoodwink
aerie(aery -eyrie -eyry)
14. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive
outrage
gorge
conversant
seethe
15. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior
migrant
acrimonious
flag
forward
16. Seeker after position or status
plausible
aspirant
overture
significant
17. Sociable; eager to mix socially with others
outgoing
hermetic
amoral
cleft
18. Bordering on(adjacent to) the sea; nautical; of the ships or the sea; Ex. Maritime Provinces
clout
maritime
tenacity
orifice
19. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get
pith
venerable
immune
quaff
20. Expand; swell out
distend
piscatorial
strident
limber
21. Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around
circumvent
impute
debutante
stilted
22. Evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look
baleful
labyrinth
encircle
restive
23. Invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination
gush
calamity
surreptitious
figment
24. Strangle; regulate the speed of with a throttle; N: valve that regulates the flow; CF. throat ?
throttle
flair
proletarian
abscission
25. The West
travesty
nimble
Occident
miscellany
26. Suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)
persist
menial
protrude
apiculture
27. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
bloated
paramount
arcade
surrogate
28. Burn to ashes
scuttle
toll
warranty
incinerate
29. Sheer; transparent
diaphanous
illuminate
listless
fallow
30. Scarcity; dearth
irremediable
far-fetched
paucity
carillon
31. Courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome
mettle
zest
verge
cauterize
32. Poke abruptly with something sharp; punch with short blows
provision
noxious
turbid
jab
33. Pertaining to money
pecuniary
lopsided
sonnet
emancipate
34. Having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf
serrated
matriarch
ravenous
pendant(pendent)
35. Neglect of duty; abandonment
glossary
shunt
pertinacious
dereliction
36. Praise very highly; glorify
extol
cemetery
muster
rabid
37. Lawyer in the lower court of law
animated
ascendancy
solicitor
confluence
38. Severely critical
meager
gourmand
censorious
provisional
39. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism
ciliated
gangrene
eclectic
upbraid
40. Topple; N.
overthrow
slur
ineffectual
atrophy
41. Assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose
solecism
precinct
pundit
supposition
42. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop
relegate
missive
brazen
malapropism
43. Someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis
militate
blue
elucidate
nemesis
44. Purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence
prodigious
quintessence
convert
bombardment
45. Addition of details; intricacy
legerdemain
shackle
rend
elaboration
46. Condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation
acoustics
meddlesome
clime
damn
47. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger
protocol
ebb
linguistic
shirk
48. Gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia
melancholy
tarnish
sage
brevity
49. Damp; N. humidity
humid
sherbet
accessory
humble
50. Token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful
peer
proclivity
jostle
stigma