Quiz 40 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 adj. Open to ridicule. 1 supersede
2 pathos
3 derisible
4 penitence
5 contraposition
2 n. A tracer of pedigrees. 1 gluttonous
2 compunction
3 bigamist
4 eccentricity
5 genealogist
3 adj. Relaxed. 1 entomology
2 generally
3 languid
4 stringency
5 benediction
4 v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). 1 retract
2 surmount
3 sacrilegious
4 fernery
5 abet
5 adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. 1 thereabout
2 probe
3 labyrinth
4 outstretch
5 maternal
6 n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other. 1 corrosion
2 synonym
3 perspicuous
4 witchcraft
5 peccable
7 adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. 1 exorbitance
2 culvert
3 missive
4 auburn
5 interrogate
8 adj. Rare. 1 quiescent
2 dissatisfy
3 perjury
4 uncommon
5 sequence
9 n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. 1 influx
2 messieurs
3 decalogue
4 antistrophe
5 naphtha
10 v. To look into. 1 evanescent
2 singe
3 discover
4 potency
5 introspect
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11 v. To make an effort. 1 travail
2 sphericity
3 onrush
4 exert
5 recollect
12 adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods. 1 rapacious
2 impracticable
3 death's-head
4 fungous
5 mastery
13 n. An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured. 1 reproof
2 bemoan
3 impracticable
4 despot
5 poignancy
14 n. A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated. 1 inviolable
2 distinction
3 residue
4 premise
5 mannerism
15 n. Rapid motion. 1 reversion
2 velocity
3 requiem
4 homogeneity
5 gyroscope
16 adj. Marked by great plentifulness. 1 betrothal
2 suave
3 rhetoric
4 exuberant
5 levy
17 adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm. 1 fickle
2 neopaganism
3 frightful
4 deportment
5 acrimonious
18 v. To refer to specifically. 1 rigmarole
2 orator
3 cite
4 finesse
5 dedication
19 n. The state of being permanently existing in something. 1 masonry
2 inherence
3 aphorism
4 tutorship
5 virtual
20 adj. Sufficient to convince or decide. 1 dead-heat
2 donator
3 drainage
4 infrequence
5 conclusive
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21 v. To disband, as troops. 1 antiphon
2 percolator
3 magnate
4 demobilize
5 beatitude
22 v. To rouse to a particular action. 1 incite
2 courageous
3 ostentation
4 theism
5 perspicacity
23 n. A maker of plays for the stage. 1 regnant
2 monolith
3 instantaneous
4 coquette
5 playwright
24 adj. Sated with pleasure. 1 streamlet
2 overstride
3 blase
4 disobedience
5 turpitude
25 n. A figure having five points or lobes. 1 pact
2 luminescence
3 pentagram
4 intangible
5 hereditary
26 adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence. 1 sergeant
2 regenerate
3 pestilential
4 incompatible
5 disfigure
27 n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation. 1 sensitive
2 lateral
3 garnish
4 drudgery
5 impliable
28 adj. Well-bred or refined. 1 genteel
2 telepathy
3 rhetoric
4 transcontinental
5 irrelevant
29 adj. Of small value. 1 endanger
2 interrogate
3 picayune
4 prelate
5 botanical
30 n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal. 1 listless
2 consensus
3 palliate
4 specie
5 allusion
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31 adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure. 1 ludicrous
2 genitive
3 decimal
4 indefensible
5 extravagant
32 n. The presiding officer of a meeting. 1 moderator
2 frivolous
3 theorize
4 consonance
5 venison
33 n. Gentle reproof. 1 transparent
2 necessary
3 superintend
4 admonition
5 medial
34 adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing. 1 orgies
2 terminal
3 inoffensive
4 glacier
5 hospitality
35 n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. 1 discard
2 erroneous
3 veneer
4 caitiff
5 colloquialism
36 adj. Moved to anger. 1 irate
2 chameleon
3 discernible
4 perpetrator
5 enumerate
37 adj. Commonplace. 1 protection
2 norm
3 interpreter
4 banal
5 indulgent
38 v. To go about with a small stock of goods to sell. 1 dissever
2 tentative
3 akin
4 peddle
5 recurrent
39 adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. 1 morality
2 maleficent
3 beget
4 impassive
5 benevolent
40 adj. Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated 1 ridicule
2 foible
3 misadventure
4 oblong
5 acetic
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41 n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit. 1 bigamist
2 intercession
3 consumptive
4 prototype
5 tortuous
42 n. The getting rid of waste matter. 1 Sol
2 recover
3 excretion
4 cosmetic
5 saline
43 n. One who incites to evil. 1 liqueur
2 instigator
3 coerce
4 surmise
5 confidence
44 n. Any article of personal property. 1 variation
2 virtu
3 chattel
4 foursome
5 packet
45 v. To signify. 1 imply
2 adamant
3 populous
4 diverse
5 maniac
46 n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass. 1 extant
2 piece
3 candor
4 intercessor
5 radiance
47 v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word. 1 saline
2 placate
3 kind-hearted
4 sequester
5 parse
48 n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster. 1 implicate
2 casualty
3 vindicatory
4 negate
5 conquer
49 n. A day-laborer. 1 patronymic
2 congest
3 incapacity
4 courtesy
