GMAT

Question 0

Gaunt

Answer 0

lean and haggard.

e.g. Ray Dalio is tall and somewhat gaunt.

Question 1

Cupidity

Answer 1

greed for money or possessions.

“he did not really see her cupidity until they’d been married for several years”

Question 2

Letup

Answer 2

informal, a pause or reduction in the intensity of something dangerous, difficult, or tiring

Question 3

Inadvertent

Answer 3

not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.

“an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment”

Question 4

Solidarity

Answer 4

unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.
“factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students”

Question 5

Divulge

Answer 5

make known (private or sensitive information).
"I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age"

Question 6

Profess

Answer 6

claim openly but often falsely that one has (a quality or feeling).
“he had professed his love for her”

Question 7

Divest

Answer 7

a. When you take power away from the president of a club, this is an example of a time when you divest.
b. When you get rid of poorly performing investments, this is an example of a time when you divest your portfolio.
e. g. “We recommend that it also divest five smaller stores where adverse effects would result from the merger.”

Question 8

Hoary

Answer 8

Old and trite.

“that hoary American notion that bigger is better”

Question 9

Purview

Answer 9

the scope of the influence or concerns of something.

“such a case might be within the purview of the legislation”

Question 10

altercation

Answer 10

a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public.

“I had an altercation with the conductor”

Question 11

espouse

Answer 11

adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

“he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth”

Question 12

succumb

Answer 12

to stop trying to resist something

e.g. They will pressure you, and you must try not to succumb.

Question 13

confer

Answer 13

1. have discussions; exchange opinions.
   “the officials were conferring with allies”
2. grant or bestow (a title, degree, benefit, or right).
   “moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her”

Question 14

commendable

Answer 14

deserving praise

e.g. “he tackled the tests with commendable zeal”

Question 15

ante

Answer 15

a stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards.

e. g. Did everyone at the table ante?
e. g. Everyone anted up a dollar.

Question 16

instigate

Answer 16

incite someone to do something, especially something bad.
e.g. “instigating men to refuse allegiance to the civil powers”

bring about or initiate (an action or event).
“they instigated a reign of terror”

Question 17

scorn

Answer 17

the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt.
e.g. “I do not wish to become the object of scorn”

Question 18

delineate

Answer 18

describe or portray (something) precisely.

e.g. “the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent”

Question 19

hinterland

Answer 19

an area lying beyond what is visible or known.

e.g. “early settlers were driven from the coastal areas into the hinterland”

Question 20

forthcoming

Answer 20

planned for or about to happen in the near future.

e.g. “financial support was not forthcoming”

Question 21

impasse

Answer 21

a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
“the current political impasse”

Question 22

incidental

Answer 22

accompanying but not a major part of something.

e.g. “for the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental”

Question 23

pernicious

Answer 23

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

e.g. “the pernicious influences of the mass media”

Question 24

prejudicial

Answer 24

1. Causing or tending to cause harm, especially to a legal case: a prejudicial error.
2. Showing or full of prejudice; biased: a prejudicial opinion.

e.g. “the behavior is prejudicial to good order and discipline”

Question 25

notwithstanding

Answer 25

nevertheless, in spite of

e.g. “notwithstanding his workload, he is a dedicated father”
e,g. He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight.

Question 26

reprieve

Answer 26

cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

e.g. “under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved”

Question 27

gratuitous

Answer 27

1. given for free
2. uncalled for; without cause or justification; unwarranted.

e.g. “gratuitous violence”

Question 28

vagrancy

Answer 28

the state of living as a vagrant; homelessness.

e.g. “a descent into vagrancy and drug abuse”

Question 29

stem

Answer 29

stop or restrict (the flow of something).

“a nurse did her best to stem the bleeding”

Question 30

concomitant

Answer 30

naturally accompanying or associated.

“she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries”

Question 31

nook

Answer 31

a corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security.

“the nook beside the fire”