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GRE Vocab
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gre
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english
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bvat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Face; appearance
confide
opiate
visage
alchemy
2. Revoke; annul
repeal
paraphrase
filial
abeyance
3. Marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line
internecine
striated
fluency
bellicose
4. Obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness
luscious
oblivion
intransigence
formidable
5. Solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize
impel
immune
polygamist
anathema
6. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate
nonsense
refurbish
retaliate
deleterious
7. Thought; working of the brain
defiance
cerebration
flick
unscathed
8. Parish priest; representative
crone
vicar
roil
skulduggery(skullduggery)
9. Ill will; hatred; hostility
halting
imposture
foreshadow
enmity
10. Highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
prodigy
avid
lottery
loiter
11. Cautious; careful; prudential
horticultural
empirical
prudent
hover
12. Use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder
demur
tenure
seismic
husband
13. Lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)
rivulet
dictum
lax
prevaricate
14. Treat with scorn or contempt
induce
vintner
disdain
rivulet
15. State with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate
ignominy
vivid
understate
aloof
16. Hasten; make go faster
loll
enclave
expedite
hypothetical
17. Pertaining to the body; bodily; physical
nonchalance
hap
disputatious
somatic
18. Bear fruit; produce fruit
fructify
annals
delude
demographic
19. Bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry
abject
despondent
pedantic
generate
20. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism
phylum
ooze
turncoat
existential
21. Blacken; defame
subordinate
denigrate
consummate
feebleminded
22. Broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical
farce
vapid
proclivity
stupefy
23. Smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent
supposition
fluency
conventional
quaint
24. Commit an offense; do (something wrong)
perpetrate
pique
germ
omnivorous
25. Make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
glean
disbar
pragmatist
gambol
26. Dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow
somber
comestible
exalt
cohorts
27. Feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense
leash
satirical
clique
pretend
28. Obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.
patent
obese
exposure
disavowal
29. Taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through
concordat
prosperous
painstaking
antagonism
30. Stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality
wastrel
gambit
adhere
gargantuan
31. Remainder; balance
residue
intermediary
desolate
menial
32. Uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen.
distinct
disburse
qualms
mealymouthed
33. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
topography
exigency
requiem
mammoth
34. Song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem
bellicose
anthem
grouch
vaunted
35. Outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life
postulate
embitter
hazardous
zest
36. Frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
delete
discomfit
emanate
recurrent
37. Death
chastise
demise
sway
implicate
38. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
reverie
saturnine
amend
epilogue
39. Drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees
nectar
prowess
coma
parlance
40. Agree; accept; N. assessment
assent
boor
connoisseur
reverent
41. Congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant
fell
ambiguous
retract
coagulate
42. Draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?
distinction
somatic
limn
raspy
43. Stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting
philatelist
pedigree
accolade
staid
44. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
sibylline
omnivorous
cunning
cordial
45. 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
quaff
stock
tenancy
sublime
46. False; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument
scheme
soliloquy
deport
fallacious
47. Bruise
contusion
marital
apotheosis
glaring
48. Weakness
infirmity
proletarian
bound
presentiment
49. Causing sadness - compassion - pity; touching
pathetic
circumvent
garnish
callow
50. Disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement
duplicity
dispatch
pantomime
clemency