GRE Advanced Definitions Test

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  • Each question presents a definition alongside four possible words.
  • Each definition is clearly labelled as n. (noun), v. (verb), or adj. (adjective), making it easier to choose the right word and learn from the process.

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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual

n. a speech by one person

n. burden; duty

v. to penetrate and understand

n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor

adj. accidental

adj. industrious

v. to do speedily; to send off

v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument

adj. pretending to be religious

adj. innumerable

n. conversation which is amusing and not serious

adv. with one's identity concealed

adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words

v. to refuse or reject with contempt

adj. spirited; ardent

v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions

v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune

v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words

n. misfortune

n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view

n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade

adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior

adj. wise; shrewd

adj. flimsy and cheap

adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action

adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others

v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around

adj. quick to find fault about trifles

adj. understood by only a select few

n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds

v. to give up claim to

adj. wicked; hateful

n. a feeling of hatred

adj. very heavy; clumsy

adj. serving as a model; commendable

v. to soil or dirty

adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit

n. scarcity

adj. moderate in the use of food or drink

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