GMAT Vocabulary Test (20 Questions)

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1.
adj. lacking vitality; indifferent
  palindrome
  surfeit
  cloying
  languid
 
2.
v. to become more and more virulent and fixed
  compromise
  arrogate
  fester
  derogatory
 
3.
adj. pertaining to a discovery or new revelation
  mendacious
  euphony
  batten
  apocalyptic
 
4.
n. lack of facial color
  specious
  obeisance
  gauche
  pallor
 
5.
v. defame; maliciously misrepresent
  inured
  surfeit
  exigent
  slander
 
6.
v. to denounce or condemn openly
  dowdy
  decry
  succinct
  dearth
 
7.
v. make easier; simplify
  staid
  facilitate
  slothful
  plausible
 
8.
adj. discouraged; depressed
  skeptic
  haughty
  disheartened
  exonerate
 
9.
adj. honorable; exact
  optimist
  alchemist
  parity
  scrupulous
 
10.
v. mix; massage
  comport
  obviate
  distant
  knead
 
11.
v. to weaken; often through subtle means
  undermine
  caustic
  extol
  surpass
 
12.
v. to be advantageous; to be necessary
  behoove
  guise
  pessimism
  rivet
 
13.
n. one who believes that others are motivated entirely by selfishness.
  insinuate
  bode
  abbreviate
  cynic
 
14.
adj. existing independently of others; a large quantity
  incorporeal
  eccentric
  substantive
  tentative
 
15.
v. to free from guilt
  mien
  exculpate
  obsequious
  menagerie
 
16.
v. to mourn or grieve
  lament
  privy
  effrontery
  phlegmatic
 
17.
adj. friendly; amiable
  affable
  objective
  covenant
  debase
 
18.
adj. glowing through haze; shocking, sensational
  distant
  lurid
  knavery
  intangible
 
19.
n. the act of being stripped (of clothing or assets)
  garish
  sojourn
  agrarian
  divestiture
 
20.
adj. stingy, miserly
  cacophony
  bereft
  savor
  penurious