Quiz 25 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To place in a detached state or situation. 1 insolent
2 strait
3 reluctance
4 out-and-out
5 insulate
2 v. To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong. 1 socialism
2 beck
3 remonstrate
4 complement
5 garrote
3 n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition. 1 relegate
2 makeup
3 menagerie
4 congenial
5 lawgiver
4 n. A personal weakness or failing. 1 inveterate
2 ready
3 foible
4 assassin
5 noiseless
5 v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food. 1 ration
2 antipathize
3 irreligious
4 foppery
5 viscount
6 v. To surpass in importance or excellence. 1 excrescence
2 metempsychosis
3 imperious
4 gynecology
5 outweigh
7 v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question). 1 awaken
2 recessive
3 militate
4 auburn
5 tangible
8 n. Agreeableness of sound. 1 euphony
2 ichthyic
3 toilsome
4 regent
5 decipher
9 v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s. 1 sibilate
2 ambulance
3 intermit
4 microphone
5 elusion
10 adj. Serene. 1 Parisian
2 prescription
3 control
4 placid
5 tribune
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11 n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. 1 recapture
2 dispel
3 macrocosm
4 competent
5 dowry
12 n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals. 1 inflammation
2 luminescence
3 impiety
4 effeminacy
5 periodicity
13 v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. 1 circumspect
2 brotherhood
3 epitaph
4 protuberate
5 millet
14 adj. Of or pertaining to the ear. 1 perform
2 entwine
3 acknowledge
4 aural
5 infusion
15 n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments. 1 incompetence
2 pervious
3 undergarment
4 veto
5 relegate
16 adj. Helpful. 1 trisect
2 dominant
3 assay
4 martyrdom
5 beneficial
17 n. A manner or method of acting. 1 raucous
2 foreigner
3 disfigure
4 cant
5 procedure
18 adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. 1 apothecary
2 typography
3 pandemic
4 lithesome
5 sinuous
19 v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction. 1 arbitrary
2 nestle
3 transfuse
4 corroborate
5 connive
20 n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease. 1 drought
2 convalescence
3 altruism
4 wearisome
5 culprit
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21 n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration. 1 frugal
2 supernatural
3 cacophony
4 disparity
5 corollary
22 n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc. 1 facet
2 descendant
3 symphonious
4 valedictory
5 drowsy
23 n. A piece of bric-a-brac. 1 omnivorous
2 peninsular
3 rote
4 curio
5 evangelist
24 n. The state or condition of knowing how to read and write. 1 hoard
2 secant
3 prejudice
4 literacy
5 astringent
25 n. A flock of quails or partridges. 1 parable
2 covey
3 presentiment
4 legitimate
5 redemption
26 adj. Delicate, ethereal. 1 intervale
2 contemporary
3 blaspheme
4 suppressible
5 airy
27 v. To recall or take back (something that one has said). 1 sedition
2 forejudge
3 censor
4 retract
5 potion
28 n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music. 1 irate
2 tranquility
3 inapprehensible
4 metronome
5 radiance
29 n. Delight. 1 Parisian
2 abdicate
3 delectation
4 distinction
5 rivulet
30 adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. 1 altruist
2 recoil
3 pageant
4 superfluity
5 abrupt
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31 adj. Full of or abounding in mountains. 1 inaccessible
2 importunate
3 mountainous
4 unify
5 despite
32 adj. Tending in different directions. 1 ado
2 incessant
3 unctuous
4 kerchief
5 divergent
33 n. A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised. 1 cholera
2 alabaster
3 venom
4 masquerade
5 distend
34 v. To put in definite or proper order. 1 misdemeanor
2 inscribe
3 arrange
4 legionary
5 latent
35 n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions. 1 modish
2 micrometer
3 winsome
4 pulmonary
5 unbearable
36 n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. 1 eminent
2 seethe
3 negligent
4 motto
5 proscenium
37 v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. 1 corruptible
2 replenish
3 bestride
4 concordance
5 vigilance
38 n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. 1 ambush
2 inexperience
3 neglectful
4 man-eater
5 amphibious
39 adj. Obese. 1 iridescent
2 phonic
3 probity
4 corpulent
5 feasible
40 v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case. 1 acquiesce
2 bestride
3 ossify
4 understate
5 tilth
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41 adv. Precipitately, as in diving. 1 peaceable
2 finally
3 head foremost
4 brotherhood
5 cessation
42 n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. 1 pittance
2 obtrusive
3 intromit
4 corruptible
5 mantel
43 adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. 1 abstruse
2 benign
3 decisive
4 deify
5 trimness
44 adj. Easily bent. 1 exterior
2 allot
3 impracticable
4 supple
5 baffle
45 adv. Without studied or special preparation. 1 aristocrat
2 vindicative
3 disparage
4 polycracy
5 extempore
46 adj. Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately. 1 technography
2 lithe
3 demonstrate
4 outright
5 omnivorous
47 v. To designate as a candidate for any office. 1 antecede
2 negligee
3 accouter
4 extant
5 nominate
48 v. To call or summon forth. 1 working-man
2 legislator
3 solstice
4 commissariat
5 evoke
