Quiz 37 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. 1 collaborate
2 volant
3 inherent
4 garrote
5 emblazon
2 n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches. 1 affluence
2 aversion
3 intrude
4 phonic
5 mercantile
3 adj. Unconquerable. 1 outbreak
2 irreverent
3 indomitable
4 bric-a-brac
5 gaily
4 v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption. 1 askance
2 dauntless
3 proceed
4 affluence
5 explicate
5 n. A title of Jesus 1 philosophy
2 bulbous
3 opposite
4 timbre
5 Christ
6 adj. Without importance, force, or influence. 1 insignificant
2 patrimony
3 approbation
4 gastritis
5 excursion
7 adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted. 1 explicate
2 verdant
3 conductible
4 redress
5 undervalue
8 n. A short thick stick used as a club. 1 cudgel
2 complacence
3 facet
4 ominous
5 canine
9 adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. 1 butt
2 indefensible
3 dramatize
4 symphonious
5 jurisprudence
10 n. Any violation of established rules or customs. 1 disinterested
2 granary
3 solecism
4 correlative
5 impulsion
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11 n. Inadequacy. 1 frailty
2 dissect
3 reservoir
4 reflectible
5 insufficiency
12 n. The mechanics of fluids. 1 heredity
2 effulgence
3 hydromechanics
4 paternal
5 waif
13 adj. Conveying knowledge. 1 upheave
2 concur
3 instructive
4 aggrandize
5 thearchy
14 n. The property of emitting light. 1 phosphorescence
2 coercive
3 demeanor
4 antispasmodic
5 corrigible
15 adj. Without spirit or bravery. 1 pusillanimous
2 adumbrate
3 sediment
4 vignette
5 magnanimous
16 adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation. 1 cryptogram
2 inactive
3 bureaucracy
4 vegetate
5 declarative
17 adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed. 1 curator
2 iota
3 redemption
4 sanctity
5 inviolable
18 n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. 1 generality
2 intermit
3 missile
4 insuperable
5 dentifrice
19 n. Excessive production. 1 Calvary
2 felony
3 confront
4 overproduction
5 ripplet
20 v. To make alive. 1 clemency
2 transposition
3 animate
4 prosaic
5 Baconian
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 n. A decree or an order forbidding something. 1 prohibition
2 bray
3 acetate
4 despond
5 designate
22 adj. Faultfinding. 1 corrode
2 speculator
3 hypercritical
4 cessation
5 accusatory
23 adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. 1 transfusible
2 pandemonium
3 reimburse
4 Anglophobia
5 grantor
24 adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc. 1 second-rate
2 syndicate
3 pentameter
4 havoc
5 dendroid
25 v. To utter with complaining tone. 1 salacious
2 whine
3 leeward
4 underling
5 protuberance
26 n. The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy. 1 mawkish
2 ardent
3 mythology
4 emphasize
5 pathos
27 adj. Opening in flower. 1 maniac
2 voracious
3 supple
4 efflorescent
5 excellency
28 prep. In spite of. 1 despite
2 ridiculous
3 plausible
4 isobar
5 wizen
29 n. Smelling sweet and agreeable. 1 propitious
2 addendum
3 redolence
4 amply
5 extinguish
30 n. Ferocity. 1 variable
2 protective
3 irrigant
4 extrude
5 truculence
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31 n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center. 1 amplitude
2 versatile
3 obesity
4 frailty
5 vortex
32 v. To take the place of. 1 protrusion
2 henchman
3 telltale
4 evince
5 supplant
33 n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites. 1 accustom
2 intoxicant
3 perturbation
4 immovable
5 ache
34 n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation. 1 obsequies
2 decorate
3 decoy
4 dishonest
5 jugular
35 n. Plant-life in the aggregate. 1 fruition
2 dilatory
3 erroneous
4 vegetation
5 masonry
36 adj. Ascribable. 1 hydra
2 orator
3 dutiful
4 referable
5 overproduction
37 n. Self denial. 1 endanger
2 abstinence
3 invulnerable
4 derive
5 defiant
38 adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action. 1 foppery
2 galvanic
3 interminable
4 synchronism
5 bibliomania
39 adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint. 1 fallow
2 incombustible
3 rampant
4 philanthropist
5 liquefacient
40 n. A dealer in flowers. 1 mendicant
2 florist
3 outlaw
4 transient
5 castigate
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41 adv. In no place or state. 1 nowhere
2 thrall
3 uproot
4 protocol
5 osculate
42 adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power. 1 grantee
2 canine
3 anticlimax
4 symmetrical
5 supernatural
43 n. The utterance of criticism or censure. 1 louse
2 submerge
3 felon
4 saponaceous
5 animadversion
44 v. To eat to excess. 1 dendrology
2 repetition
3 overeat
4 altar
5 unbearable
45 adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. 1 necessary
2 effective
3 crevasse
4 insatiable
5 influence
46 n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. 1 anticyclone
2 dissection
3 alliance
4 nondescript
5 immigrant
47 n. Escape. 1 head first
2 buttress
3 expatriate
4 evasion
5 anarchy
48 v. To pitch tents for a resting-place. 1 inundate
2 encamp
3 debut
4 hospitable
5 inexpedient
49 adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. 1 terminal
2 heedless
