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GRE Vocab
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gre
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english
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1. Provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)
rickety
founder
cater
wiggle
2. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
hap
ploy
obliterate
pinion
3. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
prerogative
pomposity
anesthetic
philistine
4. Ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)
palliate
linger
absolute
infringe
5. Blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums
spat
doldrums
lurid
treatise
6. Place over something else
igneous
superimpose
facet
crossbreed
7. Countercharges; V. recriminate
recrimination
deviate
voyeur
attrition
8. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
rummage
divest
terminal
assurance
9. Upward; high up in the air
aloft
curmudgeon
brand
idolatry
10. Pertaining to the lungs
disburse
gradation
understate
pulmonary
11. Grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation
verve
uninhibited
lament
salutary
12. Ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory
cant
partisan
derision
misogynist
13. Deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right.
regatta
swerve
dowse
preposterous
14. Very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand
myriad
braggart
prehensile
industrious
15. Someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive
panacea
factitious
beneficiary
dupe
16. Outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly
prod
outwit
mimicry
strangle
17. Pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments
madrigal
clapper
clamor
prosody
18. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face
equine
seasoned
dint
celestial
19. Farewell or departure
leave-taking
subversive
talisman
miasma
20. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.
analgesic
ovoid
decant
onslaught
21. Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism
prognosticate
skeptic
buffoon
despoil
22. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
stint
absolve
engaged
blurt
23. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
maraud
horoscope
mandate
imbue
24. Former occupant of a post
bohemian
hummock
brawn
predecessor
25. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians
ragamuffin
herpetologist
restraint
unfledged
26. Roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route
cognizance
meditation
avalanche
devious
27. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything
omnivorous
minion
impasse
delta
28. Loathe; hate
abominate
shard
unassuaged
curtail
29. Unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed
ignoble
impassive
amphitheater
categorical
30. Painting in only one color; ADJ.
flora
rou'e
desultory
monochrome
31. That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
concomitant
provision
urge
dire
32. (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description
vivid
ascetic
ordeal
articulate
33. Yielding to another; ceding
duress
innovation
cession
avid
34. Not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite
hermetic
rider
insatiable
ventral
35. Black volcanic rock
obsidian
truculence
asperity
flaunt
36. Long - passionate - and vehement speech; V.
harangue
extraneous
angular
dys-
37. Not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question
memorial
lance
unassailable
elastic
38. Surface texture; completeness of execution
finish
animated
repartee
sumptuous
39. Scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker
covenant
lap
conscientious
unmitigated
40. Overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury
colossus
gouge
convex
beneficial
41. Awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable
unwieldy
vassal
protuberance
prevail
42. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)
traduce
plumber
fussy
sordid
43. Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
podiatrist
alacrity
cozen
collate
44. Highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
redolent
misadventure
somber
culmination
45. Put in danger
imperil
cistern
dorsal
extrude
46. Serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model
obstinate
grotesque
exemplary
bigot
47. Collarbone
grumble
indeterminate
clavicle
plasticity
48. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
disport
contrivance
revile
antecedents
49. Deliberately planned; likely
outrage
calculated
runic
heedless
50. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean
arbitrary
malapropism
seclusion
exploit
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