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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Steadfast; firm; not changing
unfaltering
wage
throttle
psychosomatic
2. Fortress
citadel
psychiatrist
acumen
putrescent
3. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face
autocratic
clientele
equine
extant
4. Abnormal; irregular
adversity
imprudent
anomalous
supplicant
5. Sticky; viscous; gluey
simian
glutinous
septic
conundrum
6. Being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity
ubiquitous
conscientious
artful
antidote
7. Dangerous
hazardous
obscure
potable
credulity
8. Ugly; unpleasant to look at
wallow
unsightly
opulence
congeal
9. Fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
dominant
dominate
bizarre
aquiline
10. Logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; effective; Ex. valid reasoning/passport
ornithologist
denotation
pedagogy
valid
11. Small opening; outlet (as of fumes or a gas); Ex. He gave vent to his anger by kicking the chair.
shun
vent
inherent
outspoken
12. Large isolated system of stars - such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities
predator
preeminent
galaxy
attentive
13. Deprived of (someone beloved through death)
breach
bereaved
parlance
sagacious
14. Crushed oats used for making porridge
restive
oatmeal
unobtrusive
scowl
15. Questioner (especially harsh); investigator; person making an inquisition
orthography
inquisitor
idolatry
functional
16. Holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory
confine
psyche
tarnish
retentive
17. Phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
acrid
wiggle
championship
chorus
18. Range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken
qualified
mash
delirium
ken
19. Impertinence; insolence
impudence
mason
sentinel
rake
20. Not effective; not having a desired effect; weak
ineffectual
soporific
plethora
lateral
21. Former occupant of a post
contest
predecessor
blight
kernel
22. Calm; pacify
contentious
allay
swill
asinine
23. Strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock
caliber
defrock
unbridled
d'enouement
24. Enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)
errant
tessellated
enamored
environ
25. Incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure
philology
foppish
enfranchise
invulnerable
26. Boastful; pompous
incubate
magniloquent
habitat
percussion
27. Meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet
deploy
volley
transgression
tryst
28. Surround
caste
encircle
archipelago
obsolete
29. Large city
rife
legend
metropolis
autonomous
30. Self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent
extrinsic
penance
ineluctable
acumen
31. Restrain; handcuff; N.
manacle
exposure
posthumous
bereft
32. Yellowed; prejudiced (envious - hostile - or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye
parameter
maritime
preternatural
jaundiced
33. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important
pomposity
mentor
legislature
refractory
34. Insane
verisimilitude
bellicose
deranged
die
35. Susceptible to wounds or attack; N. vulnerability
vulnerable
hubris
skimp
indigent
36. Lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive
seduce
peruse
sobriety
burgeon
37. Correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics
orthography
jurisdiction
emetic
gregarious
38. Charge in court; indict
arraign
increment
finished
carcinogenic
39. Attach
append
exegesis
mongrel
defray
40. Word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
dyslexia
dribble
veer
nomenclature
41. Prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life
layman
incendiary
mode
impetus
42. Impressive; majestic
chafe
august
decimate
touchy
43. Disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable
pugnacity
dishonor
unconscionable
evince
44. Physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes
obstreperous
oculist
frigid
idiom
45. Sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation
abysmal
saunter
scintillate
nectar
46. Lying below; fundamental
underlying
credential
deviate
cavil
47. Opponent; enemy
quay
defunct
elated
adversary
48. Daily domestic task (such as cleaning - cooking - and shopping); unpleasant task
pernicious
extricate
aphasia
chore
49. Forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity
cadet
austere
soluble
profane
50. Risk - particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption
bluff
abnegation
exposure
grievance