GRE Mock 2 - Part 3

Question 1

Garb (n.)(uc.)

Answer 1

It seemed wicked to don my Sunday garb on an ordinary day, but it was all I had.
The red and gold garb of a member of the royal guard.
(clothes for a particular occasion or purpose)

Question 2

Wearisome (adj.)

Answer 2

the pursuit of perfection can be wearisome.
While my job description appears to be exciting or stimulating, I can’t even begin to describe how wearisome it actually is.
(not interesting, annoying , boring, tedious, irksome)

Question 3

salacious (adj.)

Answer 3

Showing too much interest in sex.

Question 4

aghast (adj.)

Answer 4

The tweet elicited hundreds of replies, some aghast at the mayor’s apparent reference to Nazi Germany.
Some casual observers will be aghast but we both know that we are just playing with each other.
(feeling shocked or fearful by something you have just learned.)

Question 5

Urbane (adj.)

Answer 5

It was hard to find a trace of my urbane, sophisticated boss in this vengeful man who was making such wild accusations.
(sophisticated, cultured, polished and confident in social situations)

Question 6

Maudlin (adj.)

Answer 6

Bollywood productions almost always resort to maudlin scenes to elicit emotion.
He was becoming maudlin after his third glass of claret.
(Talking or behaving in a sad silly emotional way especially when drunk.
Trying so hard to make people emotional that it looks silly.)

Question 7

Prospector (n.)(c.)

Answer 7

Some who looks for gold, mine, oil in the land.

Question 8

Puncture (v.)

Answer 8

A bullet punctured his lungs.
His book punctured some facile generalizations about women.
(To make a small hole in something, may it be a tire, someone’s hopes, silence etc.)

Question 9

Vituperation (n.)(uc.)

Answer 9

There was violent argument and vituperation from both sides.
the vituperation leveled at her was so extreme that you would think she had started a war.
(Angry and cruel, abusive criticism.)

Question 10

Approbation (n.)(uc.)

Answer 10

A musician’s need to be heard is not just needy approbation or box office compensation. it is well beyond that.
He uses his demeanor to disguise the fact that he has normal feelings and he might welcome public approbation for his decisions.
(official praise or approval)

Question 11

lucubration (n.)

Answer 11

It is well known that tea is often resorted to by literary men to keep them awake during their lucubration.
( laborious study or the product of such study)

Question 12

Precept (n.)(c.)

Answer 12

Implementing Islamic precepts in your life.
(A rule on which a way of thinking or behaving is based. Principle
Rule of personal conduct)

Question 13

indulgence (n.)(c.)

Answer 13

willingness to ignore someone’s fault.

Promise of forgiveness by god.

Question 14

bemoan (v.)

Answer 14

For years parents and teachers have bemoaned the fact that we do not have a nation wide child care policy.
I receive letters from women bemoaning the absence of men and I receive emails from single men bemoaning the absence of women.
(Express discontent or sorrow over something
Lament
Regret something strongly.)

Question 15

Endow (v.)

Answer 15

Some of these major institutions are richly endowed.
the endowed scholarship embodies Boseman’s love for the university.
(To give a college, hospital etc. a large fund as a source of its income.
to be equipped with)

Question 16

Nimble (adj.)

Answer 16

I watched his nimble fingers dance around on the piano.
The troops under his command organize in small, nimble units that can sneak up and ambush the lumbering columns of Russian tanks.
(agile)

Question 17

Deadpan (adj.)(v.)(adv.)

Answer 17

She told the joke deadpan.
No one has mastered the art of deadpan delivery of witty comments the way Leah has.
(saying or looking completely serious especially when you are saying something funny. expression less, impassive, poker-faced)

Question 18

Plodding (adj.)

Answer 18

The plodding pace of this work just shows how difficult it is to even make incremental changes to national environmental policy.
Their marriage began to founder almost immediately after their honeymoon and they realized at a point that they were just plodding along.
(slow, laborious, effortful)

Question 19

absolve (v.)

Answer 19

She issued a lame apology for anything she did to me when she was drunk and now thinks that she’s absolved of all guilt and should be treated like a caring, loving mom.
I absolve you of this responsibility.
(Let someone off the hook, or forgive someone for his sins.)

Question 20

trajectory (n.)(c.)

Answer 20

A single state of the union speech cannot instantly alter the trajectory of a presidency.
Blind children typically develop language in a similar trajectory to children without vision impairment.
(path, course, it may be the course of life, a chain of events or the curved path of a thrown object)

Question 21

Predicament (n.)(c.)

Answer 21

When he died without having paid his debts, he left us in quite a predicament.
The predicament of Turkish citizens, stuck in Ukraine as the war intensifies is not unique.
(a difficult situation from which you can’t escape and you also don’t know what to or you might need to make a difficult decision.)

Question 22

Demonization (n.)

Answer 22

The criminalization and demonization of black men is a habit Americans seem unlikely to break.
Trump’s demonization of the immigrant cohort.
(to represent as diabolically evil.)

Question 23

Vehement (adj.)

Answer 23

He vehemently denied the charges.
Despite vehement opposition the act became law.
His vehement speaking style notwithstanding he has long been seen as the moderate face of the political party.
(showing very strong opinions and feelings.)

Question 24

captious (adj.)

Answer 24

A captious and pedantic mother-in-law who takes pleasure in making me feel miserable by pointing out even my smallest mistakes.
(tending to find and call attention to mistakes.)

Question 25

Palliative (adj.)

Answer 25

The drug was useful but unfortunately its effect was palliative rather than curative.
the financial-aid package is yet another short-term economic palliative.
(Something that makes a bad situation better but will not solve the problem.
A drug that will reduce the pain but will not cure the disease.)

Question 26

Bemuse (v.)

Answer 26

Since the restriction are not yet officially lifted, the shop keepers are all bemused by the sudden surge of tourists.
he had a bemused expression on his face.
(to confuse, puzzle or bewilder)