Quiz 2 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. That which is near or bordering upon. 1 querulous
2 syneresis
3 transfigure
4 adjacent
5 unlawful
2 v. To force. 1 posse
2 amorphous
3 raptorial
4 mastery
5 coerce
3 v. To represent by sketch or diagram. 1 timorous
2 prophesy
3 tribune
4 exemplify
5 delineate
4 adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life. 1 vegetative
2 anesthetic
3 unbridled
4 foot-note
5 dissonance
5 adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. 1 stringency
2 hypothesis
3 furtive
4 grisly
5 massive
6 n. Sexual or moral purity. 1 fiducial
2 chastity
3 fanciless
4 regality
5 Decameron
7 v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame. 1 epidermis
2 upturn
3 exonerate
4 insulate
5 melodrama
8 adj. That can not be restrained or kept down. 1 monolith
2 irrepressible
3 contort
4 righteousness
5 levity
9 n. The fact of not being present or available. 1 introspect
2 maize
3 explicate
4 buoyancy
5 absence
10 v. To give courage to. 1 summary
2 invert
3 reinstate
4 embolden
5 detrude
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11 n. That which is rubbed off. 1 intermediate
2 insolent
3 scribble
4 service
5 abrasion
12 n. Cessation. 1 desistance
2 lucrative
3 velocity
4 debatable
5 deviate
13 v. To involve; necessitate. 1 repressible
2 penetrable
3 circumlocution
4 entail
5 polycracy
14 n. Unlimited or infinite knowledge. 1 workmanship
2 omniscience
3 protuberate
4 interrogative
5 hosiery
15 v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time. 1 illegible
2 vituperable
3 wizen
4 immortalize
5 chasten
16 n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command. 1 midsummer
2 canto
3 sinuosity
4 overpass
5 possession
17 v. To act as an officer or leader. 1 dauntless
2 evasion
3 consort
4 malady
5 officiate
18 adj. Lasting but a short time. 1 momentary
2 germane
3 saponaceous
4 gosling
5 accelerate
19 n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. 1 constellation
2 recreant
3 garrulous
4 contagious
5 course
20 v. To deprive of something dishonestly. 1 phonic
2 incapacitate
3 deliquesce
4 sociable
5 defraud
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21 adj. Not essential under the circumstances. 1 unnecessary
2 mishap
3 plurality
4 thermoelectric
5 complacence
22 adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. 1 ruffian
2 folk-lore
3 auricular
4 transferee
5 assailant
23 v. To spend sparingly. 1 economize
2 perjure
3 theocracy
4 paleontology
5 epicycloid
24 n. A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act. 1 syllabication
2 derivative
3 regicide
4 adhesion
5 operetta
25 v. To play tricks of sleight of hand. 1 errant
2 derivative
3 breaker
4 absolution
5 juggle
26 n. The process of fostering or promoting growth. 1 insipid
2 comely
3 element
4 corporeal
5 nurture
27 adj. Cowardly. 1 datum
2 caitiff
3 erratic
4 vacate
5 bitterness
28 n. A trinket. 1 optimism
2 bauble
3 feudalism
4 forcible
5 heresy
29 adj. Wordy. 1 cohere
2 deprave
3 pentagon
4 verbose
5 effect
30 v. To extend. 1 misrule
2 contumacious
3 constellation
4 inaccurate
5 outstretch
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31 n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion. 1 heterodox
2 cessation
3 control
4 gigantic
5 trickery
32 adj. Assured. 1 explicate
2 shrinkage
3 confident
4 poesy
5 lithograph
33 adj. Interfering with comfort or progress. 1 inconvenient
2 onslaught
3 Antichrist
4 becalm
5 acquiesce
34 n. An unprovoked attack. 1 demented
2 aggression
3 quackery
4 creak
5 duckling
35 n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority. 1 hydrous
2 dogma
3 indispensable
4 misbehavior
5 expanse
36 adj. Greedy 1 persevere
2 accordion
3 mercenary
4 nihilist
5 demonstrate
37 v. To render ineffective or inoperative. 1 equilibrium
2 enervate
3 cabal
4 comparative
5 benevolence
38 adj. Surpassing. 1 adulterant
2 inefficient
3 exclamation
4 peremptory
5 transcendent
39 n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. 1 epitome
2 confidence
3 catholicity
4 rapt
5 transgress
40 v. To separate the parts of by violence. 1 insistent
2 merciful
3 rupture
4 catastrophe
5 immigrant
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41 adj. Wandering. 1 valediction
2 conducive
3 antemeridian
4 migratory
5 salutary
42 v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position. 1 timbre
2 eligible
3 exorcise
4 recline
5 profuse
43 v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner. 1 disrobe
2 uproot
3 espy
4 lactic
5 sophisticate
44 n. The act of selling. 1 vendition
2 imbrue
3 diffidence
4 sophistry
5 reflection
45 v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of. 1 baleful
2 lyre
3 contravene
4 depth
5 dispossess
46 n. Knowledge of events before they take place. 1 explosion
2 prescience
3 aghast
4 specialize
5 privilege
47 adj. Marked by extreme suffering. 1 torturous
2 sear
3 seminary
4 foresee
5 norm
48 n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress. 1 monarchy
2 circumnavigate
3 compression
4 ichthyic
5 paramour
49 n. One who narrates anything. 1 militant
2 donor
3 crusade
4 narrator
5 existence
50 n. The final point or goal. 1 adjacency
2 sergeant-major
3 colloquial
4 terminus
5 quarter
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51 n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion. 1 misrepresent
