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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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1. Feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric
euphoria
bandy
plumage
saboteur
2. Justified; authorized
gullible
adjuration
haunt
warranted
3. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices
auroral
static
vertex
cessation
4. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.
raconteur
unwonted
holocaust
expatriate
5. Make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
thresh
equivocate
exorcise
caulk(calk)
6. Equip; N. accoutrement
nuptial
accoutre
extort
gild
7. Lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive
graduated
parquet
gainsay
seduce
8. Correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics
carnivorous
virtuoso
habituate
orthography
9. Lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
turgid
nether
subterfuge
ultimate
10. Detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant
suavity
scion
foolhardy
surmise
11. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible
unkempt
stratified
metaphysical
inconsistency
12. Characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest
uninhibited
contingent
universal
groom
13. Apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature
partition
siren
sour
eclipse
14. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
pendulous
invective
impermeable
thwart
15. Quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily
illusion
marshal
cavil
premise
16. Pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
distraught
erotic
vigilante
pariah
17. Immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling
unfledged
causal
somatic
braggart
18. Person who establishes (an organization or business)
incognito
freebooter
diurnal
founder
19. Painting in only one color; ADJ.
mediate
monochrome
hygiene
sect
20. Pointed tool used for piercing
fathom
besmirch
oracular
awl
21. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
seamy
importune
topography
cemetery
22. Convincing
dotage
askew
abominable
cogent
23. Pierce; put a hole through
mortician
perforate
amalgamate
stampede
24. Combine; fuse; N. coalescence
coalesce
laud
invert
rapacious
25. Vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating
prod
arraign
pugilist
diverge
26. Complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
mischief
knead
grumble
philistine
27. Place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)
asylum
macabre
inclined
presumptuous
28. Worthless; futile
swell
nugatory
plaster
pacifist
29. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank
degradation
epoch
bullion
corollary
30. Slip or slide
reciprocal
slither
flutter
conscientious
31. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
disquisition
pernicious
wretch
ferret
32. Conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length
mortify
peroration
inept
semblance
33. Place for burying the dead
quaff
ratify
cemetery
oatmeal
34. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose
occult
poseur
retroactive
avarice
35. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality
duration
formality
touching
scurry
36. Minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children
squabble
bandy
fresco
factitious
37. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
indecision
holster
acoustics
puerile
38. Openmouthed
altercation
incidence
agape
cherubic
39. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal
kleptomaniac
skiff
personify
regeneration
40. Thwart; present an obstacle; stump
habituate
stymie
adroit
insensible
41. New growth from a plant
regime
shoot
inevitable
crabbed
42. Social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah
amalgamate
cantata
misconstrue
pariah
43. 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
pell-mell
profound
imply
enterprise
44. Ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark
ultimate
edifice
commonplace
throb
45. Dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go.
catalyst
quandary
devout
malicious
46. Without attention to comfort; lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined; Ex. spartan living condition/life
exorbitant
contiguous
spartan
disapprobation
47. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness
haggle
meditation
umbrage
fervor
48. Sound on judgment; wise
conjugal
convene
shoddy
judicious
49. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
convoke
rig
covenant
carefree
50. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound
expurgate
humdrum
embrace
suture