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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. Female sheep
inhibit
epitome
ewe
impecunious
2. Separate; part; CF. asunder
gouge
pugnacity
venial
sunder
3. Pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor
sartorial
cleft
document
tribulation
4. Causing nausea; feeling nausea
ciliated
arboretum
nauseous
etymology
5. Ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy
regiment
perceptive
sanguinary
morose
6. Leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my
bound
centigrade
forebears(forbears)
lavish
7. Permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate
indissoluble
tact
decrepit
extol
8. So small - trifling - or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
mock
deserts
negligible
penumbra
9. Religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic
confiscate
dutiful(duteous)
quaint
denomination
10. Contradict; oppose; violate (a rule - law - or custom); N. contravention
abusive
brochure
cerebration
contravene
11. Make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder
gall
finicky
dazzle
satire
12. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality
abscond
prodigal
subsequent
frisk
13. Change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
calligraphy
variegate
kinetic
volley
14. Rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse
exonerate
discord
lampoon
gruff
15. (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
crotchety
baroque
bank
hapless
16. Explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid
sanguine
apropos
finicky
elucidate
17. Underline; emphasize
allay
fret
permissive
underscore
18. Gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man
fancier
sprout
topography
lechery
19. Tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it
apostate
titillate
oust
kindle
20. State of depression or melancholy; style of slow - mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)
blues
takeoff
supposititious
motility
21. Curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose
shade
vigilant
ingratiate
aquiline
22. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter
rigor
canvass
smear
inimical
23. Question closely; cross-examine; cross-question
interrogate
recuperate
saturate
damn
24. Annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation
limp
plebiscite
cataclysm
gall
25. (of an animal) not domestic; wild
feral
roil
craven
linger
26. Display of partiality toward a favored person
regime
poseur
favoritism
castigation
27. Waste matter; worthless impurities
cunning
dross
spin
provincial
28. Crude dwelling; shack
waive
hut
ethereal
gall
29. Cause; produce; create
generate
industrious
reverend
cow
30. Rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
incident
fester
ingenious
obsequious
31. Pierce; put a hole through
tonsure
perforate
resound
hilarity
32. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health
aegis
invalid
quip
prelate
33. Illicit lover
sublime
beholden
paramour
indissoluble
34. Freedom from narrow limitations
provender
adherent
latitude
inept
35. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.
obsequious
harping
curfew
derivative
36. Based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; Ex. practical man
inert
dabble
practical
herald
37. Man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)
drip
blue
crave
groom
38. Laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats
scoff
arcade
paradigm
increment
39. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
discourse
languid
vital
grim
40. Hasten; make go faster
expedite
pore
unique
lunatic
41. Yellowed; prejudiced (envious - hostile - or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye
jaundiced
pertinacious
commodious
rational
42. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry
chivalrous
untoward
erudite
ploy
43. Make lively or spirited; animate
cumbersome
enliven
palette
fit
44. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
visionary
empathy
millennium
gnarl
45. Scientific student of birds; N. ornithology: scientific study of birds
ornithologist
trepidation
biennial
duration
46. Becoming putrid; putrefying
braggart
chivalrous
unassuming
putrescent
47. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime
libertine
tureen
felon
therapeutic
48. Picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.
mosaic
seismic
coercion
forfeit
49. Ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person - group - or institution
filibuster
benefit
attenuate
lampoon
50. Seeker after position or status
longevity
homespun
flick
aspirant