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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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1. Temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.
swill
romp
bivouac
nutrition
2. Differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance
exalt
sluggard
extrapolation
diverse
3. Soothe an angry person
ferment
mollify
ameliorate
mange
4. Unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective
resourceful
vulnerable
strident
disinterested
5. Weaken; castrate
blithe(blithesome)
inaugurate
wake
emasculate
6. Collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse
aptitude
corpus
humid
aristocracy
7. Marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity
flighty
ingenious
stalemate
salubrious
8. Clergyman attached to a chapel
negligible
prosperity
satire
chaplain
9. Foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal
reprimand
emulate
paramount
rejoinder
10. Move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing
meander
elaboration
waver
precursor
11. Inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)
epitaph
frivolous
insubordination
droop
12. Disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life
executor
dissolution
termination
lookout
13. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
imbue
inanimate
hoodwink
accrue
14. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
effluvium
dowry
actuate
disjunction
15. Split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven
gentry
argot
cleave
temporal
16. Boastful; pompous
eschew
magniloquent
litany
misgivings
17. Small body revolving around a larger one
satellite
clairvoyant
cite
undertaker
18. Nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette
actuarial
forensic
elysian
solecism
19. Firm dislike
alimentary
aversion
scruple
medium
20. (sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral
tempo
conglomeration
upright
boost
21. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior
retrench
cede
acrimonious
increment
22. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring
coin
perennial
effective
thermal
23. Hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)
romp
nurture
disconsolate
cherubic
24. Support; reinforce
bolster
seclusion
irrelevant
urchin
25. The chance occurrence - at the same time - of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental
coincidence
dowse
asylum
abash
26. Objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable
anarchist
exceptionable
vassal
allegory
27. Entire range
tact
gamut
misnomer
antagonism
28. Ancestors
corollary
precedent
forebears(forbears)
inception
29. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
ploy
putrefy
bout
opaque
30. Pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
convivial
fanaticism
illusory
refectory
31. Treat (a person) as a celebrity
servile
lionize
parallel
executive
32. Surround and swallow up
prodigious
acidulous
analgesic
engulf
33. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence
homeostasis
uproarious
indulge
vixen
34. Using satire; mocking
satirical
canvass
expatiate
imperial
35. Disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation
refute
demeanor
encompass
inveigh
36. Burden; responsibility
onus
blight
embellish
Epicurean
37. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
indeterminate
nonchalance
consecrate
repugnance
38. Violent anguish
throes
resumption
odds
quadruped
39. Refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove
disperse
rebuttal
glean
recidivism
40. Indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd
impel
sophist
imponderable
bawdy
41. Authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
pulsate
effluvium
constituency
magisterial
42. Nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship
pedagogy
propinquity
offensive
forlorn
43. Tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood
tendentious
gouge
queer
miscellaneous
44. Lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp
connivance
hovel
chip
transient
45. Quarrelsome
arraign
scrappy
maim
coin
46. Double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous
hybrid
entice
duplicity
amiable
47. Person who establishes (an organization or business)
stifle
loft
founder
bigot
48. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
antagonism
vortex
preternatural
exceptionable
49. Medical treatment and care of old age
specious
geriatrics
spurn
subsume
50. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control
urbane
enfranchise
helm
itinerary