Gre kapllan 32 most common

Question 0

Anomaly

Answer 0

Deviation from what is normal.

Albino animals may display too great an Anomaly in their coloring to attract normally colored mates.

Question 1

Analogous

Answer 1

Similar or alike in some way, equivalent to.
In the newtonian construct for explaining the existence of god , the universe is analogous to a mechanical timepiece, the creation of a divinely intelligent clockmaker.

Question 2

Abstain

Answer 2

To choose not to do something.

She abstained from choosing a mouthwatering dessert from the tray.

Question 3

Adulterate

Answer 3

Adulterate

Question 4

Apathy

Answer 4

Lack of interest or emotion.

The apathy of voters is so great that less than half the people who are eligible to vote actually bother to do so.

Question 5

assuage

Answer 5

To make something unpleasant less severe.
Serena used aspirin to assuage her pounding headache.

assuage - English Dictionary
verb
[as·suage || ə’sweɪdʒ]
sooth, calm, make less intense; appease, satisfy; conciliate

Question 6

audacious

Answer 6

Fearless and daring.
Her audacious nature allowed her to fulfill her dream of skydiving.
audacious - English Dictionary
adjective
[au·da·cious || ɔː’deɪʃəs]
bold, daring, fearless; impudent, arrogant; characterized by originality and enthusiasm

Question 7

Corroborate

Answer 7

To provide supporting evidence.
Fingerprints corroborated the witness’s testimony that he saw the defendant in the victim’s apartment.

Corroborate - English Dictionary
verb
[cor·rob·o·rate || kə’rɒbəreɪt]
confirm to be true; reinforce; certify

Question 8

Capricious

Answer 8

Changing one’s mind quickly and often.
Queen elizabeth I was quite capricious; her courtiers could never be sure which of their number would catch her fancy.

Capricious - English Dictionary
adjective
[ca’pri·cious || -ɪʃəs]
fickle, changeable

Question 9

Desiccate

Answer 9

To dry out thoroughly.
After a few weeks of lying on the desert’s baking sands, the cow’s carcass became completely desiccated.

verb
[des·ic·cate || ‘desɪkeɪt]
dry up, dry out, remove all moisture; preserve food by drying, dehydrate; remove or drain emotional vigor

Question 10

Dogma

Answer 10

A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief.
Linus’s central dogma was that children who belived in the great pumpkin would be rewarded.

Dogma - English Dictionary
noun
[dog·ma || ‘dɒgmə]
system of principles; system of religious laws

Question 11

Engender

Answer 11

To produce, cause or bring about.
His fear and hatred of clowns was engendered when he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of a clown.

Engender - English Dictionary
verb
[en·gen·der || ɪn’dʒendə]
produce, cause ; beget, bring into being (i.e. children)

Question 12

Enigma

Answer 12

A puzzle, a mystery.
Speaking in riddles and dressed in old robes ( a long loose garment ), the artist gained a reputation as something of an enigma.

enigma - English Dictionary
noun
[e·nig·ma || ɪ’nɪgmə]
puzzle, riddle; puzzling person or thing

Question 13

Ephemeral

Answer 13

Lasting a short time.
The lives of mayflies seem ephemeral to us, since the flies’ average life span ( a warehouse with a clear span of 20 meters) is a matter of hours.

Ephemeral - English Dictionary
adjective
[e’phem·er·al || -rəl]
lasting only a day; short-lived, transitory

Question 14

Equivocate

Answer 14

To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead.
When faced with criticism of her policies, the politician equivocated and left all parties thinking she agreed with them.

Equivocate - English Dictionary
verb
[e’quiv·o·cate || -keɪt]
be ambiguous, prevaricate, use words with double meanings (especially with intent to deceive)

Question 15

Fervid

Answer 15

Intensely emitional, feverish.
The fans of maria callas were unusually fervid, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.

fervid - English Dictionary
adjective
[‘fer·vid || ‘fɜrvɪd /’fɜːv-]
fiery, burning, very hot; intense, fervent, passionate

Question 16

Erudite

Answer 16

Learned, scholarly, bookish.
The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most erudite, well-published individuals in the field.

erudite - English Dictionary
adjective
[er·u·dite || ‘eruːdaɪt]
learned, scholarly, knowledgeable, educated

Question 17

Gullible

Answer 17

Easily deceived. Naive.
The con man pretended to be a bank officer so as to fool gullible bank customers into giving him their account information.

gullible - English Dictionary
adjective
[gul·li·ble || ‘gʌləbl]
credulous, trusting; naive; easy to deceive

Question 18

Homogenous

/ hǝ mäj´ǝ nǝs /

Answer 18

Of a similar kind. 
The class was fairly homogenous, since almost all of the students were senior journalism majors.

