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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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1. Plan of a trip; record of a trip
disconsolate
barefaced
sphinx-like
itinerary
2. Prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life
mode
simper
forensic
cant
3. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
mass
spatula
scabbard
moribund
4. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot
pithy
assimilate
canter
evenhanded
5. Support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott
inductive
patronize
harass
maxim
6. Forewarning; presentiment; foreboding
atypical
premonition
paradox
suffuse
7. Deserter; traitor; ADJ.
creed
adhere
renegade
humanitarian
8. Uninterrupted; unceasing
pretension
vociferous
incessant
elliptical
9. Excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria
extort
expansive
outrage
hysteria
10. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
affable
onerous
foster
empathy
11. Dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants
heterogeneous
incoherent
submerge
quotidian
12. Maker and seller of eyeglasses
optician
anesthetic
muggy
dour
13. Stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard
solemnity
connotation
touchstone
osseous
14. Disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering; Ex. fulsome praise/expressions of admire
fulsome
haggard
devoid
nausea
15. Adhesive; gluey
malefactor
viscid
dismiss
prank
16. Difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
luscious
engulf
bereaved
predicament
17. Violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
glib
agitate
fusillade
convulsion
18. Person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise
sage
castrate
gobble
Epicurean
19. Move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.
milieu
skulk
proverb
olfactory
20. Ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried the unwelcome question very skillfully; N.
parry
hindsight
aesthetic
transpire
21. School for training future ministers; secondary school - especially for young women
itinerary
seminary
protean
wholesome
22. Departure (of a large number of people)
desperate
dissipate
exodus
metropolis
23. Unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed
shrewd
ignoble
duress
accoutre
24. Flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
confluence
unfledged
ostracize
bereaved
25. Decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command
consensus
tonsure
stun
edict
26. Fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short time; roving(wandering); running away or fleeing as from the law; N: one who flees; Ex. fugitives at large
vigil
verbiage
arroyo
fugitive
27. Rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position
eminent
excise
congruent
sensual
28. Drifting wreckage
sadistic
flotsam
genesis
abscission
29. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional
layman
stifle
ursine
curfew
30. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
irony
mete
egress
incidental
31. Ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom
enormity
spectral
perversion
exegesis
32. Person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism
compact
sheaf
masochist
chimerical
33. One who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop
prevalent
ambience
artifacts
reaper
34. Hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite
mortar
affluence
primordial
malicious
35. Supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component
ecstasy
litigation
constituent
flicker
36. Ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision
mock
superannuated
magnitude
ecosystem
37. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop
thematic
malapropism
thespian
tirade
38. Award of merit; strong praise and approval
accolade
airy
plebeian
retaliate
39. Wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners
rendition
stellar
haggard
shed
40. Behavior; bearing
demeanor
ravel
prestige
denounce
41. Have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend
nubile
devious
porridge
tend
42. Harmful; causing injury
injurious
dupe
dictum
connubial
43. Small exclusive group of people
practical
intractable
clique
ungainly
44. Lustful
recital
sleight
lascivious
circumscribe
45. Closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place
centrifuge
circuit
gruel
brood
46. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
fanciful
abnegation
intolerant
sprightly
47. Wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine
hovel
vintner
healthful
query
48. Deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back
amalgam
retribution
ineffable
obloquy
49. Praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise
tensile
laud
amnesia
fake
50. Trip; short journey
prosaic
jaunt
guileless
grueling