GRE 1

Question 1

Tout

Answer 1

attempt to persuade: I tried to tout Tate to cornrows

Question 2

Languish

Answer 2

grow weak

Question 3

iconoclast

Answer 3

one who attacks established beliefs

Question 4

repository

Answer 4

a place where things can be stored

Question 5

cache

Answer 5

a collection of items

Question 6

unmitigated

Answer 6

absolute (unmitigated disaster)

Question 7

voyeurism

Answer 7

enjoying seeing pain

Question 8

xenophobia

Answer 8

intense irrational dislike

Question 9

fickle

Answer 9

changing quickly

Question 10

dogma

Answer 10

principle laid down by authority that are unquestionably true

Question 11

taciturn

Answer 11

saying little

Question 12

fawning

Answer 12

displaying exaggerated affection

Question 13

venial

Answer 13

slight and pardonable

Question 14

recalcitrant

Answer 14

one who does not cooperate with authority

Question 15

rococo

Answer 15

excessively extravagant

Question 16

cursory

Answer 16

hasty and in general, not thorough

Question 17

arbitrary

Answer 17

based on random choice or whim

Question 18

germane

Answer 18

relevant

Question 19

miser

Answer 19

a person who hoards wealth and spends as little as possible

Question 20

prudish

Answer 20

having the tendency to be shocked at sexual subjects