Question 1

etiolate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to cause to appear pale and sickly 
(2) to make weak by stunting the growth or development of

Question 2

superannuate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to allow to retire on a pension because of age or infirmity 
(2) to set aside or discard as old-fashioned or obsolete

Question 3

prevaricate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to stray from or evade the truth; equivocate

Question 4

adulterate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to make impure by adding extraneous, improper or inferior ingredients

Question 5

ululate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to howl, wail, or lament loudly

Question 6

abjure [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to renounce under oath; forswear 
(2) to recant solemnly; repudiate 
(3) to give up; abstain from

Question 7

simper [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner

Question 8

inveigle [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk 
(2) to obtain by cajolery

Question 9

derogate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to take away; detract 
(2) to deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray 
(3) to disparage; belittle

Question 10

elide [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to omit or slur over, in pronunciation 
(2) to strike out (something written) 
(3) to eliminate or leave out of consideration 
(4) to cut short; abridge

Question 11

propitiate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to conciliate; appease

Question 12

importune [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to best with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly 
(2) to annoy; vex 
(3) to plead or urge irksomely, often persistently

Question 13

expurgate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from before publication

Question 14

animadvert [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure

Question 15

declaim [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution 
(2) to speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh 
(3) to utter or recite with rhetorical effect

Question 16

defalcate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to misuse funds; embezzle

Question 17

vouchsafe [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to condescend to grant or bestow (e.g. a privilege); deign

Question 18

aggrandize [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to increase the scope of; extend 
(2) to make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation 
(3) to make appear greater; exaggerate

Question 19

cadge [v]

Accepted Answer

to beg or get by begging

Question 20

chivvy [v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to vex or harass with petty attacks 
(2) to maneuver or secure gradually 
(3) to scurry 
(4) a hunt or chase, or a hunting cry

Question 21

adjure [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath 
(2) to appeal to or entreat earnestly

Question 22

vitiate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to reduce the value or impair the quality of 
(2) to corrupt morally; debase 
(3) to make ineffective; invalidate

Question 23

arrogate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate 
(2) to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwanted manner

Question 24

indite [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to write; compose

Question 25

abrogate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

Question 26

estivate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to spend the summer, as at a special place 
(2) in zoology, to pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state (hibernate, but in the summer)

Question 27

evanesce [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to disappear or dissipate like vapor

Question 28

limn [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to describe 
(2) to depict by painting or drawing (especially in outline)

Question 29

tergiversate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate 
(2) to change sides; apostasize

Question 30

abnegate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to give up (e.g. rights or a claim); renounce 
(2) to deny (something) to oneself

Question 31

blandish [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to come by flattery or wheedling; cajole

Question 32

adduce [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument

Question 33

adumbrate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to give a sketchy outline of 
(2) to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow (3) to overshadow, shadow, or obscure

Question 34

affiance [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth

Question 35

amerce [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty

Question 36

bedizen [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner

Question 37

bloviate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner

Question 38

bowdlerize [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to expurgate prudishly

Question 39

bruit [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to spread news of; repeat

Question 40

contemn [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to view with contempt; despise

Question 41

cozen [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive

Question 42

decollate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to behead

Question 43

deracinate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to pull out by the roots; uproot 
(2) to displace from one's native or accustomed environment

Question 44

descant [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to comment at length; discourse

Question 45

endue or indue [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to provide with a quality or trait; endow

Question 46

eruct [v]

Accepted Answer

to belch

Question 47

evert [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to turn inside out or outward

Question 48

expatiate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to speak or write at length 
(2) to wander freely

Question 49

festinate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to hasten

Question 50

forfend or forefend [tr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to keep or ward off; avert 
(2) to defend or protect

Question 51

gad [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to move about restlessly and with little purpose

Question 52

gyve [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to shackle or fetter

Question 53

immure [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to confine within or as if within walls; imprison

Question 54

imprecate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to invoke evil upon; curse

Question 55

inhume [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to place in a grave; bury

Question 56

insolate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to expose to sunlight

Question 57

kibitz [intr v]

Accepted Answer

(1) to look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others 
(2) to chat; converse

Question 58

larrup [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to beat, flog, or thrash

Question 59

lucubrate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship

Question 60

masticate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to chew (food)

Question 61

mulct [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to defraud or swindle

Question 62

nictitate [intr v]

Accepted Answer

to blink or wink

Question 63

objurgate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to scold or rebuke sharply; berate

Question 64

osculate [tr v]

