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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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1. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior
acrimonious
metaphysical
proximity
torpedo
2. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
dingy
contend
torso
fluency
3. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame
prescience
negligible
bard
reprehensible
4. Something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture
faculty
forfeit
aureole
slur
5. Deficient in intelligence; very stupid
collusion
feebleminded
exploit
gnarl
6. Wring from; get money by threats - etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant
profound
extort
fussy
cog
7. Flood; rush; V.
discredit
deluge
antagonism
consort
8. Error; misunderstanding; V. misapprehend
unction
brawn
tyro
misapprehension
9. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
magniloquent
determination
vise
luxuriant
10. Lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate
phobia
effigy
incongruity
vigilante
11. Hit with a sweeping motion; N.
opiate
tawny
swipe
reek
12. Marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle
profligate
indecisive
cogitate
recite
13. Harmony; accord
centurion
exhume
concord
evocative
14. Pierce; put a hole through
discursive
abstract
browbeat
perforate
15. In agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous
abscond
congruent
jeopardize
bullion
16. Ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
halting
exhort
ordination
bar
17. One who spoils the pleasure of others
spoilsport
litigation
laud
translucent
18. Essential; inherent; built-in
intrinsic
blandishment
adage
desperado
19. Admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal
prattle
concede
hysteria
oblivious
20. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
convention
detraction
parochial
finish
21. Destroy
annihilate
expurgate
unwonted
grouch
22. Voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)
dinghy
cogent
disdain
constituency
23. Imitation
obsessive
sunder
mimicry
ignoble
24. Charlatan; impostor
cursive
bestow
distant
quack
25. Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
inclusive
graphic
bigotry
cryptic
26. Fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston
caricature
outskirts
touchstone
fritter
27. State strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
suspend
ecclesiastic
assert
chasm
28. Able to live both on land and in water; N.
impute
opportune
amphibian
vogue
29. Illusive; deceptive; not real
offensive
debut
supernumerary
illusory
30. Weaken; castrate
scapegoat
emasculate
perversion
quibble
31. Self-governing; N. autonomy
daze
extrovert
coalesce
autonomous
32. Helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
dormant
covetous
gadfly
conducive
33. Traitor
pander
narrative
turncoat
despot
34. Small ring; band of gold - silver - jewel - etc. (worn on the head - arms - or neck as decoration)
circlet
cliché
defrock
stentorian
35. Quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate
impinge
providence
virtuoso
meager
36. Prototype; primitive pattern
archetype
dignitary
scurvy
bristling
37. Courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations
frugality
asymmetric
comity
hirsute
38. Insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
petty
predecessor
dolt
brazen
39. Enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
abyss
disquietude
titanic
geriatrics
40. Burst inward; CF. vaccum tube
preternatural
combustible
emend
implode
41. Melted; Ex. molten lava
molten
tart
fetid(foetid)
pauper
42. Remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for
coagulate
redress
infamous
allocate
43. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
epilogue
aristocracy
ingenue
authoritarian
44. Gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
arroyo
obdurate
ungainly
flounder
45. Contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
ransack
lottery
cameo
ungainly
46. Clever; astute
theoretical
shrewd
airy
fancier
47. Protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
desperate
exploit
frolic
prominent
48. Cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart
mannerism
quail
verity
credence
49. Antiquated; extremely ancient
intolerant
antediluvian
vulture
padre
50. Nimbleness; ability to move quickly
agility
antecede
multiform
feud
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