Quiz 17 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. An acute epidemic disease. 1 abut
2 cholera
3 Americanism
4 shrivel
5 replete
2 n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick. 1 infirmary
2 viscount
3 hillock
4 cynosure
5 antiquate
3 n. A narrow strip of wood. 1 collapsible
2 batten
3 outstretch
4 wittingly
5 immense
4 adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction. 1 non-resident
2 presentiment
3 pompous
4 outlaw
5 amplitude
5 adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. 1 misapprehend
2 extempore
3 annalist
4 exodus
5 invincible
6 adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. 1 venial
2 nameless
3 prehensible
4 disapprove
5 fetus
7 n. An associate in wrong-doing. 1 matrimony
2 accomplice
3 vertex
4 stingy
5 dastard
8 adj. Sharp-cornered. 1 detrude
2 frailty
3 metaphysics
4 angular
5 heathenish
9 v. To unite or blend as by melting together. 1 bowler
2 fuse
3 improvise
4 spurious
5 chateau
10 n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light. 1 mechanics
2 pedal
3 recant
4 irreducible
5 glimmer
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11 n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body. 1 indefinitely
2 eclipse
3 lenient
4 baize
5 garrulous
12 n. Hatred. 1 upheave
2 enmity
3 allude
4 bosom
5 supplant
13 adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. 1 recede
2 transverse
3 Calvary
4 suggestive
5 clemency
14 adj. Fixed or done capriciously. 1 arbitrary
2 reciprocate
3 drowsy
4 pledgee
5 emblazon
15 adj. Valueless. 1 reck
2 inconsequential
3 ponderous
4 preexistence
5 metronome
16 adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses. 1 cathode
2 forego
3 pincers
4 fortitude
5 delectable
17 adj. Foreknowing. 1 blithe
2 malcontent
3 out-of-the-way
4 equivalent
5 prescient
18 v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). 1 irate
2 cant
3 physiocracy
4 toleration
5 agitate
19 n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy. 1 probation
2 impregnate
3 prudery
4 pitiable
5 cholera
20 n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first. 1 dialect
2 inversion
3 remonstrant
4 appease
5 commissariat
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21 adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. 1 venous
2 designate
3 assent
4 subterranean
5 resistant
22 n. A hundredth of a liter. 1 centiliter
2 connubial
3 deplore
4 technography
5 truculence
23 v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another. 1 waistcoat
2 lattice
3 philosophize
4 emigrate
5 slight
24 v. To talk about vainly or foolishly. 1 plenary
2 prate
3 foreordain
4 abhorrent
5 orthogonal
25 adj. Indicating or expressing a cause. 1 pastoral
2 convoy
3 causal
4 soluble
5 inborn
26 adv. Genuinely. 1 invoke
2 scribe
3 out-and-out
4 collier
5 officious
27 n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. 1 inedible
2 benefice
3 bomb
4 interpolation
5 censorious
28 n. Outside show or elegance. 1 monarchy
2 reconstruct
3 veneer
4 stratagem
5 misrule
29 n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation. 1 disciple
2 expository
3 descendent
4 diffusible
5 interpreter
30 n. Water saturated with salt. 1 minion
2 brine
3 corroborate
4 overthrow
5 ought
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31 adj. Neither masculine nor feminine. 1 imprudent
2 floe
3 extensible
4 actuality
5 neuter
32 v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. 1 deprave
2 impugn
3 probation
4 coalition
5 penurious
33 n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. 1 onus
2 abscess
3 underman
4 bight
5 technicality
34 adj. Easily understood. 1 peccable
2 dialect
3 illiterate
4 apparent
5 sepulcher
35 n. A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck. 1 amalgamate
2 simulate
3 kerchief
4 electrolysis
5 amity
36 n. A darting momentary local pain. 1 equivocal
2 excursion
3 adjunct
4 promissory
5 twinge
37 n. Slight sickness. 1 ailment
2 profligacy
3 audition
4 outreach
5 domination
38 n. An insane person. 1 dislocate
2 affix
3 recurrent
4 lunatic
5 parlor
39 v. To consider thoughtfully. 1 ablution
2 perpendicular
3 tinge
4 contemplate
5 unlimited
40 n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell. 1 inference
2 pungency
3 asperity
4 systematic
5 staid
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41 adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. 1 alienable
2 proviso
3 collegian
4 foreknowledge
5 amenable
42 adj. Disheartened. 1 later
2 despondent
3 ultimate
4 bereave
5 tyrannical
43 v. To walk about 1 acoustic
2 ambulate
3 reproduce
4 albeit
5 acreage
44 n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. 1 duplex
2 discover
3 metal
4 superlative
5 auxiliary
45 n. The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints. 1 phonic
2 officiate
3 antedate
4 impotent
5 opalescence
46 adj. Capable of receiving injuries. 1 syllabication
2 gossamer
3 superadd
4 allege
5 vulnerable
47 adj. Irrevocable. 1 excavate
2 probation
3 negligence
4 irreversible
5 harmonious
48 v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. 1 putrescent
2 emanate
3 entreaty
4 man-eater
5 unisonant
49 v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not. 1 outlandish
2 species
3 repellent
4 symphonic
5 arraign
50 adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory. 1 arrange
