GRE Exam - Verbal 5

Question 1

Perennial

Answer 1

Lasting three seasons or more

Question 2

Boorish

Answer 2

Ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance

Question 3

Discrepancy

Answer 3

A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Question 4

Felicitous

Answer 4

Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style

Question 5

Intransigence

Answer 5

Stubborn refusal to compromise or change

Question 6

Perfidious

Answer 6

Tending to betray

Question 7

Burgeon

Answer 7

Grow and flourish

Question 8

Discrete

Answer 8

Constituting a separate entity or part

Question 9

Fervor

Answer 9

Feelings of great warmth and intensity

Question 10

Inundate

Answer 10

Fill or cover completely, usually with water

Question 11

Perfunctory

Answer 11

Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

Question 12

Burnish

Answer 12

Polish and make shiny

Question 13

Disingenuous

Answer 13

Not straightforward or candid

Question 14

Flag

Answer 14

A rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

Question 15

Inured

Answer 15

Made tough by habitual exposure

Question 16

Permeable

Answer 16

Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

Question 17

Buttress

Answer 17

A support usually of stone or brick

Question 18

Disinterested

Answer 18

Unaffected by concern for one’s own welfare

Question 19

Fledgling

Answer 19

Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

Question 20

Invective

Answer 20

Abusive language used to express blame or censure

Question 21

Pervasive

Answer 21

Spreading or spread throughout

Question 22

Cacophonous

Answer 22

Having an unpleasant sound

Question 23

Disjointed

Answer 23

Taken apart at the points of connection

Question 24

Flout

Answer 24

Treat with contemptuous disregard

Question 25

Irascible

Answer 25

Quickly aroused to anger

Question 26

Phlegmatic

Answer 26

Showing little emotion

Question 27

Capricious

Answer 27

Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Question 28

Dismiss

Answer 28

Stop associating with

Question 29

Foment

Answer 29

Try to stir up

Question 30

Irresolute

Answer 30

Uncertain how to act or proceed

Question 31

Piety

Answer 31

Righteousness by virtue of being pious

Question 32

Castigation

Answer 32

Verbal punishment

Question 33

Disparage

Answer 33

Express a negative opinion of

Question 34

Forestall

Answer 34

Keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Question 35

Itinerary

Answer 35

An established line of travel or access

Question 36

Placate

Answer 36

Cause to be more favorably inclined

Question 37

Catalyst

Answer 37

Substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction

Question 38

Disparate

Answer 38

Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

Question 39

Frugality

Answer 39

Prudence in avoiding waste

Question 40

Laconic

Answer 40

Brief and to the point

Question 41

Plasticity

Answer 41

The property of being physically malleable

Question 42

Caustic

Answer 42

Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Question 43

Dissemble

Answer 43

Behave unnaturally or affectedly

Question 44

Futile

Answer 44

Producing no result or effect

Question 45

Lassitude

Answer 45

A feeling of lack of interest or energy

Question 46

Platitude

Answer 46

A trite or obvious remark

Question 47

Plethora

Answer 47

Extreme excess

Question 48

Propitiate

Answer 48

Make peace with

Question 49

Rescind

Answer 49

Cancel officially

Question 50

Sporadic

Answer 50

Recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances