Quiz 27 of 50 -- GRE word definitions

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 n. Solitude. 1 posterior
2 seclusion
3 hospitable
4 profession
5 cosmic
2 n. One who or that which regulates or directs. 1 bilingual
2 cohesive
3 reciprocity
4 controller
5 redress
3 n. A falling of the spirits. 1 depression
2 gynecocracy
3 corrosion
4 suffuse
5 rapid
4 n. Temporary diminution of a disease. 1 adjutant
2 pedagogue
3 remission
4 perspective
5 comestible
5 v. To unite or join again, as after separation. 1 evoke
2 reunite
3 octogenarian
4 paragon
5 deduce
6 n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. 1 resurgent
2 oration
3 cabal
4 generosity
5 augur
7 v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended. 1 telescope
2 succeed
3 intolerable
4 benevolence
5 torturous
8 adj. Wishing evil to others. 1 prophecy
2 jeopardize
3 outreach
4 malevolent
5 suspense
9 n. A covenant. 1 pact
2 noticeable
3 ampersand
4 transcend
5 pungent
10 n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests. 1 dwindle
2 composure
3 parlor
4 immoral
5 complement
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11 n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual. 1 vapid
2 personality
3 edible
4 peddler
5 recreant
12 adj. Understood. 1 malignant
2 exorbitance
3 tacit
4 eject
5 miter
13 v. To be a friend to, especially when in need. 1 disrupt
2 earthenware
3 providential
4 befriend
5 momentous
14 v. To expose to peril. 1 endanger
2 frivolous
3 renovate
4 preoccupy
5 panoply
15 n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. 1 cartilage
2 sequence
3 hydrous
4 exemplar
5 complacence
16 adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand. 1 eccentric
2 disservice
3 appreciable
4 relevant
5 photoelectric
17 n. A variety show. 1 continuity
2 blemish
3 absolve
4 retouch
5 vaudeville
18 n. The state of being dispersed or scattered. 1 lexicography
2 accuse
3 laudatory
4 dissipation
5 giddy
19 n. The state of touching. 1 sanguinary
2 approbation
3 fraternal
4 tangency
5 suggestible
20 adj. Not amenable to control. 1 refractory
2 lucrative
3 reciprocity
4 legislative
5 divination
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21 adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. 1 narrative
2 rhetoric
3 territorial
4 reign
5 boorish
22 v. To feed to fullness or to satiety. 1 colleague
2 pyrotechnic
3 zodiac
4 surfeit
5 habitual
23 n. A bias in favor of something. 1 Christ
2 synchronism
3 abscond
4 tentative
5 penchant
24 adj. Dominant. 1 pledgee
2 negotiable
3 reconsider
4 ascendant
5 gyroscope
25 v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. 1 upturn
2 acquiesce
3 browbeat
4 aggress
5 statecraft
26 n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken. 1 frivolity
2 missive
3 diligence
4 septennial
5 deride
27 n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy. 1 ribald
2 transmute
3 obstetrics
4 somniferous
5 sordid
28 adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. 1 differentia
2 overreach
3 improper
4 chastise
5 sardonic
29 n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact. 1 masterpiece
2 enshrine
3 antipodes
4 datum
5 commentary
30 adv. Once more. 1 disreputable
2 extortion
3 derelict
4 kilowatt
5 anew
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31 n. Doubt. 1 referee
2 strait
3 summary
4 unbelief
5 prehensile
32 adj. Protective. 1 supple
2 militant
3 tutelar
4 monstrosity
5 potential
33 n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner. 1 occupant
2 dialectician
3 concurrence
4 clairvoyance
5 cathode
34 adj. Beginning. 1 fete
2 midsummer
3 enshrine
4 circumference
5 inceptive
35 n. Description of nature. 1 physiography
2 mendacious
3 generic
4 embroil
5 antislavery
36 adj. Appropriate. 1 sociable
2 consternation
3 apposite
4 nebula
5 neophyte
37 n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. 1 original
2 bigamy
3 psychiatry
4 insinuate
5 impervious
38 n. Keen enjoyment. 1 gusto
2 termagant
3 veneer
4 exodus
5 nausea
39 n. The maker of a deed. 1 grantor
2 denouement
3 abnegate
4 prescription
5 sacrilege
40 n. A change. 1 cognizant
2 superficial
3 repute
4 grapple
5 modification
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41 n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said. 1 bemoan
2 contradiction
3 maudlin
4 ultramundane
5 gendarme
42 n. Fewness. 1 hindmost
2 paucity
3 insolence
4 polyglot
5 quarantine
43 v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones. 1 usurp
2 gamester
3 chancery
4 pamphleteer
5 hard-hearted
44 n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. 1 imperfectible
2 reiterate
3 disavow
4 amplitude
5 rectitude
45 n. A front or cutting tooth. 1 protagonist
2 violator
3 incisor
4 earthenware
5 vocable
46 adj. Promiscuous. 1 indiscriminate
2 hypocrite
3 frizzle
4 excitation
5 miter
47 adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word. 1 lordling
2 recitation
3 verify
4 aviary
5 paronymous
48 n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. 1 functionary
2 grantee
3 barometer
4 signification
5 conjunction
49 v. To last longer than. 1 geology
2 unbridled
3 neural
4 outlast
5 distinction
50 adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat. 1 excretion
2 forcible
3 thermoelectric
4 antistrophe
5 pollute
