TOP GRE 3

Question 1

Guile

Answer 1

Deceit or trickery

Question 2

Gregarious

Answer 2

Outgoing, sociable

Question 3

Garrulous

Answer 3

Tending to talk a lot

Question 4

Frugality

Answer 4

A tendency to be thrifty or cheap

Question 5

Foment

Answer 5

To arouse or incite

Question 6

Florid

Answer 6

Excessively decorated or embellished

Question 7

Fervid

Answer 7

Intensely emotional; feverish

Question 8

Fawn

Answer 8

To grovel

Question 9

Fanatical

Answer 9

Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

Question 10

Explicit

Answer 10

Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

Question 11

Exonerate

Answer 11

To clear of blame

Question 12

Exigent

Answer 12

Urgent; requiring immediate action

Question 13

Exculpate

Answer 13

To clear from blame; prove innocent

Question 14

Exacerbate

Answer 14

To make worse

Question 15

Euphemism

Answer 15

Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Question 16

Eulogy

Answer 16

Speech in praise of someone

Question 17

estimable

Answer 17

Admirable

Question 18

Esoteric

Answer 18

Known or understood by only a few

Question 19

Erudite

Answer 19

Learned, scholarly, bookish

Question 20

Erratic

Answer 20

Wandering and unpredictable

Question 21

Equivocate

Answer 21

To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Question 22

Ephemeral

Answer 22

Lasting a short time

Question 23

Enumerate

Answer 23

To count, list, or itemize

Question 24

Enigma

Answer 24

A puzzle; a mystery

Question 25

Engender

Answer 25

To produce, cause, or bring about

Question 26

Enervate

Answer 26

to reduce in strength

Question 27

Emulate

Answer 27

To copy; to try to equal or excel

Question 28

Elegy

Answer 28

A sorrowful poem or speech

Question 29

Efficacy

Answer 29

Effectiveness

Question 30

Dupe

Answer 30

To deceive; a person who is easily deceived

Question 31

Dogmatic

Answer 31

Dictatorial in one's opinions

Question 32

Dogma

Answer 32

A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

Question 33

Dissonance

Answer 33

A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

Question 34

Dissemble

Answer 34

To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character

Question 35

Disparate

Answer 35

Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

Question 36

Discern

Answer 36

To perceive; to recognize

Question 37

Disabuse

Answer 37

To set right; to free from error

Question 38

Dirge

Answer 38

A funeral hymn or mournful speech

Question 39

Dilettante

Answer 39

Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Question 40

Dilatory

Answer 40

Intended to delay

Question 41

Dilate

Answer 41

To make larger; to expand

Question 42

Diffident

Answer 42

Lacking self-confidence

Question 43

Diatribe

Answer 43

An abusive, condemnatory speech

Question 44

Desultory

Answer 44

Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected