Quiz 32 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 adj. Incapable of being concealed. 1 insuppressible
2 monsieur
3 junction
4 gynecocracy
5 chateau
2 v. To converse in. 1 prudential
2 scholarly
3 parley
4 overweight
5 invert
3 n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. 1 conservatism
2 absurd
3 quartet
4 dissent
5 wampum
4 adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. 1 retrospect
2 militant
3 evince
4 actuality
5 mandate
5 n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown. 1 overreach
2 profiteer
3 prudence
4 ripplet
5 revelation
6 n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant. 1 obese
2 finality
3 pollen
4 utility
5 Martian
7 adj. Biting or giving to biting. 1 raptorial
2 semiannual
3 scurrilous
4 mordacious
5 nondescript
8 v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. 1 degrade
2 eccentric
3 abridge
4 globular
5 surety
9 v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment. 1 posit
2 vagabond
3 tribune
4 garnish
5 mislay
10 n. Thesis. 1 felon
2 dissertation
3 comparable
4 geniality
5 turpitude
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11 adj. Capable of being broken. 1 martial
2 devise
3 indigenous
4 fragile
5 academy
12 n. Debate. 1 discussion
2 pension
3 nuisance
4 advisory
5 humanize
13 adj. That can not be perfected. 1 morale
2 imperfectible
3 contaminate
4 financial
5 malefactor
14 adj. Like a lion. 1 weal
2 fervid
3 leonine
4 arboreal
5 surround
15 adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion. 1 subterranean
2 confidence
3 abhorrence
4 exhaustible
5 foreground
16 n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc. 1 rotate
2 eminence
3 excretion
4 indefensible
5 alderman
17 adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. 1 chaos
2 inherent
3 flamboyant
4 biology
5 adoration
18 adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people. 1 Hibernian
2 educe
3 cholera
4 federate
5 missile
19 adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone. 1 gregarious
2 investigator
3 tense
4 superintend
5 depth
20 n. An idle wanderer. 1 vagrant
2 endanger
3 opprobrium
4 diacritical
5 enlighten
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21 adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing. 1 illuminant
2 seance
3 witticism
4 palette
5 auricular
22 adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation. 1 theological
2 undeceive
3 irritate
4 muffle
5 knighthood
23 n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment. 1 contagious
2 inflammable
3 sanctity
4 excerpt
5 paraphernalia
24 v. To make milder or more endurable. 1 regnant
2 personality
3 ladle
4 predominate
5 mitigate
25 adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. 1 gastritis
2 thereabout
3 neuter
4 principality
5 analogous
26 adj. Unyielding. 1 virtual
2 tenacious
3 deity
4 quarterly
5 microscopy
27 adj. Icy, or icily cold. 1 sorcery
2 glacial
3 benefice
4 obnoxious
5 ambitious
28 n. The practical unit of electric-current strength. 1 ampere
2 colloquial
3 misunderstand
4 audition
5 oscillate
29 n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another. 1 surrogate
2 militia
3 congregate
4 inefficient
5 oaken
30 v. To entrust. 1 quiescence
2 frankincense
3 relinquish
4 infamy
5 consign
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31 v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. 1 jeopardize
2 prodigal
3 implausible
4 Calvinize
5 intellectual
32 n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant. 1 personal
2 polemics
3 perversion
4 infinity
5 petulance
33 n. The natural history of trees. 1 conceive
2 noisy
3 dendrology
4 repudiate
5 obdurate
34 n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. 1 probate
2 heterodox
3 subjection
4 nil
5 alternative
35 v. To tease. 1 evasion
2 amorous
3 tantalize
4 fuse
5 foist
36 n. The condition of not flowing or not changing. 1 suasion
2 illumine
3 stagnation
4 veto
5 susceptible
37 adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water. 1 distend
2 furrier
3 joust
4 cursory
5 aqueous
38 n. Special eminence. 1 suggestive
2 free trade
3 agile
4 forfeit
5 preeminence
39 adj. Affecting the sense of smell. 1 subjacent
2 judicial
3 polytechnic
4 pungent
5 lustrous
40 adj. Not according to law. 1 aggrieve
2 tendency
3 illegal
4 navigable
5 selective
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41 adj. Imperceptible to the touch. 1 plebeian
2 impalpable
3 imitation
4 tolerance
5 maxim
42 adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement. 1 derrick
2 emulate
3 impropriety
4 privity
5 opposite
43 v. Reconstruct. 1 skirmish
2 remodel
3 hardihood
4 authenticity
5 bomb
44 adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government. 1 integrity
2 nonpareil
3 nebula
4 fiscal
5 estrange
45 n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. 1 mannerism
2 revile
3 brae
4 pedagogy
5 belie
46 adj. Capable of being melted by heat. 1 adjutant
2 alacrity
3 synod
4 synonym
5 fusible
47 n. Rebound. 1 tranquility
2 redound
3 amalgam
4 humane
5 version
48 v. To modify the details of. 1 exceed
2 retouch
3 trite
4 ogre
5 coxswain
49 n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others. 1 cardiac
2 liable
3 secretary
4 papacy
5 hazard
50 adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment. 1 exuberance
2 abusive
3 pyx
4 refragable
5 afoot
