Quiz 5 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 adj. Having a double meaning. 1 divinity
2 intersect
3 ambiguous
4 excellency
5 misdemeanor
2 n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. 1 itinerant
2 vortex
3 derrick
4 unison
5 neuter
3 n. A choral composition. 1 stanza
2 impalpable
3 congest
4 cantata
5 reliance
4 n. A small grain or particle. 1 morality
2 forte
3 sentence
4 visage
5 granule
5 v. To continue to exist after. 1 outlive
2 sonorous
3 relinquish
4 broadcast
5 anemic
6 v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of. 1 paraphernalia
2 subacid
3 ravage
4 satiate
5 felon
7 n. A place where leather is tanned. 1 nautical
2 inebriate
3 hackney
4 tannery
5 dilate
8 n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns. 1 delirious
2 diurnal
3 fulcrum
4 undulate
5 monogamy
9 n. Foreboding. 1 accessory
2 sanctity
3 immigrant
4 apostle
5 presentiment
10 n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. 1 apprehend
2 glacier
3 comestible
4 caption
5 habitude
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11 n. A place where anything is kept in safety. 1 undersell
2 abeyance
3 depository
4 navigate
5 panorama
12 n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance. 1 narrator
2 variant
3 hinder
4 topography
5 oddity
13 v. To look upon with disfavor. 1 discountenance
2 indignity
3 premise
4 shuffle
5 unaffected
14 v. To pay or pay for. 1 leviathan
2 monopoly
3 ambiguous
4 menagerie
5 remunerate
15 n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. 1 ancestry
2 tangent
3 imply
4 auspice
5 theocracy
16 adj. Having or resembling human form. 1 ministry
2 inarticulate
3 Decameron
4 exhaustion
5 anthropomorphous
17 adj. Religious. 1 pious
2 partisan
3 isolate
4 parlance
5 poignant
18 adj. Forced. 1 paradox
2 indelible
3 amour
4 compulsory
5 phenomenon
19 n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile. 1 dissension
2 handwriting
3 defendant
4 joust
5 distillation
20 n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage. 1 saponaceous
2 dissension
3 poesy
4 bale
5 incarcerate
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21 v. To pay or reward in excess. 1 monogamy
2 overpay
3 eccentric
4 purport
5 donator
22 n. Apparition. 1 anemometer
2 nominate
3 impracticable
4 squabble
5 specter
23 n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies. 1 habitant
2 militarism
3 delectation
4 despot
5 pedestrian
24 n. A large medal. 1 bric-a-brac
2 contravene
3 alternate
4 incapacitate
5 medallion
25 adj. Living both on land and in water. 1 negate
2 amphibious
3 autocracy
4 wampum
5 spurious
26 v. To beg. 1 eccentric
2 supplicate
3 ubiquitous
4 medial
5 broach
27 adj. Exceedingly fat. 1 candid
2 inflammation
3 misanthropic
4 encourage
5 obese
28 adj. Lacking courage. 1 sequel
2 preemption
3 preeminence
4 inexpressible
5 timorous
29 adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. 1 effective
2 outcry
3 academic
4 dogmatic
5 unnatural
30 n. A preconceived liking. 1 valid
2 inconceivable
3 prepossession
4 reprehension
5 proviso
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31 v. To bend or turn from a direct course. 1 ingratitude
2 refract
3 keepsake
4 plutocracy
5 unsophisticated
32 v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike. 1 antipathize
2 symphonious
3 prima
4 undeceive
5 requisite
33 n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act. 1 paradox
2 ministry
3 salutation
4 hesitant
5 syllabication
34 n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing. 1 statute
2 polytheism
3 omnivorous
4 involve
5 lithotype
35 n. One who sells fish. 1 generosity
2 infest
3 fishmonger
4 vapid
5 tipsy
36 n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid. 1 inadequate
2 tenure
3 confederacy
4 colleague
5 exhaustive
37 adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns. 1 academy
2 regicide
3 humanize
4 overreach
5 tortuous
38 adj. Adhering to the existing order of things. 1 protagonist
2 conservative
3 habitant
4 parish
5 immune
39 n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion. 1 ambidextrous
2 pentathlon
3 hypnotism
4 attache
5 sequestrate
40 n. One who journeys on foot. 1 apex
2 polar
3 underman
4 suggestible
5 pedestrian
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 v. To make amends for. 1 guzzle
2 atone
3 recruit
4 posterior
5 ration
42 adj. Awkward of movement. 1 denounce
2 clumsy
3 decameter
4 prominence
5 drachma
43 v. To wash or bathe. 1 languor
2 equivalent
3 imperative
4 lave
5 ogre
44 n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools. 1 lunar
2 anathema
3 vignette
4 grindstone
5 fresco
45 n. A stocking. 1 conformable
2 statecraft
3 hosiery
4 bale
5 revere
46 n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature. 1 grenadier
2 diplomat
3 notorious
4 acrimony
5 radiance
47 n. Proverb. 1 appropriate
2 trammel
3 aphorism
4 deject
5 enfeeble
48 n. Rareness. 1 redundant
2 introductory
3 infrequence
4 circumnavigate
5 qualify
49 n. The common people. 1 bristle
2 practicable
3 matter of fact
4 populace
5 reconsider
50 adj. Discordant. 1 syllabication
2 separable
3 pompous
4 incompatible
5 caitiff
