GRE Barron's 39-40

Question 1

quash

Answer 1

subdue; crush; squash; 鎮圧する、無効にする. The authorities acted quickly to quash the student rebellion, sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.

Question 2

queasy

Answer 2

easily nauseated; squeamish. Remember that great chase movie, the one with the carsick passenger? That’s right: queasy Rider!

Question 3

quell

Answer 3

extinguish; put down; quiet. Miss Minchin’s demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.

Question 4

quench

Answer 4

douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy. What’s the favorite song of the Fire Department? “Baby, Quench My Fire!” After Bob ate the heavily salted popcorn, he had to drink a pithcerful of water to quench his thirst.

Question 5

querulous

Answer 5

fretful; whining; 不平たらたらの. Even the most agreeable toddlers can begin to act querulous if they miss their nap.

Question 6

quietude

Answer 6

tranquillity; 静けさ、平静. He was impressed by the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the valley.

Question 7

quintessence

Answer 7

purest and highest embodiment; 神髄、本質. Noel Coward displayed the quintessence of wit.

Question 8

quip

Answer 8

taunt; 皮肉、言い逃れ. You are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments.

Question 9

quirk

Answer 9

startling twist; caprice; 特異な行動、思いがけない出来事. By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before.

Question 10

quiver

Answer 10

tremble; shake. The bird dog’s nose twitched and his whiskers quivered as he strained eagerly against the leash.

Question 11

quixotic

Answer 11

idealistic but impractical. Constantly coming up with quixotic, unworkable schemes to save the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head is somewhere off in the clouds.

Question 12

quizzical

Answer 12

teasing; bantering; mocking; curious. When the skinny teenager tripped over his own feet stepping into the bullpen, Coach raised one quizzical eyebrow, shook his head, and said, “Okay, kid. You’re here; let’s see what you’ve got.”

Question 13

quotidian

Answer 13

daily; commonplace; customary. To Philip, each new day of his internship was filled with excitement; he could not dismiss his rounds as merely quotidian routine.

Question 14

rabid

Answer 14

like a fanatic; furious. He was a rabid follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ballpark.

Question 15

rakish

Answer 15

stylish; sporty. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.

Question 16

rally

Answer 16

call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate. Washington quickly rallied his troops to fight off the British attack.

Question 17

ramble

Answer 17

wander aimlessly (physically or mentally). Listening to the teacher ramble, Judy wondered whether he’d ever get to his point.

Question 18

ramify

Answer 18

divide into branches or subdivisions. When the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.

Question 19

ramp

Answer 19

slope; inclined plane. The house was built with ramps instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily from room to room and floor to floor.

Question 20

rampant

Answer 20

growing in profusion; unrestrained. The rampant weeds in the garden choked the asters and marigolds until the flower died.

Question 21

rampart

Answer 21

defensive mound of earth; 城壁、防御物、保護手段. “From the ramparts we watched” as the fighting continued.

Question 22

ramshackle

Answer 22

rickety; falling apart. The boys propped up the ramshackle clubhouse with a couple of boards.

Question 23

rancor

Answer 23

bitterness; hatred. Thirty years after the war, she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with rancor against the foe.

Question 24

rankle

Answer 24

irritate; fester. The memory of having been jilted rankled him for years.

Question 25

rant

Answer 25

rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech. When he heard that I'do totaled the family car, Dad began to rant at me like a complete madman.

Question 26

rapacious

Answer 26

excessively grasping; plundering. Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on a variety of small animals.

Question 27

rapport

Answer 27

emotional closeness; harmony. In team teaching, it is important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another.

Question 28

rapt

Answer 28

absorbed; enchanted. Caught up in the wonder of the story teller's tale, the rapt listeners sat motionless, hanging on his every word.

Question 29

raspy

Answer 29

grating; harsh; 耳障りな. The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.

Question 30

ratify

Answer 30

approve formally; confirm; verify. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.

Question 31

ratiocination

Answer 31

reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises. While Watson was a man of average intelligence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.

Question 32

raucous

Answer 32

harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous. The raucous crowd of New Year's Eve revelers grew progressively noisier as midnight drew near.

