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GRE Vocab
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gre
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1. Sudden flood or rush; Ex. spate of accidents
convoluted
blanch
smother
spate
2. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
lethargic
avalanche
physiognomy
airy
3. Small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble
marsupial
monogram
robust
foible
4. Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
harry
connivance
assiduous
patrician
5. Control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height
patina
dominate
vampire
conclusive
6. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork
gist
mason
bank
quiver
7. Lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts - not imagination or feelings); factual; CF. prose
apex
askew
realm
prosaic
8. Very bad; detestable
genealogy
celibate
title
execrable
9. Pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively
loquacious
mollycoddle
amenities
privation
10. Support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify
substantiate
preen
impassable
perceptive
11. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression
sumptuous
stultify
covetous
narcissist
12. Mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president
effete
brackish
capacity
infallible
13. Partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow
contingent
penumbra
defray
inscrutable
14. Unattractive
unprepossessing
litter
philistine
ambrosia
15. Able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination
contrive
mercantile
gnarl
discriminating
16. Ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman
vise
suffragist
obituary
ecclesiastic
17. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
subversive
masticate
incessant
shade
18. Difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
ambience
marrow
predicament
acne
19. Nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.
fledgling(fledgeling)
titter
vantage
bilk
20. Skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
foray
cynical
finery
supplicant
21. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air
prerogative
countenance
willowy
ventilate
22. Used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease
sprout
prophylactic
arbitrate
hull
23. Weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man
decrepit
glimmer
consolidation
dermatologist
24. Bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder
recidivism
pacify
gall
desultory
25. Very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end
penance
taper
sprout
peccadillo
26. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage
gnarl
anchor
raiment
acknowledge
27. Live together
chafe
interminable
cohabit
interstice
28. Melted; Ex. molten lava
molten
rightful
amalgamate
irreconcilable
29. Keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours); Ex. all-night vigil
vigil
solicitous
mat
pretension
30. Ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
anathema
relevant
rickety
ordination
31. Insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash
significant
impromptu
paltry
rapacious
32. Joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous
defunct
facetious
taxonomist
threadbare
33. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
humid
sophisticated
spoof
officious
34. Assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
contaminate
leniency
abet
decimate
35. Cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart
quail
lubricate
valedictory
exude
36. Moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby
overweening
lull
inaugurate
inveterate
37. Outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; Ex. manifestation of his pronounced musical bent
forlorn
reinstate
manifestation
layman
38. Sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand
tarnish
ordination
legerdemain
pessimism
39. Serious speech - writing - or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.
warranted
discourse
deputize
defame
40. Come or bring together; call up or summon (forces - vital powers - etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering
entail
circuitous
forsake
rally
41. Drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action
legerdemain
orthodox
rectify
urge
42. (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing - esp. from one lover to another; impulsive
flighty
chameleon
indemnify
boost
43. Trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily; act falteringly; N.
confluence
stumble
bane
vortex
44. Nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.
random
repudiate
prim
cipher
45. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
affirmation
tawdry
pitfall
embroider
46. Chances; probability; disagreement; Ex. The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds with
pigment
pejorative
odds
shove
47. Outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude
allegory
maladroit
groom
token
48. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
passive
legerdemain
tentative
cabal
49. Natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation
urbane
snuffle
habitat
lucrative
50. Glass water bottle; decanter
conception
enunciate
carafe
aver
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