GRE Vocab Group 3

Question 1

Inveigle

Answer 1

To win over by deception or flattery

Question 2

Acumen

Answer 2

Accurate judgement or insight

Question 3

Amalgamate

Answer 3

To combine several element into a whole

Question 4

Archaic

Answer 4

Outdated

Associated with an earlier time

Question 5

Aver

Answer 5

To State as a fact
To declare or assert
แสดงข้อเท็จจริง ยืนยัน

Question 6

Bombastic

Answer 6

Pompous

Grandiloquent

Question 7

Diatribe

Answer 7

A harsh Denunciation

Question 8

Dissemble ,v.

Answer 8

To disguise or conceal

To mislead

Question 9

Endemic

Answer 9

Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality ,region or people

Question 10

Evanescent

Answer 10

tending to disappear like vapor

Vanishing

Question 11

Exacerbate

Answer 11

To make worse or more severe

Question 12

Fervent, adj

Answer 12

Really emotional or

zealous (strong enthusiasm, devoted to a Cause, impassioned, ardent) zealot is a Zealous person.

Question 13

adulterate

Answer 13

To reduce Purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 14

Fortuitous

Answer 14

Happening by accident or chance, lucky

Question 15

Hedonist

Answer 15

Someone who pursues pleasure

Question 16

Iconoclast

Answer 16

One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Question 17

Impunity

Answer 17

Immunity from punishment or penalty

Question 18

Languish

Answer 18

To suffer from neglect

To become weak

Question 19

Pithy

Answer 19

Precise and brief

Succinct (concise)

Question 20

Platitude

Answer 20

A superficial remark

Question 21

Specious

Answer 21

Misleadingly attractive

Plausible but false

Question 22

Atrophy

Answer 22

To Waste away

Muscles begin to atrophy when people are in vegetative stage for a long time.