Manhattan GRE exam 2

Question 1

Quietus

Answer 1

Removal from activity, death

Question 2

Sinecure

Answer 2

A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

Question 3

Interregnum

Answer 3

A pause or interruption

Question 4

Potlatch

Answer 4

A wild party

Question 5

Rota

Answer 5

A period of work done in rotation with others

Question 6

Betray

Answer 6

To cheat, be evidence of

Question 7

Solicitude

Answer 7

Care or concern for someone or something

Question 8

Supplemental

Answer 8

Serving to complete or make an addition

Question 9

Multifarious

Answer 9

Many and of various types

Question 10

Indignation

Answer 10

Anger or annoyance provoked by unfair treatment

Question 11

Festoon

Answer 11

A decorative chain or strip hanging between two points

Question 12

Innuendo

Answer 12

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive one

Question 13

Affable

Answer 13

Friendly, good natured or easy to work with

Question 14

Creed

Answer 14

A system of religious belief, a faith

Question 15

Antagonism

Answer 15

Active hostility or opposition

Question 16

Noteworthy

Answer 16

Worth paying attention to, interesting or significant

Question 17

Gentries

Answer 17

People of good birth or high social status

Question 18

Reprobate

Answer 18

One is who is morally unprincipled

Question 19

Rogue

Answer 19

An unprincipled or dishonest person

Question 20

Vassal

Answer 20

A person loyal to feudal lord

Question 21

Bromide

Answer 21

Commonplace or boring person

Question 22

Intractable

Answer 22

Hard to control or deal with, stubborn or difficult(of a person)

Question 23

Inerrant

Answer 23

Incapable of being wrong

Question 24

Tenebrous

Answer 24

Dark, shadowy or obscure

Question 25

Ineffable

Answer 25

Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 26

Opulent

Answer 26

Ostentatiously costly and luxurious

Question 27

Indemnified

Answer 27

Compensate someone for harm or loss

Question 28

Aggravate

Answer 28

Make worse or more serious, annoy or exasperate

Question 29

Proscribe

Answer 29

Forbid, especially by law

Question 30

Mirthful

Answer 30

Joyous, cheerful, jolly

Question 31

Mote

Answer 31

A tiny piece of a substance

Question 32

Tumid

Answer 32

Swollen, pompous or bombastic

Question 33

Turbid

Answer 33

Cloudy, opaque or thick with suspended matter

Question 34

Jejune

Answer 34

1) Naïve, simplistic and superficial 2) (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

Question 35

Rebuffed

Answer 35

Reject someone or something in an abrupt or ungracious manner

Question 36

Hasty

Answer 36

Done with excessive speed or urgency, hurried

Question 37

Inured

Answer 37

Accustom someone to something, especially something unpleasant

Question 38

Purge

Answer 38

1) Rid of someone or something with unwanted quality, condition or feeling 2) Remove from an organization or a place in an abrupt or violent way

Question 39

Diachronic

Answer 39

Concerned with the way in which something has developed and evolved through time

Question 40

Adulation

Answer 40

Excessive admiration or praise