Quiz 20 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. Undue expenditure of money. 1 irreligious
2 platitude
3 extravagance
4 prepossession
5 intrinsic
2 n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war. 1 intercede
2 privateer
3 expediency
4 evolve
5 treble
3 n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked. 1 recoil
2 microscopy
3 granary
4 vacuum
5 prehensile
4 v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim. 1 sufferance
2 retrospect
3 waive
4 beset
5 sergeant-at-arms
5 n. A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene. 1 controller
2 progression
3 panorama
4 pristine
5 befriend
6 adj. Of considerable bulk and weight. 1 inopportune
2 fracture
3 risible
4 massive
5 prologue
7 adj. Inexpedient. 1 abrogate
2 satiric
3 inundation
4 renovate
5 impolitic
8 n. Any reality. 1 immutable
2 actuality
3 revert
4 malediction
5 divulge
9 n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency. 1 sacrilegious
2 taut
3 trajectory
4 wampum
5 absurd
10 n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment. 1 witticism
2 enthuse
3 revile
4 burgess
5 grimace
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11 adj. Habitually inactive or idle. 1 dignitary
2 indolent
3 shrinkage
4 effect
5 burnish
12 n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. 1 misogyny
2 neology
3 municipality
4 similitude
5 inhibit
13 adj. Interfering. 1 emeritus
2 meddlesome
3 abscond
4 lingo
5 involuntary
14 n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society. 1 nausea
2 domicile
3 socialism
4 Antichrist
5 heathenish
15 adj. Unimaginative. 1 Artesian well
2 outlaw
3 unconscionable
4 prosaic
5 munificent
16 n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another. 1 transfusion
2 efflorescent
3 ridicule
4 citadel
5 reproof
17 adj. Very small. 1 wee
2 philology
3 omnivorous
4 furtive
5 rondo
18 adj. Pithy. 1 non-resident
2 emeritus
3 terse
4 manlike
5 needy
19 adj. Urgent in complaint or demand. 1 effrontery
2 clamorous
3 sedate
4 demonstrator
5 undue
20 adj. Not general or public. 1 well-doer
2 grotto
3 lethargy
4 personal
5 trivial
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. 1 grisly
2 halcyon
3 emblem
4 ground
5 diffusible
22 n. An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow. 1 genesis
2 levee
3 discernible
4 payee
5 delusion
23 n. A person fully empowered to transact any business. 1 plenipotentiary
2 penitential
3 disputation
4 opponent
5 inarticulate
24 n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. 1 arboretum
2 botany
3 originate
4 imminence
5 excellency
25 adj. Lacking clearness 1 misty
2 narration
3 maudlin
4 justification
5 granary
26 n. Admonition or warning. 1 sensorium
2 salvo
3 resurrection
4 monitory
5 quiescence
27 adj. Not perceptible to the touch. 1 protege
2 paternity
3 fissure
4 intangible
5 pseudonym
28 n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. 1 bemoan
2 incompetent
3 duplicity
4 moat
5 monarchy
29 v. To collect into a mass. 1 annalist
2 protege
3 congest
4 flux
5 palate
30 adj. Adapted for grasping or holding. 1 vertex
2 microcosm
3 prehensile
4 satiate
5 medallion
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31 adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction. 1 reactionary
2 syllabication
3 employer
4 necrosis
5 alternate
32 n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt. 1 rhetorician
2 caustic
3 sophistical
4 ridicule
5 devise
33 adj. More distant or advanced. 1 henpeck
2 further
3 prominence
4 perform
5 epizootic
34 adj. Designed for gradual destruction. 1 consumptive
2 reprieve
3 consul
4 procedure
5 retrench
35 adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense. 1 nestling
2 flexible
3 absurd
4 espy
5 enrage
36 adj. Displaying impatience. 1 liner
2 petulant
3 lateral
4 sapid
5 effuse
37 adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life. 1 pastoral
2 transfigure
3 preposterous
4 efflorescent
5 preponderant
38 n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices. 1 continuance
2 dilettante
3 prudential
4 fanciless
5 chivalry
39 n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property. 1 euphemism
2 contemporaneous
3 prodigal
4 canary
5 dermatology
40 n. The act of taking back, or taking again. 1 outstretch
2 magisterial
3 resumption
4 promoter
5 pretension
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 adj. scanty. 1 parlance
2 meager
3 prostrate
4 loquacious
5 ascent
42 n. Slander. 1 gentile
2 annihilate
3 irradiance
4 calumny
5 subterranean
43 adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. 1 bight
2 debonair
3 altar
4 engross
5 peerless
44 n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade. 1 brotherhood
2 apogee
3 embargo
4 octogenarian
5 personality
45 v. To occupy completely. 1 accompany
2 engross
3 derrick
4 vertigo
5 breaker
46 adj. Befuddled with drinks. 1 tipsy
2 frantic
3 confectionery
4 depression
5 primitive
47 n. That of which anything is composed or may be constructed. 1 wholly
2 prerogative
3 fray
4 material
5 resonate
48 v. To hold in higher estimation. 1 endurable
2 regenerate
3 derivative
4 bolster
5 prefer
49 v. To be imminent. 1 commissariat
2 impend
3 utilitarianism
4 levy
5 metaphysics
50 n. Preponderance. 1 overweight
2 emulate
3 impetus
4 perhaps
5 achromatic
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia. 1 inkling
