GRE Vocab Card 2

Question 1

Lascivious

Answer 1

Inclined to lustfulness; overtly and inappropriately sexual

Question 2

Prescient

Answer 2

Having the ability to foretell the future; having foresight

Question 3

Pithy

Answer 3

Concise; brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

Question 4

Lionize

Answer 4

To treat a person as a celebrity

Question 5

Capricious

Answer 5

Erratic; subject to unpredictable change

Question 6

Fickle

Answer 6

Likely to change; unstable

Question 7

Galvanize

Answer 7

To excite or inspire someone into action

Question 8

Wanting

Answer 8

Lacking

Question 9

Calumny

Answer 9

Making of a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation

Question 10

Prodigal

Answer 10

Rashly or wastefully extravagant

Question 11

Censure

Answer 11

To express strong disapproval

Question 12

Commensurate

Answer 12

To be in a proportion or corresponding in degree or amount

Question 13

Acrimony

Answer 13

Bitterness; ill will

Question 14

Laconic

Answer 14

Using very few words

Question 15

Prevaricate

Answer 15

To speak in an evasive way (politics)

Question 16

Artful

Answer 16

1. Exhibiting artistic skill

2. Clever in a cunning way

Question 17

Amenable

Answer 17

Easily persuaded

Question 18

Veracious

Answer 18

Truthful

Question 19

Auspicious

Answer 19

Favorable; having good fortune; opposite of sinister

Question 20

Bucolic

Answer 20

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the country

Question 21

Apathetic

Answer 21

Marked by a lack of interest

Question 22

Impudent

Answer 22

Improperly forward or bold

Question 23

Gall

Answer 23

The trait of being rude/impertinent; feeling of deep and bitter anger

Question 24

Frivolous

Answer 24

Not serious in content or attitude

Question 25

Dictatorial

Answer 25

Expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler

Question 26

Engender

Answer 26

Give rise to

Question 27

Inexorable

Answer 27

Impossible to stop or prevent

Question 28

Incisive

Answer 28

Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Question 29

Exacerbate

Answer 29

To make worse

Question 30

Castigate

Answer 30

Scold, criticize/reprimand severely