2 genealogy
3 evert
4 sonata
5 continence
52 v. To drive out or away. 1 extrude
2 gastritis
3 deciduous
4 cadence
5 genesis
53 adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation. 1 carnal
2 exemplary
3 genealogy
4 imaginable
5 impermissible
54 v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light. 1 scintillate
2 emulate
3 fluctuate
4 preponderate
5 trickery
55 v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively. 1 irreparable
2 chancery
3 perfidy
4 involve
5 protective
56 n. Poetry. 1 skeptic
2 refute
3 poesy
4 overstride
5 disputation
57 n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original. 1 similar
2 despite
3 simile
4 replica
5 relinquish
58 n. A coming into view. 1 bole
2 emergence
3 misdemeanor
4 hindmost
5 precedential
59 n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency. 1 prodigy
2 retch
3 geniality
4 utilitarianism
5 stringency
60 n. A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts. 1 upheaval
2 prejudice
3 stratagem
4 distrust
5 misnomer
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61 adj. Affecting the sense of taste. 1 ardor
2 rationalism
3 negation
4 artful
5 sapid
62 n. Idiosyncrasy. 1 resent
2 abrade
3 eccentricity
4 repress
5 violoncello
63 v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action. 1 stimulate
2 portent
3 voluptuous
4 prohibition
5 controller
64 v. To enlarge in all directions. 1 occult
2 dilate
3 pledgeor
4 thrall
5 hoard
65 n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty. 1 contraband
2 inconceivable
3 Iliad
4 antilogy
5 querulous
66 n. Unwillingness. 1 reluctance
2 buffoon
3 calculable
4 literature
5 vagabond
67 n. Essential likeness. 1 disobedience
2 piteous
3 typographical
4 parallelism
5 verity
68 v. To restore brightness or beauty to. 1 furbish
2 hostility
3 irate
4 theocrasy
5 disseminate
69 n. An elaborate or formal public speech. 1 oration
2 seer
3 culprit
4 protract
5 precipitate
70 n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. 1 revise
2 cession
3 shiftless
4 luminary
5 imperative
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71 n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty. 1 ominous
2 moratorium
3 liqueur
4 instantaneous
5 scruple
72 n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. 1 misanthropic
2 cull
3 crevasse
4 mouthful
5 predominate
73 inter. Good-by; farewell. 1 subjacent
2 preamble
3 superintendence
4 connubial
5 adieu
74 n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. 1 invalidate
2 irrational
3 disyllable
4 winsome
5 nostrum
75 adv. With directness. 1 sinuosity
2 productive
3 statecraft
4 forthright
5 evoke
76 n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just. 1 lapse
2 typify
3 benignant
4 decalogue
5 confectionery
77 n. A land-measurer. 1 demeanor
2 recreant
3 capillary
4 protuberate
5 surveyor
78 n. A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over. 1 derrick
2 overhang
3 flection
4 perjure
5 plural
79 n. One who earns his bread by manual labor. 1 carcass
2 misdemeanor
3 vernacular
4 phonetic
5 working-man
80 n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation. 1 pestilent
2 luminous
3 miscreant
4 hydrometer
5 opulent
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81 n. An object of favor or choice. 1 insipid
2 psychopathic
3 preference
4 sedulous
5 moralist
82 n. A vain boaster. 1 lovable
2 fretful
3 braggart
4 panorama
5 futurist
83 adj. Unadvisable. 1 curtsy
2 octagon
3 pharmacy
4 inexpedient
5 lactic
84 v. To prove true, right, or real. 1 illicit
2 repine
3 vindicate
4 approbation
5 bronchitis
85 v. To move faster. 1 mastery
2 subtle
3 deceit
4 modify
5 accelerate
86 adj. Mischievous. 1 salient
2 regale
3 infinite
4 maleficent
5 specious
87 v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points. 1 antenatal
2 demagogue
3 superfluity
4 prickle
5 precarious
88 n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. 1 partisan
2 dragnet
3 tractable
4 brine
5 gratification
89 n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively. 1 extremity
2 evert
3 literature
4 insomnia
5 incendiary
90 n. unnecessary activity or ceremony. 1 epigram
2 emaciate
3 ado
4 conquer
5 metropolis
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91 adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position. 1 propellant
2 repudiate
3 revocation
4 emeritus
5 momentum
92 n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. 1 extremity
2 zeitgeist
3 inscribe
4 insatiable
5 accursed
93 n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. 1 impermissible
2 retinue
3 logician
4 benignity
5 participate
94 n. hot winds from Africa. 1 belate
2 sirocco
3 nonchalance
4 depreciation
5 accuracy
95 n. Landowner. 1 inherence
2 nonpareil
3 irritant
4 momentary
5 landholder
96 v. To become dull or inert. 1 innovate
2 recur
3 aloof
4 stagnate
5 altar
97 v. To turn inside out. 1 transfuse
2 treatise
3 complement
4 kingship
5 evert
98 n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there. 1 bodice
2 recrudescent
3 immigrant
4 personage
5 precedence
99 adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices. 1 protege
2 upheaval
3 lyric
4 dutiable
5 immoral
100 n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. 1 tranquil
2 alias
3 comport
4 promissory
5 miter
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