Quiz 8 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital. 1 socialist
2 abnegate
3 permanent
4 triumvir
5 tactics
2 adj. Having six angles. 1 estrange
2 seismograph
3 subjection
4 expediency
5 hexangular
3 v. To traverse by ship. 1 detract
2 stature
3 permutation
4 lyric
5 navigate
4 n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. 1 dissection
2 poetic
3 transience
4 peevish
5 bronchus
5 n. A square sail. 1 unguent
2 foresail
3 opulence
4 incitement
5 disenfranchise
6 v. To make bigger. 1 inaccessible
2 gravity
3 augment
4 neglectful
5 antiseptic
7 v. To happen to or befall. 1 purveyor
2 betide
3 coincident
4 deity
5 abidance
8 n. Deepness. 1 depth
2 moratorium
3 aldermanship
4 philologist
5 septennial
9 n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. 1 preparatory
2 statuesque
3 symmetrical
4 ally
5 succeed
10 adj. Coming into view. 1 reaction
2 instance
3 emergent
4 weal
5 tannery
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11 n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. 1 fallacy
2 Briticism
3 mutiny
4 persecution
5 eventual
12 n. A grain or seed. 1 sorcery
2 et cetera
3 bomb
4 kernel
5 overeat
13 n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter. 1 epicycloid
2 meliorate
3 proxy
4 anagram
5 epidemic
14 n. Prescience. 1 foreknowledge
2 frugal
3 luscious
4 denouement
5 vegetation
15 n. One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity 1 orthopedist
2 untimely
3 corruptible
4 symmetry
5 Neolithic
16 adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony. 1 moralize
2 undersell
3 insurrection
4 nuptial
5 mania
17 n. Any support or prop. 1 technography
2 repeal
3 annalist
4 displace
5 buttress
18 n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink. 1 prohibition
2 reciprocate
3 laddie
4 persistence
5 nectar
19 n. One who has the right to vote at an election. 1 modify
2 exhaust
3 kingship
4 constituent
5 bedeck
20 adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust. 1 logical
2 orthopedic
3 seminar
4 suspicious
5 improvident
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21 n. A small body of water leading into a larger. 1 bulbous
2 inlet
3 invalid
4 coagulant
5 flag-officer
22 adj. Pertaining to the throat. 1 pleasant
2 pledgee
3 subterranean
4 dispensation
5 jugular
23 n. The quality of producing vexation. 1 arrogant
2 irritancy
3 maroon
4 unbearable
5 inquisition
24 v. To recover after a sickness. 1 convalesce
2 valediction
3 referable
4 reflector
5 valedictory
25 adj. Formed after one's father's name. 1 maneuver
2 emaciate
3 patronymic
4 ruth
5 frizzle
26 adj. Joyous. 1 excrescence
2 Calvary
3 rampant
4 sardonic
5 festal
27 n. The climax. 1 connoisseur
2 incentive
3 apogee
4 erroneous
5 syllabic
28 v. To refer incidentally. 1 tripod
2 lunar
3 clangor
4 nimble
5 advert
29 adj. Pertaining to poetry. 1 abscission
2 poetic
3 retinue
4 endue
5 Calvary
30 adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. 1 copious
2 enact
3 enfeeble
4 pneumatic
5 globose
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31 n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings. 1 fresco
2 disrobe
3 preponderate
4 patronymic
5 eliminate
32 adj. High in station, merit, or esteem. 1 regalia
2 nocturnal
3 navigable
4 eminent
5 pedal
33 n. Power. 1 discriminate
2 actuality
3 dilate
4 needlework
5 potency
34 adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel. 1 prejudice
2 bowler
3 dilapidated
4 atrocious
5 inapprehensible
35 n. Combination in a body or mass. 1 coalition
2 fortitude
3 potentate
4 assets
5 nausea
36 n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. 1 monotone
2 exceed
3 parse
4 intemperance
5 eulogy
37 n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. 1 sequence
2 free trade
3 flux
4 incipient
5 intermit
38 adj. Showing inexperience. 1 unsophisticated
2 panic
3 pluperfect
4 astute
5 dissent
39 n. The necessary means or resources. 1 constable
2 abstain
3 depository
4 wherewith
5 deist
40 n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. 1 quibble
2 mystic
3 adjudge
4 abusive
5 transferee
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41 n. The flesh of deer. 1 wee
2 percipience
3 venison
4 bountiful
5 neutral
42 adj. Of three colors. 1 leisure
2 tricolor
3 cartridge
4 compression
5 wrangle
43 n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. 1 punctual
2 superintendent
3 inexhaustible
4 abidance
5 forecastle
44 adj. Entire. 1 plenary
2 corps
3 impolitic
4 typify
5 physiocracy
45 n. The sensory apparatus. 1 sensorium
2 syllabic
3 dissonance
4 inactive
5 disciplinary
46 n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. 1 assimilate
2 depreciation
3 frizz
4 pious
5 plausible
47 v. To alienate. 1 estrange
2 plurality
3 ablution
4 missal
5 economize
48 n. pl. Gentlemen. 1 sacrilegious
2 messieurs
3 persistence
4 loch
5 municipality
49 n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment. 1 prowess
2 felony
3 compute
4 intrusion
5 reflexible
50 v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. 1 magnetize
2 punctual
3 idiom
4 odium
5 hypnosis
