Quiz 24 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To purify by affliction. 1 paroxysm
2 hawthorn
3 thermoelectric
4 chasten
5 dubious
2 v. To divide. 1 relish
2 disrupt
3 dissever
4 morbid
5 imminent
3 n. One who disagrees. 1 ferocity
2 enormity
3 dissentient
4 invidious
5 needlework
4 v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing) 1 solstice
2 creed
3 cipher
4 outdo
5 petulance
5 n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus. 1 tireless
2 Madonna
3 misapprehend
4 synonym
5 stultify
6 n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner. 1 zealot
2 disreputable
3 impious
4 gastronomy
5 chateau
7 n. The rule of many. 1 polycracy
2 elicit
3 hustle
4 incompetence
5 misogyny
8 adj. Feasible. 1 leaven
2 practicable
3 itinerate
4 suffrage
5 virtual
9 n. Surmise. 1 kingship
2 rejuvenescence
3 guess
4 intuition
5 subtrahend
10 v. To burn on the surface. 1 exhaustible
2 necessary
3 abjure
4 sear
5 satire
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11 v. To wander from place to place. 1 suasion
2 itinerate
3 extrude
4 pharmacy
5 convolution
12 v. To deem worthy of notice or account. 1 fez
2 protoplasm
3 deign
4 denominate
5 reconcilable
13 n. An interpreter. 1 abjure
2 annihilate
3 translator
4 insidious
5 irreversible
14 adj. Lucid. 1 sequel
2 anthracite
3 faun
4 brae
5 perspicuous
15 v. To appear or act in the character of. 1 neuter
2 intermit
3 symmetry
4 protuberant
5 impersonate
16 n. That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power. 1 penurious
2 minion
3 lever
4 anathema
5 dispensation
17 n. A young swan. 1 mimic
2 gesticulate
3 agile
4 cygnet
5 retroactive
18 n. Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment. 1 futile
2 felonious
3 precision
4 unaffected
5 fatuous
19 adj. In prosperous circumstances. 1 vogue
2 well-to-do
3 corps
4 rue
5 diagnose
20 n. One who carries out a reform. 1 permissible
2 reformer
3 almanac
4 typify
5 recidivist
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21 n. Disagreement. 1 dissent
2 theism
3 preparatory
4 preferable
5 diffidence
22 n. One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling. 1 et cetera
2 objector
3 futile
4 intestine
5 requital
23 n. Intent. 1 complaisance
2 betimes
3 infamy
4 purport
5 folio
24 v. To diminish or become less. 1 intestine
2 ingenuity
3 mountaineer
4 eloquent
5 dwindle
25 n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another. 1 turpitude
2 autonomy
3 nuisance
4 expand
5 proselyte
26 adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type. 1 transact
2 complaisance
3 timorous
4 tilth
5 heteromorphic
27 v. To set apart as sacred. 1 baleful
2 momentous
3 bibliophile
4 consecrate
5 avidity
28 adj. Compassionate. 1 donee
2 energetic
3 frantic
4 deplorable
5 piteous
29 v. To regret extremely. 1 rampant
2 physicist
3 inchoative
4 dehydrate
5 rue
30 n. A mere youth. 1 stripling
2 torpor
3 mesmerize
4 ruffian
5 toleration
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31 n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. 1 grandeur
2 malevolence
3 redundant
4 efficacy
5 prescriptible
32 v. To move with haste and promptness. 1 visage
2 temporary
3 antipathize
4 assessor
5 hustle
33 n. Expansion. 1 underexposed
2 inadvisable
3 distention
4 inedible
5 inadvertent
34 adj. Falling behind. 1 macrocosm
2 gratification
3 prohibitory
4 laggard
5 biennial
35 adj. Following in time. 1 profligate
2 subsequent
3 sibilant
4 incandescent
5 almanac
36 v. To deprive of the power to act. 1 originate
2 paralyze
3 dominant
4 untoward
5 Antichrist
37 n. Lack or insufficiency. 1 vituperable
2 discard
3 instantaneous
4 fictitious
5 deficiency
38 adj. Capable of commercial navigation. 1 impeccable
2 navigable
3 deflect
4 eugenic
5 pincers
39 adj. Surly. 1 quarrelsome
2 simulate
3 moccasin
4 ill-natured
5 missal
40 adv. Entirely. 1 deprave
2 outright
3 capillary
4 facetious
5 conversant
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41 n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. 1 annals
2 superintendent
3 pervade
4 contumacious
5 midwife
42 adj. Pertaining to ancient times. 1 penetration
2 anthracite
3 antique
4 superb
5 breech
43 n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. 1 landlord
2 fugacious
3 aide-de-camp
4 conquer
5 eccentricity
44 n. Expression of blame. 1 reprehension
2 similitude
3 rankle
4 script
5 specialize
45 n. Magnitude. 1 diligence
2 quantity
3 conjugation
4 acknowledgment
5 Calvary
46 adj. Very eager or urgent. 1 officious
2 disobedient
3 pestilent
4 second-rate
5 vehement
47 adj. Most important. 1 aye
2 vitalize
3 administrator
4 principal
5 abase
48 v. To pick or sort out from the rest. 1 cornice
2 conduce
3 octagon
4 cull
5 landmark
49 n. The state of being icy. 1 tarnish
2 alluvion
3 iciness
4 jubilation
5 humbug
50 adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion. 1 globular
2 tranquilize
3 legacy
4 submarine
5 irreligious
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51 n. Laziness. 1 benevolent
2 indolence
3 carrion
4 disapprove
5 inconstant
52 n. A view or prospect. 1 supplant
2 precede
3 congregate
4 posse
5 vista
53 adj. Farther or more distant. 1 off
