Quiz 3 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. A model. 1 tincture
2 outdo
3 topography
4 gastritis
5 norm
2 n. A vessel belonging to a steamship-line. 1 accusatory
2 piece
3 conceit
4 unicellular
5 liner
3 n. The registry of judgments of a court. 1 obtrusive
2 separate
3 docket
4 federate
5 underexposed
4 v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. 1 boycott
2 retrieve
3 immaterial
4 descry
5 referee
5 n. Language. 1 succeed
2 atonement
3 lingo
4 prattle
5 shriek
6 v. To pass title to. 1 cede
2 anterior
3 temporal
4 spectator
5 grisly
7 n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin. 1 adjutant
2 conduce
3 conspire
4 reconnoiter
5 viola
8 n. A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves. 1 aye
2 octavo
3 pendulum
4 observatory
5 disinherit
9 adj. Characterized by fairness. 1 egoist
2 vegetal
3 equitable
4 protection
5 fluctuation
10 n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits. 1 pedal
2 masterpiece
3 reprieve
4 seance
5 ominous
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11 v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part. 1 mercantile
2 insidious
3 depositor
4 obstruct
5 zealot
12 n. A persistence in purpose and effort. 1 amusement
2 retaliate
3 latish
4 perfidy
5 perseverance
13 v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else. 1 witchcraft
2 sustenance
3 saline
4 refinery
5 preexist
14 n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another. 1 bulwark
2 rehabilitate
3 transposition
4 demolish
5 transference
15 n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language. 1 idiom
2 antecedent
3 successful
4 stringent
5 prattle
16 v. To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. 1 linear
2 mediate
3 deplore
4 close-hauled
5 attest
17 n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface 1 personal
2 prate
3 aldermanship
4 expulsion
5 demulcent
18 n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. 1 atrocious
2 sibilate
3 balsam
4 incentive
5 indolent
19 n. A small cavern. 1 docket
2 grotto
3 soothsayer
4 diplomat
5 authenticity
20 v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification. 1 incapacitate
2 gendarme
3 restitution
4 assassination
5 dialectician
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21 v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. 1 perfumery
2 prosaic
3 fungible
4 writhe
5 seminar
22 adj. Done or made without much or any preparation. 1 primer
2 repugnant
3 extemporaneous
4 baste
5 phonic
23 v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of. 1 adoration
2 anthology
3 contravene
4 disquiet
5 disappoint
24 v. To cause to loathe. 1 stringent
2 rendezvous
3 pandemic
4 nauseate
5 enshrine
25 adj. Extraordinarily generous. 1 enervate
2 munificent
3 discredit
4 ascetic
5 apology
26 n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. 1 debatable
2 ruffian
3 consensus
4 stringent
5 subjacent
27 adj. Intended for general circulation. 1 annunciation
2 encyclical
3 antechamber
4 precipice
5 apprehend
28 n. A break. 1 cryptogram
2 debut
3 fracture
4 actuality
5 faulty
29 v. To place close together. 1 indulgence
2 juxtapose
3 misdemeanor
4 repine
5 oral
30 n. A place where crows congregate to breed. 1 lithotype
2 rookery
3 cat-o-nine-tails
4 cognate
5 convulse
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31 adj. Unusually weighty or forcible. 1 ponderous
2 deliquesce
3 venous
4 dramatize
5 immiscible
32 v. To overtax the strength of. 1 irrelevant
2 overdo
3 kerchief
4 denouement
5 consul
33 adj. Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions. 1 uproarious
2 summary
3 receptive
4 abdominal
5 scurrilous
34 n. A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified. 1 visual
2 inaccessible
3 venereal
4 refinery
5 octagon
35 v. To regard or speak of slightingly. 1 sonata
2 indolence
3 cardinal
4 inconsistent
5 disparage
36 adj. Measureless. 1 laundress
2 critique
3 infinite
4 valedictorian
5 dignitary
37 n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. 1 modify
2 almanac
3 epicure
4 abase
5 soprano
38 adj. That can not be altered or varied. 1 penitential
2 consignee
3 maharaja
4 reconsider
5 inflexible
39 n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. 1 equivocate
2 pudgy
3 disquiet
4 autocrat
5 eradicate
40 n. A syllabus or summary. 1 synopsis
2 chasten
3 coerce
4 writhe
5 decaliter
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41 adj. Speedy. 1 ascetic
2 potion
3 hypnotic
4 expeditious
5 irrepressible
42 adj. Cutting deeply and quickly. 1 conjecture
2 soldier
3 trenchant
4 stationary
5 proctor
43 v. To produce or cause to be. 1 generate
2 conferee
3 troublesome
4 laudation
5 legislator
44 n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. 1 microscopic
2 prepossession
3 corollary
4 chiffon
5 dyne
45 n. One given to speculating. 1 violoncello
2 broach
3 theorist
4 rookery
5 unutterable
46 v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. 1 wreak
2 generic
3 graceless
4 percolator
5 coronet
47 adj. Consisting of blood. 1 stratagem
2 sanguineous
3 incoherent
4 innumerable
5 working-man
48 n. A throwing upward. 1 conformity
2 surfeit
3 vignette
4 upcast
5 demulcent
49 v. To hide by pretending something different. 1 ghastly
2 gentile
3 append
4 dissemble
5 odious
50 n. Misfortune. 1 mishap
2 unisonant
3 felicitate
4 technography
5 kind-hearted
