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GRE Vocab
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1. Only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent
tangential
proscenium
flout
impartial
2. Strong longing to travel
ravel
euphony
wanderlust
monochrome
3. Picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.
cupidity
potable
terse
mosaic
4. Command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done
advocate
pretend
overture
fiat
5. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
compendium
chimerical
bicameral
nurture
6. Lack of self-confidence or courage
eerie
immure
timidity
execrable
7. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean
circlet
discriminate
wean
exploit
8. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
matriarch
gourmand
haggle
turncoat
9. Dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow
somber
efface
pliable
macabre
10. (animal - person - or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor
rend
ragamuffin
denizen
reticent
11. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices
largess
cite
Occident
vertex
12. Pointed projecting part
prong
mannered
manifesto
maraud
13. Maze
exculpate
dotage
labyrinth
abstract
14. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination
cow
juggernaut
meddlesome
ordain
15. Favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign
peevish
muggy
propitious
untoward
16. Spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot
context
fleck
centaur
petrify
17. Flat mass of floating ice
bombardment
tenuous
malodorous
floe
18. Inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce
effervescence
rivet
fraught
damn
19. Able to produce a desired effect; valid
condiments
effectual
squelch
foray
20. Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket
cubicle
codify
docket
jettison
21. Conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.
monetary
smirk
eclipse
braid
22. Boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious
defer
tedium
histrionic
rapt
23. Heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking
hazardous
obstetrician
impregnate
lopsided
24. Profane; violate the sanctity of
pretext
desecrate
savor
vicissitude
25. Study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish
ichthyology
unique
delete
indulgent
26. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism
impervious
leaven
squalor
flowery
27. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable
jurisprudence
traduce
throttle
erratic
28. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter
pliable
ruddy
judicious
rigor
29. (of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; Ex. overwhelmed by grief
defrock
rasp
overwhelm
climactic
30. Measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment
temperate
mete
brink
vacuous
31. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity
salubrious
labyrinth
disparity
inter
32. Not harmonious; conflicting
compunction
typhoon
condign
discordant
33. Long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.
furrow
fortuitous
desperado
decapitate
34. Blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval
burnish
convene
censure
zest
35. Looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination
cavalier
introspective
ingenious
unearth
36. Stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality
prot'eg'e
adhere
enrapture
turgid
37. Collect (gradually - in a very large amount)
amass
inter
fictitious
obeisance
38. Kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of
jurisprudence
decimate
indiscriminate
libel
39. Lying below; fundamental
chameleon
polity
underlying
conspiracy
40. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic
leeway
prognosis
pestilential(pestilent)
dank
41. Watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision
despondent
extant
disaffected
oversee
42. Affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech
menial
brawl
recession
mannered
43. Mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness
velocity
whelp
aspire
alloy
44. In a state of rage; Ex. run amok
except
entrepreneur
detain
amok(amuck)
45. Work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ.
harrowing
muted
congenial
elaborate
46. Causing nausea; feeling nausea
nauseous
shaving
coda
astute
47. Plunder
calumny
dingy
syllogism
pillage
48. Destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals
judiciary
circumlocution
panegyric
carnage
49. Belittle
linger
disparage
consort
blasphemy
50. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition
erudite
legacy
seduce
vulnerable
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