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GRE_1_150
1_150
Question | Answer |
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(adj.): Of prime or special importance | CARDINAL |
(n.): Invention of the mind; myth; something imagined | FIGMENT |
(v.): To consider thoughtfully | MUSE |
(adj.): so small or unimportant that one may disregard it | NEGLIGIBLE |
(v.): To blame for something wrong, expressed disapproval | REPROACH |
(adj.): Sudden but short lived, variable | SPASMODIC |
(v.) To reject with scorn, snob; decline | SPURN |
(v.): To perform as a duty; fulfill; execute | DSICHARGE |
(n.): One who differs on thought or opinion | DISSIDENT |
(n.): Anyone entrusted with a mission; an agent; a representative | ENVOY |
(n.): A narrow opening; a crack; a split | FISSURE |
(adj.): Suitable for service; degrading | MENIAL |
(n.): A prototype; a model; original example; a standard pattern | ARCHETYPE |
(v.): to come together into one; to unite; to blend | COALESCE |
(n.): a great flood | DELUGE |
(adj.): sincere; earnestly religious, heartfelt | DEVOUT |
(adj.): resembling a ridiculous action or situation | FARCICAL |
(v.): to initiate; to make a formal beginning; to begin; to institute | INAUGURATE |
(v.): sudden pitch or roll towards one side or direction | LURCH |
(adj.): gloomy or ill-humored | MOROSE |
(v.): to make embarrassed or ashamed | ABASH |
(adj.): original | ABORIGINAL |
(v.): to shorten something, especially a literary or artistic work | ABRIDGE |
(v.): to hold back from, refuse to participate in, refrain from | ABSTAIN |
(adj.): bitter, vengeful | ACRIMONIOUS |
(adj.): bitter, pungent | ACRID |
(adj.): sharp, perceptive | ACUTE |
(adj.): skillful | ADEPT |
(v.): to stick to | ADHERE |
(v.): to decorate | ADORN |
(adj.): skillful, adept | ADROIT |
(n.): praise, respect, admiration | ADULATION |
(adj.): pertaining to a sense of beauty | AESTHETIC |
(adj.): friendly, personable, easy to get along with | AFFABLE |
(adj.): having to do with agriculture | AGRARIAN |
(adj.): shy, reserved, removed, tending to remain apart | ALOOF |
(adj.): unselfish, generous, concerned about the wellbeing of others | ALTRUISTIC |
(v.): to change, revise, fix | AMEND |
(adj.): friendly, personable | AMIABLE |
(n.): pull, attraction | ALLURE |
(v.): to gather, accumulate | AMASS |
(adj.): able to use both hands equally well | AMBIDEXTROUS |
(adj.): sufficient, enough or more than enough | AMPLE |
(n.): breakdown or lack of rule or government, chaos | ANARCHY |
(n.): a curse, something hated | ANATHEMA |
(v.): to make null and void | ANNUL |
(v.): to officially approve, consecrate | ANOINT |
(n.): a person with determined opposition or hatred toward someone | ANTAGONIST |
(adj.): old-fashioned, antique-like | ANTIQUATED |
(v.): to soothe, calm, put at ease | APPEASE |
(v.): to notify, inform | APPRISE |
(adj.): hard, difficult, exhausting | ARDUOUS |
(v.): to uncover and verify, to make certain | ASCERTAIN |
(adj.): self-denying, devoted to simple and austere living | ASCETIC |
(adj.): offensive, rude | BOORISH |
(adj.): brash, extremely bold | BRAZEN |
(n.): shortness, the quality of being brief | BREVITY |
(adj.): of or pertaining to the countryside, pastoral | BUCOLIC |
(n.): a large institution with many complex regulations | BUREAUCRACY |
(n.): honesty, straight talk | CANDOR |
(adj.): main, most important | CARDINAL |
(adj.): remaining pure, refraining from sexual intercourse | CELIBATE |
(n.): shame, embarrassment | CHAGRIN |
(adj.): pure | CHASTE |
(adj.): secretive, hidden | CLANDESTINE |
(v.): to consist of, include | COMPRISE |
(v.): to lower oneself; to patronize | CONDESCEND |
(n.): person with whom one can share a secret | CONFIDANT |
(adj.): pleasant, friendly | CONGENIAL |
(v.): to make sacred | CONSECRATE |
(adj.): apologetic, begging forgiveness | CONTRITE |
(adj.): worldly, having wide interests | COSMOPOLITAN |
(n.): personal victory acquired in a single stroke, major accomplishment | COUP |
(adj.):guilty | CULPABLE |
(v.): to escape from a place where you are being kept | ABSCOND |
(adj.): not usual or normal | ABERRANT |
(n.): eager and enthusiastic willingness; eagerness; promptness | ALACRITY |
(n.): deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality | ANOMALY |
(n.): an expression of approval or praise | APPROBATION |
(adj.): involving a lot of strength and effort | ARDUOUS |
