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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. Snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill
juxtapose
tutelary
demented
nip
2. Boat or yacht race
recumbent
regatta
bilk
ego
3. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude
pristine
posture
remunerative
skeptic
4. Object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor
arsenal
cynosure
pestilential(pestilent)
carrion
5. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
bask
prevalent
reserve
somnolent
6. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking
stumble
bereft
rail
august
7. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
cameo
indulge
depict
contentious
8. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views
persist
introspective
roseate
solicitor
9. Pardon (an offense)
bestial
sidereal
favoritism
absolve
10. Roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury
snivel
glaring
nadir
wallow
11. Small in amount; minute
eminent
eulogistic
sartorial
exiguous
12. (of desire - wish - plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass
secular
blush
inchoate
eventual
13. Noisy party with a lot of drinking
bacchanal
salubrious
braid
avenge
14. Weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power
illimitable
travail
gorge
impotent
15. Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
menace
centurion
discretion
meek
16. Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
quizzical
itinerant
connubial
fashion
17. Call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation
convoke
predator
reverberate
galleon
18. Mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular - particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity
ensue
repudiate
blurt
promiscuous
19. Large three-masted sailing ship
legerdemain
galleon
ambivalence
superannuated
20. Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others
address
litigation
voyeur
except
21. Harmful
trough
stoic
deleterious
virtual
22. Give protection (by giving food and shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex. harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of shelter; refuge
derivation
harbor
shaving
induct
23. Throw into confusion; involve in strife - dispute - or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio
seismic
embroil
adversary
brandish
24. Insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
affront
clime
modish
skulduggery(skullduggery)
25. Related to dogs; doglike
daunt
inept
canine
muted
26. Brief statement used to express a principle
condone
repartee
merger
motto
27. Uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim
abhor
brim
trickster
geniality
28. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
amass
itinerant
bourgeois
coalition
29. Deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old
aggrandize
contentious
retrench
inveterate
30. Conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played)
inarticulate
celibate
discord
acuity
31. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm
articulate
codicil
equable
tempestuous
32. Slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German
smattering
gastronomy
offhand
spare
33. Plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse
random
antiquated
oblivion
douse
34. Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
sectarian
symmetry
culmination
apparent
35. Show clearly
ordeal
loquacious
evince
peccadillo
36. Raised platform used in preaching (in a church)
spoonerism
ulterior
converge
pulpit
37. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
fitful
authoritative
vain
padre
38. Impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve
irretrievable
entourage
totter
climactic
39. Waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly
metaphor
implode
contrivance
fluctuate
40. Motivate; activate; cause to act
bate
blackball
actuate
extant
41. Pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
collate
frenetic(phrenetic)
expatriate
piquant
42. Long - eventful - adventurous journey
dilapidated
odyssey
myopic
implausible
43. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented
cartographer
mode
malcontent
vertex
44. Trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
fuss:
graze
erudite
entrance
45. Carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark
prim
studied
munificent
lull
46. Grisly; horrible
nocturnal
hardy
gruesome
brood
47. Killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers
slaughter
coax
confidential
fancy
48. Of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment
dominant
vouch
seasonal
erode
49. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
trance
decree
alcove
odyssey
50. Not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair
irreparable
decipher
adjuration
grunt