Quiz 10 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 adj. Fond of drinking. 1 bibulous
2 inquisitive
3 forethought
4 paternal
5 quarter
2 adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. 1 resonance
2 maidenhood
3 parallel
4 placid
5 assassin
3 v. To continue steadfast against opposition. 1 reflector
2 statecraft
3 liner
4 consonant
5 persist
4 adj. That may be reduced. 1 exclusion
2 sergeant-major
3 reducible
4 ministration
5 requite
5 n. Embroidery. 1 opulent
2 indivisible
3 brogue
4 protection
5 needlework
6 n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose. 1 fulminate
2 faction
3 hypnosis
4 obsolescence
5 afoot
7 n. An animal having two feet. 1 hysteria
2 suspicious
3 acquaint
4 biped
5 investigator
8 v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. 1 lifetime
2 appease
3 head foremost
4 impair
5 autonomy
9 adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax. 1 pectoral
2 heteromorphic
3 indicator
4 diversity
5 prolix
10 n. A return from death to life 1 conformance
2 indict
3 discipline
4 resurrection
5 nude
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11 n. A consecration to the ministry. 1 stationary
2 sibilant
3 inchmeal
4 ordination
5 profession
12 v. To settle or arrange beforehand. 1 convertible
2 overweight
3 preestablish
4 photometry
5 discreet
13 adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith. 1 orthodox
2 procedure
3 ornate
4 insatiable
5 persuade
14 adj. Resembling or containing cream. 1 diurnal
2 bravo
3 variance
4 creamy
5 irony
15 n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. 1 arcade
2 intercessor
3 aboriginal
4 impunity
5 havoc
16 n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. 1 bulwark
2 dialect
3 ancestry
4 juncture
5 exodus
17 v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. 1 altruist
2 portfolio
3 valid
4 protocol
5 adulterate
18 n. A vehement desire. 1 addendum
2 charlatan
3 craving
4 perspire
5 submission
19 adj. Contemptible. 1 nebula
2 verily
3 placid
4 incomplete
5 pitiable
20 adj. Characteristic of an erudite person. 1 thoroughbred
2 opulent
3 indiscriminate
4 vie
5 scholarly
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21 n. A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature. 1 flimsy
2 neglectful
3 cajolery
4 orthopedist
5 permanence
22 n. Mode of speech. 1 impersuadable
2 populous
3 flue
4 parlance
5 hypnotize
23 n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action. 1 edict
2 insight
3 gumption
4 surrogate
5 heptarchy
24 n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. 1 antemundane
2 explicit
3 achromatic
4 Nemesis
5 primer
25 adj. Subject to contention or dispute. 1 debatable
2 noxious
3 deify
4 readily
5 compulsion
26 n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound. 1 arboriculture
2 importune
3 frivolity
4 vocable
5 conjoin
27 n. Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief. 1 poignancy
2 multiform
3 investor
4 thermoelectric
5 consonance
28 adj. Large in scope or content. 1 shiftless
2 characterize
3 comprehensive
4 possessive
5 exemplify
29 n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another. 1 niggardly
2 expend
3 retrace
4 predecessor
5 pungency
30 adj. Looking back on the past. 1 preengage
2 iridescence
3 perigee
4 brusque
5 retrospective
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31 n. A constituent element or part. 1 indolent
2 breaker
3 component
4 reducible
5 likelihood
32 adj. Multiplied by six. 1 sextuple
2 evince
3 aye
4 noisy
5 liege
33 v. To make a copy of. 1 predicament
2 vivisection
3 reproduce
4 lever
5 receivable
34 n. Deep wisdom or knowledge. 1 ache
2 compress
3 bewilder
4 extradition
5 sapience
35 n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. 1 zenith
2 angelic
3 untimely
4 dimly
5 lifelong
36 adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. 1 contiguity
2 nausea
3 anesthetic
4 denomination
5 palsy
37 n. Casual occurrence. 1 overpass
2 vernacular
3 intestine
4 incidence
5 genealogist
38 n. Discord. 1 pertinent
2 perhaps
3 canon
4 dissonance
5 remonstrate
39 n. The act of repeating. 1 contort
2 monitory
3 repetition
4 azalea
5 pretension
40 v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing). 1 disrepute
2 evolution
3 liquidate
4 apparition
5 recognize
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41 adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals. 1 liking
2 conclusive
3 herbivorous
4 displace
5 inestimable
42 adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring. 1 efface
2 intestacy
3 infinity
4 amphibious
5 ambitious
43 n. The Pope. 1 bellicose
2 pontiff
3 substantive
4 evolve
5 maidenhood
44 n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. 1 normalcy
2 pollen
3 canto
4 commissariat
5 syndicate
45 adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. 1 thoroughbred
2 animosity
3 pharmacy
4 laxative
5 egregious
46 n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority. 1 prehension
2 junta
3 lattice
4 boatswain
5 rationalism
47 adj. That may be allowed. 1 ambulance
2 pecuniary
3 abhorrence
4 venison
5 permissible
48 n. Dependence. 1 dentifrice
2 reliance
3 economize
4 fealty
5 mechanics
49 n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten. 1 grandiloquent
2 pandemic
3 absence
