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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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1. Seller
consign
nautical
waffle
vendor
2. An assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias
respite
lachrymose
alias
urgent
3. Secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing
cardiologist
purchase
premonitory
expurgate
4. Periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
molt(moult)
detached
verdigris
precipitant
5. Growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed
enterprising
lament
slavish
rampant
6. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm
supplicant
tempestuous
convoluted
facilitate
7. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature
terminology
acetic
vainglorious
intrinsic
8. Made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction
paroxysm
imbroglio
rarefied
forlorn
9. Expose to slander
traduce
ossify
insurgent
solicitous
10. Enthusiastic applause
mangle
stamp
proxy
ovation
11. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal
icon(ikon)
secular
clipper
cynosure
12. Detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
reverberate
loathe
smear
amble
13. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments
reprobate
pronounced
ken
spurious
14. Government run by religious leaders
rigor
rigid
theocracy
rile
15. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
cardinal
grim
corrugated
ethnic
16. Certainty
perfunctory
promiscuous
catharsis
certitude
17. Fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors
modish
replete
sap
enact
18. Based on experience
nomenclature
acerbity
gust
empirical
19. Tendency to disbelief
rubric
vitriolic
rejuvenate
incredulity
20. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful
sate
bliss
verity
impetuous
21. Slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall
revert
incubate
thrall
expenditure
22. Lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner
askance
musty
mollify
shyster
23. Stubborn intolerance
subaltern
bigotry
reciprocal
herbivorous
24. Bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition
propriety
overbearing
homogeneous
fruition
25. Advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage
feign
suffragist
carrion
fidelity
26. Set off; start
impalpable
expository
manacle
trigger
27. A set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
theocracy
carillon
incommodious
erudite
28. Major classification - second to kingdom - of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division
phylum
snub
percussion
incursion
29. Leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest
bequeath
catharsis
ineffable
expedite
30. Foul-smelling
consonant
malodorous
indubitable
inalienable
31. Dose (of liquids); liquid dose
divest
discord
grumble
potion
32. Property inherited from a father
patrimony
voluminous
inept
proverb
33. Intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between
goad
monetary
saturate
intermediary
34. Put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight
entrance
meek
ecosystem
decelerate
35. Difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky
shear
unexceptionable
bemused
fastidious
36. Pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum
cerebral
grovel
reaper
stipend
37. Mixture
amazon
medley
empirical
prefigure
38. Bold; fearless
knack
dauntless
accede
intangible
39. Great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)
flail
bauble
vagrant
cataract
40. Achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.
wangle
upright
commune
impersonal
41. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation
bent
prodigious
elated
unkempt
42. Ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet)
purchase
amass
muse
stockade
43. Premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)
foreboding
subsidiary
polyglot
varnish
44. Monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos
incident
mausoleum
fruitful
debar
45. Circular building or hall covered with a dome
levity
flourish
rotunda
embed(imbed)
46. Holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing
riveting
enduring
equinox
ogle
47. Find out for certain; make certain
trivia
fray
quietude
ascertain
48. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality
causal
bungle
increment
accomplice
49. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person - thing - or event; marvel; wonder; CF. phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; Ex. phenomenal strength
phenomena
palpable
takeoff
fulcrum
50. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
treatise
blasphemy
raucous
tonsure