49 n. Manner of performance. 1 deplorable
2 technique
3 famish
4 paradox
5 bibliophile
50 n. One who or that which perceives. 1 percipient
2 discussion
3 caste
4 eclipse
5 elegy
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 v. To act reciprocally. 1 operate
2 innumerable
3 interact
4 extrude
5 pecuniary
52 adj. That makes or enacts laws. 1 chronology
2 donee
3 surround
4 legislative
5 submittal
53 v. To recover something by searching. 1 retrieve
2 affectation
3 chagrin
4 stimulant
5 revoke
54 v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns. 1 competitive
2 ill-natured
3 dowry
4 butt
5 craving
55 adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. 1 fickle
2 decency
3 acoustic
4 taut
5 oratorio
56 v. To do business. 1 transact
2 endanger
3 personnel
4 wholly
5 conductible
57 n. Similarity in quality or form. 1 separable
2 resemblance
3 proscenium
4 indistinct
5 bolster
58 adj. Surreptitious. 1 clandestine
2 refusal
3 grotto
4 blockade
5 labyrinth
59 n. The attainment of superior skill. 1 divisor
2 ration
3 depository
4 onset
5 mastery
60 n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid. 1 daring
2 transact
3 ductile
4 legitimacy
5 conduit
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61 adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd. 1 invalid
2 prolix
3 magician
4 ichthyic
5 preposterous
62 v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand. 1 hesitant
2 pantomime
3 hesitancy
4 improvise
5 assiduous
63 v. To bring about. 1 paraphrase
2 conduce
3 occupant
4 apostate
5 embezzle
64 v. To imitate the speech or actions of. 1 monograph
2 pedestal
3 inexorable
4 impersuadable
5 mimic
65 n. Recklessness. 1 foreordain
2 successor
3 wantonness
4 lacteal
5 converge
66 n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events. 1 pittance
2 zealot
3 caret
4 insecure
5 epoch
67 n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. 1 caption
2 prodigious
3 poetics
4 foot-note
5 exigency
68 adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. 1 refusal
2 betimes
3 divertible
4 botany
5 vagrant
69 n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall. 1 omniscient
2 stanchion
3 impassable
4 alluvion
5 probe
70 n. The state or quality of being in accord with. 1 unctuous
2 hydromechanics
3 consonance
4 dramatist
5 conformance
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71 adj. Capable of being reflected. 1 decameter
2 stagnation
3 perquisite
4 reflexible
5 finally
72 n. The nobility. 1 studious
2 peerage
3 light-hearted
4 shrewd
5 afterthought
73 n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner. 1 dead-heat
2 demonstrable
3 accouter
4 mordacious
5 preeminence
74 n. An image or likeness. 1 populous
2 icon
3 plea
4 outbreak
5 spheroid
75 adj. Thin and weak. 1 ladle
2 zealot
3 flimsy
4 obsolescence
5 diatomic
76 v. To cover with ornament. 1 clarion
2 amour
3 bedeck
4 narrative
5 giddy
77 adj. Surging back or again. 1 resurgent
2 definite
3 arbitrate
4 disavowal
5 ichthyosaurs
78 adj. Rude. 1 boorish
2 immersion
3 matrix
4 malcontent
5 duration
79 n. Concealment. 1 demagogue
2 languor
3 secrecy
4 supernatural
5 terminus
80 n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative. 1 preservation
2 aspire
3 modernity
4 matrimony
5 obelisk
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 n. The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight. 1 perspective
2 optics
3 skepticism
4 servitude
5 expulsion
82 n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. 1 innumerable
2 esquire
3 collector
4 distemper
5 kerchief
83 n. The secretion of milk. 1 beau
2 lactation
3 awry
4 repentance
5 corroboration
84 n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. 1 deluge
2 classify
3 barcarole
4 rehabilitate
5 approbation
85 adj. Representing articulate sounds or speech. 1 invulnerable
2 phonetic
3 liquor
4 crag
5 fanciless
86 v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. 1 vacillate
2 entrench
3 irreverent
4 invective
5 proletarian
87 n. Permanence. 1 receptive
2 continuance
3 levy
4 inflammation
5 occlude
88 adj. Judicious. 1 rapacious
2 capacious
3 discreet
4 iciness
5 vindicative
89 adj. Speechless. 1 succinct
2 momentum
3 ailment
4 slothful
5 inarticulate
90 adj. Like a man. 1 cursive
2 manlike
3 lieu
4 mealy-mouthed
5 tyro
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91 adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition. 1 prologue
2 trite
3 decipher
4 equivalent
5 enshrine
92 n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. 1 impiety
2 sterling
3 conflagration
4 treble
5 conjugation
93 n. Wrath. 1 retinue
2 discomfit
3 callosity
4 monition
5 ire
94 adv. Fully. 1 aerostat
2 patriotism
3 reorganize
4 precipice
5 quite
95 adj. That can not be destroyed. 1 lexicography
2 formation
3 longevity
4 stratum
5 indestructible
96 v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of. 1 referrer
2 rancor
3 theoretical
4 contradictory
5 commute
97 n. Exultation. 1 impeccable
2 dignitary
3 bask
4 exigent
5 jubilation
98 adj. Having an odor, especially a fragrant one. 1 ascendant
2 transfuse
3 rapid
4 odorous
5 circumnavigate
99 n. A judgment as a conclusion. 1 atrocious
2 genealogy
3 premise
4 sapient
5 congenial
100 n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college. 1 freemason
2 austere
3 juvenile
4 avert
5 professor
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