2 normalcy
3 leisure
4 mandatory
5 theism
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51 adj. Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables. 1 positive
2 conquer
3 polysyllable
4 meticulous
5 absent-minded
52 v. To surrender the custody of. 1 privity
2 rebut
3 breach
4 magisterial
5 extradite
53 n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument. 1 prelude
2 eulogize
3 ration
4 ludicrous
5 editorial
54 n. One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses. 1 ought
2 befriend
3 optician
4 sarcasm
5 reminiscent
55 adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years. 1 inexperience
2 tercentenary
3 reformer
4 overthrow
5 lax
56 n. Demeanor. 1 invalidate
2 grapple
3 isochronous
4 deportment
5 cat-o-nine-tails
57 n. Sorrow. 1 participate
2 virago
3 repentance
4 grief
5 imperturbable
58 n. A length of one hundredth of a meter. 1 alternative
2 furbish
3 transmute
4 conservatory
5 centimeter
59 v. To hate violently. 1 convulsion
2 abominate
3 relent
4 derivation
5 exaggerate
60 v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. 1 fallible
2 extensible
3 pretension
4 diminution
5 frizzle
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61 adj. Belonging to a corporation. 1 beget
2 indistinct
3 cajolery
4 overshadow
5 corporate
62 n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. 1 recapitulate
2 gaily
3 superb
4 travail
5 account
63 v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. 1 antic
2 cosmic
3 Artesian well
4 incombustible
5 trisect
64 n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail. 1 recur
2 discrepant
3 invalidate
4 contraposition
5 peddler
65 adv. With no outward manifestation. 1 inwardly
2 finality
3 ignoble
4 quarantine
5 foreknowledge
66 adj. Governed by moral standard. 1 conscientious
2 navel
3 apiary
4 coalescence
5 entangle
67 n. A god, goddess, or divine person. 1 kimono
2 polygamy
3 deity
4 effect
5 dialectician
68 n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law. 1 panic
2 usury
3 ground
4 egotist
5 gestation
69 adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. 1 suffrage
2 cereal
3 alto
4 abnormal
5 pedagogue
70 v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. 1 domineer
2 diversion
3 felicitate
4 assassin
5 malaria
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71 n. An earnest request. 1 imperturbable
2 nuisance
3 negligent
4 entreaty
5 consort
72 v. To put out of proper place or order. 1 finite
2 abidance
3 inadmissible
4 neophyte
5 dislocate
73 adj. Ordinary. 1 mediocre
2 aqueous
3 cantonment
4 candor
5 terminate
74 adj. Philosophical. 1 metaphysical
2 contusion
3 gregarious
4 quadrate
5 volant
75 v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence. 1 enthrall
2 upcast
3 ruth
4 harangue
5 check
76 n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter. 1 effluvium
2 fumigate
3 diversity
4 palate
5 permutation
77 adj. Of vast size or strength. 1 pageant
2 sanction
3 ligament
4 Titanic
5 bosom
78 adj. Physically powerful. 1 omniscient
2 deject
3 dislocate
4 potent
5 inverse
79 adj. Sarcastic and severe. 1 expect
2 interrogate
3 caustic
4 sanguinary
5 accessory
80 n. Monovalency. 1 univalence
2 pugnacious
3 suggestive
4 symphony
5 polyglot
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 n. One's line of ancestors. 1 cardinal
2 hinder
3 subtend
4 pedigree
5 soldier
82 n. High praise. 1 laudation
2 cynical
3 supplant
4 superintendence
5 penitential
83 adj. Hurtful, morally or physically. 1 piece
2 deleterious
3 denouement
4 deceive
5 incomplete
84 n. A little lass. 1 florist
2 lassie
3 remonstrate
4 access
5 misbehave
85 adj. Habitually complaining. 1 incipient
2 perforate
3 pentathlon
4 querulous
5 poesy
86 adj. Pertaining to the later stone age. 1 assimilate
2 temporary
3 separate
4 isothermal
5 Neolithic
87 n. Dependence on charity. 1 literal
2 lovable
3 quarantine
4 complication
5 pauperism
88 adj. Easy to approach. 1 affable
2 provincial
3 triumvir
4 brotherhood
5 inlet
89 n. Royal state. 1 submersion
2 pauper
3 kingship
4 nutritive
5 stimulus
90 v. To hurry. 1 bustle
2 cameo
3 digraph
4 renovate
5 convertible
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91 n. The science that treats of plants. 1 hibernal
2 botany
3 ruffian
4 anthology
5 query
92 n. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support. 1 resource
2 successor
3 obsolescence
4 whimsical
5 depositor
93 v. To stretch out or expand in every direction. 1 staid
2 Elizabethan
3 decameter
4 generalize
5 distend
94 adj. Situated directly underneath. 1 convivial
2 embark
3 subjacent
4 mythology
5 legalize
95 n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume. 1 prescient
2 plumb
3 sufficiency
4 guise
5 sapiential
96 n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement. 1 adroit
2 query
3 subliminal
4 confederate
5 circumlocution
97 adj. Prevailing among animals. 1 purport
2 diffusion
3 epizootic
4 abhorrence
5 drudgery
98 adj. Abundant. 1 lurid
2 oaken
3 deciduous
4 rife
5 hexapod
99 adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. 1 timbre
2 amour
3 rendezvous
4 inebriate
5 incongruous
100 n. The making of dictionaries. 1 lexicography
2 repudiate
3 chameleon
4 mesmerize
5 reversion
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