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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. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness
fleck
sobriety
humid
arrogance
2. Convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun
venerate
covetous
tan
imminent
3. Unsuccessful; fruitless
heyday
devious
abortive
blurt
4. Lie down
recline
solace
exploit
supposition
5. Skillful (in using mind or hand)
grimace
monotheism
adroit
retinue
6. Complete agreement; ADJ. unanimous
bawdy
unanimity
solace
pulmonary
7. Lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry
livid
facetious
renegade
ulterior
8. Deliberately planned; likely
hostility
calculated
pique
ethnology
9. Clean; remove offensive parts of a book
induce
bawdy
bulwark
expurgate
10. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
phalanx
founder
spry
behoove(behove)
11. Token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful
sonic
antediluvian
stigma
imperceptible
12. Curative; N. therapy
philatelist
therapeutic
generality
unilateral
13. Lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
overture
discrepancy
problematic
forfeit
14. Pitiless; merciless; cruel
uninhibited
carnage
crypt
ruthless
15. Meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation
fiat
ineffable
gruesome
denotation
16. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law
martial
quizzical
baroque
resilient
17. Recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past
devotee
sanctimonious
reminiscence
paraphrase
18. Dark; not transparent; N. opacity
jostle
conspiracy
opaque
muster
19. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
tutelage
multilingual
hypothetical
viable
20. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful
kaleidoscope
grandiose
resplendent
adulterate
21. Smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger
incognito
smolder
clairvoyant
cog
22. Squeeze between the thumb and a finger - or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
pinch
insouciant
quadruped
explicit
23. Nest of a large bird of prey
transgression
epithet
aerie(aery -eyrie -eyry)
tenant
24. Throw forcefully; shout out violently
motto
callus
hurl
scorch
25. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain
dismember
smart
pauper
drip
26. Administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert
ward
chuckle
hallowed
dogmatic
27. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand
functional
subsidy
vital
penetrate
28. Disturb greatly
intervene
perturb
benign
retrospective
29. Of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original
unsullied
futile
episodic
slavish
30. Prove genuine
ligneous
travail
authenticate
bigotry
31. Hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease
decadence
sentinel
impromptu
incubate
32. One that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.
outcast
reparable
grate
countenance
33. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade
brandish
marrow
camaraderie
orifice
34. Call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
swindler
evoke
expound
acute
35. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
canker
glutinous
portend
defiance
36. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force
volley
subsequent
annotate
momentum
37. Enclosure for birds; large cage
offensive
metaphysical
sleazy
aviary
38. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
trample
fugitive
monarchy
confidant(confidante)
39. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book
pell-mell
penetrate
bedraggle
stodgy
40. Hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)
slapdash
phlegmatic
precarious
coma
41. Bloody; with much bloodshed
sanguinary
impermeable
decrepitude
abash
42. Justified; authorized
stately
dispel
warranted
contend
43. Suitable for drinking; drinkable
potable
haughtiness
regale
blithe(blithesome)
44. Stick together
shirk
litigation
cohere
oblivion
45. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search - especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion
conspire
matriarch
slake
scavenge
46. Excessive indulgence of one's own desire
tact
gossamer
elixir
self-indulgence
47. Accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes
swipe
wean
incumbent
thresh
48. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
compendium
nether
kernel
fitful
49. Self-evident truth requiring no proof
axiom
pliable
skirmish
incandescent
50. Items of business at a meeting
agenda
bait
waver
harping