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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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1. Introduction (to a poem or play)
prologue
idiosyncrasy
viscid
margin
2. Unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable
invert
imperceptible
largess
juxtapose
3. Give protection (by giving food and shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex. harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of shelter; refuge
harbor
devout
penology
laceration
4. Musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace
euphony
irresolute
parasite
overture
5. In essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space
eulogistic
mass
base
virtual
6. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition
coda
rapture
clairvoyant
abate
7. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny
taut
abdicate
misogynist
retroactive
8. Superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
curator
dilemma
disembark
pr'ecis
9. Making a harsh noise; grating; harsh
edifice
sonic
raspy
gourmet
10. Hit or knock against with force; N.
champion
ambush
bump
bourgeois
11. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology
physiological
defect
suborn
queasy
12. Queer and amusing
pry
falter
droll
averse
13. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases
unfetter
panacea
precedent
retrograde
14. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring
minutiae
perennial
ordeal
demented
15. Reclining; lying down completely or in part
supersede
recumbent
vigilante
d'ebris
16. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil
livid
imbroglio
harbor
transparent
17. (of a plant or grass) growing very well
lush
flighty
apothegm(apophthegm)
cite
18. Echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.
reverberate
lag
misnomer
harbinger
19. Small model; small painting; ADJ: small
backslide
clap
miniature
fusion
20. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
decree
velocity
garbled
acuity
21. Scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker
elaborate
apiculture
conscientious
liability
22. Wall painting
plumb
acrid
mural
funereal
23. Make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity
artifacts
gorge
clap
perpetuate
24. Cancel; revoke (an order)
exposure
countermand
sheer
blotch
25. Procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry
cavalcade
pinnace
infringe
invulnerable
26. Decorate
beguile
debauch
adorn
distend
27. Having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic
civil
gambit
eschew
vegetate
28. Immoral or dissolute person
polemic
sentimental
plebeian
rake
29. Support or base as for a pillar or statue
pedestal
compatible
significant
categorical
30. Somewhat saline
assent
brackish
piquant
encipher
31. Fight
renovate
rusticate
melee
mettle
32. Insert between
fruition
bawdy
interpolate
estranged
33. Endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody
handsome
defoliate
incarnate
expenditure
34. Lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
nether
codify
coup
visionary
35. Not planned; impromptu; extempore
extemporaneous
furor
obstinate
mauve
36. Ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment
gloss
mordant
emblazon
archaeology
37. Having a common ancestor
consanguineous(consanguine)
intransigence
holocaust
oust
38. Nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling
vain
gibberish
sumptuous
impolitic
39. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune
enduring
rationale
trenchant
communal
40. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts
parquet
tramp
spectrum
vie
41. Practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept
clandestine
rousing
misconduct
precept
42. Take off; OP. don
doff
maculated
holster
circumspect
43. Stout; corpulent
implode
appellation
portly
myopic
44. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
goad
defalcate
incendiary
simper
45. Shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope
expansive
glimmer
amoral
confide
46. Large three-masted sailing ship
galleon
bask
pedigree
lookout
47. Imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)
defect
weird
ape
tertiary
48. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)
ruthless
integrity
charlatan
misadventure
49. Without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection
effectual
mammoth
despondent
stolid
50. (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat
tether
enmity
pert
hallucination