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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. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
beseech
vagabond
decree
nurse
2. Flood; rush; V.
accost
deluge
inveigh
derivation
3. Great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous
buffet
barb
florid
rapture
4. Authorized agent; authority to act for another
waif
ferment
proxy
molten
5. Call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
significant
commonplace
mercurial
evoke
6. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment
affinity
immolate
gratuitous
forerunner
7. Growing by addition; accumulative
frantic
cumulative
devout
besiege
8. Discerning; perceptive
hallucination
acute
insightful
progeny
9. Monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos
commensurate
benevolent
blush
mausoleum
10. Long loose garment (worn by monks)
capacious
inflated
vagary
frock
11. Large city
philanderer
undulating
sinuous
metropolis
12. Additional object; useful but not essential thing
impertinent
redundant
secession
accessory
13. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death
fatalism
healthy
arduous
concord
14. Crowd; swarm
totter
lounge
horde
suture
15. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece
uxorious
miniature
parquet
unaccountable
16. Hasten; make go faster
synchronous
heed
expedite
intrude
17. Strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
uncanny
menace
bulwark
effluvium
18. One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
lethargic
agnostic
contingent
taut
19. Laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy
exacerbate
doldrums
laity
deducible
20. Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
circumlocution
trunk
penance
dogmatic
21. Arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
invalidate
meter
crypt
proletarian
22. Make whole; combine; make into one unit
integrate
filial
expunge
maneuver(manoeuver)
23. Irritation; resentment from wounded pride (eg. loss in a contest); V: provoke; arouse; annoy; cause to feel resentment; Ex. pique her curiosity
congruent
cataract
capitulate
pique
24. Ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies
grisly
carillon
animadversion
plutocracy
25. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension
saccharine
repercussion
sportive
suspend
26. Unfairness; ADJ. inequitable
inequity
illusory
rampant
epoch
27. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
indicative
dispense
tycoon
insalubrious
28. Steal (things of small value)
verisimilitude
filch
exemplify
cessation
29. Eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal
facilitate
filial
dismiss
effectual
30. Conference (between opponents); CF. speak
abstinence
imbecility
ferocious
parley
31. Direct quick route
expropriate
precise
inadvertently
beeline
32. Cause; produce; give rise to
engender
plebiscite
fortitude
ambrosia
33. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
contest
slapdash
cauterize
politic
34. Movable; not fixed; N. mobility
missile
mobile
proclivity
commemorate
35. Repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant; Ex. hideous face/scream
hideous
provender
medium
fanaticism
36. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability
reek
overbearing
scrimmage
labile
37. Unwholesome; not healthful; Ex. insalubrious place
gustatory
adjuration
victuals
insalubrious
38. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic
brochure
utopia
prognosis
pucker
39. Ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory
derision
vicar
tithe
dumbfound(dumfound)
40. Not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights
codicil
ungainly
archaeology
inalienable
41. Testify; bear witness
disperse
teetotalism
warren
attest
42. Prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
anecdote
ragamuffin
lexicographer
proscribe
43. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
idiosyncrasy
overwrought
modish
adroit
44. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.
venue
catcall
subjective
indentation
45. Not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair
swagger
miscellaneous
holster
irreparable
46. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant
liability
defiance
bliss
embargo
47. Bad-tempered; rude; cross
purport
correlation
arable
surly
48. Flowing into
rummage
curfew
shunt
influx
49. Pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon
nausea
grouch
lance
minute
50. Scold strongly
anthropomorphic
wring
behoove(behove)
berate