Gre Group 3

Question 1

aberrant

Answer 1

deviating from the norm

Question 2

ambiguous

Answer 2

unclear; open to more than one potential meaning

Question 3

anachronistic

Answer 3

belonging to another time;removed from natural chronological context

Question 4

anomalous

Answer 4

abnormal;deviating from common or general type

Question 5

anomaly

Answer 5

deviation from the normal order; form, or rule, abnormality

Question 6

archaic

Answer 6

outdated; associated with an earlier; perhaps more primitive time

Question 7

ascetic

Answer 7

one who practices rigid self-denial;esp as an act of religious devotion.

Question 8

banal

Answer 8

lacking originality; commonplace

Question 9

brilliance

Answer 9

extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius

Question 10

camouflage

Answer 10

a means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings

Question 11

commensurate

Answer 11

matching;corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount

Question 12

conspicuous

Answer 12

easily visible;obvious

Question 13

derivative

Answer 13

unoriginal; obtained from another source

Question 14

deviance

Answer 14

state or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality

Question 15

deviation

Answer 15

departure or wandering away from the accepted standard

Question 16

discrete

Answer 16

distinct;individual

Question 17

diffuse

Answer 17

dispersed or scattered; not centralized

Question 18

digress

Answer 18

to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent

Question 19

discondent

Answer 19

conflicting dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 20

disinterest

Answer 20

lack of bias or involvement; impartiality

Question 21

dispersed

Answer 21

spread out or scattered

Question 22

distention

Answer 22

the state or act of extending or being

Question 23

disinterested

Answer 23

uninvolved; free from self interest

Question 24

eccentric

Answer 24

departing from norms or conventions

Question 25

eclectic

Answer 25

culled from many sources

Question 26

emulate

Answer 26

to imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing

Question 27

enigmatic

Answer 27

mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand

Question 28

esoteric

Answer 28

intended for or understand by a small, specfic group

Question 29

flamboyant

Answer 29

ostentatious or showy; flashy

Question 30

florid

Answer 30

flowery;ruddy;ornate

Question 31

heretical

Answer 31

unorthodox;iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma

Question 32

hierarchy

Answer 32

a system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order.

Question 33

homogeneous

Answer 33

made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind;uniform

Question 34

iconoclastic

Answer 34

attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox

Question 35

idiosyncrasy

Answer 35

a quirk particular to a group or individual

Question 36

imperturbable

Answer 36

marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Question 37

innocuous

Answer 37

harmless;causing no damage

Question 38

marginal

Answer 38

relating to or at an edge or boundary;minimal

Question 39

maverick

Answer 39

an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Question 40

mitigate

Answer 40

a make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

Question 41

monotonous

Answer 41

dull and without variety;tedious

Question 42

mundane

Answer 42

of the world;typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 43

ostracism

Answer 43

the act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment

Question 44

perennial

Answer 44

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Question 45

recluse

Answer 45

one who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion

Question 46

scarce

Answer 46

rare and sufficient

Question 47

sporadic

Answer 47

occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Question 48

superfluous

Answer 48

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Question 49

symmetry

Answer 49

the quality of begin evenly balanced; the possession of perfect correspondence between sides or parts

Question 50

tangential

Answer 50

only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant

Question 51

temper

Answer 51

to moderate or soothe

Question 52

temperate

Answer 52

moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes