Quiz 31 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking. 1 gusto
2 iconoclast
3 ludicrous
4 prospectus
5 artless
2 adj. Incorrect. 1 severance
2 erroneous
3 wintry
4 thrall
5 embargo
3 n. A citizen of a foreign country. 1 invincible
2 venous
3 lateral
4 redress
5 foreigner
4 v. To empower. 1 imperative
2 lode
3 counterfeit
4 ramose
5 commission
5 v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions. 1 nameless
2 hypnotize
3 adjunct
4 misnomer
5 impromptu
6 adj. Not perceptible. 1 ready
2 diagnosis
3 indiscernible
4 generally
5 defraud
7 n. Insolent disrespect. 1 equivalent
2 bureau
3 impudence
4 excitable
5 undercharge
8 n. A fossil reptile. 1 ambiguous
2 belate
3 comprehensible
4 authenticity
5 ichthyosaurs
9 n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted. 1 irreparable
2 euphemism
3 diffidence
4 idolize
5 aggress
10 v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal. 1 onus
2 pitiless
3 skiff
4 occlude
5 metronome
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11 n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority. 1 contumacy
2 facial
3 antiseptic
4 elegy
5 repulsive
12 adj. Uncultured in thought and manner. 1 irrigate
2 provincial
3 misinterpret
4 well-bred
5 clarion
13 n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. 1 arrear
2 maze
3 meditation
4 coalescence
5 prate
14 v. To revolve. 1 gyrate
2 arbor
3 indict
4 veracious
5 sisterhood
15 adj. Detestable. 1 obnoxious
2 plumb
3 pyrotechnic
4 knickknack
5 contraband
16 adj. Seizing and devouring living prey. 1 raptorial
2 missal
3 curio
4 skeptic
5 ambitious
17 v. To interweave. 1 adjunct
2 further
3 propaganda
4 Milky Way
5 entwine
18 n. A token of remembrance. 1 icily
2 viola
3 consanguineous
4 souvenir
5 dialogue
19 n. A ritual. 1 opportune
2 liturgy
3 violator
4 head first
5 proceed
20 v. To take a different course. 1 intoxicate
2 deviate
3 steppe
4 pledgeor
5 promulgate
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21 adj. Guilty. 1 peccant
2 donor
3 termagant
4 by-law
5 outbreak
22 adv. Once more, after rest or interval. 1 sibilant
2 sequester
3 inhume
4 afresh
5 sextuple
23 adj. Despotic. 1 bale
2 tyrannical
3 equanimity
4 topography
5 bibulous
24 adj. Pliant. 1 defraud
2 diphthong
3 malleable
4 excellency
5 quadruple
25 n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one. 1 gyrate
2 malady
3 marine
4 consummate
5 presentiment
26 n. A petty king. 1 reciprocal
2 kingling
3 contender
4 annunciation
5 metronome
27 adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of. 1 gossamer
2 omnipotence
3 ulterior
4 explosion
5 proxy
28 n. A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of. 1 sacrilege
2 network
3 monogram
4 decent
5 landmark
29 adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. 1 Protestant
2 divertible
3 maudlin
4 judiciary
5 competitor
30 adj. Not harsh. 1 exposure
2 perfumery
3 ordination
4 circumspect
5 lenient
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31 v. To avoid by artifice. 1 shiftless
2 pusillanimous
3 repository
4 evade
5 persuade
32 adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right. 1 inveterate
2 recitation
3 syllabication
4 regnant
5 irrigant
33 n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. 1 distill
2 irreducible
3 alcoholism
4 surveyor
5 antedate
34 adj. Capable of being turned back. 1 licentious
2 accredit
3 reflectible
4 heartrending
5 fez
35 v. To fill with dismay or horror. 1 appall
2 leonine
3 centenary
4 ineligible
5 trinity
36 v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. 1 collapse
2 abhorrence
3 nestling
4 rectify
5 productive
37 adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. 1 explode
2 impiety
3 remonstrate
4 supercilious
5 henchman
38 n. A hanging from a support. 1 unique
2 wherever
3 premonition
4 suspension
5 competitor
39 v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. 1 evanescent
2 perceptible
3 incident
4 belay
5 terse
40 n. A beginner in any business or occupation. 1 novice
2 gluttonous
3 pudgy
4 succinct
5 legible
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41 n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. 1 aldermanship
2 querulous
3 curtail
4 foretell
5 paraphernalia
42 n. Power to refract. 1 corporate
2 Pariah
3 invalidate
4 refringency
5 mouthful
43 n. Absence or utter disregard of government. 1 improvident
2 fiasco
3 perspicacity
4 anarchy
5 reclusory
44 v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. 1 Decameron
2 hypnosis
3 negotiable
4 acquaint
5 pandemic
45 adj. Turbulent. 1 outlaw
2 squabble
3 burgess
4 actuary
5 factious
46 v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence. 1 bedaub
2 elicit
3 onrush
4 apprehensible
5 moat
47 n. A prearranged place of meeting. 1 rendezvous
2 efflorescence
3 incite
4 velocity
5 salutatory
48 adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. 1 irreverential
2 wee
3 whereabouts
4 inspector
5 intermediate
49 n. A legislative body. 1 parliament
2 impregnable
3 theorist
4 polyhedron
5 ancestry
50 n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech. 1 euphony
2 burgess
3 remonstrate
4 brandish
5 vulgarity
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51 v. To examine formally by questioning. 1 interrogate
2 faun
3 turgid
4 hemorrhage
5 plurality
52 v. To call on for assistance or protection. 1 benison
