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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. A manually skilled worker
exotic
cubicle
retain
artisan
2. Systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure
methodical
decry
incur
misconstrue
3. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands
materialism
cross
inordinate
peruse
4. Acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt
agrarian
draw
exonerate
immobility
5. Bantering; joking
gauche
alimentary
dermatologist
chaffing
6. Make discontented
cadaver
taper
asymmetric
disgruntle
7. Boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy
latch
dwindle
expatriate
ennui
8. Hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work
beware
arduous
graphic
tightwad
9. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
subversive
spat
palimpsest
decrepit
10. General agreement; opinion reached by a group
platitude
consensus
migratory
executor
11. Make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)
hiatus
addle
amble
favoritism
12. Waster; profligate
reprobation
humus
wastrel
beseech
13. Clowning
illusory
buffoonery
relinquish
unbridled
14. Obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.
labyrinth
undulating
patent
figurative
15. Rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again
domineer
resurge
implicate
provision
16. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds
retentive
onomatopoeia
smirk
flail
17. State of being parallel; similarity; analogy
polar
parallelism
niggardly
toxic
18. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress
tyranny
allay
luster
trifle
19. Treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)
omnivorous
shove
slur
conspiracy
20. Prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation
raze
inhibit
drama
repine
21. Step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet
visionary
mimicry
lunatic
trample
22. Fit or attack of pain - laughter - rage; sudden outburst
delve
paroxysm
phoenix
indicative
23. Childish; immature; CF. puer: boy
august
puerile
obviate
incrustation
24. Maker and seller of eyeglasses
imperceptible
vogue
optician
matriarch
25. Mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare
sloth
occult
protean
unassailable
26. Fairness; justice; OP. inequity
equity
aristocracy
rightful
motto
27. Process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive
squash
coup
civil
sensitization
28. Sullen; gloomy; stubborn
dour
guise
piquant
homely
29. Ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform - etc.)
episodic
brand
epaulet(epaulette)
chalice
30. Draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?
anguish
flag
limn
filch
31. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat
infer
fervor
deplete
confiscate
32. Make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate
impregnate
tureen
intrude
latch
33. Abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus
abortive
aureole
refrain
peon
34. Underline; emphasize
rustic
underscore
sere
deploy
35. Remitting of money; amount of money remitted
remittance
mauve
pluck
viper
36. Reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work
averse
promulgate
aptitude
ascertain
37. Soft and mild (of air); fragrant
contention
fractious
balmy
cynical
38. Corruption; turning from right to wrong
fluency
semblance
perversion
lag
39. Sheer; transparent
nefarious
vie
vertigo
diaphanous
40. Chances; probability; disagreement; Ex. The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds with
cogent
elegy
odds
thespian
41. Let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate
bate
frugality
seemly
vernal
42. Be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.
pendant(pendent)
seethe
prune
posthumous
43. Move hastily; hurry; move briskly
scurry
intolerant
drudgery
reminiscence
44. Strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet
martinet
ensconce
dally
sonnet
45. Division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split
loft
poignancy
schism
pious
46. Study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish
ichthyology
turbulence
sibylline
remonstrate
47. Lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict
nebula
scourge
vicar
determinate
48. Frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail
punctilious
appraise
gadfly
hail
49. Postpone; delay or put off
acumen
procrastinate
unwieldy
felicitous
50. Constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions
purgatory
auroral
exalt
constitution