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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. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition
cognate
screech
transport
intuition
2. Go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ.
abnegation
retrograde
venison
imbibe
3. Soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells
marrow
expunge
incidental
novelty
4. Poet
bard
nonchalance
decipher
translucent
5. Place over something else
pillory
flaunt
mote
superimpose
6. Self-evident truth
sully
gavel
sequester
truism
7. Severe disapproval; CF. approbation
reprobation
ubiquitous
pugnacity
inexorable
8. Writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
backslide
parchment
felicity
lurid
9. Not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question
causal
unassailable
refulgent
cavalier
10. Produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash
brandish
mode
squelch
comeuppance
11. Someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis
provincial
argot
nemesis
compulsive
12. Worsen; aggravate; embitter
allocate
clangor
exacerbate
combustible
13. Overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable
metallurgical
prepossessing
insurmountable
waive
14. Open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert
overt
analogy
veracity
trough
15. Understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust
finesse
obituary
implicit
mandatory
16. Marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line
striated
flirt
beleaguer
unfaltering
17. Effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation
invalid
high-flown
effectuate
rider
18. Inappropriate; ADV.
vehement
malapropos
contention
capricious
19. Person of high rank or position
dignitary
waif
corroborate
reek
20. Ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman
resentment
vicissitude
ecclesiastic
prompt
21. Shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot
proscribe
fetter
pachyderm
temperament
22. Dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks
sleight
component
levy
uxorious
23. Sullen; gloomy; stubborn
typhoon
dour
veer
propensity
24. Metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice
extrude
eulogistic
die
anchor
25. Extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy
deadpan
celerity
penury
isotope
26. Lose animation or strength
mulct
languish
bouillon
recast
27. Irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness
compound
testy
rejoinder
isthmus
28. (of desire - wish - plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass
coincidence
entourage
flighty
inchoate
29. Confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb
ample
comprehensive
impending
disconcert
30. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
rubric
ignominy
crabbed
embellish
31. Thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)
emaciated
mercurial
vain
clientele
32. Stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate cough; N. obstinacy
mundane
obstinate
fertile
mutablility
33. Incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music
jaunty
beget
nascent
invocation
34. Heat-producing; N. calorie
charlatan
palpitate
calorific
abominate
35. Art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
choreography
squander
disembark
languor
36. (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound.
gamut
ennui
gush
ration
37. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work
atheistic
rolling
submerge
fray
38. Irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege
nib
render
plasticity
blasphemy
39. Modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner
jurisprudence
drudgery
urgent
unassuming
40. Gold and silver in the form of bars
perverse
flourish
rig
bullion
41. Those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
gentility
pedantic
bellicose
perimeter
42. Large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
oatmeal
finished
aloof
sleigh
43. Equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount
tantamount
naivet'e(naivety)
foible
concentric
44. Pointed projecting part
prong
esoteric
resort
respite
45. Situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives
unction
dilemma
expansive
stampede
46. Search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.
chaste
cardiologist
ransack
perigee
47. One who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician
lank
interloper
warren
hireling
48. Remove water from; dry out
dehydrate
epoch
reverend
nausea
49. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as
buffoonery
inert
simile
raucous
50. Make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented
sectarian
amnesia
egotism
coin