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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. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking
lewd
bereft
hazy
galvanic
2. Very fat; N. corpulence
nubile
didactic
bid
corpulent
3. Plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair)
glacial
puny
braid
quixotic
4. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
murky
metaphor
mealymouthed
carrion
5. Wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar
abortive
repository
grapple
insinuate
6. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment
expedient
nutrient
dogged
deprecate
7. Examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.
drip
rhapsodize
audit
spoilsport
8. Female warrior
amazon
indoctrinate
reprobation
predecessor
9. Reprimand; severely scold
pushy
upbraid
stump
antecede
10. Like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg
glacial
avocation
sunder
piebald
11. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation
suborn
frond
functionary
incoherent
12. Swindle; cheat
glut
maniacal
bilk
executor
13. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary
genteel
disperse
juridical
impolitic
14. Speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.
contiguous
galvanize
rant
frond
15. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster
unmitigated
categorical
dormant
catalyst
16. Disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb
totem
cupidity
filch
unkempt
17. Persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion
truncate
pungent
dissuade
tardy
18. Essence; main point; substance
itinerary
squalor
gist
blurt
19. (of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience
trenchant
oblivion
episodic
inaugurate
20. One's opinion of oneself; self-esteem
muggy
ego
visionary
bugaboo
21. Characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest
ancestry
miniature
universal
molten
22. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.
allure
conclave
puzzle
haunt
23. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine
trek
coiffure
anomaly
quarantine
24. Inconspicuous; not blatant
unobtrusive
disarray
iota
shambles
25. Harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
panache
compatible
remit
medley
26. Express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow
condole
demeanor
extemporaneous
perdition
27. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
scintilla
ogle
punctilious
isthmus
28. Going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile
moratorium
pungent
ambrosia
adverse
29. Disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward
compulsion
downcast
grim
futile
30. Inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)
onerous
leash
oblivious
mettle
31. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control
helm
interjection
fusion
matrimony
32. Marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array
prologue
array
infinitesimal
furrow
33. Lose animation or strength
languish
virus
terminal
lope
34. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
nullify
rectitude
droop
sheaf
35. Dig; search deeply; investigate
delve
domicile
disinterested
statutory
36. Beginner; novice
outlook
venison
insurgent
tyro
37. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot
incinerate
tread
canter
repository
38. Dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning
deliberate
complicity
odorous
obscure
39. Wintry; wintery; of or like winter
grievance
hibernal
implication
appurtenances
40. Compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous
rampart
meretricious
glamor
tycoon
41. Hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion
ulcer
repress
regicide
concave
42. Main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument
subsequent
supplicant
tumid
brunt
43. Burst inward; CF. vaccum tube
stipend
implode
sheathe
congenial
44. Lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate
expeditious
litigation
embezzlement
log
45. Tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
insuperable
fleet
entrepreneur
indefatigable
46. Design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.
upshot
sophistry
enunciate
monogram
47. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration
incursion
resurge
fusion
caption
48. Causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass
holocaust
episodic
riddle
vitriolic
49. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
entourage
ineffectual
egregious
guileless
50. Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
pellucid
dilettante
disdain
apolitical