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51 v. To blend. 1 regale
2 somber
3 commingle
4 efflorescent
5 adulterate
52 n. The manner in which a thing is placed. 1 pantoscope
2 position
3 assassinate
4 mendacious
5 protective
53 v. To soothe. 1 buoyant
2 tranquilize
3 Anglophobia
4 gratify
5 insistent
54 v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. 1 penitence
2 imperturbable
3 agglomerate
4 transfer
5 cynicism
55 adj. capable of exciting laughter. 1 Canaanite
2 risible
3 engross
4 chastise
5 non-combatant
56 n. A variety of the peach. 1 caprice
2 underman
3 nectarine
4 felony
5 voluptuous
57 n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. 1 orthopedist
2 feint
3 boorish
4 autobiography
5 prolong
58 adj. Shocking in conduct. 1 strait
2 outrageous
3 unction
4 malignant
5 absolve
59 n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. 1 absent-minded
2 belle
3 provident
4 entirety
5 galvanic
60 n. The tongue. 1 delineate
2 prolix
3 lingua
4 stagnation
5 demonstrative
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61 v. To correct. 1 anew
2 rectify
3 desistance
4 felonious
5 furlough
62 adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor. 1 colossus
2 acquiesce
3 diphthong
4 consanguineous
5 belie
63 n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided. 1 minority
2 implicit
3 sequence
4 aghast
5 transfusible
64 adj. Having the right or privilege of entry. 1 archangel
2 trenchant
3 irrigant
4 monition
5 admissible
65 n. The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power. 1 bailiff
2 magnificence
3 omission
4 outpost
5 impulsion
66 n. Development or growth. 1 evolution
2 triumvir
3 violator
4 allude
5 siren
67 n. An opening or cavity. 1 sinus
2 Titanic
3 impeccable
4 promoter
5 precipitant
68 adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency. 1 invalid
2 unicellular
3 requisite
4 fete
5 advert
69 n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion. 1 inflammable
2 undersized
3 irk
4 orthodox
5 gesture
70 v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. 1 overrun
2 gregarious
3 anemic
4 maritime
5 distort
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71 n. One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting. 1 egregious
2 psychopathic
3 humbug
4 non-combatant
5 vegetation
72 v. To obstruct. 1 hinder
2 prevalence
3 zenith
4 irritant
5 immortalize
73 adj. Punitive. 1 excavate
2 presentiment
3 diagnose
4 vindicatory
5 unyoke
74 n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. 1 conversant
2 substantive
3 transition
4 gallant
5 rupture
75 n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil. 1 protection
2 overlord
3 inexperience
4 utmost
5 omnipotence
76 v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned 1 desert
2 vaporizer
3 fabricate
4 jubilation
5 heterodox
77 n. Conservation. 1 preservation
2 malady
3 singe
4 distillation
5 reclusory
78 n. Poverty. 1 courser
2 indigence
3 rhapsody
4 benignity
5 telephony
79 n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. 1 muster
2 intension
3 deplore
4 pavilion
5 euphony
80 n. The preparation of perfumes. 1 conveyance
2 vale
3 perfumery
4 pervasion
5 aloof
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81 adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided. 1 facial
2 verbatim
3 bodily
4 separable
5 audacious
82 n. A disease or malady. 1 altercate
2 voracious
3 contradiction
4 distemper
5 sphericity
83 adj. That can not be wounded or hurt. 1 robust
2 adjudge
3 empower
4 rendezvous
5 invulnerable
84 n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. 1 instantaneous
2 vassal
3 foreshore
4 second-rate
5 ambulance
85 adj. Flying or able to fly. 1 material
2 volant
3 indiscriminate
4 sparse
5 nocturnal
86 adj. Straightforward. 1 polyhedron
2 succinct
3 dejection
4 candid
5 transcendent
87 v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. 1 decimate
2 eligible
3 evasion
4 permeate
5 verbiage
88 adj. Consisting of money. 1 hustle
2 cupidity
3 pillage
4 pecuniary
5 battalion
89 v. To come into view or into existence. 1 enervate
2 gastritis
3 septennial
4 irrational
5 emerge
90 adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose. 1 credence
2 cadence
3 acetate
4 felonious
5 beneficial
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91 adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. 1 precedential
2 municipality
3 kiloliter
4 conceive
5 fulsome
92 n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise. 1 spheroid
2 syllabus
3 conquer
4 racy
5 crevasse
93 n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. 1 declarative
2 intervale
3 constituent
4 cite
5 rebellious
94 v. To restore to youth. 1 metropolis
2 migrate
3 obtrusive
4 incentive
5 rejuvenate
95 adj. Evil. 1 arrange
2 sinister
3 dexterity
4 aroma
5 extrude
96 adj. Supple. 1 sensual
2 malevolent
3 lithe
4 allegory
5 idiosyncrasy
97 adj. Capable of reformation. 1 divisor
2 superheat
3 corrigible
4 theism
5 extortion
98 adj. Voluntarily. 1 mutilate
2 shiftless
3 gratuitous
4 epicycloid
5 credence
99 n. A very detestable act or practice. 1 finally
2 conjugation
3 apex
4 poetics
5 abomination
100 n. An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. 1 botanical
2 beset
3 precedent
4 apogee
5 lieu
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