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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Punishment; severe criticism or disapproval
composure
ordeal
castigation
libido
2. Matchless; not able to be imitated
inimitable
vaunted
acne
migrant
3. Art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
stolid
favoritism
prosperity
prosody
4. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
malcontent
suitor
divest
optional
5. Chew over and over (mentally or - like cows - physically); mull over(ponder)
ruminate
rig
grimace
oblivion
6. Relieve (pain)
toll
alleviate
providence
voluble
7. Seeker after position or status
aspirant
rent
methodical
traverse
8. Characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest
culpable
talisman
discriminate
universal
9. Operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people - forces - etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative
manipulate
grandiose
self-indulgence
prosody
10. Suitable; to the point; relevant
pertinent
conifer
imprudent
license
11. Full-bosomed; plump; jolly
buxom
ramify
submerge
incrustation
12. Having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer
malingerer
musky
fit
introspective
13. Skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning
craft
raucous
amazon
digression
14. Bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services
persevere
obelisk
debar
devolve
15. Of good upbringing; well-mannered and refined
restraint
denigrate
well-bred
avalanche
16. Individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude - behavior - or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic
idiosyncrasy
penchant
paste
lax
17. Esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener
suture
arcane
favoritism
impending
18. Inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)
elaborate
oblivious
tacit
vouchsafe
19. Marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity
negligible
indemnify
buffoon
ingenious
20. Sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate
impeach
relic
compound
ulcer
21. Important in history; Ex. historic battle
spatula
theoretical
historic
acclaim
22. Act as judge (at the request of both sides)
anguish
discredit
dissension
arbitrate
23. Attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy
paranoia
requisition
polemic
mosaic
24. Moo; make the sound of a cow
detraction
pertinacious
sleigh
low
25. Deceive; lead astray by deception; wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly
inveigle
sacrosanct
negligence
recuperate
26. Grant a share of; make known; Ex. news to impart
versatile
impart
mingle
pallid
27. Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg
hatch
alias
wholesome
advocacy
28. Abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively
vituperative
replete
chase
ruthless
29. Without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute
categorical
icon(ikon)
benediction
list
30. Turn away from (a principle - norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism
deviate
immolate
incursion
meticulous
31. Poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; N: pointed object used to prod; prodding
saturate
imperial
prod
espionage
32. Target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on mice.
skulk
insuperable
prey
decorous
33. Rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed
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34. Scarcity; dearth
paucity
squash
attire
hyperbole
35. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency
sleigh
solvent
expedite
sleek
36. Presumptuous or bold
frock
forward
idle
nuptial
37. Green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
patina
disaffected
psyche
arcane
38. Blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful
helm
quaff
pyromaniac
reproach
39. Foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning
waft
contortions
portend
incredulity
40. Stubborn; refusing to change one's belief
psychopathic
mishap
obdurate
tribune
41. Event; event that causes a crisis
collation
incident
gentility
preponderance
42. Slow down
tenet
decelerate
incentive
lackadaisical
43. State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
libidinous
nirvana
bereavement
discursive
44. Leftover food
vagrant
scraps
parsimony
mammal
45. Oily; bland; insincerely suave
wean
churlish
unctuous
anthropoid
46. Pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)
prize
perdition
pummel
turgid
47. Study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age
sledge
epicure
gerontology
inert
48. Serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober
sober
overture
hive
discomfit
49. Direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)
plebiscite
unearth
gentility
abeyance
50. Lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic
hover
detraction
apathy
institute