5 day-man
50 n. A small ripple, as of water. 1 loam
2 forejudge
3 confectionery
4 latish
5 ripplet
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51 adj. Capable of being suppressed. 1 preparatory
2 quintet
3 corruption
4 suppressible
5 elicit
52 adj. Severely simple; unadorned. 1 austere
2 necessitate
3 ostentation
4 pendulum
5 concession
53 adj. Not to be understood. 1 cajole
2 neology
3 sonnet
4 adherent
5 inapprehensible
54 n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. 1 isobar
2 atrocious
3 absolution
4 comprehensive
5 arrangement
55 v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character. 1 affix
2 eulogize
3 hypodermic
4 prudery
5 vehement
56 adv. In good season or time. 1 betimes
2 maxim
3 magnitude
4 psychopathic
5 clangor
57 n. A lake or loch. 1 macadamize
2 lough
3 literature
4 rapacious
5 indiscreet
58 n. Splendor. 1 accredit
2 skeptic
3 captivate
4 payee
5 effulgence
59 n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass. 1 effective
2 invasion
3 accompanist
4 facet
5 imperceptible
60 v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice. 1 paraphrase
2 subsist
3 vociferate
4 conveyance
5 intestacy
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61 n. Stead. 1 lieu
2 dastard
3 sacrilege
4 mien
5 safeguard
62 adj. Of undisputed origin. 1 unbecoming
2 reprimand
3 authentic
4 benignity
5 preparatory
63 n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. 1 cohesive
2 lough
3 lordling
4 antiphon
5 proximately
64 adj. Self-governing. 1 overeat
2 autonomous
3 annex
4 subjugate
5 iridescent
65 adj. Exercising the will. 1 microscope
2 volitive
3 beset
4 momentum
5 negotiable
66 adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. 1 maroon
2 intension
3 gauge
4 morbid
5 telltale
67 adj. Enraptured. 1 rapt
2 angelic
3 benefit
4 head foremost
5 abjure
68 n. A question or inquiry. 1 interrogatory
2 inceptive
3 righteousness
4 pledgee
5 fictitious
69 n. Attachment. 1 eccentricity
2 revile
3 adherence
4 accessible
5 came
70 n. That which supports or sustains. 1 dissatisfy
2 maintenance
3 invoke
4 witless
5 diacritical
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71 n. Calmness. 1 statistician
2 vocable
3 interminable
4 endurance
5 tranquility
72 v. To cause to turn away. 1 alienate
2 invasion
3 oratory
4 gibe
5 eligible
73 n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement. 1 proffer
2 boorish
3 officiate
4 cosmos
5 provident
74 n. Conversation. 1 sensitive
2 colloquy
3 prate
4 death's-head
5 constituency
75 n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act. 1 hideous
2 recognizance
3 corpulent
4 dispel
5 irrational
76 v. To throw out of order. 1 heterogeneity
2 sentinel
3 disarrange
4 humbug
5 intrinsic
77 n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. 1 by-law
2 estuary
3 valedictorian
4 miser
5 difference
78 adj. Having resemblance of sound. 1 prelude
2 arid
3 assonant
4 conquer
5 rebellious
79 adj. Containing only two atoms. 1 guy
2 proverb
3 compute
4 diatomic
5 pernicious
80 adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. 1 studious
2 wrest
3 feminine
4 unlawful
5 omniscience
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 v. To give unusual pleasure. 1 vestige
2 regale
3 penchant
4 meager
5 analyze
82 adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion. 1 designate
2 rejuvenescence
3 cession
4 physicist
5 cosmetic
83 adj. Very hateful. 1 thermal
2 abominable
3 adamant
4 adhesion
5 valediction
84 n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. 1 entrails
2 verbiage
3 disjunctive
4 martyrdom
5 tendency
85 n. pl. Relatives. 1 liking
2 foreman
3 kinsfolk
4 misdemeanor
5 notorious
86 v. To bring to pass. 1 explode
2 incomplete
3 impute
4 seance
5 accomplish
87 n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion. 1 feasible
2 thrall
3 stallion
4 transfusible
5 preponderate
88 v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. 1 detract
2 fetus
3 sedate
4 parsimonious
5 legislator
89 adj. Making a loud outcry. 1 eligible
2 liking
3 adversity
4 vociferous
5 deject
90 n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. 1 nevertheless
2 adulterant
3 album
4 plumb
5 exhaust
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91 adj. Deepest within. 1 inmost
2 approbation
3 accede
4 specie
5 cohere
92 adj. Being the only one of its kind. 1 translucent
2 unique
3 chasm
4 irritancy
5 animosity
93 v. To hold back. 1 tinge
2 check
3 denizen
4 siege
5 repetition
94 adj. Marked by lightness and softness. 1 meander
2 velvety
3 incombustible
4 comprehensive
5 astringent
95 n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will. 1 linear
2 executor
3 hernia
4 treble
5 regress
96 n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. 1 upbraid
2 nunnery
3 solecism
4 counter-claim
5 bray
97 v. To displace. 1 rampart
2 stagy
3 attest
4 torturous
5 supersede
98 n. One who beholds or looks on. 1 abhorrence
2 assonant
3 trait
4 spectator
5 levity
99 n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money. 1 discreet
2 typical
3 aural
4 marvel
5 plutocracy
100 n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants. 1 poetic
2 deterrent
3 genealogy
4 tranquilize
5 buffoon
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