Quiz 44 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. A gross infringement of morality or decency. 1 outrage
2 gyroscope
3 lingua
4 brevity
5 imbibe
2 v. To render of no further effect. 1 nurture
2 edict
3 repeal
4 surcharge
5 simile
3 v. To offer to another for acceptance. 1 inoffensive
2 proffer
3 offshoot
4 leeward
5 imminent
4 v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. 1 alabaster
2 mismanage
3 jargon
4 qualify
5 undercharge
5 n. A figure having many angles. 1 treachery
2 suppressible
3 script
4 polygon
5 similitude
6 n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine. 1 intoxicate
2 autumnal
3 liable
4 Canaanite
5 abominate
7 adj. Efficient. 1 patrimony
2 effectual
3 overreach
4 transferable
5 transpire
8 n. Any small portion or meager allowance. 1 solicitude
2 pittance
3 fallacious
4 denote
5 enthuse
9 adj. Urgent. 1 motley
2 convalescence
3 insistent
4 botanical
5 resplendent
10 n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak. 1 irradiance
2 pinnacle
3 brevity
4 immature
5 complacence
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11 adj. Walking about. 1 introductory
2 provincial
3 peripatetic
4 auriferous
5 curator
12 adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid. 1 inexplicable
2 flora
3 comprehension
4 hydromechanics
5 soluble
13 adj. Producing coagulation. 1 adhere
2 respite
3 coagulant
4 cameo
5 gratification
14 adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money. 1 aggress
2 stingy
3 genealogy
4 incandescence
5 befriend
15 n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells. 1 introductory
2 capillary
3 altercate
4 heretic
5 disyllable
16 n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc. 1 iridescence
2 erudition
3 possessive
4 diffusible
5 hanger-on
17 v. To reject. 1 intemperance
2 paragon
3 promoter
4 encroach
5 discard
18 n. A coarse, heavy shoe. 1 instantaneous
2 caret
3 brogan
4 timorous
5 excavate
19 n. A young deer. 1 fawn
2 stimulate
3 writing
4 revoke
5 perigee
20 n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness. 1 pyx
2 undeceive
3 relent
4 hospitality
5 physiography
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21 n. A fictitious reason or motive. 1 confessor
2 suave
3 pretext
4 jaundice
5 inscribe
22 adj. Spherical. 1 recreant
2 expediency
3 globular
4 subvert
5 beatify
23 adj. Not assured of safety. 1 rendezvous
2 allay
3 insecure
4 umbrage
5 pertinent
24 n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. 1 left-handed
2 surmise
3 forbearance
4 monstrosity
5 nonchalance
25 adj. Said in a preceding part or before. 1 persuade
2 supplant
3 aforesaid
4 infinite
5 vivisection
26 adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. 1 culinary
2 verify
3 determination
4 sanguineous
5 occlude
27 adj. Serving or tending to force. 1 abidance
2 coercive
3 compulsion
4 severance
5 aeronautics
28 adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done. 1 acid
2 equilibrium
3 negligent
4 sanguineous
5 parallelism
29 adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. 1 pillage
2 presumption
3 guinea
4 appropriate
5 exigent
30 n. Something overdue and unpaid. 1 principal
2 arrear
3 bethink
4 deflect
5 infusion
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31 v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread. 1 onset
2 recoil
3 accessory
4 pertinent
5 inedible
32 v. To deprive of weapons. 1 matrimony
2 alderman
3 sacrificial
4 asperity
5 disarm
33 adj. Suitable to be eaten. 1 impermissible
2 definite
3 corpulent
4 impliable
5 edible
34 n. Cheerful willingness. 1 presentient
2 galvanic
3 rebuff
4 ebullient
5 alacrity
35 v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. 1 enlighten
2 insecure
3 condescend
4 contusion
5 influence
36 n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product. 1 imbibe
2 acetate
3 coalescence
4 indistinct
5 impervious
37 v. To spend. 1 undulate
2 mechanics
3 indigestion
4 adroit
5 expend
38 n. A sour substance. 1 animate
2 jovial
3 acid
4 auburn
5 troublesome
39 n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations. 1 financier
2 expense
3 critique
4 rescind
5 transferable
40 adj. Prone to pillaging. 1 florid
2 subaquatic
3 depositor
4 predatory
5 regent
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41 adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people. 1 endemic
2 idealize
3 apparition
4 inexpedient
5 biograph
42 adj. Servilely following another's behests. 1 wrest
2 subservient
3 intangible
4 diplomatist
5 pentagram
43 adj. Harshly pungent or bitter. 1 theology
2 prim
3 acrid
4 unique
5 poesy
44 adj. Having a propensity for falling in love. 1 amorous
2 stigma
3 Christ
4 static
5 achromatic
45 n. A very wide-angled photographic lens. 1 vie
2 congest
3 modulate
4 debut
5 pantoscope
46 n. Modernized Latin. 1 adamant
2 hale
3 bureau
4 henpeck
5 neo-Latin
47 n. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought. 1 guise
2 compulsory
3 defamation
4 gamester
5 sentence
48 v. To keep close watch. 1 impetus
2 buttress
3 neutral
4 espy
5 tack
49 adj. Strained to stiffness. 1 component
2 despond
3 freshness
4 evoke
5 tense
50 adj. Pertaining to teaching. 1 gullible
2 didactic
3 feminine
4 conscious
5 augur
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51 n. The face, countenance, or look of a person. 1 monitory
2 evanescent
