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GRE Vocab
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english
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bvat
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1. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
elicit
cameo
docile
expound
2. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin
saccharine
implacable
guy
asylum
3. Metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)
stipple
sustenance
lode
mogul
4. Huge
disquietude
colossal
vagary
thematic
5. Move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)
bohemian
prance
replicate
prevaricate
6. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
tatter
recession
insidious
humor
7. Enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex. devotee of Bach
clapper
impregnable
lament
devotee
8. Clear from blame; free from blame or accusation (with supporting proof); exonerate; substantiate; justify or support; avenge; Ex. vindicate one's client; Ex. vindicate one's claim; CF. vindicator
appellation
license
vindicate
immolate
9. Infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air
fallacious
contagion
obnoxious
coax
10. Drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement
conundrum
anodyne
lumber
bullion
11. State of being immovable
impuissance
immobility
ignite
relinquish
12. Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble
solace
incentive
Shangri-la
taciturn
13. Read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid
skim
license
ravage
portly
14. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.
betray
tribune
grunt
beget
15. Possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy
pastiche
grate
opalescent
tenancy
16. Downward slope
oblivious
phobia
declivity
codicil
17. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
application
confidant(confidante)
acumen
inviolable
18. Treat with scorn or contempt
fashion
gravity
panoramic
disdain
19. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin
urchin
alluvial
mores
implore
20. Slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German
wake
prank
allege
smattering
21. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
pithy
raze
outfit
stalemate
22. Untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen
inopportune
unfledged
cistern
steadfast
23. Gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.
belittle
muster
disclaim
episodic
24. Person who cheats people
scotch
perigee
avenge
trickster
25. Attach
append
d'ecollet'e
disband
recital
26. Dissenting (with an opinion - a group - or a government); rebellious; N.
miserly
proxy
disband
dissident
27. Gather; store up; amass
lampoon
bask
propriety
garner
28. Adjacent to; touching upon
trough
niggardly
contiguous
riddle
29. Having many forms
bungle
multiform
timorous
epistemologist
30. Range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken
stringent
hostility
ken
demean
31. Having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.
cognate
unprecedented
emblazon
gloat
32. Solemn promise; blasphemous use of sacred words to express strong feelings; swear-word; Ex. 'For Christ's sake''
oath
disjunction
concurrent
unison
33. Alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists
linger
purported
incident
declivity
34. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
cozen
defrock
affirmation
rendezvous
35. Miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items
hovel
sundry
collected
nonchalance
36. Reckon; calculate
encipher
opportune
lagoon
compute
37. Cause to sprout; sprout
amble
brisk
germinate
summation
38. Elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)
resilient
deciduous
mannerism
abscission
39. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
rank
apogee
adversity
disport
40. (of weather) warm and damp
muggy
amalgamate
reparable
liquidate
41. Thin surface layer (of good quality wood - glued to a base of inferior material); cover; surface show; fac{c}ade; V.
veneer
effrontery
encomiastic
maroon
42. Female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew
vixen
turgid
pose
gory
43. Act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse
diversion
complementary
acclaim
volley
44. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio
amiss
imbroglio
conveyance
aria
45. Hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera
sluice
agenda
presumptuous
choleric
46. Breathe out; OP. inhale
voluble
necromancy
exhale
intoxicate
47. Gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
fluctuate
beset
flowery
colossus
48. Make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb
philanthropist
runic
queer
roil
49. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet
thrall
stipple
constituency
embrace
50. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.
repugnance
catcall
raconteur
paean
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