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Question 1

Inchoate

Answer 1

Incipient. Imperfectly formed / not fully formed, developing

- Guyana is still an inchoate democracy

Question 2

Incipient

Answer 2

In an initial stage; developing

- RAs are incipient researchers

Question 3

Amalgamate

Answer 3

To mix, merge, combine into a whole

- BlackRock and BGI amalgamated together

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

Insolent/impertinent behavior, boldness, presumption

- The student had the effrontery to challenge the professor’s grading

Question 5

Insolent

Answer 5

Impertinent; showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
- The professor called the class clown an insolent POS

Question 6

Rarefy

Answer 6

1. To make less thin / less dense
2. To purify, refine, make more spiritual
   - To rarefy a stuffy room is to add fresh air

Question 7

Disabuse

Answer 7

Persuade someone than an idea or belief is mistaken

- Pauline disabused me of my thinking the GRE would be easy

Question 8

Aver

Answer 8

To assert or affirm positively. To formally assert or prove.

- I averred I was innocent of Shan’s claims

Question 9

Assuage

Answer 9

To make less intense or severe; to ease

- The pain of studying for the GRE was assuaged by venting to my friends

Question 10

Laconic

Answer 10

Concise, terse, sparing in the use of words

- the MD’s emails were laconic

Question 11

Enervate

Answer 11

To weaken or sap the strength/vigor/vitality

- The sun enervated my energy

Question 12

Placate

Answer 12

Mollify, appease, soothe the anger of

- My friends placated my anger after I vented about the unjust situation

Question 13

Intrepid

Answer 13

Fearless

- The intrepid adventurer

Question 14

Abase

Answer 14

Degrade or humble; to lower in rank/status

- Andrea was abased to a shared office

Question 15

Burgeon

Answer 15

To sprout/bloom. To grow/develop quickly

- Demand asset pricing is a burgeoning field

Question 16

Occult

Answer 16

1. Secret, mystical, supernatural
2. mysterious, difficult to understand
   - Anthony’s notes were so difficult it was as if they were occult

Question 17

Gainsay

Answer 17

1. To deny or prove false
2. To oppose or speak out against
   - I gainsayed Shan’s claims I was lying

Question 18

Pith

Answer 18

1. The core, essence of something.
   - p=E(mx) is the pith of asset pricing
2. Concise expression
   - Think pithy

Question 19

Hackneyed

Answer 19

Unoriginal, commonplace, trite, banal

- A hackneyed old sayings

Question 20

Plasticity

Answer 20

Capacity to be molded

- Brain plasticity

Question 21

Ebullience

Answer 21

Liveliness / exuberance, full of energy

- The ebullience of Tom’s puppy penny

Question 22

Artless

Answer 22

1. Uncultured, lacking in knowledge, poorly made
   - First year students are artless compared to professors
2. Natural, sincere
   - An artless apology

Question 23

Artifice

Answer 23

A cunning trick. Deception. Cleverness, skill, ingenuity

- It seems like GRE questions are full of artifices

Question 24

Din

Answer 24

A loud clamorous noise

- Sabrina’s loud yelling is like a din

Question 25

Precarious

Answer 25

Based on uncertainty premises. Lacking stability. | - The assumption things will be normal in January is precarious

Question 26

Tortuous

Answer 26

1. Winding, a lot of twists - The water slide was tortuous 2. Crooked, tricky, devious 3. Highly involved, complex

Question 27

Tenuous

Answer 27

1. Not dense; thin 2. Lacking substance or strength; flimsy - The argument was tenuous at best

Question 28

Propitate

Answer 28

The gain or regain the favor of. To appease or conciliate | - I've been trying to propitiate Xavier since I joined NYU

Question 29

Zenith

Answer 29

The highest point | High school was the zenith of my swimming career

Question 30

Desiccate

Answer 30

To dry out completely | - Contacts desiccated my eyes

Question 31

Malediction

Answer 31

My housing situation has been a malediction since moving to NY

Question 32

Veneration

Answer 32

Regarding / treating with a lot of respect / awe | - I see Will Su with a lot of veneration