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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. Morally upright; just
righteous
chide
mason
eclectic
2. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
hilarity
irremediable
polarize
depravity
3. Energetic; vigorously active
dynamic
hygiene
discredit
conundrum
4. Decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.
evanescent
affable
garnish
marrow
5. (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores
recast
transpire
shove
rancid
6. Push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.
vindicate
shove
barrage
outstrip
7. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity
capillary
quandary
supposititious
entourage
8. Make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair
intrigue
limbo
rakish
farce
9. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
collate
modish
arduous
glutton
10. Slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull
warp
sobriety
indiscriminate
dolt
11. Study of language or words
philology
perceptive
rescind
vendor
12. Very small object or insect-like creature; small coin
mingle
limber
demotic
mite
13. Falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth
noose
vacillate
deciduous
authenticate
14. In name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint
nominal
vendetta
feud
mercenary
15. Surround and swallow up
canker
sibling
engulf
guise
16. Student of the history and science of humankind
anthropologist
lavish
privation
dilemma
17. Calmness of temperament; composure
anthropoid
callus
irreparable
equanimity
18. Favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew
celibate
suckle
memento
nepotism
19. Frenzied; frantic
battalion
frenetic(phrenetic)
warren
alchemy
20. Medical treatment and care of old age
glaze
disinter
maxim
geriatrics
21. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous
squat
felicity
placebo
masquerade
22. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous
masochist
gyroscope
pulchritude
callous
23. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
disquisition
ingratiate
sidereal
expatiate
24. Domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy
maraud
puny
homespun
inordinate
25. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition
prosperity
comity
metaphysical
coda
26. Harmful; causing injury
solecism
malapropos
injurious
balmy
27. Waste (time or money on unimportant things)
voluminous
ramp
bolt
fritter
28. Reduce; exhaust
imperial
impale
deplete
amoral
29. Deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise
sophistry
skiff
crotchety
merit
30. Vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal
concise
tribune
queasy
nebulous
31. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
incidental
cogitate
minuscule(miniscule)
isthmus
32. Cast a spell over; captivate completely
bewitch
deranged
sensitization
deflect
33. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
barrister
culpable
bevy
disparity
34. Gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break
pontifical
adversity
suppliant
hiatus
35. Hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease
spatial
capitulate
obtuse
incubate
36. (of men) friendly - charming - and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition
semblance
prudent
debonair
prestige
37. Contending; CF. vie
vying
conclave
attire
hindmost
38. Pertaining to money
existential
pecuniary
collusion
medley
39. Doctor who treats mental diseases
defrock
abscond
ejaculation
psychiatrist
40. Imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon
controvert
obstreperous
interregnum
Shangri-la
41. Object (because of doubts - scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday
demur
sybarite
capacity
eerie
42. Warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
commiserate
admonish
revert
horoscope
43. Heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
cumbersome
scavenge
convoluted
harping
44. Explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
gloss_over
jetsam
perforate
ancestry
45. Low - indistinct - continuous sound; V. CF. mumble
disputatious
clout
swill
murmur
46. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass
arch-
axiom
gull
embed(imbed)
47. Joining; associating with
induce
nip
affiliation
eloquence
48. Arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile
hoax
odious
improvident
dismember
49. Inconspicuous; not blatant
palliate
unobtrusive
decipher
artless
50. A light meal; collating
inert
collation
unearth
misadventure