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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. Frenzied; frantic
arid
frenetic(phrenetic)
hybrid
disparage
2. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments
affliction
disheveled
spurious
peremptory
3. Clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations); N. resource - resourcefulness
resourceful
libidinous
vogue
procrastinate
4. Twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands)
holster
wring
magnanimity
deviate
5. Thriftless; not providing for the future
tatter
horde
improvident
molten
6. Loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
polyglot
annihilate
abstemious
blare
7. Call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display
fanfare
beholden
ingrate
dingy
8. Boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish
valid
uncouth
imperious
visionary
9. Collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap
shaving
smear
interminable
agglomeration
10. Based on experience
substantive
introvert
presage
empirical
11. Opponent; enemy
genealogy
bask
adversary
throes
12. Acute pain; extreme suffering
relevant
pine
strut
anguish
13. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
saturnine
gallows
bait
bevy
14. Language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk
supple
jargon
scintilla
reckon
15. Wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.
monarchy
introspective
amiss
beneficial
16. Produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash
quixotic
squelch
residual
quail
17. Censure; rebuke; N. reproof
impel
reprove
flit
repulsion
18. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed
vilify
affliction
banal
projectile
19. Surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually
discerning
roseate
vent
besiege
20. Of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites
varnish
impertinent
transport
polar
21. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
forte
breach
solecism
posture
22. Harmful; causing injury
injurious
repertoire
opaque
precinct
23. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
alimony
residue
crypt
rostrum
24. Sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
asperity
escapade
incongruity
osseous
25. Dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; CF. think over
outlaw
flout
atavism
pensive
26. Greediness for wealth
glib
avarice
growl
regimen
27. Having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings
inkling
stupefy
uninhibited
sobriety
28. Serious speech - writing - or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.
subsidiary
dissemble
discourse
trample
29. Detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
loathe
specious
revile
titillate
30. Distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference
invert
explicate
discriminate
infiltrate
31. Joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival
festive
askew
antagonism
hereafter
32. Having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf
thrive
chauvinist
serrated
confidant(confidante)
33. Banish to the country; dwell in the country
geriatrics
disparity
gauche
rusticate
34. Hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer
oaf
clown
vying
mesmerize
35. Crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli - which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power
noncommittal
Machiavellian
scotch
unassailable
36. Distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent
dazzle
recount
integrate
feature
37. Occurring irregularly; intermittent
authenticate
sporadic
hibernate
ramble
38. Bully; intimidate
ebullient
unctuous
decadence
browbeat
39. Step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet
materialism
trample
caldron(cauldron)
vintner
40. Soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells
derivation
marrow
nihilist
emaciated
41. Squeeze between the thumb and a finger - or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
centripetal
shard
palate
pinch
42. Talkative; N. loquacity
tonsure
loquacious
hallucination
reaper
43. Connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus
epicure
discordant
centrifuge
holocaust
44. Tranquillity; calmness
vertigo
fracas
prank
quietude
45. Outstanding; superior
rapacious
doff
preeminent
consolidation
46. Sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time
verbose
numismatist
brood
corroborate
47. Boisterous laughter; V.
fervor
guffaw
reminiscent
anodyne
48. Wind or turn in its course; follow a winding or turning course; move aimlessly and idly
ironic
meander
toga
impudence
49. Tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel
pathos
hue
expansive
prevalent
50. Show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting.
braggart
pervasive
exemplify
inordinate