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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. Flexible; easily influenced
pliant
feature
beholden
subordinate
2. Furthest behind; farthest to the rear
charisma
acknowledge
centripetal
hindmost
3. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
dialectical
bacchanal
repulsion
pretentious
4. One devoted to the promotion of human welfare; CF. humanism
humanitarian
emollient
torrid
embroil
5. Noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; Ex. marked improvement/man
heedless
waylay
marked
respiration
6. Easily burned; N. CF. combustion
benefit
combustible
convulsion
memorialize
7. Decorative edge of hanging threads; edge
deadlock
fringe
ineluctable
dereliction
8. Tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure
misconduct
dross
reproach
tantalize
9. Cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted
preclude
phalanx
defame
pusillanimous
10. Make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
salubrious
caulk(calk)
garbled
slaughter
11. Lending money at illegal high rates of interest
desultory
inane
badger
usury
12. Move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something); mishandle or drop a ball that is in play; bungle; botch; spoil by mishandling; N.
consequential
culprit
fumble
shimmer
13. Denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area
panoramic
statutory
sundry
d'enouement
14. Noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian
annul
defray
patrician
taxonomist
15. Curative; N. therapy
rancor
concordat
clap
therapeutic
16. Wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp
warp
refurbish
vagabond
digression
17. Like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air
ethereal
proponent
platonic
libidinous
18. Practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept
baroque
precept
smother
benison
19. Breathe out; OP. inhale
exhale
nutrition
unfledged
oath
20. Present falsely; represent falsely to be
spawn
servile
pass_off
vent
21. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
diligence
litigation
venerable
exorbitant
22. Casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight
inundate
cavalier
dexterous
abstruse
23. Explanation - especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
insalubrious
exegesis
lank
stratified
24. Sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
synoptic
gossamer
premonition
dregs
25. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon
obligatory
mace
importune
legacy
26. Small boat (often ship's boat)
penetrate
dinghy
pathological
debutante
27. Become unsteady and fall down
potion
topple
verbatim
opiate
28. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
veritable
bilk
bask
hegemony
29. Swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence
brackish
miasma
incapacitate
shard
30. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork
sultry
mason
sullen
confidant(confidante)
31. Large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge - swell - roll in billows
billow
decelerate
placid
fuss:
32. Make lively or spirited; animate
megalomania
misogynist
temerity
enliven
33. Something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
balm
tramp
avuncular
mundane
34. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse
theoretical
diatribe
inhibit
falter
35. Vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
adept
veto
saturate
disquietude
36. Struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water - mud - snow - etc.); proceed in confusion
devolve
fanciful
flounder
obloquy
37. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
ramshackle
queue
mesmerize
indulge
38. Connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)
deluge
defer
recourse
historical
39. Unable to be doubted; which cannot be doubted; unquestionable
palpitate
communal
tinge
indubitable
40. (of land) dry; barren; unproductive
mountebank
arid
humane
rehabilitate
41. All-powerful; having unlimited power
reimburse
chaffing
championship
omnipotent
42. Put on; OP. doff
memoir
optimum
don
probity
43. Ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N.
compliance
snub
connubial
pretend
44. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition
trance
rubric
mundane
cross
45. Sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious
euphony
ratify
slapdash
disquietude
46. Lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger
shrewd
asteroid
careen
incontinent
47. Occurring irregularly; intermittent
grumble
amphibian
paradox
sporadic
48. Give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay
graphite
stock
fashion
nutritious
49. Slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey
recant
circumvent
shade
ratiocination
50. Approach and speak first to a person
rostrum
perceptive
defile
accost