GMAT and Other Vocabulary

Question 1

abject (adj)

Answer 1

sunk to or existing in a low economic, emotional, or spiritual state or condition; expressed or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit

Question 2

apocryphal (adj)

Answer 2

of doubtful authenticity; probably false

Question 3

apt (adj)

Answer 3

unusually fitted or qualify; tend to; suited to a purpose; keenly intelligent and responsive; appropriate

Question 4

astute (adj)

Answer 4

mentally sharp or clever

Question 5

attrition (n)

Answer 5

the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack; reduction in numbers usually as a result of resignation, retirement, or death; friction

Question 6

auspicious (adj)

Answer 6

showing or suggesting that future success is likely; optimistic; fortunate

Question 7

cajole (v)

Answer 7

to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; to deceive with smoothing words or false promises

Question 8

capitulate (v)

Answer 8

to surrender, often after negotiation of terms

Question 9

contrive (v)

Answer 9

devise, plan, to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner; to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty, manage

Question 10

debar (v)

Answer 10

to bar from having or doing something, preclude

Question 11

dexterity (n)

Answer 11

skill, ease, and grace in physical activity, especially in the hands; mental skill or quickness

Question 12

discord (n)

Answer 12

lack of agreement (between persons, things, or ideas); active quarreling or conflict resulting from strife among persons or factions

Question 13

discord (v)

Answer 13

to conflict or quarrel

Question 14

dissemble (v)

Answer 14

to hide under a false appearance; simulate; conceal

Question 15

elusive (adj)

Answer 15

tending to evade grasp or pursuit; hard to comprehend, define, isolate, or identify

Question 16

Epicurean (adj)

Answer 16

related to Epicureanism, which considers emotional calm the highest good and prioritizes intellectual pleasures over transient sensualism

Question 17

estivate (v)

Answer 17

to spend the summer usually at one place; to pass the summer in a state of torpor

Question 18

exaltation (n)

Answer 18

an excessively intensified sense of well-being, power, or importance; an increase in degree or intensity

Question 19

exhort (v)

Answer 19

to incite by argument or advice; to urge strongly

Question 20

facile (adj)

Answer 20

easily accomplished or attained; shallow, simplistic; lacking sincerity or depth; poised, assured

Question 21

fickle (adj)

Answer 21

marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability

Question 22

formidable (adj)

Answer 22

causing fear, dread, or apprehension; having qualities that discourage approach or attack; tending to inspire awe or wonder

Question 23

furtive (adj)

Answer 23

done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed; obtained underhandedly

Question 24

gallant (adj)

Answer 24

showy in dress or bearing; splendid, stately, spirited, brave; courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies, suitor, ladies’ man

Question 25

gape (v)

Answer 25

to open or part widely, especially the mouth; to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder; yawn

Question 26

hubris (n)

Answer 26

exaggerated pride or self-confidence

Question 27

impeccable (adj)

Answer 27

free from fault or blame; not capable of sinning or liable to sin

Question 28

impervious (adj)

Answer 28

not allowing entrance or passage; not capable of being damaged or harmed; not capable of being affected or disturbed

Question 29

incorrigible (adj)

Answer 29

incapable of being corrected or amended; depraved; delinquent; unruly; unalterable

Question 30

inexplicable (adj)

Answer 30

incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for

Question 31

ingenious (adj)

Answer 31

having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving; marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution

Question 32

intuit (v)

Answer 32

to know, sense, or understand by intuition

Question 33

languor (n)

Answer 33

weakness or weariness of body or mind; listless indolence or inertia

Question 34

lethargic (adj)

Answer 34

of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy; sluggish; indifferent, apathetic

Question 35

lever (n)

Answer 35

a bar used for prying or dislodging something; an inducing or compelling force

Question 36

lever (v)

Answer 36

to pry, raise, operate, or move with or as if with a lever

Question 37

lucid (adj)

Answer 37

luminous, translucent; having full use of one's faculties; intelligible

Question 38

mercurial (adj)

Answer 38

having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god or the planet Mercury; characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood; a pharmaceutical or chemical containing mercury

Question 39

mitigate (v)

Answer 39

to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe or painful; extenuate

Question 40

ominous (adj)

Answer 40

being or exhibiting an omen; foreboding or foreshadowing evil

Question 41

overlay (v)

Answer 41

to lay or spread over or across

Question 42

overlay (n)

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a covering, permanent or temporary; an ornamental veneer, a decorative and contrasting design or article placed on top of a plain one, a transparent sheet containing graphic matter to be superimposed on another sheet

Question 43

penchant (n)

Answer 43

a strong and continued inclination

Question 44

pensive (adj)

Answer 44

musingly or dreamingly thoughtful; suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

Question 45

perturbed (adj)

Answer 45

troubled in mind, feeling or showing agitation

Question 46

pharmacopeia (n)

Answer 46

a book describing drugs, chemicals, and medicinal preparations; a collection or stock of drugs

Question 47

plebeian (n)

Answer 47

one of the common people

Question 48

plebeian (adj)

Answer 48

of or relating to the plebeians; crude or coarse in manner of style, common

Question 49

prelate (n)

Answer 49

an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank

Question 50

priapism (n)

Answer 50

an abnormal often painful persistent erection of the penis

Question 51

proprietary (n)

Answer 51

one that possesses