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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. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.
virtuoso
canine
clap
catcall
2. Consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)
rave
compact
torrent
anoint
3. Act as judge (at the request of both sides)
unfetter
illuminate
arbitrate
censure
4. Reproduce; duplicate
ambience
prosperity
metaphor
replicate
5. Pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction
infernal
decry
reparable
insurrection
6. Traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling
unruly
quisling
concentric
ductile
7. Pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person
rustic
pendant(pendent)
squander
extant
8. Confirm; support; strengthen
decorous
corroborate
scurvy
subterfuge
9. Frustrate; perplex
prurient
inclusive
gouge
baffle
10. Like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air
ethereal
negate
indigence
inopportune
11. Following; attendants
retinue
bewitch
simulate
discombobulated
12. Capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound
explicit
enthrall
ordinance
realm
13. Vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
ambrosia
moratorium
veto
sphinx-like
14. Judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
conviction
hothead
archaeology
heedless
15. Disagreeably aggressive
inadvertently
expeditious
condescend
pushy
16. Throw into confusion; involve in strife - dispute - or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio
personable
affiliation
embroil
irreproachable
17. (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice
gull
sage
incidence
sallow
18. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere
blues
chaste
opportune
innocuous
19. Use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals
dowse
dribble
leeway
abut
20. Pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease
mortician
rake
adhere
placate
21. One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige
speck
caste
economy
virtual
22. One who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician
desperado
rip
eccentricity
hireling
23. Grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment
vouchsafe
farce
warranted
aberrant
24. Humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence
spoilsport
masquerade
indulgent
opportunist
25. (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds
resound
tenure
exorbitant
constituency
26. Student of the history and science of humankind
provender
tantamount
motto
anthropologist
27. Homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays
dowdy
waif
entrepreneur
crux
28. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
tyro
pastoral
concentric
magnitude
29. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions
tenuous
extrovert
coiffure
gastronomy
30. Expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage
acclivity
engaging
derogatory
sever
31. State of being married
insouciant
base
mantle
matrimony
32. Make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert
desolate
stock
podiatrist
conversant
33. Remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors
disjointed
cursive
obelisk
shear
34. Violent scoundrel; bully
blandishment
kindred
ruffian
heterogeneous
35. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
partiality
rag
gnarl
tureen
36. Beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces
fitful
preternatural
grim
memoir
37. Estimate value of; N. appraisal
appraise
foul
ennui
manifest
38. Blacken; defame
denigrate
simile
discompose
slough
39. Rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again
turgid
predicament
resurge
argot
40. One who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress
peer
polity
orthography
elope
41. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
dank
hubbub
tenacity
plump
42. Irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege
blasphemy
refulgent
dissension
prevalent
43. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
superficial
hew
favoritism
contest
44. Lie down
overt
scowl
recline
cupidity
45. Shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)
defect
falter
herbivorous
dormer
46. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion
irrelevant
illusion
laud
providence
47. Uninterrupted; unceasing
actuary
foolhardy
blowhard
incessant
48. Poisonous; N. toxicity
toxic
humble
heterogeneous
titillate
49. Disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable
dishonor
dismantle
treatise
proxy
50. Blessedness; state of great happiness
beatitude
indignation
ploy
incredulity