Quiz 1 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading. 1 elocution
2 scintillate
3 moccasin
4 primer
5 prickle
2 adj. Unbiased. 1 impartial
2 probe
3 indistinct
4 occult
5 tremulous
3 adj. Transmitting disease. 1 airy
2 telescope
3 profession
4 auburn
5 contagious
4 n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures. 1 transcend
2 specimen
3 annunciation
4 inedible
5 radical
5 n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. 1 antonym
2 ordeal
3 believe
4 muster
5 semicivilized
6 adj. Affected with rabies or hydrophobia. 1 rabid
2 pervade
3 fulminate
4 engross
5 ascension
7 v. To frighten away. 1 phonogram
2 anhydrous
3 commitment
4 palliate
5 deter
8 n. The external appearance merely. 1 candor
2 symphonic
3 muleteer
4 physiognomy
5 resplendent
9 n. A stream that unites with another. 1 vociferance
2 charlatan
3 hypocrisy
4 confluent
5 parricide
10 n. Sweat. 1 masterpiece
2 receptive
3 anxious
4 perspiration
5 inapprehensible
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11 adj. Possessing a liquefying nature or power. 1 significant
2 liquefacient
3 disrupt
4 pension
5 knight errant
12 adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue. 1 compliant
2 affirmative
3 repress
4 expedite
5 inundation
13 v. To hasten the movement or progress of. 1 possessor
2 expedite
3 devout
4 spontaneous
5 presentment
14 v. To cause to become frightened. 1 telepathy
2 rapine
3 alleviate
4 forerun
5 intimidate
15 n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use. 1 recurrent
2 composure
3 lithotype
4 conformity
5 finally
16 adj. Somewhat sharp or biting. 1 postdate
2 subacid
3 mercenary
4 bumptious
5 folio
17 n. A small or unimportant particular or detail. 1 crevice
2 minutia
3 conversion
4 spinous
5 concede
18 adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem. 1 indigence
2 venerable
3 proxy
4 queue
5 convivial
19 v. To accuse in return. 1 countercharge
2 allot
3 delude
4 diatomic
5 lactic
20 n. Unlimited and universal power. 1 phonetic
2 cryptogram
3 omnipotence
4 assimilate
5 entrench
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21 adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial. 1 witchcraft
2 alternate
3 mercantile
4 antiseptic
5 fluctuation
22 adj. Pertaining to the universe. 1 cosmic
2 repine
3 decorate
4 refractory
5 meretricious
23 n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction. 1 contuse
2 abeyance
3 knighthood
4 orthogonal
5 hexapod
24 n. A raging epidemic. 1 ignominious
2 bulrush
3 genitive
4 pestilence
5 monolith
25 n. A state of permanence. 1 insolent
2 orthodoxy
3 eminent
4 consistency
5 aeronaut
26 n. A slave or bondman. 1 vassal
2 obstruction
3 debase
4 crevasse
5 affirmative
27 v. To assign as a quality or attribute. 1 trivial
2 delusion
3 remembrance
4 abscond
5 ascribe
28 v. To regard with worshipful veneration. 1 rupture
2 transcribe
3 revere
4 punitive
5 deciduous
29 adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. 1 negligible
2 urban
3 convivial
4 obdurate
5 pertinent
30 adj. Ungracious. 1 desiccant
2 graceless
3 matrimony
4 kinsfolk
5 irritable
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31 adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era. 1 discussion
2 violoncello
3 Elizabethan
4 datum
5 burgess
32 n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively. 1 extrude
2 antiphony
3 bide
4 assonant
5 quartet
33 adj. Auxiliary. 1 incentive
2 adjutant
3 clumsy
4 aide-de-camp
5 shrivel
34 adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. 1 restitution
2 agrarian
3 susceptible
4 barometer
5 orthogonal
35 adj. Stretched tight. 1 callow
2 prelacy
3 espy
4 littoral
5 taut
36 adj. Tending to one point. 1 luxuriant
2 collier
3 convergent
4 cohesion
5 resistive
37 n. The act of pleading a cause. 1 fervid
2 agglomerate
3 committal
4 advocacy
5 christen
38 adj. Very bright. 1 furrier
2 arraign
3 diffident
4 resplendent
5 biography
39 adj. Foolish. 1 assent
2 drought
3 corollary
4 importunate
5 unwise
40 adj. Of less than the customary size. 1 undersized
2 semicircle
3 postscript
4 metonymy
5 sentience
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41 n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. 1 assassination
2 petulance
3 recollect
4 absence
5 saline
42 n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. 1 minority
2 pedigree
3 disappear
4 exorcise
5 allegory
43 n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions. 1 grisly
2 privilege
3 hinder
4 mastery
5 lunacy
44 adj. Different. 1 torturous
2 extortion
3 dissimilar
4 procedure
5 chastise
45 n. A strong point. 1 migrate
2 intestate
3 digress
4 flection
5 forte
46 n. Rapt or rapturous utterance. 1 commissariat
2 mongrel
3 osculate
4 alabaster
5 rhapsody
47 adj. Easily broken. 1 superfluous
2 penitence
3 amatory
4 accordion
5 fragile
48 v. To bestow. 1 corporeal
2 benign
3 constellation
4 confer
5 acquiesce
49 v. To make gentle or refined. 1 cadaverous
2 fatuous
3 humanize
4 peerage
5 transact
50 adj. Characterized by craft or cunning. 1 deficiency
2 divulgence
3 ordeal
4 artful
5 magisterial
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51 v. To ridicule. 1 initiate
2 egotism
3 palinode
