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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. (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty)
dutiful(duteous)
flagrant
prophylactic
nadir
2. Black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis
opprobrium
necromancy
formality
mediocre
3. Seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership
aspire
vigilant
glaze
feature
4. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional
pulpit
discombobulated
outlandish
flit
5. Of a member of the cat family; N.
feline
thresh
intolerant
pert
6. Ancestors
deride
agog
dawdle
forebears(forbears)
7. Banish to the country; dwell in the country
appreciate
discursive
overturn
rusticate
8. Clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
concerted
bizarre
maladroit
hone
9. Person who establishes (an organization or business)
weather
founder
geriatrics
queasy
10. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant
significant
balm
affinity
accessory
11. Expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic
idiom
requite
scenario
gestate
12. New growth from a plant
sneak
obsequious
impassioned
shoot
13. Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
relegate
denizen
collate
dawdle
14. Copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon
travesty
quiescent
compulsive
institutionalize
15. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
vociferous
desperado
hackneyed
supplicate
16. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
clipper
astronomical
indicative
apocalyptic
17. Insane
deranged
protocol
subpoena
acetic
18. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
mealymouthed
embezzlement
dialectical
petrify
19. Isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate
stymie
seclusion
archipelago
chivalrous
20. Brief statement used to express a principle
motto
omnipresent
preposterous
doddering
21. Estimate value of; N. appraisal
discrete
reprieve
appraise
flashy
22. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
stupor
bungle
demeanor
breach
23. Partnership; league; union of separate political parties
oblivious
coalition
disinter
commonplace
24. Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character
smirk
implicate
privation
insipid
25. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity
disparity
suborn
pending
kismet
26. Twisted
ultimatum
fervor
hover
gnarled
27. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition
orifice
expeditious
celestial
incense
28. Support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify
unceremonious
prank
substantiate
regent
29. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
recant
sublimate
partial
screech
30. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
abnegation
defer
pristine
stoke
31. Worthless; futile
nugatory
pacify
facile
gory
32. Provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.
grievance
subordinate
sleigh
document
33. Opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
centrifuge
thesis
optimum
cipher
34. Obligatory; that must be done
accord
caption
compulsory
institutionalize
35. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable
unruly
erratic
pulpit
scrutinize
36. Death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.
obituary
surreptitious
unassuming
badinage
37. Praising; full of eulogy
chronic
debunk
eulogistic
crabbed
38. Arrival
equilibrium
hive
cliché
advent
39. Impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility
list
blunder
aberrant
susceptible
40. Pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement
asteroid
capillary
insensate
appease
41. Animal-biting fly; irritating person
evince
oculist
elysian
gadfly
42. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
quaint
isthmus
fatuous
stupefy
43. Government under a single ruler
siren
vestige
monarchy
clandestine
44. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking
tarantula
bereft
dappled
coma
45. Unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad
contest
immolate
analgesic
indifferent
46. Stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF.
condiments
intuition
dissension
scotch
47. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief
wade
ventriloquist
diabolical
convert
48. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite
audacious
beguile
extradition
reprehensible
49. (of something written or painted) still in existence
shirk
extant
embargo
memorial
50. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot
neophyte
garner
bandy
canter