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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale
laconic
distort
timbre
bluster
2. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation
uninhibited
elated
urbane
prop
3. Trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
sidereal
diabolical
notable
junket
4. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
efficacy
horticultural
felicitous
glut
5. Combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex.
continence
lust
compound
mash
6. Step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet
profound
self-righteous
circuit
trample
7. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle
unwieldy
rubric
garish
casualty
8. Adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially
mimicry
proverb
foist
ascetic
9. Extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety
exacting
scurvy
reticent
sever
10. Something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt
contaminate
turncoat
hackles
trifle
11. Happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory
eventual
arsenal
acquittal
tiller
12. Make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person
bristle
inebriate
partiality
adherent
13. Done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
chasten
sheaf
underhand(underhanded)
prototype
14. Formidable; causing fear
tipple
giddy
redoubtable
victuals
15. Malodorous; foul
sully
imperil
brood
fetid(foetid)
16. Ill will; hatred; hostility
venerate
accomplice
enmity
cache
17. Abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary - plenty
d'eb^acle
metallurgical
adjunct
plenitude
18. Instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom - practice - or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage
enliven
pedagogy
institution
parley
19. Fearful; discerning
apprehensive
lank
disparage
consign
20. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous
adjuration
unbridled
libel
amity
21. Kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to
dilate
ignite
effervescence
epicure
22. Maker of a will; CF. testatrix
prepossessing
instigate
testator
tempo
23. Tired after long work; V.
crux
weary
tribune
litotes
24. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
vortex
elaborate
medley
refraction
25. Write; compose
vitriolic
draft
vituperative
indite
26. Casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
antiseptic
resurrect
increment
cursory
27. Easily deceived
chaperon
tenacity
gullible
reserve
28. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny
idiosyncrasy
fussy
misogynist
filibuster
29. Arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails
adversary
rig
whelp
nocturnal
30. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous
slander
hindmost
prosody
equivocal
31. Protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
restraint
prominent
venture
covenant
32. Lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
incessant
gregarious
discrepancy
hostility
33. (animal - person - or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor
receptive
slaughter
backslide
denizen
34. Injure; hurt; damage
scrutinize
understate
welter
impair
35. 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
extenuate
gainsay
quiver
oracular
36. Go down on one's knee(s)
heterogeneous
subtlety
indentation
kneel
37. Charge in court; indict
peroration
compress
afterlife
arraign
38. (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane - the coast was a shambles.
labile
shambles
tract
metaphysical
39. Move - give - or take in a quiet - stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky
sneak
breach
optimist
misanthrope
40. Happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark
casual
lance
embezzlement
clasp
41. Vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people
trite
generality
compatible
condign
42. Not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate
random
intolerant
compliant
wane
43. Narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation
inflated
militia
fleet
rift
44. Descent; ancestry
fictitious
lineage
appall
inane
45. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon
limp
impervious
visionary
mace
46. Growing by addition; accumulative
monarchy
cumulative
faze
congeal
47. Loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous
importune
seminary
predispose
clamor
48. Live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan
rarefied
headstrong
belittle
vegetate
49. Connection
warranty
refulgent
archaic
nexus
50. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
indict
remonstrate
simper
rudimentary