Question 19

Laconic

Answer 19

Using few words.
She was a laconic poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible.

laconic - English Dictionary
adjective
[la·con·ic || lə’kɑnɪk /-‘kɒn-]
terse, concise, using few words

Question 20

Laud

Answer 20

To give praise, to glorify.
Parades and fireworks were staged to laud the success of the rebels.

noun 
[lɔːd] 
praise, commendation (rare); hymn of praise, song of praise 
verb 
[lɔːd] 
praise, commend

Question 21

Loquacious

Answer 21

Talkative.
She was naturally laquacious, which was a problem in situations in which listening was more important than talking.

loquacious - English Dictionary
adjective
[lo·qua·cious || ləʊ’kweɪʃəs]
talkative, tending to talk too much; wordy

Question 22

Lucid

Answer 22

Clear and easily understood.
The explanations were written in a simple and lucid manner so that students were immediately able to apply what they learned.

lucid - English Dictionary
adjective
[lu·cid || ‘luːsɪd]
comprehensible, intelligible; rational, sane; transparent; bright, radiant, shining

Question 23

Opaque

Answer 23

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light.
The heavy buildup of dirt and grime on the windows almost made them opaque.

adjective
[o·paque || əʊ’peɪk]
not transparent, entirely obstructing the passage of light; obstructing the passage of radiation (Physics); frosted (about glass); dull; stupid

Question 24

Mitigate

Answer 24

To soften; to lessen.
A judge may mitigate a sentence if she decides that a personcommitted a crime out of need.

verb
[mit·i·gate || ‘mɪtɪgeɪt]
soften in force or severity; lessen the impact or intensity of; appease, make easier, sweeten; be assuaged, become less severe (about punishments, circumstances, emotions, etc.)

Question 25

Pedant

Answer 25

Someone who shows off learning.
The graduate instructor’s tedious and excessive commentary( tafsir gozaresh) on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a pedant.

noun
[ped·ant || ‘pedənt]
meticulous person, fastidious person; strict person, fussy person; person who strictly adheres to information in books without using common sense

Question 26

Placate

Answer 26

To soothe or pacify (to calm down sb).
The burglar tried to placate the snarling dog by saying “nice doggy” and offering it a treat(noun [trɪːt] delight; refreshment or entertainment given to its recipient) .

placate - English Dictionary
verb
[pla·cate || pleɪ’keɪt /plə’keɪt]
appease, satisfy; conciliate, reconcile; calm, pacify, comfort

Question 27

Pragmatic

Answer 27

Practical as opposed to idealistic.
While daydreaming gamblers think they can get rich by frequenting casinos, pragmatic gamblers realise that the odds are heavily stacked against them.

Question 28

Precipitate

Answer 28

To throw violently or bring about abroptly; lacking deliberation.
Upon learning that the couple married after only knowing each other only two months, friends and family members expected such a precipitate marriage to end in divorce.

adjective
[pre’cip·i·tate || prɪ’sɪpɪteɪt]
headfirst, with the head foremost; hurried, rushed; hasty, rash, reckless
noun
[pre’cip·i·tate || prɪ’sɪpɪteɪt]
condensed moisture that falls from the sky (i.e. rain, snow, hail, etc.); material that has been separated from a solution (Chemistry)
verb
[pre’cip·i·tate || prɪ’sɪpɪteɪt]
urge, hasten; cast down, toss down; throw down quickly; condense (droplets)

Question 29

Prodigal

Answer 29

Lavish, wasteful.
The prodigal son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.

adjective
[prod·i·gal || ‘prɑdɪgl /’prɒd-]
generous, lavish; abundant, plentiful; wasteful, tending to squander money
noun
[prod·i·gal || ‘prɑdɪgl /’prɒd-]
extravagant person, lavish spender; spendthrift, squanderer, one who wastes money

Question 30

Propriety

Answer 30

Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs. Nezakat, pasandidegi.
The aristocracy maintained a high level of propriety, adhering to even the most minor social rules.

propriety - English Dictionary
noun
[pro’pri·e·ty || prə’praɪətɪ]
fairness, decency; courtesy, politeness; appropriateness; suitability, fitness

adhere

verb
[ad·here || əd’hɪə]
stick to, cling to; be devoted to (an idea, group, etc.)

Question 31

Volatile

Answer 31

Easily arsoused or changeable; lively or explosive. Bisobat
His volatile personality made it difficult to predict his reaction to anything.

adjective
[vol·a·tile || ‘vɑlətl /’vɒlətaɪl]
evaporating easily; rapidly changing; fickle

Question 32

Vacillate

Answer 32

To sway (taab khordan) physically; to be indecisive (hesitant). Hesitate. 
The customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocky road ice cream. 

verb
[vac·il·late || ‘væsɪleɪt]
sway to and from, fluctuate; hesitate, waver

Question 33

Zeal

Answer 33

Passion, excitement.
She brought her typical zeal to the project, sparking(ignite) enthusiasm in the other team members.

zeal - English Dictionary
noun
[zɪːl]
excitement; fervor, passion; jealousy