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51 adj. Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth. 1 autocrat
2 polar
3 abscission
4 discipline
5 momentum
52 adj. Very dry. 1 anxious
2 arid
3 metonymy
4 inapprehensible
5 resource
53 n. Any large animal, as a whale. 1 leviathan
2 noisy
3 readily
4 undersized
5 immaterial
54 n. The act of submerging. 1 eradicate
2 judicious
3 quarrelsome
4 maidenhood
5 submersion
55 adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation. 1 abominable
2 original
3 divest
4 polygamy
5 epidermis
56 v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation. 1 visualize
2 temporize
3 lackadaisical
4 lucrative
5 granular
57 n. Hole. 1 controller
2 sympathetic
3 actuality
4 landholder
5 aperture
58 adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. 1 pretentious
2 declamatory
3 aerial
4 navel
5 translucent
59 n. An excessive amount. 1 centurion
2 superabundance
3 preparatory
4 imbibe
5 reliant
60 adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh. 1 insular
2 livid
3 partition
4 intangible
5 diagnose
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61 n. Security for payment or performance. 1 unbridled
2 surety
3 siren
4 ambidextrous
5 adumbrate
62 v. To move back or away. 1 recede
2 sequent
3 profile
4 gullible
5 umbrage
63 n. A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan. 1 devilry
2 stigma
3 kimono
4 aliment
5 pedagogy
64 adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners. 1 ruth
2 amalgamate
3 emulate
4 evangelical
5 nuisance
65 n. A place where bees are kept. 1 apiary
2 encroach
3 hydraulic
4 intrepid
5 grandiose
66 v. To make into law, as by legislative act. 1 luscious
2 aboriginal
3 biennial
4 flag-officer
5 enact
67 adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance. 1 illusory
2 misbehave
3 clangor
4 epigram
5 guise
68 n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. 1 epithet
2 extinguish
3 pestilential
4 defamation
5 visualize
69 n. A solid bounded by five plane faces. 1 missile
2 loiterer
3 carouse
4 occupant
5 pentahedron
70 adj. Belonging to the first ages. 1 aide-de-camp
2 primeval
3 rife
4 malign
5 specious
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71 n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. 1 nonpareil
2 demonstrable
3 guess
4 underlie
5 moderation
72 adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea. 1 acetic
2 condolence
3 submarine
4 alteration
5 lateral
73 n. An expert in linguistics. 1 fidelity
2 philologist
3 gusto
4 interposition
5 luminary
74 v. To cause spasms in. 1 navigable
2 explode
3 anhydrous
4 convulse
5 languid
75 adj. Branch-like. 1 constellation
2 seize
3 ramose
4 inquisition
5 sheer
76 n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. 1 mongrel
2 gamester
3 hilarious
4 prophesy
5 pompous
77 adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. 1 allay
2 salutatory
3 pompous
4 penitential
5 complaisance
78 n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause. 1 philology
2 personage
3 dedication
4 gullible
5 introspection
79 adj. Of degraded character or nature. 1 sordid
2 quarto
3 precipice
4 promiscuous
5 inbred
80 adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. 1 reinstate
2 inapprehensible
3 diffusible
4 genitive
5 progression
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. 1 quiescence
2 refringent
3 coronation
4 emphasize
5 stallion
82 adj. Having strong sexual desires. 1 salacious
2 whimsical
3 venerable
4 appall
5 confessor
83 adj. Insubordinate. 1 egotist
2 serviceable
3 rebellious
4 profligacy
5 abusive
84 v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. 1 achromatic
2 fatuous
3 infamous
4 scurrilous
5 accompany
85 n. The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time. 1 magnificence
2 gait
3 imminent
4 sequence
5 overpass
86 v. To refresh after labor. 1 statute
2 recreate
3 contravene
4 nil
5 cranium
87 v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. 1 instance
2 reign
3 retrospective
4 assuage
5 palate
88 n. A positive utterance. 1 penitence
2 avarice
3 dictum
4 habitual
5 defamation
89 v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. 1 cadenza
2 ancestry
3 infinity
4 overhang
5 emphasize
90 adj. Slovenly in appearance. 1 speculate
2 confectionery
3 frowzy
4 resurrection
5 heedless
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91 v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force. 1 piece
2 choleric
3 accompaniment
4 fortify
5 levy
92 n. The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. 1 contributor
2 pomposity
3 pristine
4 ashen
5 raptorial
93 v. To agree. 1 deluge
2 penurious
3 concur
4 resource
5 constituent
94 v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value. 1 impregnable
2 epiphany
3 earnest
4 virtuoso
5 peter
95 n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. 1 conversant
2 creed
3 insipid
4 rue
5 nuisance
96 adj. Characterized by charity and kindness. 1 beneficent
2 sublingual
3 bulrush
4 irrational
5 nowadays
97 v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope. 1 regretful
2 despond
3 invincible
4 mutilate
5 monopoly
98 n. Seriousness. 1 choral
2 migratory
3 canon
4 gravity
5 literature
99 n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands. 1 vendor
2 typography
3 misdeed
4 stagnate
5 scarcity
100 n. A supervisor. 1 cosmopolitan
2 lyre
3 perseverance
4 averse
5 overseer
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