2 venison
3 negligee
4 invoke
5 autarchy
53 v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc. 1 earthenware
2 sanctity
3 exceed
4 adduce
5 wantonness
54 n. A many-colored appearance. 1 sphericity
2 iridescence
3 dissuade
4 purl
5 vegetate
55 n. Shameless viciousness. 1 seer
2 monologue
3 orthogonal
4 votary
5 profligacy
56 adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech. 1 adhere
2 humbug
3 eloquent
4 pervious
5 consumptive
57 adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. 1 disengage
2 contradiction
3 lucid
4 dissemble
5 noisome
58 n. A passing from one form or shape into another. 1 inveterate
2 askance
3 assonance
4 metamorphosis
5 piece
59 n. Government administered by new or untried persons. 1 committal
2 astringent
3 neocracy
4 kernel
5 anemic
60 v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. 1 literacy
2 altercate
3 forerun
4 brooch
5 decamp
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61 adj. Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. 1 obtrusive
2 forfend
3 unison
4 nuisance
5 desperate
62 adj. Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment. 1 compensate
2 portent
3 disallow
4 passible
5 opportune
63 adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction. 1 privy
2 capacious
3 demerit
4 continuation
5 second-rate
64 v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention. 1 vale
2 magnetize
3 prevaricate
4 precision
5 laudable
65 n. Provision against harm or need. 1 denude
2 guise
3 alter
4 remonstrance
5 foresight
66 n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. 1 antipodes
2 lurid
3 specious
4 repudiate
5 sibilance
67 n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. 1 antagonism
2 allege
3 veto
4 pediatrics
5 neurology
68 n. Entreaty in behalf of others. 1 intercession
2 translucence
3 accomplish
4 credible
5 encamp
69 n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast. 1 variegate
2 perhaps
3 distemper
4 obstetrician
5 metempsychosis
70 v. To produce. 1 sinecure
2 gratification
3 opportune
4 conversant
5 engender
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71 n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. 1 promoter
2 accordion
3 heartrending
4 wherever
5 elusion
72 adj. That can not be separated. 1 overleap
2 literal
3 inseparable
4 unanimity
5 stifle
73 n. Delay. 1 misadventure
2 solace
3 exemplar
4 hard-hearted
5 procrastination
74 adj. Insufficient. 1 divinity
2 transferrer
3 effrontery
4 Protestant
5 inadequate
75 n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment. 1 immune
2 sanguinary
3 impromptu
4 proficiency
5 reactionary
76 n. That which is outside. 1 palliate
2 condolence
3 juvenile
4 outlast
5 exterior
77 adj. Being an addition to. 1 solstice
2 cosmic
3 penchant
4 isolate
5 supplementary
78 n. The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession. 1 pentad
2 meander
3 hiatus
4 retention
5 diversion
79 pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin. 1 meretricious
2 commotion
3 dilapidated
4 conferee
5 decameter
80 adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected. 1 curable
2 originate
3 scruple
4 effeminacy
5 course
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81 v. To remove the inhabitants from. 1 depopulate
2 descry
3 opulent
4 transmissible
5 testament
82 n. A monologue. 1 deist
2 explosion
3 dominate
4 contradictory
5 soliloquy
83 adj. Out of the common or regular track. 1 scarcity
2 motley
3 devious
4 taxation
5 desperado
84 v. To exclude from public or private favor. 1 exaggerate
2 impolitic
3 tireless
4 rebuild
5 ostracize
85 adj. Low-priced. 1 prodigious
2 variance
3 impalpable
4 legislator
5 inexpensive
86 n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating. 1 reaction
2 reign
3 pneumatic
4 malaria
5 conformance
87 n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass. 1 ambulate
2 mantle
3 exposure
4 relevant
5 discriminate
88 adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. 1 dilute
2 felicitate
3 temporal
4 paramour
5 carnage
89 adj. Not feasible. 1 impracticable
2 prosaic
3 rendition
4 monolith
5 undersized
90 adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar. 1 disappoint
2 digraph
3 scurrilous
4 deter
5 philanthropy
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91 n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. 1 verification
2 prefatory
3 misapprehend
4 turgid
5 Iliad
92 n. A showy writer or speaker. 1 rhetorician
2 alluvion
3 versatile
4 sacrilege
5 succulent
93 n. A message in writing. 1 obese
2 reassure
3 disarrange
4 missive
5 relegate
94 adj. Of good ancestry. 1 plural
2 physiocracy
3 corrode
4 well-bred
5 odious
95 v. To clear of forests. 1 alabaster
2 ichthyic
3 urbanity
4 deforest
5 tarnish
96 adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity. 1 weak-kneed
2 sequestrate
3 immense
4 entomology
5 oust
97 n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance. 1 virulence
2 athwart
3 exuberance
4 nestling
5 inspector
98 adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself. 1 efficacious
2 complacent
3 collegian
4 odium
5 inwardly
99 adj. Pertaining to an island. 1 insular
2 stimulate
3 apiary
4 preference
5 tutorship
100 n. One who asks humbly and earnestly. 1 supplicant
2 excellence
3 debut
4 migratory
5 revere
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