18/07/20(Princeton's New GRE 1014 Question:Drill 6)

Question 1

quadruped

Answer 1

COUNTABLE NOUN
A quadruped is any animal with four legs.
[formal]

Question 2

marsupial

Answer 2

COUNTABLE NOUN
A marsupial is an animal such as a kangaroo or an opossum. Female marsupials carry their babies in a pouch on their stomach.

Question 3

scat

excrement

Answer 3

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Scat is a type of jazz singing in which the singer sings sounds rather than complete words.

excrement left by an animal, esp. a wild animal

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Excrement is the solid waste that is passed out of a person or animal's body through their bowels.
[formal]
The cage smelled of excrement.
Synonyms: faeces, dung, stool, droppings

Question 4

burrow

Answer 4

2. VERB
   If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
   The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor. [VERB preposition/adverb]
   Synonyms: dig, tunnel, excavate

Question 5

badger

Answer 5

1. COUNTABLE NOUN
   A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.

2.
INFORMAL•US
a native of Wisconsin.
verb
repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.
“Tom had finally badgered her into going”

Question 6

incisor

Answer 6

COUNTABLE NOUN

Your incisors are the teeth at the front of your mouth which you use for biting into food.

Question 7

rodent

Answer 7

COUNTABLE NOUN

Rodents are small mammals which have sharp front teeth. Rats, mice, and squirrels are rodents.

Question 8

wear down

Answer 8

2. PHRASAL VERB
   If you wear someone down, you make them gradually weaker or less determined until they eventually do what you want.
   None can match your sheer will-power and persistence in wearing down the opposition. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
   They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
   He believed that he could wear her down if he only asked often enough. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

Question 9

territorial

Answer 9

3. ADJECTIVE
   If you describe an animal or its behaviour as territorial, you mean that it has an area which it regards as its own, and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.
   Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour.

Question 10

dispel

Answer 10

VERB
To dispel an idea or feeling that people have means to stop them having it.
This result should dispel the notion that developing countries are dependent on exports of agricultural products. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: drive away, dismiss, eliminate, resolve

to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary:
I’d like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.

Question 11

extinction

Answer 11

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
The extinction of a species of animal or plant is the death of all its remaining living members.
An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction.
Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
Synonyms: dying out, death, destruction, abolition

Question 12

strike down

Answer 12

2. PHRASAL VERB
   If a judge or court strikes down a law or regulation, they say that it is illegal and end it.
   [US]
   The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. PHRASAL VERB [usually passive]
   If someone is struck down, especially by an illness, they are killed or severely harmed by it.
   [written]
   Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
   …a great sporting hero, struck down at 49. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]

Question 13

sediment

Answer 13

VARIABLE NOUN
Sediment is solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock that have been carried along and then left somewhere by water, ice, or wind.
Many organisms that die in the sea are soon buried by sediment.
…ocean sediments.
Synonyms: dregs, grounds, residue, lees

Question 14

render

Answer 14

1. VERB
   You can use render with an adjective that describes a particular state to say that someone or something is changed into that state. For example, if someone or something makes a thing harmless, you can say that they render it harmless.
   It contained so many errors as to render it worthless. [VERB noun adjective]
   Many factories are rendered obsolete by the competitive pressures of the world market. [VERB noun adjective]
   Synonyms: make, cause to become, leave

provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
“money serves as a reward for services rendered”

Question 15

mural

Answer 15

COUNTABLE NOUN
A mural is a picture painted on a wall.
…a mural of Tangier bay. [+ of]

Question 16

stratification

Answer 16

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Stratification is the division of something, especially society, into different classes or layers.
[formal]
She was concerned about the stratification of American society. [+ of]

Question 17

crater

Answer 17

COUNTABLE NOUN
A crater is a very large hole in the ground, which has been caused by something hitting it or by an explosion.
Synonyms: hollow, hole, depression, dip

Question 18

conjecture

Answer 18

1. VARIABLE NOUN
   A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
   [formal]
   That was a conjecture, not a fact.
   There are several conjectures.
   The future of the province remains a matter of conjecture.
   Synonyms: guess, theory, fancy, notion

Question 19

famine

Answer 19

VARIABLE NOUN
Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine.
The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
Synonyms: hunger, want, starvation, deprivation

Question 20

speculate

Answer 20

1. VERB
   If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
   Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead. [VERB preposition]
   It would be unfair to speculate on the reasons for her resignation. [VERB preposition]
   The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head. [VERB that]
   The reader can speculate what will happen next. [VERB wh]
   [Also V, V with quote]
   Synonyms: conjecture, consider, wonder, guess
2. VERB
   If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
   Big farmers are moving in, in order to speculate with rising land prices. [VERB preposition/adverb]
   The banks speculated in property whose value has now dropped. [VERB preposition/adverb]
   [Also VERB]
   Synonyms: gamble, risk, venture, hazard

Question 21

lapdog

Answer 21

1. a pet dog small and docile enough to be cuddled in the lap
2. informal
   a person who attaches himself or herself to someone in admiration or infatuation

Question 22

alleviate

Answer 22

VERB
If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
[formal]
Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain. [VERB noun]
…the problem of alleviating mass poverty. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: ease, reduce, relieve, moderate

Question 23

skyrocket

Answer 23

VERB
If prices or amounts skyrocket, they suddenly increase by a very large amount.
Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed. [VERB]
…the skyrocketing costs of health care. [VERB-ing]

Question 24

intervene

Answer 24

1. VERB
   If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it.
   The situation calmed down when police intervened. [VERB]
   The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis. [VERB + in]
   Synonyms: step in [informal], interfere, mediate, intrude

Question 25

anthropology

Answer 25

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.

Question 26

countervailing

Answer 26

ADJECTIVE [ADJECTIVE noun]
A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
[formal]
Their strategy is greatest in effect when there is no countervailing power.

Question 27

tilt

Answer 27

1. VERB
   If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
   She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair. [VERB noun]
   Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
   The boat instantly tilted, filled and sank. [VERB]
   [Also V adv/prep]
   Synonyms: slant, tip, slope, list

Question 28

fragile

Answer 28

1. ADJECTIVE
   If you describe a situation as fragile, you mean that it is weak or uncertain, and unlikely to be able to resist strong pressure or attack.
   [journalism]
   …moves that will place added strain on an already fragile economy.
   The Prime Minister’s fragile government was on the brink of collapse.
   His overall condition remained fragile.
   Synonyms: unstable, weak, vulnerable, delicate