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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. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
inception
idiosyncrasy
alimony
explicate
2. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
pinnacle
mishap
cunning
aureole
3. Go down on one's knee(s)
polygamist
kneel
avenge
bauble
4. Stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain
apoplexy
sodden
entourage
functionary
5. Provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly
skimp
d'enouement
brawny
stentorian
6. Readily acting in accordance with a rule - order - or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements
compliant
expatriate
elaboration
douse
7. Support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress
rhetoric
abeyance
buttress
glutton
8. Dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata
asteroid
cognizance
coercion
oratorio
9. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
mealymouthed
choleric
schism
fulcrum
10. One who without authority assumes law enforcement powers
tenure
vigilante
digression
cantata
11. Producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance
artifice
flowery
crestfallen
fruitful
12. Any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car
eclectic
irrepressible
perquisite(perk)
legislature
13. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
prominent
iota
timbre
brittle
14. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air
delve
diurnal
healthful
volatile
15. Lawyer in the lower court of law
germinal
manipulate
gloss
solicitor
16. Boaster; bragger
indigenous
braggart
certitude
dearth
17. Framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)
gallows
rigor
perceptive
merger
18. Unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective
damn
smirk
disinterested
epitaph
19. Contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
agglomeration
lottery
bulk
cerebral
20. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything
sleigh
peripheral
gull
omnivorous
21. Egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate
coquette
ovoid
purchase
omnipotent
22. Picture writing; ADJ.
visceral
hieroglyphic
vestige
conducive
23. Ing'enue; young innocent girl
ingenue
opprobrium
quagmire
bleak
24. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation
impiety
sinewy
cynosure
suborn
25. Annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation
gall
suffuse
heyday
hail
26. Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts
induct
cameo
acumen
cant
27. Lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid
pinion
lackadaisical
recount
ideology
28. Confused uproar; loud noise; din
lurk
saturnine
urbane
hubbub
29. Taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.
impenitent
rile
canvass
quip
30. Systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure
intuition
methodical
sovereign
remediable
31. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment
nutrient
humanitarian
esoteric
umbrage
32. Raised platform for speakers or other important people
supplant
unseemly
dais
desecrate
33. (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)
unsavory
etymology
discursive
hideous
34. Make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced
endear
seethe
geriatrics
carat(karat)
35. Skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence
fortitude
bolster
embrace
tact
36. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress
duress
therapeutic
rabid
bluff
37. Produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite
physiognomy
flay
asinine
igneous
38. Terrorize; intimidate
aloft
handsome
deft
cow
39. Capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience
iridescent
olfactory
sentient
orgy
40. Monkeylike; N: ape or monkey
simian
turbid
entourage
comport
41. Shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance
wean
drastic
mangy
d'enouement
42. Pure; thin and transparent; very steep
sheer
gust
solicitous
transgression
43. Guess; N.
surmise
tart
fusion
propulsive
44. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition
corroborate
hygiene
unction
overblown
45. Approach; tend to meet; come together
slander
auroral
mogul
converge
46. Complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
toady
whine
carping
veracious
47. Too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable
fathomless
sallow
flip
ulcer
48. Study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish
shrewd
ichthyology
complaisant
lechery
49. Hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
acme
transition
loiter
repine
50. Silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound - color - shade of
mute
impoverish
modulate
impiety