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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. Renounce upon oath
abjure
corpulent
dissipate
flout
2. Distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent
gruff
feature
humanitarian
tremulous
3. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone
internecine
platitude
prone
unprecedented
4. Having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance - relevancy
rapture
convulsion
thresh
relevant
5. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person - thing - or event; marvel; wonder; CF. phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; Ex. phenomenal strength
phenomena
inveigh
ribald
irremediable
6. Surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually
bode
epitaph
bacchanal
besiege
7. Crude dwelling; shack
bliss
litany
hut
reduce
8. Violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things
energize
suppress
profane
copious
9. Hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden
precipitate
havoc
leonine
circuit
10. Producing motion; of motion
kinetic
reprisal
superficial
scuttle
11. Hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.
mirage
headlong
aria
partisan
12. Imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists
testator
supererogatory
pastiche
awful
13. Imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible
ambidextrous
deadlock
impalpable
trinket
14. Extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave
depravity
cliché
stem
conducive
15. Restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird's wing
pinion
determinate
tiller
vital
16. Of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others
gradation
humble
refulgent
gesticulation
17. Joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter
vignette
thwart
antecedents
bantering
18. Illicit lover
tantalize
concoct
paramour
propagate
19. Agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement
compact
refurbish
domineer
miniature
20. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases
panacea
entrepreneur
malfeasance
resign
21. Ointment
unguent
crone
ciliated
morose
22. Remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for
satirical
adamant
apolitical
redress
23. Kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility
realm
enact
reiterate
rotundity
24. Plunder
pillage
germinate
except
latent
25. Behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious
ejaculation
flirt
fervid
guileless
26. Ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N.
snub
morose
frolic
pulpit
27. Natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation
habitat
dogmatic
curb
castrate
28. Small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall
muster
saline
consanguineous(consanguine)
tablet
29. Write; compose
retrospective
supplicate
indite
gallows
30. Position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion
jeopardize
championship
interdict
magnitude
31. File of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back
vociferous
dossier
haunt
cognizance
32. Idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee
ungainly
drone
rabid
despot
33. Mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation
ingenuous
ineluctable
gargantuan
morgue
34. Combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex.
compound
domineer
marginal
prude
35. Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
brindled
nebula
immolate
smear
36. Wrinkled; ridged
communal
collation
corrugated
intangible
37. Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging
emasculate
application
flag
notable
38. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy
vertex
hermitage
officious
metaphor
39. Extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism
duplicity
jingoist
diffuse
reputable
40. Urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually
botch
goad
outcast
palliate
41. Object (because of doubts - scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday
functionary
snivel
heedless
demur
42. Insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
impregnable
affront
terse
detached
43. Reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly
pang
broil
distant
lexicographer
44. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander
breed
rout
expound
vile
45. Speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for
advocate
glossary
cacophonous
depose
46. Unfortunate; luckless
heterogeneous
hapless
fumble
insularity
47. Social blunder
expropriate
gaffe
minion
tarry
48. Curative; N. therapy
cameo
demean
therapeutic
address
49. Bravery; courage; strength of mind
accomplice
fortitude
aghast
provenance
50. Delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development
collate
providence
institution
retard