Gre AV Group 5

Question 1

pellucid

Answer 1

(adjective) transparent; easy to understand; limp-id

Question 2

penchant

Answer 2

(noun) strong inclination; a liking

Question 3

peregrination

Answer 3

(noun) traveling about; wandering

Question 4

peremptory

Answer 4

(adjective) admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious

Question 5

perigee

Answer 5

(noun) closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir

Question 6

peripatetic

Answer 6

(adjective) itinerant; traveling; nomadic

Question 7

peroration

Answer 7

(noun) the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech

Question 8

personable

Answer 8

(adjective) pleasing in appearance; attractive

Question 9

petrous

Answer 9

(adjective) like a rock; hard; stony

Question 10

petulant

Answer 10

(adjective) impatient; irritable

Question 11

philistine

Answer 11

(noun) a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values

Question 12

phlegmatic

Answer 12

(adjective) impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish

Question 13

picaresque

Answer 13

(adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers

Question 14

pillory

Answer 14

(verb) to punish; to hold up to public scorn

Question 15

piquant

Answer 15

(adjective) agreeably pungent; stimulating

Question 16

pique

Answer 16

(noun)/(verb) resentment; to annoy, irritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse

Question 17

placebo

Answer 17

(noun) inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than for physical effect; something tending to soothe

Question 18

plangent

Answer 18

(adjective) pounding; thundering; resounding

Question 19

plumb

Answer 19

(verb) to measure the depth; to examine critically

Question 20

poignant

Answer 20

(adjective) distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional

Question 21

poseur

Answer 21

(noun) affected or insincere person: literally, a poser

Question 22

prate

Answer 22

(verb) to chatter; to babble, as in prattle

Question 23

precarious

Answer 23

(adjective) uncertain; risky; dangerous

Question 24

precept

Answer 24

(noun) rule establishing standards of conduct

Question 25

precis

Answer 25

(noun) concise summary of essential points

Question 26

preempt

Answer 26

(verb) to replace; to suspended; to appropriate

Question 27

profligate

Answer 27

(adjective) spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant

Question 28

prolix

Answer 28

(adjective) long-winded; (verb)ose

Question 29

propinquity

Answer 29

(noun) nearness in time or place; affinity of nature

Question 30

propitiate

Answer 30

(verb) to appease; to conciliate

Question 31

proscribe

Answer 31

(verb) to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw

Question 32

provident

Answer 32

(adjective) frugal; looking to the future

Question 33

puerile

Answer 33

(adjective) childish; immature

Question 34

pugnacious

Answer 34

(adjective) contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent

Question 35

puissance

Answer 35

(noun) power; strength

Question 36

punctilious

Answer 36

(adjective) precise; paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette

Question 37

pundit

Answer 37

(noun) an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions

Question 38

pusillanimous

Answer 38

(adjective) cowardly; craven

Question 39

querulous

Answer 39

(adjective) habitually complaining; whining

Question 40

raffish

Answer 40

(adjective) tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base

Question 41

ramify

Answer 41

(verb) to be divided or subdivided; to branch out

Question 42

rapacious

Answer 42

(adjective) voracious; greedy; plundering

Question 43

rebus

Answer 43

(noun) riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols

Question 44

recidivism

Answer 44

(noun) relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

Question 45

recondite

Answer 45

(adjective) abstruse; profound; arcane

Question 46

reconnaissance

Answer 46

(noun) preliminary survey to gain information, especially of an enemy

Question 47

reconnoiter

Answer 47

(verb) to engage in reconnaissance

Question 48

recreant

Answer 48

(noun)/(adjective) coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous

Question 49

recumbent

Answer 49

(adjective) leaning; resting; prone

Question 50

redolent

Answer 50

(adjective) fragrant; suggestive or evocative

Question 51

refractory

Answer 51

(adjective) stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious

Question 52

regale

Answer 52

(verb) to delight or entertain; to feast

Question 53

remonstrate

Answer 53

(verb) to protest; to object

Question 54

repine

Answer 54

(verb) to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for

Question 55

repudiate

Answer 55

(verb) to disown; to disavow; to reject as untrue

Question 56

resolute

Answer 56

(adjective) adamant; steadfast; determined; irresolute

Question 57

rubric

Answer 57

(noun) heading. title, or category

Question 58

rue

Answer 58

(verb) to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow