GRE Vocabulary Test (20 Questions)
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1.
debacle
n. breaking up; downfall
v. confuse; puzzle
v. attribute; ascribe
adj. without feeling
2.
cauterize
n. fitness; talent
v. burn with hot iron or caustic
adj. not to be taken away; nontransferable
n. serious or fatal accident
3.
squabble
n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
adj. disloyal
n. minor quarrel; bickering
v. waste
4.
vulpine
v. reduce; exhaust
n. projection; conjecture
n. lavish expenditure; overabundant condition
adj. like a fox; crafty
5.
hibernate
v. sleep throughout the winter
adj. deprived of; lacking
v. worsen; diminish in value
adj. ordinary; unimaginative
6.
gambit
v. remove (forcible)
adj. deserving blame
v. abstain from; resist n. chorus
n. opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
7.
metallurgical
adj. lustful
adj. praising
adj. at the point of death
adj. pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
8.
maxim
n. meeting
n. proverb; a truth pithily stated
adj. shining; issuing light
n. forewarning
9.
ephemeral
adj. confused; discomposed
adj. short-lived; fleeting
adj. motionless; stale
v. provide a refuge for; hide
10.
reparable
adj. pertaining to marriage
adj. proper; appropriate
v. recede; lessen
adj. capable of being repaired
11.
genre
n. particular variety of art or literature
n. study of language
adj. haphazard; careless
n. ungrateful person
12.
thrifty
n. union; coalition
v. dig into
adj. careful about money; economical
v. equip
13.
rote
adj. having an evil influence; virulent
n. repetition
adj. neat and trim
n. one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)
14.
erode
n. place of spiritual expiation
v. eat away
n. excuse
n. varying form of an element
15.
appreciate
v. weaken; sap
v. be thankful for; increase in worth
adj. reserved or aloof; cold in manner
v. quench; sate
16.
nutrient
adj. concise; meaty
n. nourishing substance
adj. secret; mysterious
adj. attractive; agreeable
17.
finite
n. harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
v. agree
v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
adj. limited
18.
execrate
n. retort; comeback
n. boredom; weariness
n. something new; newness
v. curse; express abhorrence for
19.
ogle
v. move briskly
n. violation of a law; sin
v. glance coquettishly at; make eyes at
adj. showy; pretentious
20.
esteem
n. clothing
n. violation
adj. faultfinding
v. respect; value
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