Quiz 22 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To render of no force or effect. 1 invalidate
2 initiate
3 courtesy
4 mitigate
5 metaphor
2 n. A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment. 1 octagon
2 gratuitous
3 blaze
4 isobar
5 ablution
3 adj. Insufferable. 1 partisan
2 aeronautics
3 intolerable
4 broadcast
5 cacophony
4 n. Quiet. 1 quiescence
2 archaism
3 avalanche
4 dogmatic
5 magisterial
5 adj. Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural. 1 appropriate
2 livid
3 purgatory
4 derisible
5 possible
6 n. An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification. 1 belate
2 onset
3 abrogate
4 credulous
5 forehead
7 v. To embellish. 1 tenor
2 non-combatant
3 decorate
4 apprehend
5 imitation
8 n. Harshness or roughness of temper. 1 egoist
2 difference
3 diagnose
4 autocrat
5 asperity
9 v. To overcome by force. 1 irreparable
2 elicit
3 plausible
4 conquer
5 partition
10 n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying. 1 abidance
2 requiem
3 hysteria
4 philosophize
5 luscious
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11 n. A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor. 1 dissentient
2 masquerade
3 jeopardize
4 legionary
5 commission
12 v. To protect. 1 metaphysician
2 inexpensive
3 vinery
4 safeguard
5 corrode
13 n. Enmity. 1 inure
2 amorphous
3 hostility
4 tireless
5 procedure
14 n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. 1 heresy
2 diagnosis
3 duplicity
4 excrescence
5 concede
15 n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. 1 perform
2 hustle
3 advent
4 sirocco
5 crevasse
16 adj. Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action. 1 objector
2 anode
3 prodigal
4 outlandish
5 vaporizer
17 n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance. 1 incident
2 incitement
3 altitude
4 magnate
5 perseverance
18 v. To render clear and intelligible. 1 luminosity
2 satyr
3 irradiate
4 seethe
5 imbibe
19 adj. Given to constant trivial talking. 1 progeny
2 statute
3 mete
4 garrulous
5 obesity
20 adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction. 1 abut
2 conformity
3 quiescent
4 abominable
5 refinery
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 v. To abominate. 1 docket
2 coxswain
3 loathe
4 evolve
5 grievance
22 n. A confirmed criminal. 1 recidivist
2 outreach
3 pretension
4 irreverent
5 coxswain
23 v. To pass across or over, as a river. 1 overpass
2 competence
3 fawn
4 barcarole
5 inventive
24 adj. Artificial. 1 onrush
2 unnatural
3 impugn
4 liturgy
5 recessive
25 n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action. 1 sense
2 eulogize
3 antiphony
4 inroad
5 paramount
26 v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface. 1 engrave
2 requisite
3 drought
4 circumlocution
5 irrigate
27 v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. 1 decipher
2 effective
3 maroon
4 negligee
5 degeneracy
28 adj. Fallacious. 1 mnemonics
2 regale
3 replica
4 inquire
5 sophistical
29 n. Verbal interference. 1 interpolation
2 breach
3 disunion
4 soluble
5 frontier
30 adj. Grossly offensive. 1 repulsive
2 itinerate
3 partible
4 carnivorous
5 diphthong
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. 1 betroth
2 cereal
3 determination
4 reliquary
5 inane
32 n. One who entrusts. 1 consignor
2 insight
3 leisure
4 obstruct
5 bulwark
33 adj. Following the exact words. 1 macadamize
2 literal
3 misrepresent
4 queue
5 exhale
34 n. Exclusion. 1 earnest
2 irritate
3 lieu
4 vivacity
5 omission
35 v. To comply; submit. 1 protuberate
2 acquiesce
3 judicial
4 ascribe
5 amatory
36 n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear. 1 profile
2 canary
3 culpable
4 maritime
5 panic
37 n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined. 1 icily
2 conjunction
3 calumny
4 inexpressible
5 bemoan
38 adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. 1 persistence
2 perfunctory
3 intermission
4 efflorescent
5 obsequious
39 n. One who settles on land without permission or right. 1 squatter
2 depreciate
3 percussion
4 diatomic
5 out-and-out
40 n. Anything that indicates what is to happen. 1 compressible
2 portent
3 queue
4 witless
5 patrician
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41 v. To free from sin or its penalties. 1 second-rate
2 dialectician
3 levity
4 absolve
5 baritone
42 n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. 1 complacence
2 inlet
3 by-law
4 illuminant
5 remiss
43 n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books. 1 flagrant
2 auxiliary
3 accursed
4 reiterate
5 Decameron
44 v. To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue. 1 begrudge
2 overstride
3 diplomatic
4 irk
5 arbitrary
45 v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. 1 accompany
2 homage
3 bemoan
4 prescript
5 bombard
46 n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. 1 convex
2 superfluity
3 coniferous
4 patriarch
5 rotary
47 n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. 1 lackadaisical
2 blaze
3 cosmogony
4 dispensation
5 compulsion
48 n. A maze. 1 belate
2 monolith
3 sedentary
4 legacy
5 labyrinth
49 n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods. 1 conjugal
2 objective
3 furrier
4 supernumerary
5 secession
