gre 4

Question 1

demur

Answer 1

raise objections or show reluctance:normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred.

Question 2

innocuous

Answer 2

not harmful or offensive:it was an innocuous question.

Question 3

profligate

Answer 3

lack of restraint

Question 4

disapprobation

Answer 4

strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds:she braved her mother’s disapprobation and slipped out to enjoy herself.

Question 5

tendentiousness

Answer 5

expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one:a tendentious reading of history.

Question 6

misnomer

Answer 6

a wrong or inaccurate name or designation:‘King crab’ is a misnomer—these creatures are not crustaceans at all.

Question 7

profundity

Answer 7

great depth of insight or knowledge:the simplicity and profundity of the message.

Question 8

pellucidity

Answer 8

translucently clear:mountains reflected in the pellucid waters.

Question 9

remedial

Answer 9

giving or intended as a remedy or cure:remedial surgery.

Question 10

capricious

Answer 10

unrelated ,given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour:a capricious and often brutal administration.

Question 11

lurid

Answer 11

unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect:lurid food colourings|a pair of lurid shorts.

Question 12

circumspect

Answer 12

wary and unwilling to take risks:the officials were very circumspect in their statements.

Question 13

didactic

Answer 13

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive:a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice.

Question 14

quixotic

Answer 14

extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical:a vast and perhaps quixotic project.

Question 15

brandish

Answer 15

wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement:a man leaped out brandishing a knife.

Question 16

sartorial

Answer 16

relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress:sartorial elegance.

Question 17

caprice

Answer 17

a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour: her caprices made his life impossibl

Question 18

calumny

Answer 18

the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander. a bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation.

Question 19

incredulous

Answer 19

unwilling or unable to believe something: an incredulous gasp.