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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. Free; without charge; ADJ.
emend
gratis
irksome
pudding
2. Complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.
posterity
conjecture
exacting
snivel
3. Pitiless; merciless; cruel
predetermine
ruthless
cloying
quiver
4. Discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate
jingoist
predilection
smudge
chasten
5. Put in danger
imperil
unsightly
apoplexy
incidence
6. Make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
crochet
sober
quibble
shack
7. Outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town
spry
invective
placate
periphery
8. Expose as false - exaggerated - worthless - etc.; ridicule
scrupulous
arable
rankle
debunk
9. Feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense
eddy
resignation
pretend
valid
10. Boisterous laughter; V.
guffaw
cadet
partiality
gargantuan
11. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
invidious
laconic
temporize
knotty
12. Bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
apolitical
acrid
calamity
squabble
13. Tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.
concomitant
unassuming
accessible
rip
14. Brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious
cue
resplendent
palpitate
foppish
15. Complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
abjure
glutton
grumble
shuffle
16. Uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution
splice
irresolute
moodiness
infringe
17. Perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody
depreciate
malapropos
cerebral
epitome
18. Inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit
hoax
skittish
imbalance
precipitous
19. Loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
low
entree(entr'ee)
strident
taxonomist
20. Burn to ashes
fatalism
incinerate
flirt
momentum
21. 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
tribute
engaged
chapel
supererogatory
22. Imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy
dummy
engaging
congenital
constituency
23. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable
defray
succulent
erratic
extrude
24. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
gaudy
lounge
vampire
cache
25. Steadily loyal; unswerving; steady
firebrand
steadfast
verve
narcissist
26. Question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars
grill
acclivity
ponderous
lag
27. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step
hilarity
throng
treatise
tread
28. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief
venom
clap
sallow
convert
29. Pointed tool used for piercing
gargoyle
awl
complicity
gentry
30. Obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness
bate
responsiveness
blandishment
oblivion
31. Dwelling place; home
abode
nutrient
implication
halcyon
32. Lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of aquatic animals
dank
spawn
stratagem
pass'e
33. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
psychopathic
balk
fracas
artifacts
34. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
felon
anvil
unintimating
sophist
35. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability
labile
allegory
debase
dexterous
36. False belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that
deign
profound
mode
delusion
37. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
pillage
enterprising
throttle
grim
38. Behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome
sly
utopia
intangible
mischief
39. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
tome
exalt
consonance
hilarity
40. Small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side
ingrate
podium
facet
truncate
41. Root up; uproot; destroy completely
extirpate
affliction
anchor
unassuming
42. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.
fugitive
indigent
covetous
puzzle
43. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous
transition
disinterested
pulchritude
finale
44. In essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space
don
inhibit
virtual
spat
45. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)
succumb
filing
enlist
deign
46. Equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry
bank
steep
archaic
paraphernalia
47. Excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses
disinclination
disinterested
unwonted
plethora
48. Going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism
transcendental
imprecation
predetermine
equity
49. Risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a risk; N.
synchronous
venture
consign
virtue
50. Sheer; transparent
diaphanous
juridical
overwrought
concoct