Quiz 29 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. 1 corruption
2 abyss
3 abase
4 intervene
5 introgression
2 n. An adulterating substance. 1 treachery
2 supernatural
3 humiliate
4 adulterant
5 disengage
3 adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. 1 confiscate
2 odorous
3 formidable
4 melodious
5 signification
4 v. To put to confusion. 1 coniferous
2 discomfit
3 syndicate
4 domineer
5 filibuster
5 n. Duplicity. 1 guile
2 shuffle
3 amalgamate
4 aggravation
5 apprehensible
6 v. To adapt. 1 surmise
2 assimilate
3 non-resident
4 wile
5 jargon
7 adj. Sleepy. 1 leaven
2 subjection
3 insipid
4 somnolent
5 ponder
8 n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. 1 idiosyncrasy
2 volant
3 abject
4 laborious
5 typography
9 v. To interrupt the course of. 1 apostle
2 non-combatant
3 quibble
4 insistent
5 intercept
10 adj. Perfidious. 1 treacherous
2 deface
3 rightful
4 pique
5 caustic
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11 v. To bring in. 1 pious
2 penury
3 induct
4 adhere
5 penitence
12 adj. Of prime or special importance. 1 cardinal
2 freethinker
3 resent
4 benignity
5 disillusion
13 adj. Half-hearted. 1 perfunctory
2 diversity
3 siren
4 prodigious
5 mundane
14 n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act. 1 accredit
2 intercede
3 panegyric
4 atomizer
5 subtle
15 n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. 1 infallible
2 opulent
3 forgo
4 intemperance
5 culvert
16 n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. 1 capitulate
2 bolero
3 metric
4 opportunity
5 theorize
17 v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. 1 machinery
2 aural
3 disappear
4 superb
5 superintend
18 adj. Brave. 1 accessory
2 characterize
3 daring
4 appellation
5 tribune
19 adj. Pertaining to winter. 1 nuisance
2 elapse
3 arbitrary
4 nectarine
5 hibernal
20 adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages. 1 philosophize
2 prohibitory
3 intellect
4 transcribe
5 furtherance
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21 v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. 1 dishonest
2 supplant
3 formation
4 dissuade
5 dissemble
22 adj. That can not be rectified or made amends for. 1 irreparable
2 floral
3 submersion
4 tarnish
5 carnage
23 n. Massacre. 1 eligible
2 carnage
3 gyroscope
4 latency
5 saponaceous
24 adj. Credulous. 1 incomparable
2 locomotion
3 gullible
4 neo-Darwinsim
5 weal
25 n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines. 1 olfactory
2 pharmacy
3 exorbitance
4 estrange
5 scruple
26 v. To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power. 1 pleasurable
2 overpower
3 medley
4 benediction
5 confidence
27 n. A lake. 1 discomfort
2 loch
3 beseech
4 foursome
5 denude
28 n. Ability to know. 1 involve
2 radix
3 penalty
4 poetics
5 comprehension
29 adj. Passing from one subject to another. 1 fraudulent
2 tactician
3 discursive
4 irritable
5 ingenuity
30 n. Ill or improper behavior. 1 misbehavior
2 bravo
3 depositor
4 compunction
5 sequel
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31 n. A place where things are stored or gathered together. 1 investigator
2 handwriting
3 magnanimous
4 repertory
5 technique
32 adj. Unfavorably known to the general public. 1 preferential
2 efficacious
3 idolize
4 constrict
5 notorious
33 n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. 1 unsettle
2 mirage
3 introspection
4 crystallize
5 faulty
34 n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection. 1 syllabus
2 jugglery
3 sentinel
4 inundate
5 procedure
35 adj. Taking place every third year. 1 triennial
2 unaffected
3 soldier
4 intangible
5 circumlocution
36 v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles. 1 reconnoiter
2 trinity
3 typography
4 melodious
5 shrivel
37 adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause. 1 magnificence
2 spontaneous
3 check
4 Darwinism
5 picayune
38 v. To delight extravagantly or intensely. 1 pension
2 enrapture
3 brigade
4 divertible
5 forte
39 v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law. 1 litigate
2 vegetate
3 prohibition
4 capillary
5 transitory
40 v. To supply with light. 1 effervescent
2 effrontery
3 illuminate
4 astringent
5 pernicious
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41 n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. 1 microphone
2 defensive
3 denouement
4 indiscriminate
5 intestine
42 n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit. 1 vaporizer
2 speculator
3 gesticulate
4 innumerable
5 ultimate
43 n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women. 1 recover
2 gynecology
3 investor
4 involuntary
5 decagon
44 n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. 1 Iliad
2 militarism
3 excitable
4 bilateral
5 logical
45 n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. 1 distensible
2 militarism
3 treachery
4 incompatible
5 afterthought
46 n. The quality or character of being godlike. 1 subvert
2 joust
3 divinity
4 aristocrat
5 medial
47 v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. 1 bullock
2 translate
3 lawmaker
4 opalescence
5 dialectician
48 n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. 1 probity
2 nominate
3 administrator
4 mileage
5 prophesy
49 adj. Inclined to joke. 1 dissolute
2 jocular
3 bigamist
4 courser
5 excusable
50 v. To change in nature, substance, or form. 1 gyroscope