(v.): to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe | ASSUAGE |
(adj.): showing great courage or confidence in a way that is impressive or slightly shocking | AUDACIOUS |
(adj.): an austere way or life is very simple and has few things to make it comfortable or enjoyable | AUSTERE |
(adj.): something that is axiomatic does not need to be proved because you can easily see that it's true | AXIOMATIC |
(adj.): according to canon law; following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards | CANONICAL |
(adj.): likely to change your mind suddenly or behave in unexpected way | CAPRICIOUS |
(v): to officially criticize someone for something they have done wrong | CENSURE |
(n.): the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people | CHICANERY |
(n.): someone who know a lot about something such as art, food or music | CONNOISSEUR |
(adj.): complicated or difficult to understand | CONVOLUTED |
(v.): to persuade someone that what they believe is not true | DISABUSE |
(adj.): a strange, wrong, or unsuitable in relation to everything around | DISCORDANT |
(adj.): consisting of things or people that are very different and not related to each other | DISPARATE |
(n.): rude behavior that shocks you because it's so confident | EFFRONTERY |
(adj.): able to express your ideas and opinion well, especially in a way that influences people | ELOQUENT |
(v.): to make you feel tired or weak | ENERVATE |
(n.): a feeling of being tired, bored and unsatisfied with your life | ENNUI |
(v.): to avoid giving a clear or direct answer to a question | EQUIVOCATE |
(adj.): very learned; scholarly | ERUDITE |
(v.): to prove that someone is not guilty of something | EXCULPATE |
(adj.): an exigent situation is urgent, so that you must deal with it very quickly | EXIGENT |
(adj.): spoken without a preparation or practice | EXTEMPORANEOUS |
(n.): international obstruction especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action | FILIBUSTER |
(v.): to criticize someone or something angrily | FULMINATE |
(adj.): an … person is simple, trusting and honest, especially because they have not had much experience of life | INGENUOUS |
(v.): to make someone become used to something unpleasant that they are no longer upset by it | INURE |
(adj.): easily becoming angry | IRASCIBLE |
(adj.): to praise someone or something | LAUD |
(adj.): expressed in a way that is clear and easy to understand | LUCID |
(adj.): the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving | MAGNANIMITY |
(adj.): concerned with daily life rather than religious matters | MUNDANE |
(adj.): coming into existence or starting to develop | NASCENT |
(adj.): a shape that is nebulous is unclear and has no define edges | NEBULOUS |
(n.): a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses | NEOLOGISM |
(adj.): harmful or poisonous | NOXIOUS |
(adj.): lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression | OBTUSE |
(v.): to prevent or avoid a problem or the need to do something | OBVIATE |
(adj.): work or responsibility that is … is difficult and worrying or makes you tired | ONEROUS |
(n.): a happy song of praise, thanks or victory | PAEAN |
(n.): a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effects; especially in literature and art | PARODY |
(adj.): continuing or existing for a long time or happening again and again | PERENNIAL |
(n.): when someone is not loyal to another person who trusts them | PERFIDY |
(adj.): a perfunctory action is done quickly and is only because people expect it | PREFUNCTORY |
(adj.): good at judging and understanding people or situations | PERSPICACIOUS |
(adj.): related to the process of knowing, understanding, and learning something | COGNITIVE |
(adj.) a job or activity that is … lets you earn a lot of money | LUCRATIVE |
(v.): to make or invent something in a skillful way, especially because you need it suddenly | CONTRIVE |
(n.): a method of performing using only actions not words, or a play performed using this method | PANTOMIME |
(v.): if two or more ideas or facts etc … or if you … them, they are closely connected to each other or one causes the other | CORRELATE |
(v.)[t]: to complain or say that you are disappointed about something | BEMOAN |
(adj.): … people or things have always been where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else | INDIGENOUS |