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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. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter
febrile
disgruntle
rigor
virus
2. Motherly; N. maternity: motherhood
maternal
rostrum
bestow
pejorative
3. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
distinctive
gross
quell
aureole
4. Disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
dissension
maxim
avow
disinclination
5. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics
finished
collected
aesthetic
roseate
6. Courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave
pluck
deadpan
glib
humus
7. Belief in one God
monotheism
coup
extrovert
palpitate
8. (of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members; Ex. plenary power
plenary
tacit
deadlock
clot
9. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
rail
lumen
hubbub
treatise
10. Drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action
clot
stringent
polity
impel
11. Wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)
tend
malfeasance
euphemism
charm
12. Pour off gently (wine or liquid)
predator
decant
swill
effigy
13. (of a bird) sing; babble; N.
advert
warble
complaisant
agape
14. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction
hackles
concoct
unfeigned
monotheism
15. Active strength; energy; enthusiasm; ADJ. vigorous
inquisitive
amenities
plenary
vigor
16. Saying farewell; expression of leave-taking
valediction
gawk
evoke
doze
17. Strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle
protocol
doom
repast
incandescent
18. Low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)
compress
adapt
engage
galley
19. Lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell
forfeit
factious
lineage
sluggish
20. Pertaining to marriage
polemic
marital
vitiate
glaring
21. Marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity
prone
ingenious
functional
efface
22. Encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort
infirmity
hortatory
bellicose
cataract
23. Express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory
deprecate
lucrative
maniacal
mordant
24. Prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking
invocation
tarantula
betray
bard
25. In a state of rage; Ex. run amok
Bacchanalia
carnivorous
trifle
amok(amuck)
26. Burn (a wound or snakebite - etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection
bastion
cauterize
dearth
fiat
27. Expose to slander
integrate
chimerical
traduce
shoddy
28. Environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature
carping
ambience
nubile
malcontent
29. Attractive (in personality or appearance)
personable
accretion
martial
demur
30. Chance; luck
hap
eclectic
acumen
fuddle
31. Lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic
contrivance
pessimism
amicable
apathy
32. Readily acting in accordance with a rule - order - or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements
annihilate
compliant
monumental
catastrophe
33. Shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
defection
oatmeal
invocation
nuance
34. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
magistrate
adamant
dowry
abode
35. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation
negate
fervor
enigma
veracity
36. Willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat
affected
garnish
dinghy
enterprise
37. Speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence
collected
cipher
innocuous
malign
38. Sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation
hibernate
generic
litigation
scaffold
39. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
benediction
tactile
azure
smattering
40. Rejoicing; great joy
glossy
novelty
formality
jubilation
41. Winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake
largess
serpentine
knit
disdain
42. Yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession
misogynist
corrosive
sidereal
cede
43. Heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
cumbersome
reprise
demented
explicit
44. In name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint
clique
nominal
demolition
solder
45. Mischievous trick
thrive
expatiate
corpus
prank
46. Daring; bold; N. audacity
recuperate
fluke
cupidity
audacious
47. Cock; adult male chicken
sprout
raucous
rooster
acoustics
48. Thick-skinned animal
pachyderm
constraint
mammal
cliché
49. Flexible; supple; pliable; V.
brood
incorrigible
limber
reckon
50. Take off; OP. don
doff
nutrition
compulsive
harangue