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GRE Vocab
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gre
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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. Fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston
outskirts
contusion
tawny
dally
2. Anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant
indignation
equinox
immolate
prostrate
3. Burst inward; CF. vaccum tube
implode
ballast
scad
remission
4. Begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural
upright
inaugurate
fatalism
noncommittal
5. Strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster
lascivious
gust
galvanize
precinct
6. Careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; Ex. lax service
lax
rift
luxuriate
nonplus
7. Falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth
glutton
deciduous
decimate
soar
8. Alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration
sanctimonious
transmute
attentive
ogle
9. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty
imprudent
browse
sparse
premeditate
10. Deception; trickery
impenetrable
artifice
epic
ultimatum
11. Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging
nutritious
diversion
illusory
flag
12. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
consternation
stoic
ramify
levity
13. Include (as a member of a group); encompass
submerge
anemia
stifle
subsume
14. Stubbornly wrong
wrongheaded
metropolis
miniature
prosper
15. Pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
perverse
piquant
vapid
frustrate
16. Begin and continue (a war)
enterprise
ballast
wage
dyspeptic
17. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous
swelter
tacit
libel
coddle
18. Official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V.
frustrate
emanate
license
entourage
19. Corpse; dead human body
welt
latent
cadaver
contortions
20. Indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about
earthy
discredit
resentment
firebrand
21. Shorten
excise
poignancy
abbreviate
clout
22. Fond of books and reading
plight
gobble
bookish
rooster
23. Public declaration of principles; statement of policy
corpus
aptitude
manifesto
stigma
24. Large three-masted sailing ship
forgo(forego)
oblique
galleon
roil
25. Soothe an angry person
lurk
gastronomy
mollify
approbation
26. Belief
credence
vaunted
wan
draconian
27. Introductory statement
preamble
irascible
humdrum
effusion
28. Records arranged in yearly parts; history
uproarious
evocative
annals
dowse
29. Sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time
contrive
omnipotent
brood
fringe
30. Supporter; backer; opposite of opponent
proponent
impunity
mediate
fell
31. Thriftless; not providing for the future
entourage
improvident
flip
imperceptible
32. Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
wastrel
monolithic
transient
beneficiary
33. Copy; write a copy of; N. transcription
appreciate
bask
transcribe
diminution
34. Messenger
exhale
notoriety
courier
adjuration
35. Agreement
taint
accord
renege
temerity
36. Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
snub
cordon
filth
graphic
37. Argumentative; fond of argument
redolent
commiserate
disputatious
graphic
38. Characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest
hoax
universal
hazy
tact
39. Twisting force; force producing rotation
muggy
unravel
probity
torque
40. Raised platform for speech-making; pulpit
orifice
mores
rostrum
reinstate
41. Small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
obtrude
quiver
spangle
ballast
42. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone
glossy
docile
prone
assert
43. Gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
enigma
rational
colossus
overweening
44. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial
comeuppance
mincing
urbane
equinox
45. Assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose
supposition
scowl
mimicry
boost
46. Bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)
gory
asinine
maneuver(manoeuver)
aseptic
47. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference
abscond
carefree
sustain
appreciate
48. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime
bode
fissure
optician
felon
49. Mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare
afterlife
occult
excerpt
confiscate
50. Body of customers
pedigree
wallow
conclave
clientele