GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L10

Question 1

Acme

Answer 1

Summit, peak, highest point

Question 2

aggregate

Answer 2

Gather together, amount to (v); constituting a whole made up of constituent parts (adj)

Question 3

Apathy

Answer 3

Not caring; absence of feeling; lack of interest or concern

Question 4

Assuage

Answer 4

Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

Question 5

Benign

Answer 5

Harmless; favorable; kindle, gentle, or beneficial; not cancerous

Question 6

Candid

Answer 6

Open, sincere, honest

Question 7

Clamor

Answer 7

Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise

Question 8

Concur

Answer 8

Approve, agree

Question 9

Conundrum

Answer 9

Riddle, the answer to which involves a play on words; a mystery

Question 10

Counterpoint

Answer 10

Contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art

Question 11

Daunt

Answer 11

Discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

Question 12

Delineate

Answer 12

Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

Question 13

Digress

Answer 13

Go off-topic when speaking or writing

Question 14

Dismiss

Answer 14

Allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job; put aside or reject, especially after only a brief consideration

Question 15

Diverge

Answer 15

Differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path

Question 16

Eclipse

Answer 16

The obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (n); to obscure, darken, make less important (v)

Question 17

Empirical

Answer 17

Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory

Question 18

Erroneous

Answer 18

Mistaken, in horror; improper, morally incorrect

Question 19

Explicit

Answer 19

Direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity

Question 20

Fidelity

Answer 20

Faithfulness, loyalty; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image

Question 21

Frugal

Answer 21

Economical, thrifty, not wasteful with money; inexpensive

Question 22

Gradation

Answer 22

A progression, a process taking place gradually, in stages; one of these stages

Question 23

Hodgepodge

Answer 23

Mixture of different kinds of things, jumble

Question 24

Implicit

Answer 24

implied, not stated directly; involbed in the very essence of something, unquestionable

Question 25

Incorporate

Answer 25

Combine, unite; form a legal corporation; embody, give physical form to

Question 26

Intrepid

Answer 26

Fearless, brave, enduring in the face of adversity

Question 27

Lament

Answer 27

Mourn; express grief, sorrow, or regret (v); an expression of grief esp. as a song or poem (n)

Question 28

Liberal

Answer 28

Favorable to progress or reform; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant, open-minded; generous(adj.); a person with such beliefs or practices (n)

Question 29

Mendacious

Answer 29

Lying, habitually dishonest

Question 30

Mundane

Answer 30

Common, ordinary, everyday

Question 31

Obsequious

Answer 31

Servile, very compliant, fawning

Question 32

Optimal or Optimum

Answer 32

Best, most desirable or favorable

Question 33

Patent

Answer 33

Obvious, apparent, plain to see (adj.); a letter from a govt. guaranteeing an inventor the rights to his or her invention (n)

Question 34

Pervasive

Answer 34

Tending to spread throughout

Question 35

Polarized

Answer 35

Divided into sharply opposed groups

Question 36

presumptive

Answer 36

Based on inference or assumption; providing reasonable grounds for belied

Question 37

Profuse

Answer 37

Abundant, extravagant, giving or given freely

Question 38

Pugnacious

Answer 38

Inclined to fight, combative

Question 39

Remedial

Answer 39

Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill

Question 40

Restive

Answer 40

Impatient or uneasy under the control of another; resisting being controlled

Question 41

Salubrious

Answer 41

Healthful, promoting health

Question 42

Sedulous

Answer 42

Preserving, persistent, diligent in one's efforts

Question 43

Sound

Answer 43

Measure the depth of (usually of water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand (usually as sound the depths )

Question 44

Stark

Answer 44

Complete, total, utter; harsh or grim; extremely simple, severe, blunt, or pain

Question 45

Succeeding

Answer 45

Coming after or following

Question 46

Tangential

Answer 46

Only slightly relevant, going off topic

Question 47

Trifling

Answer 47

Trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow

Question 48

Venerate

Answer 48

Revere, regard with deep respect and awe