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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. (of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes
catholic
forte
intolerant
assay
2. Desertion
eulogistic
defection
dermatologist
urbane
3. Weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man
resuscitate
decrepit
decapitate
prim
4. Piece of sculpture showing a person's head - shoulders - and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster
encroachment
antiseptic
bust
jaded
5. Not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery
poseur
ulterior
shimmer
impenetrable
6. Unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste
finale
unseemly
pulmonary
ancestry
7. Biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit
extrinsic
mordant
relegate
stump
8. Work of art put together from fragments
bilk
slick
collage
fake
9. Able to walk
stint
indite
ambulatory
freebooter
10. Analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)
unexceptionable
assay
solitude
decree
11. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control
mishap
icon(ikon)
jaundice
helm
12. Daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine
pellucid
impecunious
quotidian
chide
13. Mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items
discordant
miscellany
transport
resolution
14. Heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture of dried flower petals a pot (to give a pleasant smell to a room)
clavicle
reverie
redress
potpourri
15. Honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction
decomposition
distinction
severity
tinge
16. Fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: state of mind or emotion
phenomena
moodiness
importunate
diaphanous
17. Sad and lonely; wretched; desolate
indoctrinate
forlorn
misanthrope
graphite
18. Mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic
archipelago
devious
bovine
psychosis
19. Cowardly
mangy
debilitate
ramify
craven
20. (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores
progenitor
finale
underscore
transpire
21. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians
cede
paradox
ingrate
herpetologist
22. Heavenly
shack
celestial
trinket
philanthropist
23. Pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear
prurient
solicitor
impale
guileless
24. Dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
consecrate
dexterous
subjugate
saturate
25. Snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill
nip
symmetry
pastiche
creep
26. Bantering; joking
vision
cacophonous
chaffing
unsavory
27. Hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion
disarray
parish
repress
tramp
28. (of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs
connoisseur
torrid
nostrum
bellicose
29. Red or white cell in the blood
isthmus
compliance
corpuscle
recital
30. Unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke
porridge
flirt
irrevocable
clemency
31. Make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president
mores
dilute
excerpt
recidivism
32. Annoy; distress
notch
vex
precedent
dabble
33. Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior
ego
histrionic
imbibe
stultify
34. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
occult
barrister
ravel
centigrade
35. Chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation
acetic
existential
fermentation
venture
36. Omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)
amphibian
drone
augury
lilliputian
37. List; mention one by one
enumerate
recast
nuptial
emancipate
38. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
clavicle
reinstate
convulsion
nostrum
39. Maker and seller of eyeglasses
mincing
optician
pungent
mottled
40. Limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget
provenance
aggrandize
bane
parameter
41. Song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory
comatose
paean
fiat
impolitic
42. Concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult
fraudulent
brook
frock
hermetic
43. Wave around (a weapon); flourish
filing
brandish
quash
impasse
44. Flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved
detrimental
adulation
subtlety
incidence
45. Outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town
rebuff
credence
periphery
fallible
46. Theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure
cursory
tendentious
siren
motif
47. Public speaker
raffle
dilatory
grapple
orator
48. Having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large
terminology
rout
voluminous
metamorphosis
49. Protruding knot on a tree; V.
virile
jurisdiction
browse
gnarl
50. Understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust
lethargic
obnoxious
supersede
implicit