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GRE Vocab
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gre
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1. Relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic
jeopardize
climactic
fancier
quicksilver
2. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force
panache
momentum
refrain
natty
3. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness
canto
integrity
adorn
disengage
4. Hit with a sweeping motion; N.
swipe
understate
auxiliary
paste
5. Curse; express abhorrence for; detest
virus
stealth
execrate
feature
6. Sheer; transparent
queer
atheistic
diaphanous
reconcile
7. Attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy
bilk
misogamy
perpetuate
polemic
8. Skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
compost
rarefied
analogy
cynical
9. Scold strongly
berate
sedate
ambiguous
elevation
10. Animals of a period or region; CF. flora
rift
fauna
blemish
pass_off
11. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air
awl
heterodox
healthful
mute
12. Long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.
masquerade
friction
parallel
swell
13. Open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape
gape
d'eb^acle
antipathy
duress
14. Deviation from the normal; mental disorder
slur
aberration
secrete
shyster
15. Person competent to act as a judge of art - etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art
snicker
maternal
render
connoisseur
16. Eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal
nausea
sheer
dismiss
submerge
17. Satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
executive
sate
bivouac
stupor
18. Injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim
endear
slight
hyperbole
mayhem
19. Limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify
viper
qualified
nirvana
plausible
20. Having a common center
sluggard
impotent
concentric
dilate
21. Accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes
amass
effeminate
deposition
wean
22. Erase; strike out
delete
vendor
derivation
cathartic
23. Uncorrectable
incorrigible
bungle
jocund
taxonomist
24. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
haven
idyllic
consummate
ornithologist
25. Make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert
intelligentsia
anticlimax
pathetic
desolate
26. Return of part of a payment; discount; V.
ferment
calligraphy
tightwad
rebate
27. Condescend; stoop
connubial
impale
suborn
deign
28. Tip
maelstrom
gratuity
spruce
accomplice
29. Record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry
detrimental
genealogy
fractious
bombast
30. In feudalism - one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent
drone
offhand
deleterious
vassal
31. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation
elated
sustain
magisterial
desolate
32. Harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically
helm
objective
belabor
strut
33. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)
unearth
materialism
deference
terminus
34. Like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg
retribution
acetic
phylum
glacial
35. Plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy
blight
contraband
animadversion
reverend
36. Bruise
abscond
nonsense
jurisdiction
contusion
37. Returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss - damage - or injury
illusion
restitution
pallid
clemency
38. Decorate with needlework; ornament (a story) with fancy or fictitious details; embellish
indigenous
alleviate
embroider
benevolent
39. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.
annihilate
inexorable
analgesic
vassal
40. Embarrass
abash
jurisdiction
enunciate
stipulate
41. Be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
olfactory
lithe
cessation
dote
42. Make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil
cupidity
impoverish
vogue
shudder
43. Haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow - cilium
succulent
mortar
mangle
supercilious
44. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse
ulcer
sinuous
diatribe
disembark
45. Constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions
constitution
franchise
assiduous
marital
46. Prevent by taking action in advance
forestall
application
plaudit
gnarl
47. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power
bargain
victuals
spawn
atrophy
48. Close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony
adventitious
rapport
geniality
daunt
49. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
putrid
livid
stump
plump
50. Stand - sit - or lie in a lazy - relaxed way
ursine
lout
lounge
deflect