2 accuracy
3 steppe
4 compression
5 euphemism
52 n. One who refers. 1 neural
2 antislavery
3 exorbitant
4 aboriginal
5 referrer
53 n. The art of public speaking. 1 irate
2 sterling
3 collision
4 perspicacity
5 oratory
54 v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. 1 imperil
2 relapse
3 nettle
4 spherometer
5 manlike
55 n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. 1 lifetime
2 misbehave
3 flora
4 penitence
5 vernal
56 n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles. 1 abridge
2 augur
3 decagon
4 likely
5 proscription
57 n. A waiting room for those who seek audience. 1 antechamber
2 unyoke
3 lexicon
4 callow
5 anarchy
58 n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra. 1 pernicious
2 proscenium
3 circulate
4 immaterial
5 pestilent
59 adj. Thinly diffused. 1 inimical
2 confidence
3 pomposity
4 sparse
5 tranquility
60 n. A butter-making establishment. 1 phenomenon
2 personage
3 usage
4 galvanic
5 creamery
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61 n. An incorporated village or town. 1 arid
2 comical
3 ambiguous
4 borough
5 autobiography
62 n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. 1 aver
2 felicity
3 bestrew
4 temporal
5 hypocrite
63 v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. 1 infirm
2 decagon
3 stellar
4 paraphernalia
5 transfigure
64 adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. 1 omniscient
2 epitaph
3 fraudulent
4 stealth
5 connubial
65 v. To drive from one's own country. 1 Titanic
2 herbarium
3 juncture
4 expatriate
5 depth
66 n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in. 1 inference
2 beneficent
3 infusion
4 lyric
5 invalidate
67 v. To cherish reverentially. 1 contumacious
2 assassination
3 venerate
4 somnolence
5 prevalence
68 n. A muscle that causes extension. 1 undersell
2 exhaustive
3 extensor
4 antilogy
5 stagnant
69 adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together. 1 precipitate
2 cursive
3 inundate
4 coronet
5 magnificence
70 n. Ridicule. 1 vacillate
2 quiescent
3 bombast
4 mockery
5 insuppressible
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 n. The feudal system. 1 counterpart
2 taxidermy
3 deliquesce
4 feudalism
5 peaceful
72 v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise. 1 confer
2 singe
3 apology
4 compliment
5 finality
73 n. Belief. 1 credence
2 circumnavigate
3 sympathize
4 gradation
5 liking
74 v. To deprive of an inheritance. 1 disinherit
2 convolve
3 insurgent
4 phenomenon
5 prevaricate
75 n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science. 1 apostate
2 bilateral
3 negligee
4 pauperism
5 proficiency
76 n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. 1 translator
2 affable
3 conspire
4 dilatory
5 antilogy
77 n. An expert reasoner. 1 logician
2 insignificance
3 accession
4 waive
5 intracellular
78 n. One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person. 1 choral
2 protege
3 delectable
4 irreparable
5 probity
79 n. One who loves books. 1 intercessor
2 pleasurable
3 promiscuous
4 bibliophile
5 advocate
80 n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another. 1 enshrine
2 resurrection
3 indulgence
4 braze
5 privity
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning. 1 abstain
2 festive
3 definite
4 financial
5 paradox
82 n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. 1 transferrer
2 heritage
3 bronchitis
4 ignominious
5 pavilion
83 adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress. 1 decent
2 evolution
3 extensor
4 benign
5 fluctuate
84 v. To judge of before hearing evidence. 1 obsolescent
2 benignity
3 coxswain
4 confectionery
5 forejudge
85 n. A hint. 1 incandescence
2 priggish
3 compunction
4 censorious
5 inkling
86 v. To pursue a policy of delay. 1 punctilious
2 reticent
3 temporize
4 cant
5 congest
87 n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. 1 itinerate
2 cycloid
3 opprobrium
4 potentate
5 aviary
88 v. To assert as a fact. 1 aver
2 vacuum
3 lithotype
4 declarative
5 superintendent
89 adj. Being, formed, or operating under water. 1 verify
2 ripplet
3 befog
4 subaquatic
5 bravo
90 n. Intensity of passion or affection. 1 ardor
2 apothecary
3 accommodate
4 course
5 dilatory
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 n. Equilibrium. 1 oratorio
2 vendor
3 potion
4 revere
5 poise
92 n. A person of the lowest or poorest class. 1 senile
2 eclipse
3 divagation
4 proletarian
5 auxiliary
93 n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government. 1 rhetorician
2 pentagon
3 broach
4 extradition
5 contagion
94 n. Intensified emotion or action. 1 excitation
2 grandiose
3 similitude
4 tolerable
5 amphibious
95 v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation. 1 affiliate
2 quay
3 hoard
4 locomotion
5 staid
96 v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme. 1 by-law
2 mettlesome
3 recreate
4 contrive
5 referable
97 adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. 1 meander
2 acoustic
3 confiscate
4 attest
5 photometry
98 n. A sense of injury. 1 umbrage
2 foreign
3 eschew
4 tortious
5 fortitude
99 v. To examine minutely or critically. 1 relinquish
2 analyze
3 extradition
4 obtrusive
5 belie
100 n. Impending evil or danger. 1 conscious
2 imminence
3 culpable
4 impair
5 ensnare
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