4 oblivion
5 invaluable
50 adj. Pertaining to the heart. 1 yearling
2 hydromechanics
3 cardiac
4 digress
5 aforesaid
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51 adj. Unlawfully begotten. 1 tangency
2 illegitimate
3 distensible
4 involve
5 occasion
52 adj. Neglectful of obligation. 1 enkindle
2 recreant
3 derelict
4 abnormal
5 wizen
53 adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought. 1 reversion
2 incitement
3 callosity
4 necessary
5 illogical
54 n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. 1 bevel
2 dominate
3 provincial
4 equivalent
5 discountenance
55 n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. 1 expository
2 bountiful
3 misinterpret
4 navigate
5 curtsy
56 n. Uncertainty. 1 discernible
2 suspense
3 remunerate
4 embarrass
5 shiftless
57 n. The roof of the mouth. 1 savage
2 interim
3 mystification
4 palate
5 subtend
58 n. A person against whom a suit is brought. 1 mercantile
2 inroad
3 defendant
4 erudition
5 oversee
59 adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. 1 extremist
2 contingent
3 discomfit
4 sylph
5 adroit
60 v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger. 1 promoter
2 altruist
3 infest
4 separable
5 regale
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61 v. To pollute. 1 pauperism
2 pentagram
3 contaminate
4 discover
5 pitiful
62 adj. Characteristic of a dog. 1 senile
2 canine
3 naturally
4 outlaw
5 cite
63 v. To invent fancifully or falsely. 1 sufferance
2 maritime
3 batter
4 physiology
5 fabricate
64 adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman. 1 Iliad
2 inventive
3 extrude
4 workmanlike
5 intrinsic
65 adj. Insane. 1 contrite
2 demented
3 facet
4 blaspheme
5 adulterate
66 n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. 1 metropolitan
2 chancery
3 abed
4 guy
5 inhume
67 n. A little leaf or a booklet. 1 leaflet
2 regality
3 aristocracy
4 merciful
5 tiresome
68 n. Violent contact. 1 collision
2 effrontery
3 profiteer
4 delectable
5 humane
69 n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech. 1 jargon
2 preparation
3 jugular
4 incite
5 educe
70 n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. 1 missal
2 subsist
3 lattice
4 specie
5 valorous
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71 v. To search through and through. 1 intracellular
2 perfunctory
3 decimate
4 self-respect
5 probe
72 n. Any state of great happiness. 1 heretic
2 undermine
3 merciless
4 facial
5 beatitude
73 n. Change. 1 scholarly
2 ill-natured
3 constituent
4 qualify
5 variance
74 adj. Harmless. 1 subside
2 innocuous
3 estrange
4 anthropomorphous
5 indefinitely
75 n. Mental unsoundness. 1 bungle
2 tangency
3 tirade
4 lunacy
5 emphasize
76 n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties. 1 incompetent
2 desert
3 furtive
4 indolent
5 sinecure
77 n. One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport. 1 epidermis
2 unbelief
3 egotist
4 clangor
5 opponent
78 adj. False. 1 knighthood
2 apostate
3 overleap
4 redress
5 hospitality
79 v. To make change in. 1 adulterant
2 differential
3 alter
4 quarrelsome
5 irrigant
80 n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers. 1 epithet
2 advertiser
3 sextuple
4 dialectician
5 impersonal
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 v. To step beyond. 1 ceremonial
2 sinecure
3 granular
4 plebeian
5 overstride
82 n. An insane propensity to set things on fire. 1 pyromania
2 Briticism
3 foist
4 leisure
5 aroma
83 adj. Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning. 1 untimely
2 doe
3 evolve
4 rancor
5 logical
84 n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive. 1 quadrate
2 alienation
3 sophistry
4 pentathlon
5 foreordination
85 n. Extravagance or enormity. 1 regalia
2 philologist
3 finally
4 exorbitance
5 resonance
86 v. To make dull by satiety. 1 denouement
2 pall
3 conducive
4 theologian
5 authenticity
87 n. pl. The internal parts of an animal. 1 ruffian
2 inapprehensible
3 melodious
4 entrails
5 assailant
88 n. The philosophical study of society. 1 fabricate
2 excavate
3 autonomy
4 sociology
5 inefficient
89 n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person. 1 lave
2 denouement
3 inadmissible
4 distrust
5 regicide
90 n. Freedom from punishment. 1 impunity
2 galore
3 contiguity
4 misunderstand
5 utility
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91 adj. Fatherly. 1 solicitude
2 paternal
3 cardiac
4 attorney-general
5 onslaught
92 n. Sulfur. 1 domesticity
2 brimstone
3 destitute
4 confectionery
5 gamble
93 adj. Fashionable. 1 confront
2 personal
3 adherence
4 modish
5 control
94 adj. Belligerent. 1 resistance
2 quiescent
3 warlike
4 thoroughfare
5 gesticulate
95 v. To expel. 1 consort
2 insinuate
3 virulent
4 insular
5 eject
96 adj. Desolate. 1 neo-Darwinsim
2 mismanage
3 sequacious
4 bleak
5 incompetence
97 adj. Clandestine. 1 mandatory
2 refute
3 influential
4 sebaceous
5 surreptitious
98 n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. 1 persuade
2 lewd
3 prurient
4 buffoonery
5 morale
99 adj. Characterized by lust or lasciviousness. 1 illimitable
2 lewd
3 preferable
4 insurgence
5 defendant
100 n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. 1 artful
2 secession
3 caucus
4 augment
5 probate
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