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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. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress
velocity
propagate
persist
duress
2. (sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral
frolic
urbane
torpedo
upright
3. Crookedly; slanted; at an angle
foreboding
stupefy
askew
humus
4. Lively or animated; sprightly
commensurate
seemly
margin
vivacious
5. State as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance
fortitude
climactic
invective
stipulate
6. Provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.
sever
document
dogmatic
pilfer
7. (esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble
loath
spry
luxuriant
incipient
8. Engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener
forge
metrical
censor
rapt
9. Small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye
harry
quarry
privy
speck
10. Insane
exuberance
scintilla
sobriety
demented
11. Smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint
render
parity
wage
daub
12. Religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic
denomination
verdigris
legislature
tramp
13. Courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations
hortatory
comity
cache
inhibited
14. Animal - plant - or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family; representation of this; Ex. totem pole
inkling
totem
matriculate
eccentricity
15. Make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president
dilute
malaise
conscientious
agape
16. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional
entrepreneur
peer
ecologist
outlandish
17. Purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence
intangible
approbation
suspend
quintessence
18. Indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable
fortitude
homeostasis
irrefutable
clairvoyant
19. Pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
vie
colloquial
banal
squeamish
20. First in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; Ex. primary stages; N. CF. first
primary
sustain
meander
facetious
21. Negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person
derelict
trite
gourmand
usury
22. Warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food
dire
emetic
execrate
conjure
23. Testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning
deposition
partiality
dabble
figure
24. Annoy; distress
hatch
vex
bully
acne
25. Pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor
genesis
foul
vintner
sartorial
26. Missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
killjoy
appellation
balk
projectile
27. Of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers
unction
default
psychic
testator
28. Cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing
dys-
sate
maladroit
bleak
29. Ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
enmity
enfranchise
ordination
compassion
30. Conspicuously wicked - bad - or offensive; blatant; outrageous
concordat
flagrant
codicil
magnanimity
31. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
savor
connotation
problematic
rail
32. Boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious
fugitive
bestow
tedium
exhale
33. Provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly
aromatic
calamity
skimp
unaccountable
34. Causing a feeling of pity or sympathy; pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or sympathy; ADJ. touched
touching
pell-mell
nettle
thespian
35. Detest; hate
aegis
vaunted
lap
abhor
36. Unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent
douse
trivia
incarcerate
incoherent
37. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster
unmitigated
primordial
jocund
fuddle
38. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything
omnivorous
gallows
protrude
meretricious
39. Stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement
gratis
ego
embrace
inclement
40. Omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses
tepid
apoplexy
sacrosanct
ellipsis
41. Artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears
genteel
factitious
emasculate
bicameral
42. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
cloying
indeterminate
expos'e
bane
43. Confuse; make nervous and confused; N.
mash
tractable
fluster
perpetuate
44. Death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.
harbor
nebula
obituary
epic
45. Overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
garish
charm
pretentious
sanction
46. Shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color
glow
pharisaical
clemency
inchoate
47. Legal claim or right on a property
lien
impropriety
enunciate
self-righteous
48. Outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise
finish
guise
phlegmatic
diverse
49. Desert; abandon; renounce
remunerative
dilettante
vise
forsake
50. Be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something
oblivious
prevail
anchor
jubilation