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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. Threat; V: threaten
maroon
provincial
menace
cantankerous
2. Periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
molt(moult)
striated
legacy
frustrate
3. Lukewarm; slightly warm; ¹ÌÃö±ÙÇÃ'; half-hearted; not eager; Ex. tepid reaction to the new film; Ex. tepid supporter
distend
guileless
obsequy
tepid
4. Decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts
centurion
enfranchise
addendum
decomposition
5. Count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose
reckon
decant
savor
motto
6. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
despondent
husband
dirge
brood
7. Plants of a region or era
flora
regime
invincible
tout
8. Hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
gavel
favoritism
condone
dally
9. Approve formally; confirm; verify
querulous
prolixity
ratify
profane
10. Pertaining to the Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical
titular
queasy
score
pharisaical
11. Clean; remove offensive parts of a book
deflect
expurgate
screech
ablution
12. Teach (ideas or principles); instill
redolent
arsenal
senility
inculcate
13. Pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
metaphysical
verge
welter
disinterested
14. Self-evident truth
tumult
cunning
inverse
truism
15. Tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend
disputatious
rarefied
pilfer
inclined
16. Having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
inevitable
fluted
pliant
sinecure
17. Temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey
incidental
congenital
incursion
throng
18. Vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal
nebulous
elicit
gambit
resentment
19. Chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain
momentous
geriatrics
curb
retinue
20. Holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing
vile
riveting
unbridled
concise
21. Advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage
invoke
suffragist
anathema
jaundiced
22. Quarrelsome
urgent
trenchant
scrappy
hazard
23. Small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V.
glower
delta
wrinkle
dismember
24. Self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent
incompatible
contagion
penance
shift
25. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
hoodwink
piecemeal
hilarity
chaste
26. Reading desk or stand for a public speaker
guise
lectern
apex
perigee
27. Look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
pertinacious
magnanimity
despise
premeditate
28. Bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry
cross
latch
contumacious
irksome
29. Tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it
mollify
titillate
marshal
pragmatic
30. Kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor
theoretical
cavil
medley
benign
31. Ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame
nutritious
induct
flamboyant
voluptuous
32. Pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
recast
artisan
abominable
erotic
33. Flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
ineluctable
hydrophobia
confluence
mock
34. Change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative
negligible
innovation
leonine
turbulence
35. Crown
exuberance
fluency
titular
diadem
36. Fear of heights
gustatory
palpable
acrophobia
blighted
37. Pirate
institution
buccaneer
temerity
jeopardize
38. Shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall
commandeer
clarion
partisan
totter
39. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
laconic
unerringly
clamber
amulet
40. Existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)
subsistence
earthy
ultimate
surreptitious
41. Impartial; fair
rancor
evenhanded
prologue
gloss
42. Keep as precious; cherish
despise
sundry
treasure
exempt
43. Angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular
provincial
indubitable
intimate
rake
44. Trembling; wavering
tremulous
attribute
squat
utopia
45. Playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully
precinct
marshal
jest
embed(imbed)
46. Person of no importance; nonexistence
nonentity
ethereal
sentient
paltry
47. Changeable (in affections or friendship); faithless
acetic
fickle
narrative
unkempt
48. Plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ.
didactic
flout
mongrel
braid
49. Making no attempt to change one's bad practices
visionary
unregenerate
prelude
gentry
50. Lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless
premeditate
fledgling(fledgeling)
languid
patronize