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GRE Vocab
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gre
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bvat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Place or condition of bliss
Elysium
blasé
curfew
slick
2. Disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable
compensatory
dishonor
disinclination
uxorious
3. Moving with the head leading; headlong
amass
headfirst
extol
gerontology
4. Sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation
hibernate
waif
impersonal
score
5. Charge; N. indictment
indict
seduce
legato
initiate
6. Send out of the country; behave; N. deportation - deportment
disburse
bound
deport
sour
7. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics
collected
podiatrist
cumbersome
impede
8. Resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
igneous
kindle
crux
defeatist
9. Hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N.
falter
mock
spoilsport
clot
10. Court of justice
outspoken
foolhardy
tribunal
nostrum
11. Chew over and over (mentally or - like cows - physically); mull over(ponder)
feud
debunk
mantle
ruminate
12. Organization for a special purpose; V: establish
nectar
institute
crochet
trite
13. Change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander
satirical
negligence
trough
gerrymander
14. Powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol - Moghul; CF. Mongolian
vent
lugubrious
mogul
igneous
15. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
dispel
pliable
courier
anoint
16. Stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision
anecdote
argot
proviso
virulent
17. Unerring; never making mistakes
callow
infallible
gossamer
potpourri
18. Revere; treat with great respect
obtrude
fissure
myopic
venerate
19. Bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste - manner - or tone)
genesis
symmetry
acerbity
egoism
20. Present falsely; represent falsely to be
pass_off
partition
timidity
verdigris
21. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
tart
saturnine
dissertation
humus
22. Staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient
fodder
mordant
transient
pauper
23. Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clichéd
invert
hazardous
cliché
endorse
24. Pertaining to disease; N. pathology: study of disease
ventriloquist
husband
pathological
modulate
25. Rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton - wool - etc.); N.
reverent
spin
grate
sarcasm
26. Room or space under the roof; attic
enjoin
institution
loft
career
27. Stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N.
temporal
aberrant
domineer
saunter
28. Vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance
larder
foppish
ejaculation
millennium
29. Expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song
plaintive
scurrilous
misogamy
flail
30. Slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)
diva
ramp
premonitory
rejoinder
31. Uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage
deplore
gloat
mosaic
disengage
32. Stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality
coercion
chancellor
congeal
adhere
33. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful
aspire
abusive
frigid
exemplify
34. Moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
prune
undulating
mire
solicitous
35. Invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination
figurine
jest
querulous
figment
36. Courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome
speck
parish
misogamy
mettle
37. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion
embed(imbed)
edify
obliterate
illusion
38. Uninterrupted; unceasing
exhilarating
spoonerism
incessant
ejaculation
39. Emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
manumit
rip
tarry
vortex
40. Something that discourages or deters
babble
propinquity
fret
deterrent
41. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health
delude
loathe
derogatory
salutary
42. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include
embody
sundry
impassioned
euthanasia
43. Clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against
mutilate
illusive
friction
vise
44. Pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
fanciful
Epicurean
metaphysical
concoct
45. (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly
glaring
hysteria
heterogeneous
multiplicity
46. Practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things
elope
pragmatist
frolic
imperial
47. Mythical figure - half man and half horse
centaur
premonitory
culinary
indenture
48. Approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
executioner
countenance
trinket
flick
49. Of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald
foil
obsolete
surpass
piebald
50. Slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
functional
faze
crone
obsequious