Words from GRE Test Vocab 2020

Question 1

Agile

Answer 1

When someone or something is agile, it can deal with changes
quickly and successfully. An agile company is able to adapt quickly
and easily adapt to all changes and complexities.

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

Brisk and cheerful readiness; quickly and with enthusiasm.

Question 3

Alleviate

Answer 3

Means to make something easier to deal with or endure; to make
something bad less severe.

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

Is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or
event. This can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything,
including fiction, folklore, historical events, or religious manuscripts
(for example: When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and
refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary).

Question 5

Amalgamate

Answer 5

To bring together, unite; to combine different things to create
something new.

Question 6

Ambiguous

Answer 6

Means unclear or vague in meaning; having more than one possible
meaning.

Question 7

Amend

Answer 7

Means to make minor changes to the text (piece of legislation, etc.) in
order to make it more fair or accurate, or to reflect changing
circumstances.

Question 8

Amicable

Answer 8

Means friendly, agreeable; characterized by or showing goodwill,
peaceable.

Question 9

Anachronistic

Answer 9

Out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period.

Question 10

Annex

Answer 10

Attach to; add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a
document.

Question 11

Apotheosis

Answer 11

Is the glorification of a subject to divine level; the highest point in the
development of something; a culmination.