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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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1. (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly - rapidly - and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.
flutter
dictum
transpire
gamely
2. Tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it
malefactor
sepulcher
jurisdiction
titillate
3. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper
facilitate
macerate
regale
attenuate
4. Degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement
monumental
daze
debase
memoir
5. Bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
bountiful
fundamental
rank
comport
6. Hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
precedent
reciprocate
brittle
declivity
7. Disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate
doctrinaire
insubordination
chancellor
caucus
8. Disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost
discount
permeable
raze
venerate
9. Link as in a chain
concatenate
loom
countenance
exhilarating
10. Repeat aloud (something learned); describe; Ex. recite his complaints; N. recitation
slag
rebuff
mannerism
recite
11. Branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision
traverse
substantial
ramification
euphony
12. Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B
abide
entail
centurion
rotundity
13. Swirling current of water - air - etc.; V.
condole
base
serenity
eddy
14. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication
eulogy
elaborate
promulgate
culprit
15. Mythical figure - half man and half horse
centaur
contaminate
scurrilous
dormant
16. Slander; speak evil of; N. vilification
craven
flagrant
habituate
vilify
17. Infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.
trilogy
respiration
cantata
impinge
18. Untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless
slovenly
perimeter
chore
amok(amuck)
19. Into parts; apart; V. sunder
asunder
speck
riveting
lottery
20. Territory enclosed within an alien land
patois
enclave
functional
temporal
21. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.
flotsam
paroxysm
derivative
unguent
22. Easily burned; N. CF. combustion
tribunal
combustible
comeuppance
smolder
23. Nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette
feebleminded
solecism
dignitary
ingenious
24. Unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)
bid
infidel
encomiastic
stink
25. Everlasting
equitable
graduate
bemused
perpetual
26. Not genuine; N: one that is not genuine; impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake the results of the experiment/the signature
schematic
furtive
fake
urchin
27. Lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia
tedium
modish
queasy
arrhythmic
28. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
solitude
judicious
adjuration
covenant
29. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain
smart
imperious
forge
mode
30. Agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis
iniquitous
luster
catalyst
exuberance
31. Summarize
recapitulate
sate
determinate
obloquy
32. (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart
throb
mongrel
prop
diatribe
33. Rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition
juncture
attrition
awe
chalice
34. Squander; waste foolishly; scatter
insomnia
prey
adjacent
dissipate
35. Insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
insubordination
brazen
iconoclastic
pedagogy
36. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous
draconian
obituary
obelisk
felicity
37. Turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of
sanctimonious
invert
categorical
boon
38. Official periodical publication; newspaper
mountebank
spin
gazette
disfigure
39. Painting in only one color; ADJ.
monochrome
timorous
foreshadow
alimony
40. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.
orthography
misadventure
begrudge
disavowal
41. Highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
hinterlands
prodigy
proscenium
gratuity
42. Knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware
cognizance
mangle
fractious
animadversion
43. Shorten
kindle
abbreviate
pusillanimous
curtail
44. State without proof
allege
ape
heckler
agitate
45. Bring upon oneself
incur
chore
figment
armada
46. Having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.
implicate
ecologist
industrious
cognate
47. Preceding (in time - rank - etc.)
consanguineous(consanguine)
precedent
pilfer
abrogate
48. Carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark
studied
fastidious
scuffle
inebriated
49. Arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority
finesse
hierarchy
fallacious
explicate
50. Mysterious; hidden; secret
cryptic
musky
hereafter
aspirant