GRE Vocab

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers
attribute
gust
idyll(idyl)
noxious


2. Crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining
demean
drudge
juncture
humanitarian


3. Move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)
exempt
slink
pivotal
polity


4. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
felicity
ordain
palpitate
rend


5. Occupy fully; absorb
casual
engross
trifle
surveillance


6. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful
carat(karat)
boon
demotic
dossier


7. Life after death; later part of one's life
integrate
granary
missive
afterlife


8. Heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent
canker
forfeit
ardor
contrivance


9. Pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal
pedant
convene
congenital
badger


10. Unfrightening
unintimating
retentive
predator
humor


11. Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy
desperado
postmortem
implacable
rife


12. Concise; abrupt; pithy
scenario
terse
amalgamate
surveillance


13. Violent anguish
commonwealth
throes
indentation
season


14. Violation (of a rule or regulation); breach
outspoken
substantiate
infraction
lethargic


15. Great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist
irreparable
uniformity
correlate
clout


16. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
functionary
enlist
slag
debut


17. Slip or slide
apogee
sleigh
veto
slither


18. Alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists
enamored
purported
discriminate
manifesto


19. Pantry; place where food is kept
polemical(polemic)
combustible
larder
genteel


20. Annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation
centripetal
gall
haggle
debutante


21. Something fit to be eaten
comestible
unbridled
exhilarating
propound


22. Without deceit
catcall
guileless
incorporate
defile


23. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk
torso
modicum
misconduct
potion


24. Scolding woman; very small mouselike animal
shrew
vehement
angular
rip


25. Urgent situation; ADJ. exigent
vantage
swelter
idolatry
exigency


26. Having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large
deleterious
voluminous
incontrovertible
impinge


27. Drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
lethargic
pander
embellish
anvil


28. Filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid bed/story
demotic
sordid
admonish
lush


29. Neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care
luminous
indelible
negligence
gentility


30. Lifeless; not animate
august
inanimate
visceral
graduated


31. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning
inanimate
couple
casualty
bank


32. Limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget
parameter
disinclination
estranged
incisive


33. Tyrant; harsh - authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
doom
recite
despot
asinine


34. Sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the same all over
uniformity
parley
senility
burgeon


35. Shield; protection; defense
molten
aegis
pathos
ensue


36. Dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)
embitter
ensue
quay
mire


37. Cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat
audacious
jaunty
confidant(confidante)
bedraggle


38. Eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks.
erode
bid
vigil
sanctuary


39. Imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation)
epitaph
mantle
emulate
dolt


40. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality
tiller
magniloquent
causal
axiom


41. Brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub
fray
whelp
conglomeration
satyr


42. State strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
assert
dross
laity
pith


43. Indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable
bacchanal
incontrovertible
resourceful
tantamount


44. Period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare
prime
connubial
automaton
wring


45. Going from one state of action to another
miscellany
impasse
transition
speechless


46. Secondary or minor occupation
absolve
canvass
avocation
verve


47. Explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable
insomnia
explicate
bilk
refectory


48. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
apogee
tactile
lionize
ram


49. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue
paragon
spoilsport
provocative
totter


50. Not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress
gild
exotic
quadruped
aseptic