3 abbot
4 lune
5 raucous
50 n. A retaliatory speech. 1 retort
2 evangelist
3 aghast
4 unlawful
5 occult
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. 1 skiff
2 conceive
3 countervail
4 resemblance
5 ramose
52 n. A half-circle. 1 cameo
2 semicircle
3 chasm
4 tirade
5 insignificant
53 adj. Very-learned. 1 elasticity
2 erudite
3 misdeed
4 deceive
5 impudence
54 v. To have a care or thought for. 1 festive
2 reck
3 beseech
4 literal
5 correlative
55 n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. 1 forfend
2 inundation
3 albino
4 extort
5 irreparable
56 adj. Highly profitable. 1 navel
2 stipend
3 lucrative
4 script
5 promoter
57 adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time. 1 counterpart
2 foreground
3 intrude
4 simultaneous
5 propulsion
58 v. To like the taste or savor of. 1 defray
2 piteous
3 anemic
4 ballad
5 relish
59 n. Omission of that which ought to be done. 1 wretchedness
2 maneuver
3 attache
4 negligence
5 metaphysics
60 n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary. 1 ambrosial
2 bray
3 proxy
4 dilemma
5 collier
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61 adj. Free from doubt or hesitation. 1 pillage
2 reprehension
3 eccentricity
4 positive
5 dissolve
62 adj. Astute. 1 doe
2 perspicacious
3 broadcast
4 pedagogy
5 volatile
63 adj. Warlike. 1 elude
2 tricycle
3 aerial
4 enervate
5 bellicose
64 v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. 1 prescript
2 ramify
3 interrogatory
4 irruption
5 flection
65 n. Fitness, as of time or place. 1 emigrant
2 dissertation
3 polygon
4 convenience
5 corpuscle
66 adj. Openly scandalous. 1 flagrant
2 antistrophe
3 guess
4 repute
5 midsummer
67 adj. Easily under a specified power or influence. 1 incomplete
2 forfend
3 gynecology
4 susceptible
5 capillary
68 n. Hillside. 1 redolence
2 brae
3 irreverential
4 alderman
5 negotiable
69 adj. Adverse. 1 unfavorable
2 truthful
3 appease
4 triplicity
5 acquiescence
70 v. To give by will. 1 genealogist
2 beatitude
3 bequeath
4 inestimable
5 inconstant
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71 adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. 1 burgess
2 feasible
3 legging
4 luminescent
5 matricide
72 n. Capacity to know or understand. 1 interposition
2 magnanimous
3 intelligence
4 conformation
5 orator
73 n. A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides. 1 anterior
2 technography
3 indigent
4 pentagon
5 homonym
74 adj. Believable. 1 credible
2 jugular
3 emigrate
4 proportionate
5 magnetize
75 v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions. 1 contrivance
2 omission
3 disinfectant
4 donee
5 qualify
76 adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible. 1 non-resident
2 mordacious
3 close-hauled
4 sentient
5 absurd
77 n. A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other. 1 physiology
2 octave
3 mentality
4 comprise
5 permeate
78 n. Unrestricted power. 1 autarchy
2 sapience
3 disagree
4 oversee
5 quarantine
79 n. A model of excellence. 1 domineer
2 legging
3 commute
4 polyarchy
5 paragon
80 n. A little island. 1 disburden
2 grotto
3 islet
4 monsieur
5 disobedient
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 adj. Having no power or force. 1 regicide
2 duet
3 pioneer
4 nugatory
5 trisect
82 n. An English monetary unit. 1 guinea
2 nuance
3 causal
4 advocacy
5 indiscriminate
83 v. To pile or heap together. 1 ungainly
2 brigand
3 agglomerate
4 misplace
5 inflammable
84 n. Active humanitarianism. 1 insentient
2 prickle
3 zenith
4 monocracy
5 philanthropy
85 n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings. 1 service
2 onset
3 abrade
4 discreet
5 ogre
86 n. That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice. 1 wile
2 judiciary
3 penitential
4 autonomy
5 imperative
87 n. A base coward. 1 dastard
2 wane
3 expediency
4 cosmogony
5 laud
88 v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action. 1 reconsider
2 confederacy
3 abbot
4 seethe
5 credence
89 v. To undervalue. 1 underrate
2 coddle
3 egoism
4 resumption
5 inglorious
90 n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. 1 inmost
2 fawn
3 discontinuance
4 munificence
5 consensus
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island. 1 hydra
2 misapprehend
3 impregnable
4 amorphous
5 maroon
92 n. Obsolescence. 1 airy
2 tangent
3 formidable
4 archaism
5 invaluable
93 v. To make joyous. 1 admissible
2 Calvinize
3 gladden
4 osculate
5 prelate
94 n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached. 1 bereave
2 ointment
3 brusque
4 sophistical
5 judgment
95 n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions. 1 ultimatum
2 herbivorous
3 gendarme
4 disinfectant
5 alcove
96 n. The dissection of a living animal. 1 vivisection
2 regality
3 profligate
4 hemorrhoids
5 makeup
97 adj. Impartial. 1 disinterested
2 stupor
3 prelate
4 hydrous
5 encroach
98 n. Impetus. 1 streamlet
2 allusion
3 impulsion
4 shuffle
5 magistracy
99 adj. Illogical. 1 fallacious
2 freethinker
3 mulatto
4 unison
5 bauble
100 adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. 1 inveterate
2 generate
3 hydrous
4 indelible
5 arbitrary
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