Advanced GRE Word List 13

Question 1

Emollient

Answer 1

Softening; something which softens.

Question 2

Fusillade

Answer 2

Long burst of gunfire.

Question 3

Inerrancy

Answer 3

Infallibility; inability to make mistakes.

Question 4

Mince

Answer 4

1. Chop into tiny pieces. 2. Walk with tiny steps. 3. Speak in an affected manner.

Question 5

Palpate

Answer 5

Medical term meaning to examine with the hands.

Question 6

Platitude

Answer 6

Unoriginal, obvious sayings.

Question 7

Quibble

Answer 7

1. To argue of minor matters; to play on words when finding fault.
2. A minor verbal point in an argument.

Question 8

Epigram

Answer 8

Short, witty saying.

Question 9

Lassitude

Answer 9

Lack of energy; weariness.

Question 10

Pedantic

Answer 10

Over insistent and concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic language.

Question 11

Phenomenology

Answer 11

Branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory.

Question 12

Renege

Answer 12

Go back on a promise or retract a statement.

Question 13

Precipitate

Answer 13

1. Hurried. 2. To instigate or speed up an action.

Question 14

Dross

Answer 14

Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.

Question 15

Expiate

Answer 15

Atone; make amends for.

Question 16

Prone

Answer 16

1. Vulnerable to. 2. Horizontal.

Question 17

Propensity

Answer 17

Tendency; inclination.

Question 18

Umbrage

Answer 18

1. Shadow. 2. Offense; sense of injury.

Question 19

Dilettantism

Answer 19

Dabbling. Esp. in the arts.

Question 20

Enervate

Answer 20

Weaken.

Question 21

Malevolent

Answer 21

Having evil intentions.

Question 22

Neophyte

Answer 22

A new convert.

Question 23

Panegyric

Answer 23

Speech praising someone; laudatory words.

Question 24

Presage

Answer 24

Forewarn of; indicate.

Question 25

Tare

Answer 25

A weed resembling wheat when young.

Question 26

Unprepossessing

Answer 26

Unattractive.

Question 27

Aberration

Answer 27

Deviation from the normal.

Question 28

Cant

Answer 28

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk.

Question 29

Disinter

Answer 29

To dig up.

Question 30

Façade

Answer 30

1. Front elevation of a building. 2. False appearance or demeanor.

Question 31

Lacuna

Answer 31

An unfilled space or interval; gap.

Question 32

Monolithic

Answer 32

United in purpose; forming a single unit.

Question 33

Pied

Answer 33

Having two or more different colors.

Question 34

Seemly

Answer 34

Appropriate (of behavior); decorous.

Question 35

Analogue

Answer 35

1. Something similar. 2. Output proportional to input.

Question 36

Coda

Answer 36

Piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document.

Question 37

Commingle

Answer 37

Mix.

Question 38

Equivocal

Answer 38

Ambiguous; open to interpretation.

Question 39

Hallow

Answer 39

To honor as holy or make holy.

Question 40

Indigence

Answer 40

Poverty.

Question 41

Pique

Answer 41

1. Annoyance. 2. To stimulate interest; to annoy.

Question 42

Descry

Answer 42

To catch sight of.

Question 43

Facetious

Answer 43

Not intended to be taken seriously.

Question 44

Indecorous

Answer 44

Unseemly; inappropriate.

Question 45

Proliferate

Answer 45

To grow and spread.

Question 46

Scotch

Answer 46

1. To decisively put an end to. 2. To wedge someone or something somewhere.

Question 47

Strut

Answer 47

1. A supporting rod. 2. To walk in an arrogant manner.

Question 48

Usury

Answer 48

Lending money at high interest rates.

Question 49

Atavism

Answer 49

Reappearance of ancestral traits; regression.

Question 50

Filibuster

Answer 50

Tactic meant to delay.

Question 51

Gambit

Answer 51

Opening move; transaction.

Question 52

Propitiate

Answer 52

To appease; to try to gain favor.

Question 53

Travesty

Answer 53

Ridiculous error.

Question 54

Waft

Answer 54

To drift slowly. Or a whiff, smell.

Question 55

Prescience

Answer 55

Foreknowledge.

Question 56

Squalid

Answer 56

Dirty and demeaning.

Question 57

Sullied

Answer 57

Made dirty or impure.

Question 58

Veneration

Answer 58

Worship or respect.

Question 59

Demur

Answer 59

To object; to hesitate to accept.

Question 60

Exigency

Answer 60

Urgent matter, pressing need.

Question 61

Expostulate

Answer 61

To offer strong objections.

Question 62

Gossamer

Answer 62

Delicate; filmy; like gauze.

Question 63

Quixotic

Answer 63

Impractically idealistic.

Question 64

Alleviated

Answer 64

Made less severe.