Quiz 34 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part. 1 confront
2 bedeck
3 dialogue
4 taxation
5 recurrent
2 adj. Having nutritious properties. 1 transposition
2 aspiration
3 nutritive
4 pharmacopoeia
5 imbibe
3 n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. 1 imbroglio
2 paraphernalia
3 ally
4 modernize
5 anatomy
4 adj. Changeable in appearance. 1 parable
2 evangelical
3 facetious
4 necessity
5 chameleon
5 n. Charlatanry 1 eminence
2 demolish
3 trite
4 quackery
5 entreaty
6 n. The branch of theological science that treats of God. 1 objector
2 theology
3 contagious
4 somnolent
5 diffidence
7 n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling. 1 cornice
2 imitator
3 prohibitionist
4 bombardier
5 outburst
8 adj. Of or pertaining to autumn. 1 onrush
2 autumnal
3 diphthong
4 queue
5 sinister
9 adj. Fit to be eaten. 1 comestible
2 reciprocal
3 decapitate
4 participate
5 tangency
10 adj. Slanting; said of lines. 1 intervene
2 stanchion
3 prophecy
4 oblique
5 dearth
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11 n. Deprivation of strength or energy. 1 pavilion
2 insidious
3 counterpart
4 enthusiastic
5 exhaustion
12 n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. 1 negligible
2 jugglery
3 acquittance
4 simulate
5 recluse
13 adj. Deceptive. 1 platitude
2 auricular
3 eradicate
4 material
5 illusive
14 adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power. 1 disappear
2 irony
3 Omnipotent
4 soliloquy
5 arrival
15 v. To receive or have a part or share of. 1 participate
2 aerial
3 dissonance
4 confederacy
5 bigamy
16 adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures. 1 Scriptural
2 miscount
3 delicacy
4 obsolescence
5 influence
17 n. An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege. 1 renunciation
2 insight
3 propel
4 likely
5 vitiate
18 n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. 1 reseat
2 collusion
3 blithesome
4 apposition
5 esthetic
19 v. To render bad, especially morally bad. 1 fortitude
2 deprave
3 piece
4 refringent
5 diversity
20 v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. 1 depository
2 hoard
3 univalence
4 kiloliter
5 deprecate
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 v. To execute by strangling. 1 imbrue
2 secretive
3 encompass
4 garrote
5 rhetorician
22 n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. 1 colloquial
2 subaquatic
3 pedestrian
4 scabbard
5 evangelist
23 n. Means of subsistence. 1 usurp
2 depreciation
3 superintend
4 livelihood
5 rightful
24 n. Ascendancy. 1 finite
2 thermoelectric
3 dominance
4 philharmonic
5 evanesce
25 v. To put to shame. 1 sarcasm
2 luminescence
3 quarterly
4 emergence
5 humiliate
26 adj. Passing out of use, as a word. 1 gyrate
2 ramify
3 violation
4 obsolescent
5 rustic
27 n. A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. 1 mentor
2 succumb
3 hexangular
4 sinecure
5 Scriptural
28 adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning. 1 askance
2 eloquent
3 inquire
4 tenor
5 preponderate
29 n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. 1 bight
2 abduction
3 embolden
4 frailty
5 alternative
30 n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal. 1 beset
2 beatify
3 parlor
4 sergeant
5 actuality
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished. 1 penitence
2 superabundance
3 metonymy
4 suppress
5 fulsome
32 n. Belief in God. 1 adumbrate
2 congenial
3 rescind
4 theism
5 deluge
33 n. A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge. 1 opinion
2 gamut
3 witling
4 rearrange
5 emeritus
34 n. Reduction. 1 diminution
2 permissible
3 maniac
4 prescript
5 laud
35 v. To send trough or across. 1 peninsular
2 icily
3 transmit
4 diaphanous
5 negligent
36 v. To give credit or authority to. 1 accredit
2 memento
3 mealy-mouthed
4 immature
5 placid
37 n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable. 1 misrepresent
2 ambulance
3 delusion
4 calculable
5 expectancy
38 adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish. 1 abhorrence
2 matricide
3 gentile
4 advertiser
5 hexangular
39 n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty. 1 confinement
2 endear
3 requital
4 efficiency
5 pincers
40 n. A professor of divinity. 1 necrology
2 retrace
3 theologian
4 emblem
5 sustenance
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41 n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines. 1 extradite
2 indigent
3 pedal
4 Catholicism
5 futurist
42 v. To league together. 1 deteriorate
2 sergeant-at-arms
3 outcry
4 federate
5 deform
43 v. To free or clear, as from accusation. 1 insistence
2 confer
3 joggle
4 pedagogy
5 acquit
44 n. An impetus. 1 clangor
2 momentum
3 extensor
4 suppression
5 cession
45 n. A driving onward or forward. 1 pentahedron
2 rampart
3 propulsion
4 neural
5 sisterhood
46 n. Slavery. 1 perpendicular
2 benevolent
3 servitude
4 fresco
5 triple
47 adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations. 1 prodigy
2 sidereal
3 differentiate
4 aide-de-camp
5 disengage
48 n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. 1 queue
2 Antichrist
3 corrosion
4 beset
5 underhanded
49 adj. Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals. 1 peripatetic
2 recurrent
3 statute
4 decagram
5 gibe
50 n. The power of springing back to a former position 1 elocution
2 resilience
3 predominance
4 auxiliary
5 imitator
