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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Insignificant; unimportant
inconsequential
papyrus
tan
incursion
2. Rebel; nonconformist (in a group)
stereotype
eulogistic
incipient
maverick
3. Rule over tyrannically
eerie
paean
throb
domineer
4. Very wicked
apiary
canny
nefarious
frolicsome
5. Bind as servant or apprentice to master; bind by indenture; N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)
indenture
vision
disclaim
resilient
6. Contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
purse
galley
lottery
diabolical
7. One who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work
malingerer
impute
fluted
indigence
8. Small speck (esp. of dust)
pore
rabies
mote
espionage
9. Tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse
prolixity
swipe
vigil
transient
10. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality
prodigal
liaison
merger
encompass
11. Contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical
glower
treatise
pyromaniac
antithesis
12. Premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear
satiate
edict
presentiment
debar
13. Legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor
eon(aeon)
chancellor
credo
haven
14. Incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something
mystic
partial
vitreous
cardiologist
15. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
daunt
charlatan
gibberish
cardinal
16. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.
unwonted
miasma
corollary
pharisee
17. Produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant
breed
nutrient
varnish
unassailable
18. Resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to
recourse
relevant
brittle
dissension
19. Curse; express abhorrence for; detest
intractable
execrate
gourmet
flail
20. Cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing
feral
bleak
condign
lopsided
21. Drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink
lounge
miscellaneous
tipple
numismatist
22. Short-lived; fleeting
ephemeral
blemish
zest
fauna
23. Person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism
anthropoid
incandescent
optimist
vernal
24. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
barterer
procrastinate
saturnine
unequivocal
25. Objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable
apoplexy
brink
coax
exceptionable
26. Sustaining; means of livelihood - support - food - nourishment; something that maintains life; food
militant
vindicate
sustenance
scoff
27. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
facsimile
frenetic(phrenetic)
camp
glutton
28. Crystal clear
humble
limpid
vehement
brim
29. Devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms
ravage
paste
terrestrial
reciprocal
30. Poor; destitute
indigent
notable
strut
oust
31. Book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus
victuals
sporadic
anthology
superficial
32. Shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall
totter
ratiocination
prominent
hallowed
33. Temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution
fecundity
extrovert
scaffold
retiring
34. Periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
perceptive
filing
intermittent
harbinger
35. Taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.
preponderance
herpetologist
quip
superficial
36. Opposite; ADJ.
oath
adulation
converse
tonsure
37. Bantering; joking
hiatus
denomination
spectral
chaffing
38. Too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable
circlet
unctuous
fathomless
unearthly
39. Support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress
benign
debunk
bizarre
buttress
40. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future
idiom
queer
incongruity
retroactive
41. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition
quagmire
trance
kismet
harrowing
42. Staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient
transient
stolid
din
gush
43. Small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
spangle
chronicle
nether
impugn
44. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
infallible
parable
tribute
legend
45. Multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)
metropolis
skulk
motley
argot
46. Temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.
smirk
pore
bivouac
malaise
47. Blessing
benediction
insouciant
standstill
mirth
48. Urgent situation; ADJ. exigent
traverse
gape
anguish
exigency
49. Made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction
morgue
pallid
evenhanded
rarefied
50. Advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product
valedictory
preamble
promote
pterodactyl