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51 adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings. 1 unbecoming
2 mediate
3 forecourt
4 robust
5 retrogression
52 n. A forerunner or herald. 1 resistance
2 precursor
3 salutary
4 triennial
5 bole
53 prep. Apart from. 1 barring
2 entrails
3 unify
4 diplomatic
5 phlegmatic
54 n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief. 1 paradox
2 pseudonymity
3 foreknowledge
4 constable
5 inadmissible
55 n. A critical period or condition. 1 photometer
2 congeal
3 exigency
4 contradictory
5 foreordain
56 n. A logician. 1 dissipation
2 telltale
3 dialectician
4 sibilate
5 evoke
57 n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. 1 non-existent
2 abduction
3 sinecure
4 vaporizer
5 compliant
58 n. A bidding farewell. 1 commemorate
2 incomparable
3 dilate
4 quiet
5 valediction
59 n. The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law. 1 cursive
2 ado
3 penalty
4 bowler
5 successor
60 adj. Hateful. 1 enrage
2 buttress
3 peaceful
4 legislative
5 odious
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61 adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner. 1 unlimited
2 inflexible
3 overproduction
4 suave
5 subterfuge
62 adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age. 1 hostility
2 breech
3 senile
4 vociferous
5 garrulous
63 v. To be violently excited or agitated. 1 seethe
2 pyrotechnic
3 expediency
4 augur
5 codicil
64 n. A measure of length, 6 feet. 1 epitaph
2 coniferous
3 fathom
4 venom
5 permanence
65 n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. 1 effectual
2 ribald
3 speculator
4 weak-kneed
5 vicissitude
66 v. To offset. 1 scythe
2 countervail
3 scope
4 reunite
5 original
67 adj. Incipient. 1 Arthurian
2 witchcraft
3 militia
4 inchoate
5 retroactive
68 adj. Unavoidable. 1 benediction
2 needy
3 inevitable
4 complement
5 regnant
69 v. To make stale or trite by repetition. 1 perpetrator
2 hackney
3 liniment
4 assignee
5 intercede
70 n. Restriction within limits or boundaries. 1 momentous
2 confinement
3 odoriferous
4 hypothesis
5 morphology
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71 n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus. 1 ambulance
2 species
3 antonym
4 abbey
5 boycott
72 adj. Fatiguing. 1 variant
2 priggish
3 wearisome
4 incongruous
5 rectify
73 n. A prophet. 1 audition
2 seer
3 relegate
4 inadmissible
5 impetuosity
74 adj. No longer practiced or accepted. 1 paralysis
2 freshness
3 rhapsody
4 obsolete
5 bore
75 n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. 1 rhetoric
2 sensual
3 crag
4 enhance
5 mimic
76 v. To study plant-life. 1 vivisection
2 disparage
3 chasm
4 tempt
5 botanize
77 adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South. 1 Pan-American
2 frontier
3 collector
4 pagan
5 tyro
78 adj. Following in the order of time. 1 anemic
2 deter
3 sequent
4 improper
5 imperceptible
79 n. One possessed of great power or sway. 1 stealth
2 potentate
3 involve
4 coincide
5 evidential
80 adj. Adding emphasis or force. 1 assassin
2 fluential
3 pervious
4 intensive
5 fusible
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81 v. To prove indubitably. 1 demonstrate
2 fishmonger
3 dignitary
4 emergence
5 moat
82 v. To draw a distinction. 1 abstruse
2 vegetation
3 vendible
4 procrastinate
5 discriminate
83 n. A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. 1 epiphany
2 monitory
3 aurora
4 manifesto
5 dilemma
84 v. To make supremely happy. 1 antique
2 beatify
3 upheaval
4 vogue
5 adulterant
85 v. To restore after deterioration, as a building. 1 foreground
2 acumen
3 prescription
4 renovate
5 assuage
86 n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order. 1 grimace
2 statics
3 opaque
4 populace
5 magnate
87 v. To coagulate. 1 malignant
2 nominate
3 version
4 congeal
5 pluperfect
88 adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life. 1 ultimatum
2 perfidy
3 ultramundane
4 suppression
5 disseminate
89 adj. Flimsy. 1 stiletto
2 bevel
3 rupture
4 gossamer
5 overleap
90 adj. Quick at contrivance. 1 fastidious
2 safeguard
3 inventive
4 constituent
5 neglectful
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91 n. Temperance. 1 confessor
2 concede
3 bale
4 evade
5 moderation
92 adj. Pertaining to a chief city. 1 haggard
2 inexplicable
3 metropolitan
4 accursed
5 guess
93 v. To encircle. 1 invalidate
2 bolero
3 gait
4 surround
5 assiduous
94 n. A story or drama told or performed by one person. 1 omniscient
2 comprehensible
3 effeminacy
4 monologue
5 loch
95 n. A dead body. 1 utility
2 indestructible
3 neural
4 corpse
5 covey
96 adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. 1 instantaneous
2 agile
3 forefather
4 confluence
5 percipience
97 adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime. 1 disputation
2 baffle
3 infamous
4 globular
5 sleight
98 n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile. 1 defer
2 able-bodied
3 furlong
4 defamation
5 desperado
99 v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. 1 inaccessible
2 impede
3 Madonna
4 stimulant
5 vivisection
100 v. To imply. 1 indiscriminate
2 kilometer
3 insinuate
4 crusade
5 further
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