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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
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1. Calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days
bohemian
halcyon
dispel
token
2. Individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude - behavior - or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic
idiosyncrasy
primary
affinity
fawning
3. Leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest
bequeath
fidelity
scurvy
awl
4. Stockpile; accumulate for future use; N: supply stored for future use
gorge
rave
hoard
swear
5. Infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.
laud
magisterial
impinge
raucous
6. Forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
contaminate
harbinger
altruistic
avocation
7. Signify; indicate; be a sign of
manumit
pen
hibernate
betoken
8. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive
drastic
calorific
civil
outrage
9. Fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body
heyday
rebuff
aspire
carnal
10. Fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short time; roving(wandering); running away or fleeing as from the law; N: one who flees; Ex. fugitives at large
assail
hut
fugitive
earthy
11. Society ruled by the wealthy
plutocracy
carafe
anguish
procurement
12. Meal; feast; banquet
discerning
repast
bilk
bog
13. Causing nausea; feeling nausea
nauseous
amicable
gusty
humid
14. Abdominal
discrete
blare
giddy
ventral
15. Irritable; easily angered
grueling
irascible
ameliorate
antiseptic
16. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
dank
presume
swerve
stalemate
17. Understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement
gaudy
tacit
vulnerable
plebeian
18. Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
adverse
elicit
screech
apothegm(apophthegm)
19. Addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)
addendum
historic
depravity
spare
20. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
chasm
impermeable
nostrum
fringe
21. Flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation
orthography
trite
aver
exude
22. Corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.
parameter
propagate
forsake
conglomerate
23. Delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory
hallucination
august
canker
florid
24. Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
amity
bombardment
psyche
lackluster
25. Settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place)
anarchist
ensconce
geniality
equivocate
26. Plundering; destruction
seasonable
char
depredation
curb
27. Warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.
spat
depict
chafe
supine
28. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature
terminology
predilection
balk
warrant
29. Exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress
oracular
undermine
oversee
egress
30. Insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence
epoch
subsume
tundra
impertinent
31. Affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech
embark
anesthetic
faction
mannered
32. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic
debunk
blanch
impunity
pessimism
33. Angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order
soar
heed
cherubic
gingerly
34. Drink greedily
disheveled
stultify
pedagogy
swill
35. Detest; hate
ruddy
institute
abhor
protocol
36. Mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic
maim
steadfast
psychosis
misnomer
37. Taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.
asymmetric
quip
opaque
skirmish
38. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism
inviolable
descry
existential
hortatory
39. Crude dwelling; shack
egress
hut
languor
calligraphy
40. An assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias
volition
alias
dislodge
unctuous
41. Restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N. inhibition
embellish
inhibit
exhort
foliage
42. Cater to (the low desires of others)
pander
contraband
morgue
extenuate
43. Dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight
corpulent
impugn
aviary
disapprobation
44. Impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ. insolent; CF. haughty + rude
insolence
pall
embark
unison
45. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities
molten
tutelary
proscenium
amble
46. Light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the switch
flick
quisling
enterprise
maculated
47. Familiar with; having knowledge of
ellipsis
converge
premonition
conversant
48. Disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward
equilibrium
executioner
downcast
verbalize
49. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.
trajectory
frugality
casualty
betray
50. Beg
retinue
bearing
implore
audacious
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