GRE Verbal Deck 5

Question 1

Esoteric

Answer 1

Understood by a few

Question 2

Euphemism

Answer 2

A mild or indirect work or expression substituted for one considered too hard or blunt

It’s Euphemism during Eurphoria as insults are mild

Question 3

Execrable

Answer 3

Extremely bad or unpleasant

Like excreta

Question 4

Extraneous

Answer 4

Irrelevant or unrealted to the subject

Question 5

Facetious

Answer 5

Treating serious issue with deliberately inappropriate humor

Question 6

Fallacious

Answer 6

Based on mistaken belief

Question 7

Felicitous

Answer 7

Well-chosen or suited to the circumstances

Question 8

Fractious

Answer 8

Irritable or quarrelsome

Something that can be fracturing to a relationship

Question 9

Gainsay

Answer 9

To deny or contradict

Question 10

Garrulous

Answer 10

Talkative, on trivial matters

Question 11

Gregarious

Answer 11

Fond of company; sociable

Question 12

Guileless

Answer 12

Devoid of deceit; innocent and sincere

Question 13

Gullible

Answer 13

Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 15

Iconoclastic

Answer 15

Attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs or institutions

Question 16

Idolatry

Answer 16

Extreme admiration, love, or reverance for something or someone

Question 17

Impassive

Answer 17

Not feeling or showing emotion

Question 18

Imperturbable

Answer 18

Unable to be upset or excited; calm

Calm like Bible

Question 19

Impervious

Answer 19

Not affected by or incapable of being penetrated

Question 20

Implacable

Answer 20

Impossible to be appeased or pacified

Question 21

Inadvertently

Answer 21

Without intention; accidently

Question 22

Indigence

Answer 22

Extreme poverty

Question 23

Indolent

Answer 23

Wanting to avoid activity; lazy

Question 24

Ineluctable

Answer 24

Unavoidable

Question 25

Ingenuous

Answer 25

Innocent or unsuspecting

Question 26

Insinuate

Answer 26

To suggest or hint something in an indirect or unpleasent way

Question 27

Inured

Answer 27

Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant ## Footnote In-used

Question 28

Laconic

Answer 28

Using very few words; concise ## Footnote Lack Elaboration

Question 29

Levity

Answer 29

Humor or frivolity, espcially in a serious situation

Question 30

Limpid

Answer 30

Clear and transparent; easily understood

Question 31

Mangnanimity

Answer 31

Generosity or nobility in forgiving

Question 32

Maverick

Answer 32

An independent-minded person

Question 33

Mendacious

Answer 33

Lying

Question 34

Misogynist

Answer 34

A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women

Question 35

Mollify

Answer 35

To calm or soothe

Question 36

Morose

Answer 36

Sullen, gloomy, or ill-tempered

Question 37

Obdurate

Answer 37

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Question 38

Occlude

Answer 38

To block or obstruct

Question 39

Onerous

Answer 39

Involving great deal of effort or difficulty