Quiz 33 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To push out or thrust forth. 1 competent
2 irradiance
3 succeed
4 ligament
5 protrude
2 adj. Beneficial. 1 salutary
2 predicament
3 irreverential
4 fealty
5 eminent
3 n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. 1 writing
2 badger
3 decasyllable
4 reciprocity
5 intricate
4 n. A recess. 1 Decameron
2 agglomerate
3 intermission
4 ordnance
5 prospector
5 n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow. 1 ingratiate
2 sisterhood
3 somnolence
4 impersuadable
5 spurious
6 n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance. 1 conjugate
2 appertain
3 coalition
4 encore
5 transverse
7 n. Evenness of mind or temper. 1 equanimity
2 inveterate
3 surcharge
4 torturous
5 punitive
8 adj. Having confidence. 1 precocious
2 passible
3 deplorable
4 collier
5 reliant
9 adj. Superfluous. 1 supernumerary
2 countryman
3 miscreant
4 louse
5 itinerary
10 n. A journey. 1 diverse
2 analyst
3 respondent
4 excursion
5 badger
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11 v. To enlist men for military or naval service. 1 whereupon
2 recruit
3 retouch
4 masonry
5 disconnect
12 n. A rising, soaring, or climbing. 1 tempter
2 medial
3 anticlimax
4 tutorship
5 ascent
13 n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property. 1 flection
2 adjuration
3 possessor
4 discernible
5 contemptuous
14 adj. Native. 1 analyst
2 vitiate
3 abdomen
4 indigenous
5 privateer
15 adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. 1 recrudescence
2 impious
3 hydrous
4 converge
5 Elizabethan
16 v. To proclaim by outcry. 1 ungainly
2 conciliate
3 gratification
4 brusque
5 bawl
17 n. A border region. 1 outskirt
2 susceptibility
3 endurable
4 malcontent
5 revocation
18 n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose. 1 descent
2 equalize
3 optics
4 contributor
5 surround
19 adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. 1 plutocracy
2 hygiene
3 retrogression
4 ductile
5 brine
20 adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris. 1 irreparable
2 oratory
3 polygamy
4 impotent
5 Parisian
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21 n. An animal of microscopic smallness. 1 orator
2 animalcule
3 defensible
4 rancor
5 docile
22 v. To become greater in quantity or number. 1 repertory
2 facility
3 translucence
4 accumulate
5 belie
23 n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. 1 underworld
2 advocate
3 unbecoming
4 misnomer
5 brae
24 adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. 1 philosophy
2 dolorous
3 pompous
4 antispasmodic
5 migrate
25 adj. Having superior rank or precedence. 1 intemperance
2 aqueous
3 premonition
4 morale
5 prerogative
26 n. One who profits. 1 consummate
2 Pantheon
3 profiteer
4 discriminate
5 disrepute
27 n. Agreement. 1 forswear
2 angular
3 balsam
4 concurrence
5 sufficiency
28 v. To cause to become less or worse. 1 supplicant
2 tinge
3 grimace
4 impair
5 apology
29 adj. Inexplicable. 1 Achillean
2 quarter
3 unaccountable
4 panel
5 habitual
30 n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. 1 ossify
2 panegyric
3 missive
4 treatise
5 mouthful
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31 adj. Primitive. 1 pristine
2 perversion
3 tenant
4 sparse
5 burgher
32 n. Unlikeness of constituent parts. 1 thoroughbred
2 condensation
3 nunnery
4 heterogeneity
5 appall
33 v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. 1 inure
2 baton
3 efficacy
4 connote
5 denunciation
34 n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. 1 violator
2 perpetuate
3 typography
4 courtesy
5 esthetic
35 v. To meditate or reflect upon. 1 ponder
2 Christ
3 monogram
4 ordinal
5 indicator
36 adj. Like a circle. 1 sinus
2 cycloid
3 avalanche
4 gait
5 lacteal
37 ad. Conclusive. 1 paramour
2 brotherhood
3 ambush
4 decisive
5 proviso
38 adj. Animal. 1 liable
2 adduce
3 bestial
4 tense
5 abdomen
39 n. Mental excitement or confusion. 1 perturbation
2 obsolescence
3 designate
4 excusable
5 semiannual
40 n. The denial of the existence of God. 1 pertinacious
2 gastronomy
3 atheism
4 hustle
5 sanction
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41 adj. Furiously voracious or hungry. 1 ravenous
2 superfluity
3 tripod
4 impolitic
5 influx
42 n. A new or revived paganism. 1 maize
2 presumption
3 convalescent
4 consign
5 neopaganism
43 adj. Comprehensible. 1 simultaneous
2 reign
3 intelligible
4 utility
5 laborious
44 adj. Capable of being conceived. 1 alteration
2 apprehensible
3 pentavalent
4 flue
5 merciful
45 adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind. 1 profligate
2 dismissal
3 patter
4 imaginable
5 defraud
46 adj. Of little importance or value. 1 prefix
2 irreverence
3 corporeal
4 exemplify
5 trivial
47 v. To drink or take in. 1 imbibe
2 dedication
3 undulous
4 competitive
5 differential
48 n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one. 1 objective
2 defendant
3 pageant
4 economize
5 denouement
49 adj. Having six feet. 1 festive
2 polemics
3 hexapod
4 incoherence
5 bight
50 adj. Having spines. 1 spinous
2 proclamation
3 misnomer
4 physics
5 inkling
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51 adj. Inconsistent with itself. 1 perfumery