4 deride
5 magnetize
52 adj. Done in a friendly spirit. 1 exorbitant
2 exuberance
3 bumptious
4 knavery
5 amicable
53 v. To live sumptuously. 1 profession
2 mobocracy
3 consignor
4 extrude
5 luxuriate
54 adj. Untenable. 1 retaliate
2 corollary
3 syndicate
4 indefensible
5 inexplicable
55 n. The quality of giving or radiating light. 1 acute
2 fungus
3 onslaught
4 luminosity
5 dermatology
56 n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character. 1 remunerate
2 biography
3 donee
4 chagrin
5 dogmatic
57 n. A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows. 1 materialize
2 sequent
3 suffrage
4 bumper
5 preamble
58 n. Complication. 1 sapiential
2 involution
3 inestimable
4 mawkish
5 onslaught
59 adj. Thorough and complete in execution. 1 forecourt
2 aggression
3 impudence
4 exhaustive
5 minutia
60 n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage. 1 stratagem
2 autopsy
3 suave
4 grandiose
5 reprieve
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61 adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. 1 obstetrics
2 boisterous
3 pervious
4 cardiac
5 brae
62 n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. 1 medallion
2 habitude
3 moralize
4 inundation
5 floe
63 n. A young cow. 1 philanthropic
2 fresco
3 heifer
4 effete
5 mendacious
64 interj. Well done. 1 exigency
2 intricate
3 bravo
4 satiate
5 electrolysis
65 n. Interval of rest. 1 metallurgy
2 harbinger
3 forgo
4 carnivorous
5 respite
66 n. Truthfulness. 1 veracity
2 animadvert
3 amour
4 reconstruct
5 haggard
67 n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb. 1 sarcophagus
2 crematory
3 interpolation
4 righteousness
5 logical
68 n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. 1 vicarious
2 intention
3 fusible
4 crusade
5 systematic
69 n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. 1 inert
2 beneficiary
3 corrosive
4 Antichrist
5 gratuity
70 n. A complete thing. 1 disinfect
2 exposition
3 ponderous
4 entirety
5 incandescent
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71 n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer. 1 disciplinary
2 auriferous
3 humanize
4 gladden
5 coxswain
72 n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. 1 geology
2 irritable
3 forepeak
4 cygnet
5 lawgiver
73 v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon. 1 excruciate
2 auxiliary
3 visualize
4 baste
5 magisterial
74 n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts. 1 disconsolate
2 assets
3 expectorate
4 sacrilegious
5 procrastination
75 adj. Yielding in abundance. 1 regress
2 productive
3 evolution
4 asexual
5 ogre
76 n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. 1 incisor
2 resuscitate
3 bombast
4 benignity
5 suppress
77 v. To make of or ornament with brass. 1 officiate
2 kilowatt
3 signification
4 braze
5 guile
78 n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. 1 umbrage
2 cartridge
3 primeval
4 comely
5 merciless
79 adj. Undecipherable. 1 orator
2 pungency
3 illegible
4 lifelong
5 latency
80 n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations. 1 militia
2 suppressible
3 apprehend
4 altruist
5 advocacy
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81 v. To preoccupy. 1 preengage
2 avidity
3 close-hauled
4 asexual
5 enigma
82 n. Falsehood. 1 martyrdom
2 cursive
3 deceit
4 advocacy
5 sentence
83 adj. Reluctant. 1 apprehensible
2 venereal
3 pitiable
4 comparable
5 averse
84 adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. 1 tantamount
2 arboriculture
3 inexhaustible
4 disinherit
5 virulent
85 n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk. 1 shrinkage
2 ground
3 Nemesis
4 digraph
5 vainglory
86 adj. Fit to be dwelt in. 1 trivial
2 dolor
3 autocracy
4 habitable
5 aeronautics
87 v. To become worse or inferior. 1 suffuse
2 veracious
3 degenerate
4 foliage
5 undergarment
88 n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. 1 idiosyncrasy
2 resistive
3 baton
4 cantata
5 theoretical
89 v. Translate freely. 1 pathos
2 paraphrase
3 persiflage
4 disenfranchise
5 decent
90 n. Reverential regard or worship. 1 belay
2 ground
3 psychic
4 homage
5 penetrate
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91 adj. Having a malign influence or effect. 1 satyr
2 deciduous
3 prattle
4 pestilent
5 pledgee
92 n. Penmanship. 1 diagnosis
2 parlor
3 handwriting
4 epode
5 skirmish
93 Greek. I have found it. 1 eureka
2 impute
3 perception
4 interposition
5 compliant
94 n. The time that life continues. 1 superannuate
2 conjecture
3 apparition
4 lifetime
5 cessation
95 n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror. 1 shriek
2 provincial
3 apposition
4 diplomatic
5 auburn
96 adj. Hindering from action through fear. 1 plutocracy
2 aboriginal
3 sanguine
4 deterrent
5 extensor
97 adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story. 1 Arthurian
2 intelligible
3 inherent
4 antiphony
5 mismanage
98 n. The galaxy. 1 Milky Way
2 glorious
3 conscience
4 nurture
5 arrange
99 n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation. 1 evanescent
2 ecstasy
3 remiss
4 aide-de-camp
5 appropriate
100 v. Imitate. 1 probation
2 abhorrence
3 simulate
4 domesticity
5 breach
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