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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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1. Return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.
outrage
relapse
exploit
contumacious
2. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important
unfetter
pomposity
pacify
sleek
3. Mistaken; wrong; incorrect
contravene
erroneous
extrovert
politic
4. Pertaining to the body; bodily; physical
scrupulous
indecision
mollycoddle
somatic
5. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth
faction
terminology
snub
troth
6. Physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics
squelch
quadruped
pediatrician
omnipresent
7. Striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion
percussion
lineage
sycophant
refectory
8. New or newly coined word or phrase
neologism
stealth
ample
disgorge
9. Pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum
oracular
extol
cerebral
indentation
10. Giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin
sensuous
luxuriant
rolling
anomalous
11. Delicate; of very fine quality
parasite
explicit
choice
volatile
12. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force
leonine
pith
momentum
morbid
13. Beginning; in an early stage
blurt
surfeit
fusillade
incipient
14. Wordy; N. verbosity
cessation
verbose
ventriloquist
lumen
15. Poisonous snake
desolate
viper
tribunal
megalomania
16. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress
spurious
acne
decoy
tyranny
17. Shield; protection; defense
shun
soar
aegis
ludicrous
18. Clever; astute
shrewd
probe
beneficial
monumental
19. Incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory - crematorium
cremate
blunder
nonchalance
consanguinity
20. Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife
filibuster
overwrought
uxorious
outspoken
21. Strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster
synoptic
gust
droll
suffocate
22. Nearness; ADJ. proximate
proximity
potpourri
veer
respiration
23. Artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears
percussion
tickle
fusion
factitious
24. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean
detonation
exploit
nominal
controvert
25. Churlish - miserly individual; bad-tempered old person
compunction
curmudgeon
actuate
verisimilar
26. Dummy; likeness of a person made of wood - paper - or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President
finished
eminent
effigy
grill
27. Not good-looking; unattractive
combustible
mammoth
homely
velocity
28. Indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); Ex. oblique reference
onslaught
oblique
shunt
casual
29. Accidental; by chance; N. fortuity
voluminous
fortuitous
dutiful(duteous)
demotic
30. Mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N.
contingent
prognosis
shuffle
infidel
31. Trick which makes someone take action; practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V.
fissure
descry
hoax
nemesis
32. Whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause
caprice
grudging
manifesto
skinflint
33. Reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger)
casual
mottled
buccaneer
conciliatory
34. Situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives
gruff
unwarranted
dilemma
inclusive
35. In a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game
asunder
vernal
condone
gamely
36. Slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)
ramp
contraband
skulk
bovine
37. Very important; N. moment; CF. momentary
momentous
memento
consonant
tureen
38. Done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne
gustatory
irrepressible
fulcrum
nocturnal
39. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
amphitheater
nourish
adjuration
intermittent
40. Gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia
indict
melancholy
Bacchanalia
excerpt
41. Deportment; connection
provisional
declivity
probity
bearing
42. Improperness; unsuitableness
impropriety
quarantine
authoritarian
deign
43. Law enacted by the legislature
ordinance
execrable
countermand
statute
44. Transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand
pellucid
minute
heed
fledgling(fledgeling)
45. Having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted
effete
trample
tenacious
irresolute
46. Peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame
embryonic
eulogy
impolitic
pinnacle
47. Make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win
whelp
rarefied
archaeology
intoxicate
48. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor
demented
rubric
tactile
brisk
49. Noxious(harmful) smell
retroactive
disquietude
effluvium
anticlimax
50. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition
erudite
contrive
conspire
panoramic