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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. Opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal
careen
rhapsodize
rend
dogmatic
2. Weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify
invalidate
magnate
ecstasy
swipe
3. Mix together in close association
infantile
mingle
invocation
facetious
4. Trifles; unimportant matters
trivia
trajectory
fiat
hierarchy
5. One who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress
peer
incommodious
behemoth
waffle
6. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group
mnemonic
excerpt
shift
mortar
7. Soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.
canter
pachyderm
emollient
personable
8. In agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous
execute
congruent
predetermine
perpetual
9. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
discourse
limbo
phlegmatic
recalcitrant
10. Animals of a period or region; CF. flora
pugilist
millennium
gratify
fauna
11. Without an equal; single in kind
stalemate
unique
taciturn
scrappy
12. Self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative
harrowing
placebo
recession
reserve
13. Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling
inured
impervious
abscond
skittish
14. Destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground
raze
derivative
paean
swamp
15. Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
hieroglyphic
vex
inane
circumlocution
16. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
proselytize
shun
throes
frond
17. Person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the usual or necessary number
hermetic
tonsure
doctrinaire
supernumerary
18. Self-governing; N. autonomy
autonomous
rakish
chagrin
nutrition
19. Unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in unison.
vaporize
potential
unison
sleazy
20. Possessing good health; healthful
healthy
deport
pose
impinge
21. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
ebullient
rehabilitate
imbue
stem_from
22. Extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil
endearment
turmoil
swagger
illicit
23. Swollen; distended (as from liquid)
token
carnage
brave
turgid
24. Prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules
frenetic(phrenetic)
snicker
escapade
peon
25. Relieve (pain)
illuminate
inculcate
alleviate
shambles
26. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death
commonwealth
beware
incredulity
fatalism
27. Steadfast; firm; not changing
metaphysical
plebeian
impeach
unfaltering
28. Pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner
profound
strut
martial
incontinent
29. Doctrine; dogma
quiescent
jaunty
tenet
flashy
30. Immature; half-baked; like a sophomore
curmudgeon
sophomoric
cornice
bout
31. Indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable
apothegm(apophthegm)
vagrant
irrefutable
martinet
32. Substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil
negate
humus
couple
manifest
33. Of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani
galvanic
parity
trance
hubris
34. Strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set
finite
vivacious
buffet
jubilation
35. Looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect
visionary
retrospective
maritime
brawny
36. Inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty
prosper
sadistic
foible
gnarl
37. State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
distinct
bereavement
transient
amalgam
38. Annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)
emasculate
chagrin
gentility
alluvial
39. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature
waggish
recount
imperceptible
terminology
40. Compose on the spur of the moment
improvise
privation
chaperon
seminary
41. Boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity
outmoded
vainglorious
fickle
gesticulation
42. Irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety
intransigence
impiety
aptitude
reconnaissance
43. Disturb greatly
potentate
dilatory
perturb
peregrination
44. Amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
abnegation
licentious
interpolate
sluggish
45. Repeal; annul; cancel (a law - decision - or agreement)
rescind
parvenu
parity
clasp
46. Bee-keeping
panacea
equanimity
apiculture
lionize
47. Instruct; correct morally
baffle
gingerly
filibuster
edify
48. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
narrative
solitude
bravado
impregnable
49. Traitor
chaotic
oligarchy
turncoat
taper
50. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
barefaced
inscrutable
bask
obtuse