2 olive-branch
3 egotism
4 ingredient
5 displace
54 n. Caution. 1 prudence
2 simplify
3 bemoan
4 pestilence
5 beatitude
55 v. To debilitate. 1 humanitarian
2 enfeeble
3 lax
4 accept
5 satirize
56 adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities. 1 angelic
2 intestacy
3 salacious
4 voracious
5 abduction
57 n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. 1 unisonant
2 terrify
3 reprisal
4 vegetarian
5 penance
58 n. Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics. 1 dwindle
2 forejudge
3 antiphony
4 ambidextrous
5 ostracism
59 v. To force forward prematurely. 1 lexicographer
2 overture
3 precipitate
4 pseudapostle
5 moralize
60 n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. 1 assassin
2 primer
3 decorate
4 foist
5 chancery
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61 n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation. 1 rhetorician
2 lying
3 cholera
4 cosmopolitan
5 infamy
62 n. A wanderer. 1 pomposity
2 vagabond
3 meticulous
4 violoncello
5 replenish
63 adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. 1 characteristic
2 laudation
3 foppish
4 nostrum
5 aforesaid
64 v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses. 1 recluse
2 deist
3 paradox
4 biped
5 perceive
65 n. Some auxiliary person or thing. 1 convalescent
2 dismissal
3 rearrange
4 advent
5 affiliate
66 n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. 1 macrocosm
2 aborigines
3 deposition
4 exegesis
5 derelict
67 adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus. 1 lingual
2 rotary
3 capitulate
4 seclusion
5 savage
68 n. A disturbance or violent agitation. 1 commotion
2 atrocity
3 instill
4 impracticable
5 inconceivable
69 adj. Derived from authoritative direction. 1 repeal
2 disinherit
3 formidable
4 prescriptible
5 evert
70 n. A distance in miles. 1 mileage
2 thesis
3 bibulous
4 legislate
5 luminosity
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71 adj. Relating to making proof, as of a will. 1 plural
2 remission
3 separable
4 probate
5 dissentious
72 n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country. 1 corps
2 frontier
3 ingenuity
4 tilth
5 tactics
73 v. To shut out purposely or forcibly. 1 technicality
2 exclude
3 replenish
4 protuberant
5 alternate
74 adj. Having power to open or loosen the bowels. 1 rescind
2 epic
3 laxative
4 cardinal
5 prevention
75 n. A wrong or improper act. 1 gyroscope
2 evangelical
3 doublet
4 extensible
5 misdeed
76 adj. Indefinitely extensive. 1 spurious
2 sensibility
3 immeasurable
4 bromine
5 fetus
77 n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. 1 philology
2 limitation
3 artless
4 denote
5 superfluity
78 v. To subvert in an underhand way. 1 countervail
2 undermine
3 defensible
4 pretext
5 persuadable
79 adj. Moderately good. 1 insomnia
2 tolerable
3 filibuster
4 blaze
5 probate
80 n. A space entirely devoid of matter. 1 vacuum
2 impious
3 intervene
4 cereal
5 imaginary
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81 n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. 1 immortalize
2 despotism
3 flatulence
4 physicist
5 madden
82 adj. Limited. 1 travail
2 maize
3 distrust
4 picayune
5 finite
83 n. The act of sending through or across. 1 transmission
2 repine
3 ascent
4 inquire
5 isle
84 n. A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something. 1 famish
2 perfumery
3 dialect
4 significant
5 plumb
85 v. To put in action and supervise the working of. 1 exhume
2 operate
3 insufficient
4 pincers
5 eureka
86 n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. 1 inure
2 acreage
3 lexicon
4 juncture
5 domination
87 adj. More than sufficient. 1 adieu
2 physiology
3 colloquy
4 undue
5 irritancy
88 n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage. 1 anathema
2 obelisk
3 periodicity
4 physiology
5 reproof
89 adv. Word for word. 1 stanchion
2 verbatim
3 obstetrics
4 merciless
5 surround
90 n. A cosmopolitan character. 1 propeller
2 foresail
3 cosmopolitanism
4 transcontinental
5 frightful
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 n. Proximity. 1 contiguity
2 temporary
3 dissonant
4 apotheosis
5 disjunctive
92 adj. That which points out. 1 simulate
2 indicant
3 acute
4 stimulate
5 accomplice
93 adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts. 1 unsophisticated
2 prohibition
3 demonstrative
4 polycracy
5 ante
94 n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. 1 erratic
2 outstretch
3 deviltry
4 bier
5 surveyor
95 n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position. 1 extremity
2 nasal
3 absolution
4 resemblance
5 batten
96 n. Moral fitness. 1 decency
2 immeasurable
3 reversion
4 luminous
5 bauble
97 adj. Boisterous. 1 carnal
2 indulgent
3 ordinal
4 pneumatic
5 obstreperous
98 v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. 1 besmear
2 effervesce
3 mongrel
4 transferable
5 ostracize
99 n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. 1 cession
2 syllabication
3 accessible
4 opportunist
5 afresh
100 adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity. 1 oratorio
2 conclusive
3 tactics
4 successful
5 explosive
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