Advanced GRE Word List 15

Question 1

Diatribe

Answer 1

Tirade; violent denunciation; stream of criticism.

Question 2

Gerontocracy

Answer 2

Government by the elderly.

Question 3

Maculated

Answer 3

Spotted or stained.

Question 4

Quisling

Answer 4

A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country.

Question 5

Sedulity

Answer 5

Thoroughness; perseverance.

Question 6

Seine

Answer 6

A fishing net that hangs vertically in the water with floats at the top and weights at the bottom edge, the ends being drawn together to circle fish.

Question 7

Tender

Answer 7

An offer.

Question 8

Waffle

Answer 8

To speak nonsense.

Question 9

Burlesque

Answer 9

1. Comic play. 2. Lampoon.

Question 10

Exemplar

Answer 10

Model type.

Question 11

Homiletics

Answer 11

The art of preaching and giving sermons.

Question 12

Impugn

Answer 12

Challenge; question someone’s honor.

Question 13

Incubus

Answer 13

An encumbrance; nightmarish thing.

Question 14

Lope

Answer 14

To run with long strides.

Question 15

Macerate

Answer 15

To break up by soaking; weaken.

Question 16

Nostrum

Answer 16

Remedy.

Question 17

Saw

Answer 17

A proverb or maxim.

Question 18

Sibyl

Answer 18

A woman in ancient times suppose to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god.

Question 19

Emboss

Answer 19

To decorate with a raised design.

Question 20

Eschew

Answer 20

To shun or avoid.

Question 21

Limpid

Answer 21

Transparently clear.

Question 22

Liturgy

Answer 22

A form of public worship.

Question 23

Nexus

Answer 23

A connection.

Question 24

Odometer

Answer 24

Instrument to measure distance covered.

Question 25

Purchase

Answer 25

1. To buy. 2. A grip.

Question 26

Quotidian

Answer 26

Daily; routine.

Question 27

Seminal

Answer 27

Essential; formative.

Question 28

Agog

Answer 28

Amazed; wide eyed with enthusiasm.

Question 29

Amortize

Answer 29

Pay of a debt in installments.

Question 30

Epithet

Answer 30

A phrase used as a label expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

Question 31

Jamb

Answer 31

Door post.

Question 32

Dissonance

Answer 32

Discord; disagreement.

Question 33

Frieze

Answer 33

Decorative border.

Question 34

Latent

Answer 34

Hidden; real but undeveloped.

Question 35

Prattle

Answer 35

Mindless talk.

Question 36

Prohibitive

Answer 36

1. Prohibiting. 2. Exorbitantly expensive.

Question 37

Quack

Answer 37

Charlatan; fake.

Question 38

Arresting (a)

Answer 38

Attracting attention; striking.

Question 39

Chantey

Answer 39

A type of song sung by sailors.

Question 40

Ferrous

Answer 40

Concerned with iron or its compounds.

Question 41

Underwrite

Answer 41

To give a guarantee; to insure.

Question 42

Foolhardy

Answer 42

Reckless

Question 43

Personification

Answer 43

1. To represent something as a person. 2. A concrete example of.

Question 44

Vagary

Answer 44

Something unaccountable; freak.

Question 45

Discountenance

Answer 45

To disallow

Question 46

Indigent

Answer 46

Poor; needy.

Question 47

Nadir

Answer 47

Lowest point.

Question 48

Teetotalism

Answer 48

Total abstinence from alcohol.

Question 49

Pith

Answer 49

Center; soft part of a stem; essence.

Question 50

Sinistral

Answer 50

Left handed (or counterclockwise).

Question 51

Apposite

Answer 51

Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.