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51 adj. Without experience of the world. 1 sediment
2 preponderant
3 inverse
4 discursive
5 callow
52 n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning. 1 derivation
2 derision
3 habitant
4 variance
5 comprehensible
53 n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. 1 genitive
2 transfer
3 frolicsome
4 forecourt
5 batter
54 n. A flowering shrub. 1 impend
2 forswear
3 lovable
4 mundane
5 azalea
55 n. Devastation. 1 massacre
2 havoc
3 minimize
4 ascent
5 repetition
56 adj. Insisting on obedience. 1 miscreant
2 boisterous
3 annual
4 oculist
5 imperious
57 n. Cultivation. 1 severely
2 compression
3 leisure
4 biograph
5 tilth
58 v. To mislead by or as by falsehood. 1 docket
2 soldier
3 abominate
4 deceive
5 foreigner
59 n. Inflammation of the stomach. 1 ichthyosaurs
2 gastritis
3 aloof
4 acquisition
5 well-bred
60 n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime. 1 pitiful
2 matinee
3 dislocate
4 playwright
5 legging
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61 n. Passive consent. 1 demerit
2 ostentation
3 acquiescence
4 corruption
5 luminescent
62 n. Something that is bought and sold. 1 folio
2 truculent
3 generic
4 surmise
5 commodity
63 n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. 1 altar
2 battalion
3 retrogression
4 intolerance
5 lackadaisical
64 v. To behave ill. 1 foppish
2 magnitude
3 left-handed
4 misbehave
5 decagram
65 v. To accomplish. 1 abundant
2 submittal
3 emerge
4 nihilist
5 perform
66 n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling. 1 trepidation
2 siege
3 irresistible
4 dictum
5 antiphon
67 n. A majority. 1 docile
2 plurality
3 administrator
4 viola
5 miser
68 n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. 1 knighthood
2 orate
3 simulate
4 repel
5 aberration
69 n. Mandate. 1 giddy
2 irreverential
3 lascivious
4 physiology
5 injunction
70 v. To train to obedience. 1 effectual
2 unwise
3 discipline
4 disyllable
5 interdict
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 n. Interruption or intermission. 1 discontinuance
2 convulse
3 contumacious
4 piece
5 executor
72 n. Unyielding adherence. 1 emergence
2 adulterant
3 pertinacity
4 mundane
5 bass
73 n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. 1 terminal
2 interposition
3 guileless
4 ambidextrous
5 anthology
74 n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. 1 humane
2 emphasize
3 tremulous
4 cantonment
5 forgery
75 adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. 1 acme
2 impassive
3 potential
4 penury
5 cataract
76 n. The external appearance or manner of a person. 1 mien
2 metaphysician
3 detriment
4 blase
5 lien
77 n. A whim. 1 exegesis
2 caprice
3 unspeakable
4 explicit
5 potency
78 n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals. 1 solicitude
2 vociferance
3 prospector
4 raucous
5 pyrotechnic
79 adj. Touching. 1 unsophisticated
2 impecunious
3 arrange
4 tangent
5 mockery
80 n. A small or insignificant mark or part. 1 abomination
2 iota
3 ampersand
4 immune
5 juror
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81 n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. 1 Omnipotent
2 vista
3 apostle
4 occurrence
5 vivify
82 adj. Indicative of faith or trust. 1 rebellious
2 twinge
3 scruple
4 bacterium
5 fiducial
83 n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste. 1 delicacy
2 prescription
3 ravenous
4 liquidate
5 cornucopia
84 n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn. 1 emerge
2 maize
3 liniment
4 heresy
5 ponder
85 n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. 1 volant
2 undermine
3 technography
4 swarthy
5 wizen
86 n. Any combination or union for some common purpose. 1 intellect
2 inimical
3 bestrew
4 compensate
5 alliance
87 n. A small stream or brook. 1 superficial
2 prehensible
3 rivulet
4 unlawful
5 mausoleum
88 n. The mixed worship of polytheism. 1 opulence
2 theocrasy
3 partition
4 potentate
5 vapid
89 n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment. 1 laborious
2 sergeant-major
3 picayune
4 gesticulate
5 intrigue
90 v. To render flustered or agitated. 1 vocative
2 overlord
3 embarrass
4 omnivorous
5 automaton
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91 n. The force of persons collectively employed in some service. 1 defalcate
2 irksome
3 personnel
4 assent
5 fresco
92 n. Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment. 1 judicature
2 aborigines
3 incoherent
4 aboveboard
5 transcribe
93 n. An image-breaker. 1 iconoclast
2 lurid
3 bigamy
4 bosom
5 inundation
94 adj. Silent. 1 exposition
2 mediocre
3 noiseless
4 germane
5 prevaricate
95 n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition. 1 expedite
2 buoyancy
3 herbaceous
4 pact
5 geniality
96 n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. 1 incandescent
2 belittle
3 antitoxin
4 bilingual
5 inflammable
97 v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. 1 requite
2 decipher
3 veracity
4 chameleon
5 proportionate
98 adj. Characteristic. 1 typical
2 troublesome
3 overleap
4 serviceable
5 aberration
99 n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. 1 penchant
2 transcript
3 tenor
4 technique
5 amalgam
100 v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. 1 maltreat
2 calculable
3 dauntless
4 mentor
5 stationary
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