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51 adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion. 1 assonant
2 maternal
3 satire
4 birthright
5 swarthy
52 n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition. 1 dissipation
2 negation
3 likely
4 authentic
5 dishabille
53 v. To fill with extreme fear. 1 repel
2 intoxicant
3 terrify
4 curt
5 imperceptible
54 v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. 1 butte
2 forfeit
3 gusto
4 avalanche
5 termination
55 n. Coercion. 1 abomination
2 subterranean
3 compulsion
4 ghastly
5 endemic
56 adj. Eating or living on flesh. 1 carnivorous
2 comparable
3 extempore
4 decorate
5 assonance
57 v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. 1 veracious
2 mishap
3 toilsome
4 allege
5 optimism
58 n. An unreal image presented to the senses. 1 qualm
2 illusion
3 profession
4 consecutive
5 odorous
59 n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. 1 annuity
2 bravado
3 tapestry
4 Milky Way
5 parish
60 adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance. 1 generally
2 arrogant
3 consulate
4 supine
5 resistant
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61 v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. 1 stellar
2 commission
3 utilitarianism
4 monolith
5 forego
62 v. To heap approach or abuse upon. 1 census
2 expect
3 garnish
4 magistracy
5 revile
63 adj. Odiously sinful. 1 heinous
2 loot
3 microphone
4 irruption
5 ancestry
64 adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else. 1 similar
2 witticism
3 gravity
4 assiduous
5 instructive
65 adv. Without objection or reluctance. 1 readily
2 obtrusive
3 quintet
4 ire
5 commissariat
66 n. The art or process of communicating by telephone. 1 telephony
2 cosmetic
3 consensus
4 moribund
5 avocation
67 v. To take possession of by force. 1 vociferance
2 bore
3 opportunity
4 usurp
5 meditation
68 v. To twist into a misshapen form. 1 Narcissus
2 contort
3 adjutant
4 paronymous
5 legionary
69 n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble. 1 rigor
2 illogical
3 umbrage
4 antiseptic
5 recourse
70 adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) 1 lying
2 wreak
3 aqueduct
4 prescience
5 niggardly
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71 n. One without regard for law or life. 1 territorial
2 moderator
3 dishabille
4 desperado
5 mockery
72 adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. 1 Baconian
2 incongruous
3 secession
4 hospitable
5 formation
73 n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings. 1 complacence
2 magnetize
3 fissure
4 connote
5 indivertible
74 adj. Giving off bubbles of gas. 1 scoundrel
2 deity
3 perspiration
4 effervescent
5 stagy
75 adj. That can be suggested. 1 dastard
2 suggestible
3 toilsome
4 lifetime
5 affectation
76 n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. 1 incomprehensible
2 clarion
3 deficient
4 herbarium
5 alabaster
77 n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. 1 attest
2 promulgate
3 tremulous
4 huckster
5 affectation
78 n. The office or dignity of a magistrate. 1 coronet
2 freemason
3 misinterpret
4 plaudit
5 magistracy
79 adj. Above price. 1 authenticity
2 apposite
3 specious
4 inestimable
5 ordnance
80 n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. 1 analogy
2 somnolent
3 poetaster
4 endue
5 apposite
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81 n. pl. The emblems of royalty. 1 satirize
2 protuberance
3 regalia
4 quietus
5 scholastic
82 adj. Impotent. 1 reunite
2 iota
3 regent
4 heptarchy
5 powerless
83 adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months. 1 service
2 pedagogue
3 floral
4 reminiscent
5 quarterly
84 n. The act of submitting. 1 sirocco
2 submittal
3 portent
4 orthodoxy
5 intelligence
85 v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. 1 addle
2 abdicate
3 propeller
4 perceptible
5 preempt
86 n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. 1 mirage
2 deduce
3 inadmissible
4 reiterate
5 chronology
87 n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. 1 expressive
2 bulwark
3 coronet
4 privateer
5 incessant
88 n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive 1 reflection
2 ligament
3 curator
4 atrocious
5 sophism
89 n. Trickery. 1 superadd
2 dilute
3 artifice
4 maintain
5 belie
90 n. Recollection. 1 aghast
2 ampersand
3 mediate
4 sextuple
5 remembrance
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91 adj. Qualified. 1 formula
2 asexual
3 prodigy
4 mercenary
5 competent
92 v. To mislead the mind or judgment of. 1 delude
2 maniac
3 annunciation
4 dragnet
5 nomad
93 v. To set on fire. 1 zeitgeist
2 polygamy
3 enkindle
4 decimate
5 foliage
94 v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself. 1 obstruction
2 inspector
3 generic
4 disown
5 corporal
95 n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets. 1 zodiac
2 hemorrhoids
3 inchmeal
4 supplementary
5 indiscernible
96 adj. Listless. 1 orthopedic
2 lackadaisical
3 suppressible
4 unicellular
5 perfidy
97 n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. 1 denominator
2 persistence
3 accumulate
4 negligee
5 distillation
98 v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury. 1 proscription
2 confiscate
3 bombardier
4 superheat
5 granular
99 v. To make complete. 1 salutation
2 intermediate
3 connive
4 flexible
5 complement
100 adj. Sunk to a low condition. 1 abject
2 repulsive
3 appellation
4 scabbard
5 poetic
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