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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. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
innate
bombastic
plenary
airy
2. Quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record
cite
rummage
repine
felicity
3. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune
indoctrinate
obelisk
spat
communal
4. Unchangeable
indigenous
immutable
astute
mirage
5. Strong point or special talent in a person's character
authoritarian
sarcasm
exude
forte
6. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude
stickler
suppliant
posture
bane
7. Gallop slowly
lope
uniformity
gerrymander
treasure
8. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning - trivial details of learning - or technicalities
exonerate
valedictory
pedant
abridge
9. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress
communal
alliteration
quail
tyranny
10. Having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt
equine
germinal
blunt
toss
11. Relating to space
maraud
spatial
baroque
antiseptic
12. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise
levee
sterile
authoritative
pan
13. Storehouse
solicit
bliss
repository
spontaneity
14. Familiar with; having knowledge of
conversant
pathos
inculcate
somatic
15. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
acuity
bellicose
purgatory
cumulative
16. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health
empirical
flippant
intoxicate
salutary
17. Disagreeably aggressive
brindled
waft
pushy
discount
18. Exact
precise
noxious
accede
coincidence
19. (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous
unkempt
sultry
glamor
agog
20. Location; place (of a crime - trial - gathering - etc.); CF. come
venue
ford
balmy
execrate
21. Support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
advocacy
cosmic
didactic
edict
22. Great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous
remunerative
rapture
impropriety
condole
23. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention
braggadocio
canter
inherent
detain
24. Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B
paranoia
snivel
entail
propellant(propellent)
25. Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior
histrionic
physiognomy
satyr
blush
26. Strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal
sextant
emaciated
ignominy
queer
27. Treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity - respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.
conglomeration
indignity
bountiful
aerie(aery -eyrie -eyry)
28. Distortion; burlesque
enervate
putrefy
tramp
caricature
29. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.
convene
concord
effusion
betray
30. Theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure
motif
fervent
deleterious
asteroid
31. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
resourceful
chasten
topography
crust
32. Basic; primary; essential
diversion
oblique
pervert
fundamental
33. Style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine
harbor
cuisine
parity
rue
34. Position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion
score
insurmountable
championship
subdue
35. Beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
coup
gustatory
colossus
thresh
36. Brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious
pundit
atrocity
inveigh
gnarled
37. Grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon
emissary
burgeon
doddering
laborious
38. Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm
terrestrial
halfhearted
guy
outwit
39. Dismay; shock deeply
pellucid
misconduct
strangle
appall
40. Extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
oversee
satirical
parched
schematic
41. Abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text
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42. Give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time
cartographer
prot'eg'e
spare
remonstrate
43. Urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
contumacious
pose
unaccountable
importunate
44. Poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; N: pointed object used to prod; prodding
seminal
prod
somnolent
desolate
45. Neglect of duty; abandonment
dereliction
protuberance
simulate
caulk(calk)
46. Of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic - supersonic
disport
sonic
savor
beneficial
47. Move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber
lumber
emolument
cuisine
deify
48. Not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous
colander
prudent
enigma
disingenuous
49. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed
eclectic
banal
reprimand
surveillance
50. (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart
throb
aphorism
entail
glamor