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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. Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm
insurrection
halfhearted
spatial
temperate
2. Fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower
tenacity
drab
flit
amenities
3. Loss of memory
anthem
amnesia
feature
cantankerous
4. Piece of sculpture showing a person's head - shoulders - and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster
daunt
bust
infantile
suture
5. Enormously large or extensive
toga
opus
verbiage
astronomical
6. Small model; small painting; ADJ: small
fluted
prognosticate
miniature
ingrained
7. Trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded
liability
petty
avalanche
nebulous
8. Scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)
clap
chide
tome
taper
9. 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
limber
reconnaissance
itinerant
wean
10. Irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety
livid
curmudgeon
impiety
ribald
11. Bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble
grouch
pensive
prefatory
fruitful
12. Make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person
cull
primp
salutary
inebriate
13. Huge
embargo
vain
colossal
acrophobia
14. Falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation
impenitent
abate
mogul
dilapidated
15. Incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory - crematorium
diurnal
latent
cremate
bulge
16. Tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform
concentric
ewe
finite
equable
17. Word for word; in the same words; repeating the actual words exactly
verbatim
uncanny
stun
sarcasm
18. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
egress
betoken
timbre
monarchy
19. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
overt
sibylline
elevation
grill
20. Waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter
oblivion
litter
ingenue
invocation
21. Wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled
predicament
mime
prate
bedraggle
22. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.
catcall
choleric
impediment
desperate
23. Marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares
checkered (chequered)
skulk
misogynist
heresy
24. Fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate.
purge
kismet
foolhardy
statutory
25. Uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)
gratis
malaise
succulent
squabble
26. Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
egregious
dispirited
mitigate
colander
27. Union; coalition; V. fuse
musty
promulgate
fusion
inasmuch_as
28. Lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner
stricture
matrimony
shyster
tinge
29. Quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
pummel
preponderance
verity
dour
30. Causing deep feelings of wonder - joy - respect - etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter
sublime
dossier
debonair
obsidian
31. Make valid; confirm; ratify
exacerbate
validate
smolder
timidity
32. Mercury
rebuke
optician
elope
quicksilver
33. Surface texture; completeness of execution
repast
finish
repercussion
verity
34. Make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the need
flashy
solstice
avalanche
obviate
35. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air
healthful
musky
livid
terse
36. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse
assiduous
discriminating
corpulent
diatribe
37. Moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
sylvan
undulating
legato
gnome
38. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
retrospective
panache
saturate
dialectical
39. Rebellion; uprising
regiment
anonymity
ruse
insurrection
40. Decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury); ADJ. gangrenous
spasmodic
anomalous
modulate
gangrene
41. Rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again
fussy
germane
punctilious
resurge
42. Formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.
privation
integrate
sentinel
panegyric
43. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition
allure
hygiene
myopic
suffocate
44. Pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance
pervasive
redolent
stellar
parameter
45. Top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
convene
crest
perceptive
authenticate
46. Petty or trivial details; CF. minutia
augury
minutiae
prestige
igneous
47. Behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome
limbo
flit
mischief
moratorium
48. An act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point - right - etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire
prehensile
concession
beneficent
migratory
49. Discourage
tangential
dishearten
inadvertently
serenity
50. Harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory
defame
transient
archaeology
surge