GRE Vocab Flashcards D4

Question 1

precipitate

Answer 1

hurried, rushed; to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

Question 2

prevaricate

Answer 2

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 3

pristine

Answer 3

fresh and clean; uncorrupted

Question 4

prodigal

Answer 4

lavish, wasteful

Question 5

proliferate

Answer 5

to grow & spread quickly

Question 6

propitiate

Answer 6

to pacify or conciliate; to appease or calm

Question 7

propriety

Answer 7

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Question 8

prudence

Answer 8

wisdom, caution, or restraint

Question 9

pungent

Answer 9

sharp and irritating to the senses

Question 10

quaff

Answer 10

to drink deeply, guzzle

Question 11

quail

Answer 11

to shrink back in fear, lose courage; cower

Question 12

qualify

Answer 12

to limit

Question 13

qualms

Answer 13

misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

Question 14

queries

Answer 14

questions, inquires, reservations

Question 15

querulous

Answer 15

prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

Question 16

quiescent

Answer 16

motionless

Question 17

quotidian

Answer 17

habitual, commonplace; occurring or recurring daily; ordinary

Question 18

rail

Answer 18

to complain bitterly; berate, abuse

Question 19

ramify

Answer 19

to be divided, to branch out; diverge

Question 20

rancorous

Answer 20

characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment; hatred

Question 21

rapacious

Answer 21

voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey; maraud, ravenous

Question 22

rarefy

Answer 22

to make thinner or sparser

Question 23

rebus

Answer 23

riddle

Question 24

recalcitrant

Answer 24

obstinately defiant of authority, stubborn; difficult to manage; disobedient, rebellious

Question 25

recant

Answer 25

to retract previously held belief

Question 26

recapitulate

Answer 26

to summarize, to repeat concisely

Question 27

repudiate

Answer 27

to reject the validity of; disown

Question 28

reticent

Answer 28

silent, reserved; reluctant to talk

Question 29

rhetoric

Answer 29

effective writing and speaking

Question 30

sagacious

Answer 30

having sound judgment, perspective, wise; very insightful or smart

Question 31

salacious

Answer 31

appealing to or causing sexual desire; erotic, raunchy

Question 32

salient

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prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant or pertinent

Question 33

salubrious

Answer 33

promoting health or well-being

Question 34

salutary

Answer 34

beneficial to one's health; remedial, wholesome

Question 35

sanctimony

Answer 35

self-righteousness, pretended piety or reverence; hypocritical

Question 36

sanguine

Answer 36

cheerful, confident, optimistic

Question 37

sap

Answer 37

to weaken the vitality of

Question 38

satiate

Answer 38

to satisfy fully or overindulge

Question 39

soporific

Answer 39

causing sleep or lethargy

Question 40

specious

Answer 40

deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; sophistry

Question 41

stigma

Answer 41

a mark of shame or discredit

Question 42

stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

Question 43

sublime

Answer 43

lofty or grand

Question 44

table

Answer 44

to remove from consideration

Question 45

tacit

Answer 45

implied or unspoken; done without using words

Question 46

taciturn

Answer 46

silent, not talkative

Question 47

talisman

Answer 47

something believed to have magic power or bestowed good luck

Question 48

tamp

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to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows, ram

Question 49

tautology

Answer 49

repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

Question 50

tawdry

Answer 50

cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

Question 51

tenacity

Answer 51

stubborn; persistent to something

Question 52

tender

Answer 52

to offer formally

Question 53

tirade

Answer 53

long, harsh speech or verbal attack

Question 54

torpor

Answer 54

state of low physical or mental energy; apathy

Question 55

transitory

Answer 55

temporary, lasting a brief time

Question 56

ubiquitous

Answer 56

existing everywhere at same time; widespread

Question 57

umbrage

Answer 57

offense, resentment

Question 58

undulate

Answer 58

to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate

Question 59

unfeigned

Answer 59

genuine, not false or hypocritical

Question 60

untenable

Answer 60

indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

Question 61

untoward

Answer 61

troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

Question 62

upbraid

Answer 62

to scold, reprimand, chastise, blame

Question 63

urbane

Answer 63

sophisticated, refined, elegant

Question 64

vacillate

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to sway physically; fluctuate or to be indecisive

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variegated

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multicolored, variety of patches of different color

Question 65

vaunt

Answer 65

to brag or boast

Question 66

venal

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capable of being bought or bribed

Question 67

venerate

Answer 67

to revere, respect

Question 68

veracity

Answer 68

truthfulness, accuracy

Question 69

verbose

Answer 69

wordy

Question 70

verisimilitude

Answer 70

appearing true or real

Question 71

veritable

Answer 71

authentic, real, genuine

Question 72

vex

Answer 72

to annoy or bother

Question 73

volatile

Answer 73

easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

Question 74

waft

Answer 74

light breeze, a puff

Question 75

waver

Answer 75

to fluctuate between choices

Question 76

welter

Answer 76

to toss about, to writhe; to be in turmoil

Question 77

wend

Answer 77

to go, proceed, walk

Question 78

whet

Answer 78

to sharpen or stimulate

Question 79

whimsical

Answer 79

acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

Question 80

zeal

Answer 80

passion, excitement