GRE Vocab Set 22

Question 1

arresting

Answer 1

1. striking; eye-catching

2. jail

Question 2

chastise

Answer 2

rebuke or reprimand severely/ scold

Question 3

cumbersome

Answer 3

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldly/slow or complicated and therefore inefficient

Question 4

elementary

Answer 4

1. relating to the rudiments of a subject

2. not decomposable into elements

Question 5

exonerate

Answer 5

1. absolve from blame or fault

2. release someone from

Question 6

extrapolate

Answer 6

extend the application of an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable

Question 7

falter

Answer 7

lose strength and momentum

Question 8

fervent

Answer 8

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Question 9

foment

Answer 9

instigate or stir up

Question 10

gaffe

Answer 10

an unintentional act or remark causing embarassment to its originator; a blunder

Question 11

heterodox

Answer 11

not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs

Question 12

histrionic

Answer 12

excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style

Question 13

implicit

Answer 13

1. suggested though not directly expressed
2. always to be found in; essentially connected in
3. with no qualification or question; absolute

Question 14

inviolate

Answer 14

free of safe from injury or violation

Question 15

obstinate

Answer 15

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, depsite attempts to persuade one to do so

Question 16

painstaking

Answer 16

done with or employing great care and thoroughness

Question 17

phlegmatic

Answer 17

having an unemotional and stoily calm disposition

Question 18

prodigious

Answer 18

remarkably or impressively great in size, extent or degree

Question 19

propensity

Answer 19

an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Question 20

qualm

Answer 20

an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry or fear especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving

Question 21

renege

Answer 21

a back on a promise, undertaking, or contract

Question 22

stinting

Answer 22

supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of something

Question 23

tentative

Answer 23

1. not certain or fixed; provisional

2. done without confidence; hesitant

Question 24

unprecedented

Answer 24

never done or known before

Question 25

vivacious

Answer 25

attractively lively and animated