GRE Vocabulary Test (40 Questions)
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1.
v. pick out; reject
prolong
guileless
cull
personable
2.
n. changing its habitat; wandering
shrew
hale
scurvy
migrant
3.
v. tilt; lean over
list
bawdy
abusive
carcinogenic
4.
v. assent; agree passively
acquiesce
evoke
deplete
consort
5.
adj. bloody
dissertation
poseur
sanguinary
contest
6.
n. arrival
emetic
overbearing
manifesto
advent
7.
n. aversion; dislike
amass
foolhardy
antipathy
pallid
8.
adj. unjustified; groundless
corporeal
precursor
unwarranted
embellish
9.
adj. stuffy; boringly conservative
braggart
propinquity
degenerate
stodgy
10.
adj. petty criticism; fault-finding
carping
windfall
intangible
decimate
11.
n. forecasted course of a disease; prediction
hindmost
askance
prognosis
unwarranted
12.
v. provide scantily; live very economically
skimp
lexicographer
libidinous
spangle
13.
v. shove; bump
apostate
luster
catastrophe
jostle
14.
adj. lead-colored; black and blue
defeatist
sectarian
livid
canvass
15.
v. recede; lessen
insularity
latent
ebb
regal
16.
v. go backwards; degenerate
egregious
retrograde
diligence
vigor
17.
v. call together
convoke
placate
maim
forsake
18.
adv. with a sideways or indirect look
requite
askance
prototype
indemnify
19.
n. wealthy leader
infantile
anemia
tycoon
supposititious
20.
v. multiply; spread
jargon
staid
tribulation
propagate
21.
n. slandering; aspersion
verge
detraction
consonance
dissection
22.
adj. rough-mannered
gruff
chary
detrimental
paleontology
23.
v. stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
conformity
trilogy
militate
gawk
24.
n. fear
canter
astral
unfaltering
intimidation
25.
adj. untidy
lumen
digression
intelligentsia
disheveled
26.
n. trick; practical joke
alias
expurgate
hoax
hone
27.
adj. superfluous; excessively wordy
welter
aristocracy
redundant
decoy
28.
n. wretch; villain
affluence
miscreant
carnal
contingent
29.
v. criticize harshly
dilemma
viand
incoherent
pan
30.
adj. incapable of injury
paucity
diverge
invulnerable
vortex
31.
n. payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce
bilk
alimony
analogy
amalgamate
32.
adj. menacing; deadly
archaic
scuttle
baleful
ostracize
33.
adj. absentminded
imbalance
exertion
distrait
flair
34.
v. fall sharply
scintillate
plummet
seismic
inconsistency
35.
adj. enormously large or extensive
astronomical
shimmer
sinewy
raucous
36.
n. long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art
therapeutic
conducive
deface
epic
37.
v. offer; extend
tender
incidence
accessory
travail
38.
n. token of disgrace; brand
cabal
celerity
stigma
natty
39.
adj. not naive; sophisticated
seemly
mores
carat
highly complicated or developed
40.
n. the act of anointing with oil
affiliation
imbue
tout
unction
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