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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. Suggest a meaning not expressed; signify
ruddy
imply
livid
jostle
2. Skin of an animal
gloss_over
callus
hide
granulate
3. Proper (in behavior - conduct - or appearance)
recuperate
decorous
beleaguer
friction
4. Person receiving protection and support from a patron
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5. Standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique
rightful
incantation
stock
contumacious
6. Records arranged in yearly parts; history
grandeur
dulcet
annals
charisma
7. Act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse
subsidiary
dingy
diversion
magnate
8. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
sibylline
capacity
disfigure
shoot
9. Scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)
carafe
chide
nocturnal
delusion
10. Remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for
cataract
muse
forgo(forego)
redress
11. Particle removed by a file
adage
cryptic
filing
incidence
12. Decorate
forensic
adorn
garish
entree(entr'ee)
13. Become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care
dour
prey
venal
prosper
14. Shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident
diffidence
incident
craft
pernicious
15. Inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying
bungle
pry
tardy
maculated
16. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea
tawdry
solicitor
nauseate
pithy
17. Grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation
steadfast
rumble
verbiage
proliferate
18. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
comatose
detraction
exasperate
trajectory
19. Outward decorations; ornaments (as an outward sign of rank)
trappings
perspicuity
license
culpable
20. Persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle
depravity
rubric
incontinent
cajole
21. Severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction
tepid
bolster
authoritarian
stricture
22. Watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance
vigilant
levitate
indices
innate
23. Of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company
titular
tract
bank
erotic
24. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment
assail
animosity
gregarious
nutrient
25. Dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify
acerbity
anarchist
depose
seasoned
26. Occurring again and again
brooch
rebuttal
recurrent
thresh
27. Absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous
emanate
unruly
preposterous
spasmodic
28. Change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander
synthesis
reprove
convivial
gerrymander
29. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.
pr'ecis
culmination
torrent
penance
30. Grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation
conflagration
coterie
frugality
lament
31. Study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish
die
shrew
criteria
ichthyology
32. Wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping
nullify
executioner
orgy
duress
33. Maker and seller of eyeglasses
epilogue
optician
chaotic
intuition
34. Building (of imposing size)
embark
edifice
sleigh
humdrum
35. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning - trivial details of learning - or technicalities
amphibian
odds
negligence
pedant
36. Merry
magnitude
jocund
rabies
toss
37. Long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.
replete
paleontology
swell
bequeath
38. Without guile; open and honest
deprecate
artless
fancied
discerning
39. Omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)
bemused
factious
augury
enrapture
40. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
lounge
debut
rendition
cameo
41. Person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the usual or necessary number
favoritism
quarry
chary
supernumerary
42. Illegitimate child
quarantine
bastard
enterprise
impede
43. Witty thought or saying - usually short
epigram
repel
base
bawdy
44. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
voluptuous
futile
simper
tureen
45. Steadily loyal; unswerving; steady
benefit
aspirant
steadfast
titter
46. Set free; liberate
palpable
mime
slake
emancipate
47. Pompous; using inflated language
disabuse
pestle
draught
bombastic
48. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
eclectic
sterile
rend
jumble
49. Hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place; (of people) wait nearby; stay around one place; waver; be in an uncertain state
hover
unrequited
sophomoric
bequeath
50. Behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious
patina
sybarite
comeback
flirt