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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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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Block; obstacle; V. hinder
hindrance
coiffure
scuffle
ventriloquist
2. Disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)
comprise
rabies
balk
salvage
3. Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
vernal
migratory
swear-word
screech
4. Related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony
quench
nuptial
discord
sophistry
5. Blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice
brusque
travesty
din
suppliant
6. Poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal - elegiac
elegy
secular
hackles
celerity
7. Of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge
superficial
obviate
malcontent
sagacious
8. Conscientious; extremely thorough; Ex. scrupulous worker
liquidate
mores
insensible
scrupulous
9. Postpone; delay or put off
embody
opportune
procrastinate
incarnate
10. Quarrelsome
cull
belligerent
vulnerable
pathos
11. Complete; V.
latent
subjugate
sinewy
consummate
12. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous
recite
cadence
compress
libel
13. Building (of imposing size)
presumptuous
spin
inverse
edifice
14. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful
faze
eminent
bliss
mote
15. Become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care
prosper
fleece
bookish
hurl
16. Swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence
agog
padre
miasma
dogmatic
17. Mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
hubris
ploy
bungle
expertise
18. Speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions
fathomless
countermand
stammer
abhor
19. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window
waft
amok(amuck)
egotism
demagogue
20. Moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances
amorous
chicanery
intoxicate
decimate
21. Frenzied; frantic
frenetic(phrenetic)
genealogy
monarchy
brittle
22. Delayed
belated
breadth
deplore
apprehend
23. Slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work
perpetuate
slipshod
raffle
enfranchise
24. Very important; N. moment; CF. momentary
heresy
drab
momentous
humid
25. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)
indolent
overt
enlist
bawdy
26. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary
spoof
tractable
juridical
qualms
27. Gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
arroyo
preempt
notable
knack
28. Make neat or tidy by clipping; reduce by removing what is unnecessary; ornament; decorate (round the edges); Ex. trim the cost; Ex. jacket trimmed with fur; N. ADJ: tidy; in good order
obsequy
trim
finite
spate
29. Giving or showing bliss; blissful
contortions
hyperbole
sleigh
beatific
30. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament
vigor
plight
obliterate
insurrection
31. Having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; N. versatility
squelch
dull
versatile
predilection
32. Exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas)
resurrect
rustic
syllogism
inflated
33. Tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G
modulate
abstruse
jurisprudence
elaborate
34. Of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy
factious
obituary
expenditure
substantial
35. Cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle
fraudulent
vilify
loll
swell
36. Helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
prophylactic
vouchsafe
conducive
sprightly
37. Awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable
nostrum
steep
sour
unwieldy
38. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected
clamber
stolid
retract
negate
39. Able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market
realm
metropolis
prop
buoyant
40. Inform
transition
intermittent
apprise
gavel
41. Swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery
dismiss
calamity
bravado
uninhibited
42. Indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd
ossify
malodorous
bawdy
loath
43. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
incarcerate
bait
gourmand
waver
44. Logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; effective; Ex. valid reasoning/passport
epoch
valid
incorporeal
seep
45. Flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow
bedizen
willowy
indolent
overthrow
46. Spotted
obituary
debutante
reinstate
dappled
47. Discerning; perceptive
recession
expository
insightful
sheathe
48. State as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance
ovation
equity
stipulate
vassal
49. Conspicuous; worthy of note; remarkable; important; distinguished; noted
notable
bereft
unfetter
intimidate
50. Part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage
unintimating
artful
proscenium
rabies