3 misrepresent
4 gesture
5 visage
52 adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. 1 preestablish
2 aloof
3 decorous
4 profession
5 atrocity
53 v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together. 1 converge
2 manliness
3 commingle
4 intoxicate
5 anew
54 adj. Given to excess in eating. 1 chronology
2 gluttonous
3 provident
4 aqueous
5 autobiography
55 adj. Idiotic 1 fatuous
2 venison
3 ridicule
4 parentage
5 querulous
56 v. To abolish, repeal. 1 benediction
2 arrangement
3 biography
4 triple
5 abrogate
57 adj. Bewildered. 1 encyclopedia
2 separatist
3 frantic
4 maintain
5 distraught
58 n. Greediness. 1 calorie
2 ointment
3 deleterious
4 disconnect
5 avidity
59 adj. Having or exercising the power of resistance. 1 triumvir
2 preference
3 lyre
4 abeyance
5 resistive
60 v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things. 1 indescribable
2 concede
3 innovate
4 efficacious
5 seminary
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61 n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed. 1 hypodermic
2 stiletto
3 medial
4 lawgiver
5 Christendom
62 adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. 1 gaily
2 errant
3 ridicule
4 precedential
5 reinstate
63 n. The state or condition of being joined together. 1 stratagem
2 possess
3 nefarious
4 conjugation
5 corrosive
64 n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. 1 panel
2 ductile
3 juggle
4 earthenware
5 redundance
65 n. A retraction. 1 palinode
2 dissatisfy
3 oddity
4 acumen
5 idealize
66 n. An occupant. 1 hemorrhoids
2 torrid
3 likely
4 tenant
5 abyss
67 adj. Affected with anemia. 1 vociferate
2 anemic
3 aghast
4 fabricate
5 vocative
68 adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. 1 enfranchise
2 hydrous
3 accusatory
4 cede
5 plagiarism
69 adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. 1 concordance
2 insolent
3 emeritus
4 minute
5 frigid
70 adj. Awkward or slow. 1 dutiful
2 inapt
3 maxim
4 liquor
5 imminence
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71 n. Direction and management. 1 receptive
2 misapprehend
3 insistence
4 transferable
5 superintendence
72 v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. 1 macadamize
2 Sybarite
3 necromancer
4 elucidate
5 pharmacy
73 n. That which binds objects together. 1 ligament
2 workmanlike
3 finale
4 actionable
5 encore
74 n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. 1 recruit
2 versatile
3 extension
4 divagation
5 assessor
75 n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect. 1 cant
2 reestablish
3 sympathetic
4 resistance
5 junction
76 n. The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally. 1 hinder
2 introversion
3 scholastic
4 dauntless
5 hindrance
77 adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. 1 perfidy
2 ambrosial
3 primeval
4 recede
5 physicist
78 adj. Remote from the sea. 1 inland
2 ichthyology
3 aver
4 estimable
5 decalogue
79 adj. Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. 1 nude
2 covert
3 maternal
4 extraneous
5 diffidence
80 n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs. 1 arboriculture
2 subsequent
3 symphonic
4 oratory
5 partition
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 adj. Having no essential relation to a subject. 1 extraneous
2 bridle
3 indolence
4 conceive
5 repentance
82 n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. 1 populous
2 monomania
3 insensible
4 retrench
5 rife
83 n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines. 1 abbess
2 profession
3 fledgling
4 rancor
5 diplomat
84 n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. 1 afire
2 geology
3 barograph
4 finite
5 instigator
85 adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. 1 crass
2 lapse
3 terminal
4 altruist
5 inflammable
86 adj. Sickening or insipid. 1 conjugal
2 mawkish
3 auricular
4 moderation
5 imbroglio
87 n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead. 1 altercate
2 coincide
3 elegy
4 crag
5 bolster
88 n. A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities. 1 prodigy
2 anonymous
3 extenuate
4 chivalry
5 ponder
89 n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident. 1 insignificant
2 illusory
3 scholastic
4 anecdote
5 alter
90 adj. Not predictable. 1 stellar
2 contingent
3 cajolery
4 syllabic
5 endear
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 adj. Not genuine. 1 transitory
2 enjoin
3 interact
4 systematic
5 spurious
92 v. To pervade. 1 recruit
2 permeate
3 docket
4 ambitious
5 accessory
93 n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin. 1 allay
2 subtend
3 moccasin
4 debut
5 outlandish
94 v. To make widely or generally known. 1 parish
2 blazon
3 foresail
4 monetary
5 confident
95 v. To designate by word or mark. 1 immortalize
2 declarative
3 denote
4 adjuration
5 reactionary
96 n. Confirmation. 1 corroboration
2 kinsfolk
3 prediction
4 stigma
5 abscess
97 v. To stick together. 1 accost
2 inconsequential
3 factious
4 cohere
5 grandeur
98 n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. 1 descry
2 sepulcher
3 folio
4 insistence
5 tantamount
99 n. Premeditation. 1 furrier
2 preemption
3 lethargy
4 versatile
5 forethought
100 adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure. 1 incidentally
2 liberalism
3 postscript
4 incompressible
5 residue
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