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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. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
institute
court
precocious
modish
2. Of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline
schematic
pessimism
incorporeal
anthology
3. Swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments
scrutinize
introvert
sentimental
rehabilitate
4. Melted; Ex. molten lava
molten
cynical
perennial
prowess
5. Lending money at illegal high rates of interest
inimitable
purchase
requisition
usury
6. Group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
cathartic
devious
porous
avantgarde
7. Features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line
compile
tarry
delta
lineaments
8. Immoral or dissolute person
solvent
rake
gratuitous
stun
9. Blessedness; state of great happiness
ventral
asinine
beatitude
implicate
10. Roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route
devious
vagrant
consign
epicure
11. Habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety
canny
stymie
inebriated
abridge
12. Hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist
resumption
trivia
dabble
antagonism
13. Handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer
infiltrate
maul
outlook
rabble
14. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
abridge
paranoia
bourgeois
volley
15. Suitable for drinking; drinkable
coterie
run-down
hostage
potable
16. (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated
fallow
countenance
symbiosis
lithe
17. Explanation - especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
surly
corroborate
alloy
exegesis
18. Moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling
uncouth
reciprocal
temper
metaphysical
19. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands
genesis
frivolous
psyche
inordinate
20. Stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF.
plenitude
verdant
scotch
opportunist
21. Treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot
anodyne
insidious
inveterate
thematic
22. Stick together
cohere
sacrilegious
forte
conundrum
23. Teachings in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal
tenuous
extenuate
pitfall
doctrine
24. Complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.
multilingual
prognosticate
ramble
snivel
25. Flattery
blandishment
delirium
haphazard
enact
26. Proverb; truth pithily stated
maxim
dotage
thrifty
pulpit
27. Crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl
arid
oblivious
mash
pauper
28. Mar the appearance of; spoil
accelerate
polar
disfigure
mortar
29. Domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor
chronicle
imperious
personify
somatic
30. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
indiscriminate
haggle
coterie
aegis
31. Brownish yellow
draconian
tawny
mischance
categorical
32. Delicate; of very fine quality
cache
rebuff
choice
symmetry
33. Cruel; (of a disease) deadly
plebiscite
benediction
fell
assiduous
34. Mysterious; hidden; secret
cryptic
repel
aromatic
rusticate
35. Government ruled by old people
nip
vertigo
facet
gerontocracy
36. Cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener
ephemeral
shift
clip
thrive
37. Submissive; patient and long-suffering
meek
rig
truculence
gibe
38. Something attached to but holding an inferior position
cliché
feint
adjunct
emetic
39. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
hermitage
molecule
mode
nostrum
40. Extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician
axiom
draconian
maverick
caption
41. Devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms
provenance
verbiage
vacuous
ravage
42. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency
dislodge
solvent
resentment
doctrine
43. (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river
grapple
crescendo
ooze
supposition
44. Congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant
vivid
coagulate
incident
crinkle
45. Casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight
extraneous
projectile
abstemious
cavalier
46. Small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature
begrudge
commune
retinue
gloss_over
47. Self-evident truth
attest
anguish
truism
ancillary
48. Hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment
fatalism
schism
impediment
grotto
49. Cowardly
erroneous
craven
misanthrope
predicament
50. Of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy
conclusive
hypothetical
misgivings
substantial