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51 adj. Being without restraint. 1 discover
2 momentum
3 undeceive
4 solicitor
5 unbridled
52 adj. Justly or legally responsible. 1 facetious
2 bole
3 belligerent
4 gallant
5 liable
53 v. To make drunk. 1 intoxicate
2 idolize
3 indignant
4 relish
5 hillock
54 n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame. 1 deciduous
2 discriminate
3 dolorous
4 pentagon
5 panel
55 adj. Frolicsome. 1 officiate
2 qualify
3 reservoir
4 playful
5 permanence
56 n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation. 1 sergeant
2 filibuster
3 facetious
4 workmanlike
5 beneficent
57 n. The dead body of an animal. 1 carcass
2 penitential
3 antediluvian
4 administrator
5 fief
58 n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. 1 endurable
2 requisite
3 delusion
4 regale
5 tribune
59 n. an outpouring. 1 effusion
2 intervene
3 mite
4 seclusion
5 bilateral
60 n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. 1 cajole
2 perusal
3 tacit
4 feudal
5 indigent
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61 n. A dose of liquid medicine. 1 panegyric
2 theocracy
3 potion
4 inconsistent
5 hypnotize
62 adj. Lawful. 1 necrosis
2 depreciation
3 tangency
4 licit
5 misogyny
63 n. The number five. 1 pentad
2 nausea
3 substantive
4 wherever
5 lenient
64 n. Ardor or intensity of feeling. 1 fervor
2 peripatetic
3 reliance
4 purveyor
5 menagerie
65 n. The chief law-officer of a government. 1 vocative
2 hypnotism
3 attorney-general
4 quiescent
5 artifice
66 n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. 1 prowess
2 culinary
3 malevolent
4 bromine
5 soliloquy
67 n. A gambler. 1 arboriculture
2 proletarian
3 gamester
4 Calvinize
5 euphonious
68 adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. 1 dolorous
2 epizootic
3 occult
4 dominate
5 mane
69 adj. Capable of being or fit to be received - often money. 1 superheat
2 plutocracy
3 enormity
4 receivable
5 indefinitely
70 n. The person to whom a transfer is made. 1 enrapture
2 inexpensive
3 transferee
4 abnegate
5 crag
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71 adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. 1 succulent
2 blatant
3 enrage
4 obviate
5 arbiter
72 adj. Innate. 1 annihilate
2 bombard
3 moderator
4 clarion
5 inbred
73 v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. 1 tempt
2 sensuous
3 excitation
4 forfeit
5 chasm
74 n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor. 1 non-existent
2 parish
3 brogue
4 munificent
5 forehead
75 n. The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids. 1 courser
2 foppery
3 hydrostatics
4 Pan-American
5 liking
76 n. Counterfeiting. 1 turpitude
2 excrescence
3 forgery
4 equalize
5 ballad
77 n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine. 1 mutation
2 hydrodynamics
3 disciple
4 retrogression
5 rudimentary
78 n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil. 1 ambulate
2 opprobrium
3 accelerate
4 livid
5 aural
79 n. The story of one's life written by himself. 1 autobiography
2 cede
3 arboretum
4 rein
5 microscopy
80 n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc. 1 appreciable
2 egotist
3 tolerable
4 conscience
5 liniment
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. 1 brokerage
2 papyrus
3 ballad
4 juncture
5 entangle
82 n. A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists. 1 stratagem
2 pestilent
3 pharmacopoeia
4 centenary
5 hydromechanics
83 n. A tribe. 1 euphonious
2 forepeak
3 remonstrate
4 clan
5 statistician
84 adj. Inattentive. 1 decamp
2 listless
3 jugular
4 affix
5 languor
85 n. A line of ten syllables. 1 collective
2 decasyllable
3 apprehensible
4 topography
5 invincible
86 v. To treat as a baby or an invalid. 1 recourse
2 reticent
3 precarious
4 macrocosm
5 coddle
87 n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time. 1 Renaissance
2 ductile
3 second-rate
4 theism
5 comprehension
88 n. A vehement appeal. 1 pentameter
2 reconsider
3 adjuration
4 undercharge
5 quartet
89 adj. Masculine. 1 tyrannical
2 virile
3 reliance
4 indigence
5 encourage
90 n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms. 1 pillory
2 deciduous
3 baize
4 privateer
5 armful
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91 adj. According to usual practice. 1 jargon
2 technography
3 habitual
4 nocturnal
5 profiteer
92 n. A small sharp-pointed nail. 1 imitation
2 servitude
3 specimen
4 tack
5 benefit
93 n. A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof. 1 optic
2 nutritive
3 recur
4 diffident
5 Pantheon
94 n. The trunk or body of a tree. 1 pentahedron
2 bole
3 adverse
4 polygamy
5 bereave
95 v. To bring together into a crowd. 1 freethinker
2 copious
3 congregate
4 anticlimax
5 idiosyncrasy
96 n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. 1 freshness
2 consul
3 seditious
4 dun
5 brevity
97 adj. Occurring every year. 1 trebly
2 annual
3 archangel
4 venial
5 specie
98 n. Discernment. 1 penetration
2 blazon
3 deposition
4 obstinacy
5 ampersand
99 n. A gathered multitude of human beings. 1 abdicate
2 redolent
3 offhand
4 altruist
5 horde
100 v. To grow worse. 1 vertigo
2 deteriorate
3 presentment
4 iota
5 quiet
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