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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 an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle
cognitive
lumber
extenuate
oracular
2. Long - eventful - adventurous journey
glow
odyssey
expunge
clemency
3. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
suavity
confidential
haven
prostrate
4. Ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory
pulse
derision
concave
glutton
5. Violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
convulsion
inundate
hapless
historic
6. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices
vertex
insurgent
opportune
orthodox
7. Dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify
burlesque
depose
asymmetric
lampoon
8. Periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
intermittent
exchequer
coterie
amphitheater
9. Peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame
mores
lechery
fickle
pinnacle
10. Holding fast (as to a belief); persistent
tenacious
scrappy
avow
sly
11. Tiny; weak; insignificant
scurvy
euphemism
empathy
puny
12. Subordinate
unprecedented
subaltern
solace
lope
13. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive
tickle
outrage
propitious
cumulative
14. Stubbornly wrong
sleek
credential
wrongheaded
benediction
15. Pertaining to the woods or the country
onus
astronomical
pluck
sylvan
16. Serious speech - writing - or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.
extraneous
discourse
misanthrope
vacuous
17. Submissive; patient and long-suffering
meek
alacrity
purge
boost
18. Picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.
plight
mosaic
vantage
tensile
19. Unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child
intractable
static
suppliant
furor
20. Incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy
irremediable
mimicry
complement
suavity
21. Made of bone; bony
knave
awe
indubitable
osseous
22. Small cavern
coddle
grotto
tensile
impeccable
23. Damnation; complete ruin; hell
disband
forbearance
perdition
striated
24. Annoy by repeated attacks
valor
judicious
shuffle
harass
25. Set free; liberate
rigor
derelict
credulity
emancipate
26. Surround; include; Ex. His activities encompass publishing and computers.
implore
antiquated
sledge
encompass
27. Vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
ramshackle
archipelago
veto
unassuming
28. Spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually
palatable
sneak
swear
regeneration
29. Giving or showing bliss; blissful
extrovert
succulent
beatific
exigency
30. Masses of leaves; CF. defoliate
foliage
deposition
compile
semblance
31. Support placed under or against something; V.
covert
prop
bellicose
plebiscite
32. Rude; insensitive
boorish
deciduous
chore
tenet
33. Tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood
reaper
impropriety
gouge
foil
34. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism
imperial
pastry
rudimentary
benison
35. Place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
arboretum
blatant
sustain
bristling
36. (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output
emaciated
stagnant
warble
spoof
37. Ancestry; lineage
litany
ineffable
pedigree
founder
38. Assent; agree passively; comply without protest
fell
acquiesce
canine
dappled
39. Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious
implode
inundate
utopia
delirium
40. Lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture
vapid
bloated
impolitic
impede
41. (of something written or painted) still in existence
foil
tempo
extant
pretension
42. Small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall
tablet
tepid
ken
asunder
43. Serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.
seemly
quagmire
subsidiary
onerous
44. Lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive
apprise
enduring
psyche
vicissitude
45. Illicit lover
recite
paramour
implicit
diva
46. Remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin - guilt - or defilement); N.
benison
purge
recurrent
ideology
47. Shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
finished
qualms
occlude
billowing
48. Messenger
novelty
fervor
courier
exacerbate
49. Talk idly; babble; N. CF. prate
wrinkle
tenant
regicide
prattle
50. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
consort
inane
bourgeois
raconteur