50 n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure. 1 accompany
2 narrator
3 knight errant
4 heptagon
5 bravo
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51 adj. Shining. 1 prodigious
2 lustrous
3 operate
4 exclusion
5 autocracy
52 n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. 1 triplicity
2 clarion
3 hemorrhoids
4 strait
5 ocular
53 adv. In bed; on a bed. 1 alteration
2 abed
3 impunity
4 erudition
5 primer
54 n. An overthrow, as from the foundation. 1 remunerate
2 successor
3 subversion
4 explicit
5 laggard
55 n. Folly. 1 personnel
2 convenience
3 degrade
4 foolery
5 spectrum
56 n. Affluence. 1 resistless
2 ostentation
3 polar
4 opulence
5 monolith
57 n. That which does not exist. 1 glimmer
2 needlework
3 protocol
4 testator
5 non-existent
58 v. To dishearten. 1 deject
2 complicity
3 light-hearted
4 dissentient
5 verdant
59 v. To punish. 1 overdose
2 castigate
3 hosiery
4 possible
5 proverb
60 n. An introductory or opening performance. 1 pastoral
2 asperity
3 assiduous
4 prelude
5 modulate
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61 v. To infest or ravage. 1 overrun
2 metaphysical
3 potential
4 control
5 decagram
62 adj. Quarrelsome. 1 extraordinary
2 extenuate
3 pugnacious
4 wearisome
5 affluence
63 n. That by which a number or quantity is divided. 1 divisor
2 detrude
3 loiterer
4 hustle
5 Artesian well
64 v. To stick fast or together. 1 veracity
2 oddity
3 liniment
4 adhere
5 compliant
65 n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. 1 obviate
2 clothier
3 embody
4 prominent
5 enkindle
66 adj. Before noon. 1 gourd
2 docile
3 antemeridian
4 conduce
5 writing
67 v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree. 1 convenience
2 evict
3 imaginary
4 glacier
5 conspicuous
68 v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage. 1 finery
2 gnash
3 supernumerary
4 undulate
5 lackadaisical
69 n. Wanton and malicious mischief. 1 perpetuate
2 deviltry
3 arrear
4 trisect
5 guess
70 n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products. 1 wampum
2 came
3 denote
4 priggish
5 kiln
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71 n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. 1 rescind
2 merciful
3 brigade
4 bumptious
5 dictum
72 adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. 1 accurate
2 writing
3 necessary
4 contradiction
5 Calvinism
73 n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. 1 literature
2 inanimate
3 creak
4 queue
5 ascendant
74 v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult. 1 exhume
2 resent
3 despotism
4 baste
5 hanger-on
75 n. Ghost. 1 apparition
2 benison
3 inedible
4 undulate
5 annihilate
76 v. To contend. 1 original
2 besmear
3 vie
4 solicitor
5 cynosure
77 n. Deceitfulness in dealing. 1 amateur
2 azalea
3 knavery
4 lackadaisical
5 paronymous
78 adj. Discriminating. 1 resonate
2 palatial
3 subtle
4 hygiene
5 countercharge
79 adj. Malignant. 1 fez
2 abbess
3 mausoleum
4 baleful
5 libel
80 adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen. 1 asexual
2 ineligible
3 scuttle
4 provocation
5 veracious
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 adv. Piecemeal. 1 consanguineous
2 inchmeal
3 preexist
4 timbre
5 occurrence
82 n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price. 1 dragoon
2 monopoly
3 granular
4 Americanism
5 distrain
83 n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form. 1 alter
2 infest
3 surrogate
4 refragable
5 script
84 adj. Light and unsubstantial. 1 waistcoat
2 pervasive
3 pious
4 gaseous
5 satire
85 n. Hatred of mankind. 1 bilingual
2 misanthropy
3 impertinence
4 undercharge
5 abstinence
86 v. To tell a story. 1 violator
2 accost
3 narrate
4 discomfort
5 Darwinism
87 v. To surrender or stipulate terms. 1 cartridge
2 befog
3 prate
4 capitulate
5 precipitant
88 n. Hasty, careless writing. 1 normalcy
2 stiletto
3 ferocity
4 scribble
5 immigrate
89 v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over. 1 deign
2 adherent
3 aforesaid
4 impede
5 control
90 v. To become detached. 1 coalition
2 disengage
3 sequestrate
4 studious
5 perversion
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91 n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men. 1 legislative
2 scope
3 inflammation
4 philanthropist
5 pendulous
92 adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like. 1 reprobate
2 collapse
3 undervalue
4 salvage
5 equivalent
93 v. to convert into bone. 1 reticence
2 accuse
3 competence
4 ossify
5 susceptibility
94 adv. In the second place in order or succession. 1 abhorrent
2 overdose
3 secondly
4 neophyte
5 antechamber
95 n. A word of two syllables. 1 floral
2 boisterous
3 urban
4 disyllable
5 imperfectible
96 v. To convert into a liquid or into liquid form. 1 efficacy
2 disreputable
3 liquefy
4 lawgiver
5 chaos
97 n. The act or sensation of hearing. 1 moccasin
2 medial
3 audition
4 gyroscope
5 oratory
98 n. An authoritative direction. 1 atrocity
2 prescription
3 lingo
4 antiseptic
5 ignominious
99 adj. Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. 1 partible
2 Pariah
3 inhume
4 bravo
5 officious
100 n. A superior production. 1 polyarchy
2 recurrent
3 masterpiece
4 disquiet
5 akin
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