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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. Great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant
covetous
profusion
consanguineous(consanguine)
hackneyed
2. Change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative
retract
innovation
inclined
clown
3. Nook; recess
obsessive
alms
alcove
ineffable
4. Pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general
graduate
dross
inductive
violate
5. Sound on judgment; wise
stodgy
explicate
judicious
brackish
6. Waste (time or money on unimportant things)
fritter
imprecation
groove
vigilante
7. Reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $neq$ cause repulsion
sedition
bulwark
repulse
ploy
8. Extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting
minute
gleam
incarnation
pathos
9. Of a member of the cat family; N.
vivacious
prelate
adept
feline
10. Unchangeable
hackles
immutable
wholesome
extol
11. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality
prodigal
dilute
theocracy
vilify
12. Messenger
courier
rescind
infallible
inanimate
13. Strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth
gangrene
omnipresent
travail
fundamental
14. Tending to call up (emotions - memories)
evocative
ogle
senility
fervid
15. Strong and firm (in the body)
sturdy
orientation
unobtrusive
supposititious
16. Crude dwelling; shack
dulcet
regent
hut
recuperate
17. Exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of
plumb
daunt
outlook
flaunt
18. Of or like an uncle
clangor
avuncular
discriminating
recrimination
19. Sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)
snuffle
mirage
puissant
apprehend
20. Outrun; surpass; outdo
fancy
outstrip
denigrate
oblivious
21. Tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid
insurrection
insalubrious
bargain
obelisk
22. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
annul
surly
plump
aerie(aery -eyrie -eyry)
23. Bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal - feudalism
repeal
stipple
adjacent
feud
24. Pertaining to language
disparage
linguistic
penumbra
corollary
25. Pay attention to; N: close attention
wheedle
renege
authoritative
heed
26. Conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus
hoodwink
spatial
narcissist
gratify
27. A place where bees are kept
unsightly
debar
apiary
fester
28. Gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose
benefactor
intoxicate
titter
dint
29. Wandering from place to place; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy
vagrant
compendium
controvert
suitor
30. Irreverent
rebuttal
haven
nocturnal
impious
31. Platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement
contiguous
compound
bromide
nonsense
32. Explosion
explicate
forebears(forbears)
reticent
detonation
33. Annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)
decelerate
chagrin
diurnal
pulsate
34. (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
crotchety
continence
arcane
aver
35. Dummy; likeness of a person made of wood - paper - or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President
imperative
effigy
beseech
oath
36. Grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation
proliferate
sedulous
chase
canter
37. Boast
dormant
brag
abusive
monograph
38. Expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage
crave
derogatory
unintimating
gild
39. Inharmonious; N. incompatibility
incompatible
thrifty
prolong
perverse
40. Area of thick hard skin
callus
simile
subtlety
resign
41. Continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition
converse
din
crux
rightful
42. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
spruce
grim
nuptial
entail
43. Humorous; mischievous; tricky
progeny
waggish
blue
commensurate
44. Related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony
malapropism
transcribe
premonition
nuptial
45. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.
autocratic
torrent
glutton
benison
46. Cause; produce; create
brisk
reserve
tickle
generate
47. Parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
allay
histrionic
defer
palimpsest
48. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage
peon
dainty
acetic
eschew
49. (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune
titular
matrimony
balk
mellifluous
50. Foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal
alluvial
drama
parched
paramount