GRE Words 7

Question 1

Turgid

Answer 1

Swollen and distended or congested; tediously pompous and bombastic (of language)

Question 2

Slake

Answer 2

To quench one’s thirst

Question 3

Euphonious

Answer 3

Pleasing to the ear

Question 4

Esurient

Answer 4

Hungry or greedy

Question 5

Impecunious

Answer 5

Having little or no money

Question 6

Indigent

Answer 6

Poor, needy

Question 7

Encomium

Answer 7

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

Praise enthusiastically

Question 9

Auspice

Answer 9

A divine or prophetic token

Question 10

Fey

Answer 10

Giving an impression of vague unworldliness; clairvoyant

Question 11

Forfend

Answer 11

To keep away or prevent (something evil or unpleasant)

Question 12

Disconsolate

Answer 12

Cheerless, unhappy

Question 13

Doleful

Answer 13

Expressing sorrow, mournful

Question 14

Elegiac

Answer 14

Relating to or characterized by an elegy

Question 15

Threnody

Answer 15

A lament

Question 16

Obdurate

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Recalcitrant

Answer 17

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline

Question 18

Refractory

Answer 18

Stubborn and unmanageable

Question 19

Renitent

Answer 19

Resisting of pressure or compulsion; reluctant to yield

Question 20

Untoward

Answer 20

Unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient

Question 21

Compendious

Answer 21

Presenting the essential facts about something in a comprehensive but concise way

Question 22

Laconic

Answer 22

Using very few words

Question 23

Pithy

Answer 23

Concise and forcefully expressive

Question 24

Taciturn

Answer 24

Reserved or uncommunicative, saying very little

Question 25

Pussillanimous

Answer 25

Showing a lack of courage; timid