2 contradictory
3 vitalize
4 missive
5 unbelief
52 v. To remind oneself. 1 imperious
2 prototype
3 bethink
4 ascendant
5 itinerary
53 adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance. 1 relegate
2 interact
3 modify
4 assonant
5 untoward
54 n. Use of many words without necessity. 1 premise
2 abstemious
3 complacent
4 cohere
5 verbiage
55 adj. Relating to measurement. 1 egress
2 metric
3 trebly
4 voluptuous
5 euphemism
56 v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency. 1 pretext
2 waive
3 gamble
4 infusion
5 indolence
57 n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest. 1 angelic
2 secretary
3 pamphlet
4 transcribe
5 bronchus
58 v. To form into grains or small particles. 1 granulate
2 excusable
3 convolution
4 cauterize
5 modernity
59 n. A length of ten meters. 1 Neolithic
2 panacea
3 actuality
4 avidity
5 decameter
60 adj. That may e sent through or across. 1 corps
2 transmissible
3 Jingo
4 provocation
5 pollute
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61 n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. 1 triumvir
2 scribble
3 undersell
4 reign
5 unlimited
62 v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion. 1 inoffensive
2 venerable
3 edify
4 sympathetic
5 benediction
63 n. One who holds high rank. 1 dignitary
2 mirage
3 accompanist
4 discriminate
5 misrule
64 n. A field. 1 tenure
2 junction
3 papacy
4 conferee
5 lea
65 adj. Plentiful. 1 ascension
2 abrogate
3 complicate
4 abundant
5 nonentity
66 n. Any act of kindness or well-doing. 1 pestilent
2 benevolence
3 incomparable
4 rigor
5 itinerant
67 n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth. 1 aeronautics
2 geology
3 crystallize
4 Gordian knot
5 oculist
68 adj. Fond of music. 1 quarto
2 penitence
3 philharmonic
4 personage
5 accompany
69 adj. Of a steady and sober character. 1 staid
2 creamy
3 somnolence
4 urchin
5 forethought
70 n. General structure, form, or outline. 1 caricature
2 impeccable
3 conformation
4 litigate
5 rationalism
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71 n. A union of two characters representing a single sound. 1 perspire
2 digraph
3 denizen
4 ruffian
5 deplorable
72 n. Common sense. 1 antidote
2 arborescent
3 Unitarian
4 parallelism
5 gumption
73 adj. Irascible. 1 indiscernible
2 patter
3 quarrelsome
4 tyranny
5 absolution
74 adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. 1 Jingo
2 redemption
3 insentient
4 jaundice
5 polyarchy
75 n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay. 1 infidelity
2 employer
3 transmit
4 prescript
5 coalescence
76 n. The science of organic functions. 1 authenticity
2 compliment
3 foresight
4 physiology
5 laudable
77 v. To praise in words or song. 1 proxy
2 laud
3 scholastic
4 preface
5 muleteer
78 adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. 1 zodiac
2 hospitable
3 imprudent
4 abominate
5 biennial
79 v. To command. 1 ascendant
2 enjoin
3 timbre
4 indulgent
5 brigade
80 n. A momentary look. 1 incitement
2 laudatory
3 berth
4 precaution
5 glimpse
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81 n. A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea. 1 paternal
2 repository
3 collide
4 promontory
5 tenet
82 adj. Loud enough to be heard. 1 gullible
2 audible
3 regicide
4 burgess
5 influence
83 adj. Akin. 1 resonate
2 tireless
3 cognate
4 eliminate
5 astute
84 n. A pretended or false apostle. 1 pseudapostle
2 intellect
3 refinery
4 pantheism
5 vitiate
85 n. A restriction. 1 dead-heat
2 infamy
3 comprehensible
4 limitation
5 judicature
86 n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece. 1 reprieve
2 monolith
3 exceed
4 alderman
5 ambrosial
87 v. To set free from bondage. 1 probate
2 manumit
3 illicit
4 tacit
5 vertical
88 adj. Opposed to human slavery. 1 antislavery
2 trait
3 vainglory
4 generic
5 plasticity
89 n. A difficult, trying situation or plight. 1 broadcast
2 predicament
3 instructive
4 bungle
5 venereal
90 n. The most essential part of anything. 1 collective
2 aversion
3 deform
4 hydra
5 quintessence
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91 n. The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory. 1 self-respect
2 fallacy
3 dilatory
4 perception
5 recitation
92 n. Inflexibility. 1 bodice
2 polyglot
3 dominance
4 rigor
5 mandatory
93 adj. Pertaining to one's birth. 1 operetta
2 shuffle
3 natal
4 incomparable
5 gradient
94 adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture. 1 depopulate
2 pyrotechnic
3 plausible
4 encroach
5 idiom
95 v. To take perceptible or substantial form. 1 heteromorphic
2 expectancy
3 materialize
4 sapid
5 prospector
96 n. In the British army, a cavalryman. 1 dragoon
2 valorous
3 transparent
4 demolish
5 banal
97 adj. Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one. 1 odoriferous
2 malefactor
3 sentence
4 reconcilable
5 surcharge
98 n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. 1 sparse
2 hexapod
3 irrational
4 alder
5 impersonal
99 adj. Made to resemble something else. 1 counterfeit
2 timorous
3 appropriate
4 vermin
5 miter
100 v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended. 1 reimburse
2 proffer
3 photoelectric
4 licit
5 tolerant
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