Question 33

ravage

Answer 33

plunder; despoil; を荒廃させる、破壊する、略奪する. The marauding army ravaged the countryside.

Question 34

rave

Answer 34

overwhelmingly favorable review. Though critic Joh Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays, his review of All in the Timing was a total rave.

Question 35

ravel

Answer 35

fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle. A single thread pulled loose, and the entire scarf started to ravel.

Question 36

ravenous

Answer 36

extremely hungry. The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.

Question 37

raze

Answer 37

destroy completely. Spelling matters: to raise a building is to put it up; to raze a building is to tear it down.

Question 38

reactionary

Answer 38

opposing progress; politically ultraconservative. Opposing the use of English in worship services, reactionary forces in the church fought to reinstate the mass in Latin.

Question 39

realm

Answer 39

kingdom; field or sphere. In the animal realm, the lion is the king of beasts.

Question 40

rebate

Answer 40

discount. We offer a rebate of ten percent to those who pay cash.

Question 41

rebuff

Answer 41

snub; beat back; 拒絶する、けんもほろろの挨拶をする. She rebuffed his invitation so smoothly that he did not realize he had been snubbed.

Question 42

rebuke

Answer 42

scold harshly; criticize severely. No matter how sharply Miss Watson rebuked Huck for his misconduct, he never talked back but just stood there like a stump.

Question 43

recapitulate

Answer 43

summarize. Let us recapitulate what has been said thus far before going ahead.

Question 44

recast

Answer 44

reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again. Let me recast this sentence in terms your feeble brain can grasp: in words of one syllable, you are a fool.

Question 45

receptive

Answer 45

quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc. Adventure-loving Huck Finn proved a receptive audience for Tom's tales of buried treasure and piracy.

Question 46

recidivism

Answer 46

habitual return to crime. Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism; the number of persons serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.

Question 47

reciprocal

Answer 47

mutual; exchangeable; interacting. The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.

Question 48

reciprocate

Answer 48

repay in kind. If they attack us, we shall be compelled to reciprocate and bomb their territory.

Question 49

reconcile

Answer 49

correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel. Every time we try to reconcile our checkbook with the bank statement, we quarrel. However, despite these monthly lovers' quarrels, we always manage to reconcile.

Question 50

recount

Answer 50

narrate or tell; count over again. About to recount the latest adventure of Sherlock Holmes, Watson lost track of exactly how many cases Holmes had solved and refused to begin his tale until he'd recounted them one by one.

Question 51

recourse

Answer 51

resorting to help when in trouble. The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for aid.

Question 52

recrimination

Answer 52

countercharges; 逆襲. Loud and angry recriminations were her answer to his accusations.

Question 53

rectify

Answer 53

set right; correct. You had better send a check to rectify your account before American Express cancels your credit card.

Question 54

rectitude

Answer 54

uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgement. The Eagle Scout was a model or rectitude; smugness was the only flaw he needed to correct.

Question 55

recumbent

Answer 55

reclining; lying down completely or in part. The command “AT EASE” does not permit you to take a recumbent position.

Question 56

recuperate

Answer 56

recover. The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.

Question 57

redolent

Answer 57

fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor. Even though it is February, the air is redolent of spring.

Question 58

redress

Answer 58

remedy; compensation. Do you mean to tell me that I can get no redress for my injuries?

Question 59

reek

Answer 59

emit (odor). The room reeked with stale tobacco smoke.

Question 60

regeneration

Answer 60

spiritual rebirth. Modern penologists strive for the regeneration of the prisoners.

Question 61

regimen

Answer 61

prescribed diet and habits; 食事療法. I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict regimen.

Question 62

reimburse

Answer 62

repay. Let me know what you have spent and I will reimburse you.

Question 63

reiterate

Answer 63

repeat. She reiterated the warning to make sure every one understood it.

Question 64

rejoinder

Answer 64

retort; comeback; reply. When someone has been rude to me, I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick rejoinder.

Question 65

rejuvenate

Answer 65

make young again. The charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.

Question 66

relent

Answer 66

give in. When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.

Question 67

relic

Answer 67

surviving remnant; memento; 遺物、記念物. Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient relics out of the country.

