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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nearing; approaching; about to happen
impending
nutritious
polygamist
monumental
2. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
bloated
centaur
rhapsodize
pillage
3. Anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant
traduce
assimilate
indignation
filch
4. Mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life
unexceptionable
itinerary
reprieve
maim
5. Agree; coincide; happen at the same time
gamut
concur
delineate
exposure
6. Place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins
cardinal
fruitful
putrescent
purgatory
7. Come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual
avantgarde
serenity
accrue
avuncular
8. Repay; pay back
dilute
persist
reimburse
confide
9. Refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote
enumerate
apothegm(apophthegm)
abstain
trivia
10. Small speck (esp. of dust)
mote
temporal
agog
squalor
11. Walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy
vainglorious
peripatetic
glib
arrogance
12. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book
stodgy
squash
extant
incursion
13. Destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant
iota
resolution
defoliate
dolt
14. Not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization
necromancy
submerge
stilted
impersonal
15. Outrun; surpass; outdo
outstrip
replete
merger
impartial
16. Shorten
abbreviate
incredulous
encomiastic
sycophant
17. Indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd
ambulatory
plutocracy
bawdy
relinquish
18. Abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark
scurrilous
demolition
pine
gale
19. One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige
caste
adverse
disport
misconstrue
20. Strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet
wiggle
granary
martinet
complement
21. Accidental; by chance; N. fortuity
fortuitous
invocation
avocation
primp
22. Waster; profligate
wastrel
integrity
dichotomy
anchor
23. Inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
encroachment
dysentery
graze
crossbreed
24. Harass or trouble from all directions; hem in
elaborate
beset
scanty
empirical
25. Resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
scuttle
avenge
defeatist
pluck
26. Aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight
indecision
tawny
dilettante
proverb
27. Related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively
obsessive
doddering
demur
masquerade
28. Waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
scrimmage
doctrinaire
hysteria
gargoyle
29. Send (something) spinning - often into the air - by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over
onomatopoeia
sprout
underscore
flip
30. Guess; N.
surmise
uproarious
equity
amphibian
31. Remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp
chicanery
commemorative
panache
mobile
32. Walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly
provincial
plumage
jocular
amble
33. Death
mutter
crone
inquisitive
demise
34. Hasten; make go faster
oversee
carefree
expedite
knotty
35. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a cease-fire
accretion
discriminating
mediate
determination
36. Ill-humored; irritable
secession
dowry
poise
cantankerous
37. Make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
irreparable
adulterate
lexicon
curfew
38. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible
jaunty
inconsistency
academic
reiterate
39. Stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully
assimilate
patriarch
germinal
stoke
40. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand
die
dyslexia
epic
adapt
41. Gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.
shear
distinct
requite
muster
42. Bantering; joking
askance
industrious
chaffing
agape
43. Unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile
ruminant
regent
hostility
florescence
44. Dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election
corroborate
skulduggery(skullduggery)
coterie
propulsive
45. Emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
manumit
canard
apiarist
concurrent
46. Of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle
oracular
steadfast
juridical
raconteur
47. Pommel; beat or pound with fists
berate
pummel
meticulous
lineaments
48. Talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation)
indicative
castigation
soliloquy
dearth
49. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology
physiological
sadistic
entrepreneur
bemused
50. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional
pastry
havoc
layman
pontifical