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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. Storage place for military equipment
mortify
factitious
retard
arsenal
2. Set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting - unstinting; CF. stint:savings
stygian
sound
pillory
stint
3. Write; compose
indite
solicit
inexorable
insurmountable
4. Student of the history and science of humankind
anthropologist
obfuscate
exorcise
haggard
5. Chances; probability; disagreement; Ex. The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds with
trite
odds
surrogate
pell-mell
6. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive
spin
regiment
hive
fulcrum
7. Dwelling place; home
abstract
callus
malevolent
abode
8. Curving outward
doddering
convex
hypochondriac
bizarre
9. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented
exertion
compendium
malcontent
dilute
10. Insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
hubris
brazen
saccharine
comeback
11. Shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
virulent
occlude
morbid
bolt
12. Study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology
quaint
nurture
dowry
ethnology
13. Sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate
remission
ulcer
philanderer
torque
14. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window
holocaust
waft
grumble
pulsate
15. Strong point or special talent in a person's character
imminent
forte
opalescent
allocate
16. Touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please
cliché
scabbard
tickle
overwhelm
17. Military unit; V: subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society
regiment
parish
mercurial
coax
18. Treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)
disfigure
conspiracy
sly
expos'e
19. Illusive; deceptive; not real
turbulence
braggart
dogged
illusory
20. Build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society
remunerative
fabricate
graphite
pithy
21. Disturb greatly
callow
perturb
rakish
mutinous
22. Inquiry; question; V.
sustain
query
incarnate
overwhelm
23. Gaiety; cheerfulness; ADJ. jolly: merry; gay
coincidence
voracious
shirk
jollity
24. 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
retrospective
idiom
mite
ultimatum
25. State of being immovable
immobility
hale
incredulity
puzzle
26. Spacious
capacious
analogy
apogee
trivia
27. Damp; N. humidity
humid
parochial
progeny
gobble
28. Druggist; pharmacist
sycophant
apothecary
militate
auxiliary
29. Seriousness; gravity
solemnity
vouch
cartographer
quash
30. Kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to
satirical
ignite
overturn
cloying
31. Back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland
detonation
accessory
hinterlands
covenant
32. Harmful; causing injury
tint
blunder
injurious
propinquity
33. Abdominal
hieroglyphic
comity
ventral
deranged
34. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle
asperity
casualty
commonplace
opiate
35. Entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle
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36. Direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)
plebiscite
cantankerous
dote
obsessive
37. Ill will; hatred; hostility
potentate
cognizance
enmity
nostalgia
38. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame
cohabit
reprehensible
spectral
toga
39. Outcome; final result
desperate
tramp
bestow
upshot
40. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable
torpor
porridge
feasible
nocturnal
41. Make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal
freebooter
tenant
sordid
requite
42. Absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done
ragamuffin
imperative
fret
eulogistic
43. Spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically
prophetic
circuit
ineffable
deploy
44. Dig into (to get stone); N: mine
natty
labile
impediment
quarry
45. Incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music
besiege
nascent
tribune
vital
46. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
quench
rife
ploy
cantankerous
47. Charlatan; impostor
quack
eugenic
lascivious
sanction
48. Honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to
magistrate
homage
genteel
conjure
49. Insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people
quack
optimum
cant
barefaced
50. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town
cherubic
fortitude
malleable
haphazard
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