Question 68

relinquish

Answer 68

give up something with reluctance; yield. Once you get used to fringe benefits like expense-account meals and a company car, it's very hard to relinquish them.

Question 69

relish

Answer 69

savor; enjoy. Watching Peter enthusiastically chow down, I thought, “Now there's a man who relishes a good dinner!”

Question 70

remediable

Answer 70

reparable; 治療できる. Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.

Question 71

reminiscence

Answer 71

recollection; 思い出すこと、回想. Her reminiscences of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.

Question 72

remiss

Answer 72

negligent. When the prisoner escaped, the guard was accused of being remiss in his duty.

Question 73

remission

Answer 73

temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon. Though Senator Tsongas had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit to handle the strains of a presidential race.

Question 74

remnant

Answer 74

remainder. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnants of these goods on sale.

Question 75

remorse

Answer 75

guilt; self-reproach. The murderer felt no remorse for his crime.

Question 76

remunerative

Answer 76

compensating; rewarding. I find my new work so remunerative that I may not return to my previous employment.

Question 77

rend

Answer 77

split; tear apart. In his grief, he tried to rend his garments.

Question 78

render

Answer 78

deliver; provide; represent. He rendered aid to the needy and indigent.

Question 79

rendition

Answer 79

translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her rendition of the aria.

Question 80

renegade

Answer 80

deserter; traitor. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a renegade.

Question 81

renown

Answer 81

fame. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

Question 82

rent

Answer 82

rip; split. Kit did an excellent job of mending the rent in the lining of her coat.

Question 83

reparable

Answer 83

capable of being repaired. Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.

Question 84

repartee

Answer 84

clever reply. He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasm.

Question 85

repeal

Answer 85

revoke; annul; 無効にする、撤回する、廃止する. What would the effect on our society be if we decriminalized drug use by repealing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?

Question 86

repel

Answer 86

drive away; disgust. At first, the Beast's ferocious appearance repelled Beauty, but she came to love the tender heart hidden behind that beastly exterior.

Question 87

repellent

Answer 87

driving away; unattractive. Mosquitoes find the odor so repellent that they leave any spot where this liquid has been sprayed.

Question 88

repercussion

Answer 88

rebound; reverberation; reaction. I am afraid that this event will have serious repercussions.

Question 89

replenish

Answer 89

fill up again. Before she could take another backpacking trip, Carla had to replenish her stock of freeze-dried foods.

Question 90

replete

Answer 90

filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied. The movie star's memoir was replete with juicy details about the love life of half of Hollywood.

Question 91

replicate

Answer 91

reproduce; duplicate. Because he had always wanted a palace, Donald decided to replicate the Taj Mahal in miniature on his estate.

Question 92

reprehensible

Answer 92

deserving blame. Shocked by the viciousness of the bombing, politicians of every party uniformly condemned the terrorists' reprehensible deed.

Question 93

repress

Answer 93

restrain; crush; oppress. Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without repressing her boundless high spirits.

Question 94

reprieve

Answer 94

temporary stay. During the twenty-four-hour reprieve, the lawyers sought to make the stay of execution permanent.

Question 95

reprimand

Answer 95

strong rebuke; formal reproof; scolding. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class, she was terrified that she would receive a harsh reprimand from Miss Minchin.

Question 96

reprisal

Answer 96

retaliation; 実力行使. I am confident that we are ready for any reprisals the enemy may undertake.

Question 97

reprobation

Answer 97

severe disapproval. The students showed their reprobation of his act by refusing to talk with him.

Question 98

reprove

Answer 98

censure; rebuke; 非難する. Though Aunt Bea at times would reprove Opie for inattention in church, she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.

Question 99

repugnance

Answer 99

loathing; 嫌悪、反感、矛盾. She looked at the snake with repugnance.

Question 100

repulsion

Answer 100

distaste; act of driving back. Hating bloodshed, she viewed war with repulsion. Even defensive battles distressed her, for the repulsion of enemy forces is never accomplished bloodlessly.

Question 101

reputable

Answer 101

respectable. If you want to buy antiques, look for a reputable dealer; far too many dealers today pass off takes as genuine antiques.

Question 102

reputed

Answer 102

supposed. He is the reputed father of the child.

Question 103

requite

Answer 103

repay; revenge. The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.