2 homogeneity
3 heteromorphic
4 scythe
5 transmute
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51 n. One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus. 1 contumacious
2 inception
3 operator
4 dentifrice
5 extrajudicial
52 v. To make pregnant. 1 borough
2 superfluity
3 profligate
4 impregnate
5 intermit
53 adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. 1 guile
2 convolve
3 absent-minded
4 lenient
5 deforest
54 n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem. 1 limitation
2 confidence
3 anathema
4 epilogue
5 filibuster
55 n. A parasite. 1 dehydrate
2 indefensible
3 receivable
4 panel
5 hanger-on
56 adj. Indulgent. 1 tolerant
2 consummate
3 phosphorescence
4 geology
5 paragon
57 n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. 1 requisite
2 quay
3 lactic
4 beneficiary
5 copious
58 v. To arrange again or in a different order. 1 matrimony
2 rearrange
3 surround
4 rampart
5 atheism
59 n. A luxurious person. 1 eschew
2 landmark
3 fugacious
4 Sybarite
5 thoroughbred
60 adj. Ambiguous. 1 cosmology
2 triad
3 tantamount
4 docket
5 equivocal
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61 v. To reduce to ashes. 1 kilowatt
2 sycophant
3 benign
4 incinerate
5 audacious
62 v. To injure the reputation of. 1 pledgee
2 discredit
3 foppish
4 emerge
5 photoelectric
63 n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. 1 dolor
2 immune
3 paly
4 contender
5 taut
64 v. To render virtuous. 1 leonine
2 fiducial
3 moralize
4 levy
5 preternatural
65 n. A component or essential part. 1 inhibit
2 reproduce
3 regalia
4 supernumerary
5 element
66 n. Fondness. 1 impetuous
2 antipathize
3 liking
4 pique
5 discredit
67 adj. Calm. 1 tranquil
2 congenial
3 midsummer
4 atonement
5 volition
68 n. An eight-page newspaper of any size. 1 nurture
2 imbrue
3 imply
4 quarto
5 adulterant
69 n. One who investigates. 1 investigator
2 incite
3 foreground
4 demonstrator
5 emanate
70 v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. 1 tense
2 octavo
3 isochronous
4 deplorable
5 antedate
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71 n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc. 1 impromptu
2 virulent
3 deposition
4 ordeal
5 benediction
72 n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. 1 anode
2 intestate
3 disappear
4 grotesque
5 brigadier
73 v. To swear falsely to. 1 diffusible
2 ascribe
3 fruition
4 perjure
5 lithe
74 conj. Notwithstanding. 1 similitude
2 nevertheless
3 fervor
4 constellation
5 languid
75 v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles. 1 deduce
2 fluctuate
3 wantonness
4 speculate
5 redoubtable
76 adj. Having the character of a herb. 1 herbaceous
2 evolution
3 renunciation
4 intermediate
5 assassination
77 v. To cause to see clearly. 1 brigadier
2 rescind
3 aerostat
4 hernia
5 enlighten
78 adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul. 1 dominant
2 pantheism
3 furtherance
4 ultramontane
5 psychic
79 n. A servile favorite. 1 venerable
2 consummate
3 minion
4 ravenous
5 prescript
80 adj. Persistent or unyielding. 1 barring
2 valid
3 hypocrisy
4 pertinacious
5 exasperate
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81 n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance. 1 lactation
2 vitality
3 irrepressible
4 premier
5 materialize
82 adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations. 1 batter
2 diplomatic
3 animadversion
4 malleable
5 composure
83 v. To rebuild. 1 radical
2 generate
3 panic
4 reconstruct
5 benignant
84 n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. 1 egotism
2 corrosion
3 radiate
4 ready
5 transfer
85 v. To impede with obstacles. 1 philosophy
2 trinity
3 kingship
4 explosion
5 encumber
86 adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. 1 sorcery
2 distensible
3 legalize
4 subliminal
5 centiliter
87 n. One who consumes time idly. 1 fealty
2 loiterer
3 disciple
4 nutriment
5 surfeit
88 adj. Having a hairy covering. 1 neuter
2 classify
3 gibe
4 hirsute
5 perspiration
89 n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things. 1 Sybarite
2 legible
3 impatience
4 extensible
5 ambitious
90 n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. 1 euphony
2 aeronautics
3 circumscribe
4 physics
5 advocate
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 n. Delusive speech. 1 cajolery
2 virtu
3 fumigate
4 agitate
5 palatial
92 n. The faintest ray. 1 sinuous
2 hydrous
3 sanguine
4 motley
5 scintilla
93 n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. 1 collaborate
2 nebula
3 tilth
4 systematic
5 putrescent
94 n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place. 1 aspirant
2 bier
3 eventual
4 albino
5 canto
95 v. To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. 1 armada
2 meander
3 relapse
4 packet
5 compute
96 adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race. 1 dialogue
2 metaphysical
3 converge
4 eugenic
5 lovable
97 v. To be maintained or sustained. 1 descent
2 intracellular
3 subsist
4 monolith
5 aspiration
98 adj. Sheltering. 1 globose
2 annihilate
3 introversion
4 liqueur
5 protective
99 adj. Having kindred character or tastes. 1 inadmissible
2 foolery
3 tirade
4 congenial
5 feudal
100 n. The art or practice of sleight of hand. 1 commodity
2 light-hearted
3 appellate
4 jugglery
5 papyrus
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