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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description
aphasia
persevere
jetsam
vivid
2. Beyond reproach; blameless; impeccable; Ex. irreproachable conduct
eschew
craft
confidence
irreproachable
3. Pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
urge
anesthetic
feral
erotic
4. Fill up again
gambol
problematic
replenish
glimmer
5. Disaster; misery
hone
calamity
bridle
callow
6. Druggist; pharmacist
inalienable
apothecary
sluice
obtrude
7. Conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.
repugnance
smirk
inebriate
controvert
8. Equal in extent; of the same size
commensurate
supplant
partial
remunerative
9. Demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock
peremptory
intractable
blighted
genus
10. Contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive characteristics of another
auxiliary
arable
foil
exorbitant
11. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds
indulge
onomatopoeia
anemia
runic
12. Brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub
turgid
cumbersome
detrimental
fray
13. Closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place
circuit
migrant
marshal
rebuttal
14. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame
tender
recount
pore
reprehensible
15. Commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly
tumult
glut
renown
slander
16. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
pulchritude
institutionalize
inimitable
aureole
17. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression
stultify
estranged
fruition
compelling
18. Obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.
patent
unrequited
archives
benefactor
19. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.
stint
grimace
remittance
saturnine
20. Petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble
aromatic
carping
cognate
satire
21. Ardent; zealous; hot
aptitude
lionize
fervent
truncate
22. Combination (of two business corporations); act of merging
efface
sonnet
trickle
merger
23. Gold and silver in the form of bars
mishap
indentation
bullion
disinter
24. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
diffidence
boisterous
tribune
frond
25. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
imperturbable
fervor
blurt
knoll
26. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
blurt
accessible
stratagem
dichotomy
27. Impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved
alimentary
irreconcilable
dereliction
adage
28. Turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of
smug
invert
formidable
spate
29. Charlatan; boastful pretender
mountebank
effervescence
retrograde
pert
30. State confidently; declare as true
clime
aver
doctrine
hirsute
31. Home of a hermit
reverend
beleaguer
hermitage
calumny
32. Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
revulsion
quotidian
gentry
apolitical
33. Engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener
devotee
incline
arrears
rapt
34. Ill-humored; irritable
spontaneity
expository
cantankerous
cordial
35. Oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation
leonine
touchy
homely
ultimatum
36. Confer
pastoral
trance
forlorn
bestow
37. Ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies
grisly
mortician
obeisance
championship
38. Irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path
incoherent
juggernaut
bizarre
fulsome
39. Neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care
mar
premeditate
negligence
loathe
40. Object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor
cynosure
astral
pendulous
putative
41. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.
tend
analgesic
turgid
harbor
42. Of or like an uncle
avuncular
onslaught
salvage
carrion
43. Something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating
quarantine
ensue
adjutant
implication
44. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks
diatribe
bungle
illuminate
slick
45. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
edict
hydrophobia
savor
artless
46. Slight offense or fault; CF. sin
sojourn
paramount
peccadillo
repository
47. Able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof
anchor
arch-
sextant
tangible
48. Flexible; limber; pliant
precipice
supple
loath
cohorts
49. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat
rigor
freebooter
juridical
fervor
50. Demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction
deign
visceral
exact
extemporaneous