Princeton Review's GRE Hit Parade (W1)

Question 1

euology

Answer 1

an oration praising someone or something

Question 2

pedagogy

Answer 2

the art, science, or profession of teaching

Question 3

miser

Answer 3

a covetous, grasping person, esp. one who hoards money

Question 4

relevant

Answer 4

applying to the case at hand; to the point

Question 5

amorphous

Answer 5

without definite form or shape

Question 6

laud

Answer 6

to praise highly

Question 7

volatile

Answer 7

changeable; fickle; explosive

Question 8

erudite

Answer 8

very learned; scholarly

Question 9

hypothesis

Answer 9

a tentative theory or explanation

Question 10

profound

Answer 10

far-reaching, deep

Question 11

redundant

Answer 11

exceeding what is natural or necessary; superfluous

Question 12

plummet

Answer 12

to plunge or drog straight down

Question 13

intractable

Answer 13

not easily managed or directed; stubborn, obstinate

Question 14

qualify

Answer 14

to limit or restrict, to modify the meaning of (a word or phrase)

Question 15

disabuse

Answer 15

to set right

Question 16

censure

Answer 16

tho criticize severely; an official rebuke

Question 17

fastidious

Answer 17

careful in all details, meticulous; very difficult to please

Question 18

misanthrope

Answer 18

one who hates mankind

Question 19

placate

Answer 19

to appease; to pacify

Question 20

articulate

Answer 20

to speak distantly and carefully

Question 21

discrete

Answer 21

separate; individually distinct; composed of distinct parts

Question 22

elegy

Answer 22

a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead

Question 23

sanction

Answer 23

authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

Question 24

foil

Answer 24

to defeat; to render an effort in vain

Question 25

plastic

Answer 25

capable of being shaped or formed; pliable

Question 26

proximity

Answer 26

nearness; closeness

Question 27

didactic

Answer 27

intended to teach or instruct

Question 28

recluse

Answer 28

a person who leads a secluded or solitary life

Question 29

stem

Answer 29

to hold back or stop by or as if by damming

Question 30

subside

Answer 30

to sink to a lower level; to fall into a state of quiet; abate

Question 31

temper

Answer 31

to soften or moderate; to tune or adjust

Question 32

tirade

Answer 32

a long, angry, and often abusive speech

Question 33

veneer

Answer 33

a layer of valuable material overlaying an inferior one; superficial show; gloss

Question 34

lucid

Answer 34

clear; easily understood

Question 35

whim

Answer 35

a sudden or capricious idea; passing fancy

Question 36

assuage

Answer 36

to ease or lesson; to appease or pacify

Question 37

egregious

Answer 37

outstandingly bad; flagrant; outragious

Question 38

flattery

Answer 38

insincere praise

Question 39

iconoclast

Answer 39

one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions

Question 40

obdurate

Answer 40

unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Question 41

qualm

Answer 41

a doubt or misgiving; uneasiness; a pang of conscience

Question 42

rarefy

Answer 42

to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Question 43

resolve

Answer 43

to make a firm decision about; to separate (something) into constituent parts; firmness of purpose; resolution

Question 44

synthesis

Answer 44

the combination of parts to make a whole

Question 45

deliberate

Answer 45

to consider or discuss carefully

Question 46

insipid

Answer 46

without taste or savor; lacking in spirit; dull

Question 47

indifferent

Answer 47

having no interest or concern; apathetic; showing no bias or preference; impartial

Question 48

allude

Answer 48

to make an indirect reference to

Question 49

gregarious

Answer 49

seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable

Question 50

ephemeral

Answer 50

lasting for a brief time; short-lived

Question 51

waver

Answer 51

to move to and fro; sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Question 52

abscond

Answer 52

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete oneself

Question 53

diatribe

Answer 53

a bitter or abusive speech; a prolonged discussion

Question 54

abstruse

Answer 54

difficult to understand

Question 55

garrulous

Answer 55

pointlessly talkative, talking too much

Question 56

gullible

Answer 56

easily deceived or cheated

Question 57

presumptuous

Answer 57

overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties

Question 58

repudiate

Answer 58

to refuse to have anything to do with; disown

Question 59

sap

Answer 59

to exhaust gradually

Question 60

heresy

Answer 60

a controversial or unorthodox opinion, esp. as in religion, at variance with established beliefs