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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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1. Marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke
mammal
reek
ribald
cauterize
2. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
distract
muted
irony
hegemony
3. Poisonous snake
viper
perpetual
vivid
quay
4. Excessively or elaborately decorated
analogy
unsullied
ornate
accommodate
5. Brother or sister
chary
sojourn
ethnic
sibling
6. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate
apologist
hover
trance
title
7. Skin of an animal
muster
brocade
hide
grumble
8. Postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of
reprieve
contest
restitution
complaisant
9. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
tutelage
lucrative
discourse
embryonic
10. Punishment; severe criticism or disapproval
quandary
oaf
apologist
castigation
11. Crookedly; slanted; at an angle
freebooter
askew
residue
terrestrial
12. Rejoice
exhale
inhibited
historical
exult
13. Firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic
impregnate
inherent
presume
quarantine
14. Fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
allegiance
catapult
benefactor
ravel
15. Good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position
kudos
accoutre
poise
somnambulist
16. Exclamation; Ex. 'Ouch''
interjection
graduate
cog
effete
17. Shield; protection; defense
vacillate
outlaw
aegis
eulogistic
18. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group
gamut
attenuate
shift
terse
19. Chief; first; Ex. archbishop
unregenerate
arch-
turbulence
halcyon
20. Guess; N.
curfew
occlude
surmise
errant
21. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster
unmitigated
snivel
extrovert
prattle
22. One that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable
sleeper
equilibrium
reprobation
disparage
23. Assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor
veracity
wheedle
imposture
prey
24. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable
feasible
ejaculation
crux
pristine
25. Good-natured; merry; cheerful
ignominy
enrapture
queasy
jovial
26. Attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance
germ
mirage
comely
residual
27. Reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
commodious
actuary
opportune
anneal
28. Go through or across
prologue
musty
rare
traverse
29. Annoy; distress
recalcitrant
vex
mime
exegesis
30. Mass for the dead; dirge
fiat
inundate
ornithologist
requiem
31. Natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation
habitat
confide
ashen
confidential
32. Unattractive
simper
unprepossessing
staccato
bask
33. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression
stultify
scrupulous
swear
litany
34. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)
charlatan
degenerate
consecrate
parvenu
35. Extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy
blatant
scuffle
valediction
rarefied
36. Harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance
sanguine
laud
conformity
dilettante
37. Courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome
intellect
mettle
outspoken
cumulative
38. Trifles; unimportant matters
onerous
trivia
defrock
monogram
39. Red or white cell in the blood
corpuscle
seemly
eloquence
seismic
40. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy
choir
jumble
multifarious
officious
41. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)
recuperate
turmoil
reconnaissance
poultice
42. Pitcher; container for holding liquids
tenancy
jug
crust
oversee
43. Without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment
blues
harangue
equivocate
impromptu
44. Very cautious; watchful
encumber
wary
disputatious
grisly
45. Feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
oblique
teetotalism
affinity
mode
46. Pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises)
comely
metrical
valedictory
revulsion
47. Destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant
waive
fitful
hide
defoliate
48. Beginner
monograph
dissimulate
novice
prank
49. Lying below; fundamental
ratify
plumage
underlying
hypnosis
50. Shack; small wretched house
meander
hovel
sphinx-like
carnivorous