Accepted Answer

to kiss

Bert GRE Vocab-Verb

GRE Vocab Verbs only

Question	Answer
etiolate [tr v]	(1) to cause to appear pale and sickly (2) to make weak by stunting the growth or development of
superannuate [tr v]	(1) to allow to retire on a pension because of age or infirmity (2) to set aside or discard as old-fashioned or obsolete
prevaricate [intr v]	to stray from or evade the truth; equivocate
adulterate [tr v]	to make impure by adding extraneous, improper or inferior ingredients
ululate [intr v]	to howl, wail, or lament loudly
abjure [tr v]	(1) to renounce under oath; forswear (2) to recant solemnly; repudiate (3) to give up; abstain from
simper [intr v]	to smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner
inveigle [tr v]	(1) to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk (2) to obtain by cajolery
derogate [intr v]	(1) to take away; detract (2) to deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray (3) to disparage; belittle
elide [tr v]	(1) to omit or slur over, in pronunciation (2) to strike out (something written) (3) to eliminate or leave out of consideration (4) to cut short; abridge
propitiate [tr v]	to conciliate; appease
importune [tr v]	(1) to best with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly (2) to annoy; vex (3) to plead or urge irksomely, often persistently
expurgate [tr v]	to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from before publication
animadvert [intr v]	to remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure
declaim [intr v]	(1) to deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution (2) to speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh (3) to utter or recite with rhetorical effect
defalcate [intr v]	to misuse funds; embezzle
vouchsafe [tr v]	to condescend to grant or bestow (e.g. a privilege); deign
aggrandize [tr v]	(1) to increase the scope of; extend (2) to make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation (3) to make appear greater; exaggerate
cadge [v]	to beg or get by begging
chivvy [v]	(1) to vex or harass with petty attacks (2) to maneuver or secure gradually (3) to scurry (4) a hunt or chase, or a hunting cry
adjure [tr v]	(1) to command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath (2) to appeal to or entreat earnestly
vitiate [tr v]	(1) to reduce the value or impair the quality of (2) to corrupt morally; debase (3) to make ineffective; invalidate
arrogate [tr v]	(1) to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate (2) to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwanted manner
indite [tr v]	to write; compose
abrogate [tr v]	to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
estivate [intr v]	(1) to spend the summer, as at a special place (2) in zoology, to pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state (hibernate, but in the summer)
evanesce [intr v]	to disappear or dissipate like vapor
limn [tr v]	(1) to describe (2) to depict by painting or drawing (especially in outline)
tergiversate [intr v]	(1) to use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate (2) to change sides; apostasize
abnegate [tr v]	(1) to give up (e.g. rights or a claim); renounce (2) to deny (something) to oneself
blandish [tr v]	to come by flattery or wheedling; cajole
adduce [tr v]	to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument
adumbrate [intr v]	(1) to give a sketchy outline of (2) to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow (3) to overshadow, shadow, or obscure
affiance [tr v]	to bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth
amerce [tr v]	to punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty
bedizen [tr v]	to ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner
bloviate [intr v]	to discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner
bowdlerize [tr v]	to expurgate prudishly
bruit [tr v]	to spread news of; repeat
contemn [tr v]	to view with contempt; despise
cozen [tr v]	to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive
decollate [tr v]	to behead
deracinate [tr v]	(1) to pull out by the roots; uproot (2) to displace from one's native or accustomed environment
descant [tr v]	to comment at length; discourse
endue or indue [tr v]	to provide with a quality or trait; endow
eruct [v]	to belch
evert [tr v]	to turn inside out or outward
expatiate [intr v]	(1) to speak or write at length (2) to wander freely
festinate [intr v]	to hasten
forfend or forefend [tr v]	(1) to keep or ward off; avert (2) to defend or protect
gad [intr v]	to move about restlessly and with little purpose
gyve [tr v]	to shackle or fetter
immure [tr v]	to confine within or as if within walls; imprison
imprecate [tr v]	to invoke evil upon; curse
inhume [tr v]	to place in a grave; bury
insolate [tr v]	to expose to sunlight
kibitz [intr v]	(1) to look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others (2) to chat; converse
larrup [tr v]	to beat, flog, or thrash
lucubrate [intr v]	to write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship
masticate [tr v]	to chew (food)
mulct [tr v]	to defraud or swindle
nictitate [intr v]	to blink or wink
objurgate [tr v]	to scold or rebuke sharply; berate
osculate [tr v]	to kiss
palliate [tr v]	to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
perorate [intr v]	(1) to conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation (2) to speak at great length, often in a grandiloquent manner; declaim
prorogue [tr v]	(1) to discontinue a session of (2) to postpone; defer
pule [intr v]	to whine; whimper
ratiocinate [intr v]	to reason methodically and logically
recrudesce [intr v]	to break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence
reify [tr v]	to regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence
remonstrate [tr v]	to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof
repine [intr v]	(1) to be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret (2) to yearn after something
sojourn [intr v]	to reside temporarily
suborn [tr v]	to induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act
temporize [intr v]	to act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision
traduce [tr v]	to cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements
vivify [tr v]	to give or bring life to; animate
asseverate [tr v]	to declare seriously or positively; affirm

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