GRE Mock 2 - Part 4

Question 1

Genealogy (n.)(uc.)

Answer 1

The study of history of families.

Question 2

Slack (v.)

Answer 2

He was accused of slacking and taking too many holidays.
World demand for oil had been intensified, but it slacked because China’s surge in oil consumption had slowed.
(to make less effort than usual or to be lazy in your work.)

Question 3

Vacuous (adj.)

Answer 3

vacuous and dumb cocktail party conversation.

showing no intelligence or having no useful purpose - dumb - empty

Question 4

abate (v.)

Answer 4

We waited for the storm to abate.
I pray this grief of yours will soon abate and that you will return to your usual self.
(to become less strong or decrease)

Question 5

Conducive (adj.)

Answer 5

Whatever it flaws or mistakes, the market-liberal system is still more conducive to human flourishing than any of its rivals.
China is closely following the development of the Ukraine situation and supports all efforts that are conducive to easing the situation and seeking political settlement.
(contributing, ease the environment)

Question 6

Kinetic (adj.)

Answer 6

The powerful storms added kinetic energy to the particles in Earth’s atmosphere.
Potential execution of a kinetic operation by the Russians seemed improbable.
(related to motion - محرکه)

Question 7

Pompous (adj.)

Answer 7

The pompous title of Carlson’s speech “the world according to Tucker Carlson” may seem laughable.
(someone who thinks he is very important and shows that by using formal language and very long words.- used to show disapproval.)

Question 8

piecemeal (adj.)

Answer 8

I realized that I had to adopt a piecemeal approach to writing my thesis.
Biden believes that breaking the package up and passing it piecemeal is the best way forward.
(A process that is piecemeal happens slowly and in stages that are not properly planned.
Bite by bite – piece by piece.)

Question 9

Bromide (n.)(c.)(uc.)

Answer 9

He decided to resort to bromides that everything would work out.
She refused to give in to the bromides of a victory speech.
(a trite or obvious remark - banality - platitude - a sedative drug that is no longer used.)

Question 10

Probity (n.)(uc.)

Answer 10

I have always found him to be the model of probity in our dealings. it is impossible to believe that he had cheated.
(complete honesty.)

Question 11

Dissemble (v.)

Answer 11

Trump dissembles with great frequency but he generally lacks the subtlety and intelligence to actually deceive.
The books captures the dissemblance of politicians who publicly applaud old-time virtues to hide private vices.
(to hide your true feelings and thoughts.)

Question 12

Rectitude (n.)(uc.)

Answer 12

Most of them led lives of exemplary rectitude.
Republicans inconsistency is undermining the party’s case for fiscal rectitude.
(Behavior that is mentally correct and honest)

Question 13

Quackery (n.)(uc.)

Answer 13

These are all medical quackery, nothing a doctor would recommend.
Far from quackery, these herbals were lifesavers.
(Someone who pretends to have experience and scientific knowledge in a field when he doesn’t. specially in the field of medicine.)

Question 14

Cronyism (n.)(uc.)

Answer 14

Nepotism

Question 15

Peregrination (n.)(uc.)

Answer 15

Their frequent peregrination from north to south, from cold and dark to sunny and bright was the only thing that kept her from cutting her wrist.
we follow him in his peregrination in search for masterpieces.
(long journey)

Question 16

Peccadillo (n.)(c.)

Answer 16

People who are reluctant to oppose a court nominee straightforwardly on ideological grounds often search for any sort of peccadillo to serve as a pretext for their opposition.
(Something bad which someone does. Especially involving sex which is not regarded very serious or important.)

Question 17

Personable (adj.)

Answer 17

A very personable young man.

attractive, pleasant

Question 18

bereft (adj.)

Answer 18

these women were old and toothless at a young age, their eyes bereft of hope.
When Kevin was asked to step down the bus, the team looked bereft of inspiration.
(lacking or deprives of something)

Question 19

Quintessential (adj.)

Answer 19

Years of war had left my aunt somewhere between traumatized and amused, a quintessentially soviet attitude.
(the perfect example of something, typical)

Question 20

Perspicacious (adj.)

Answer 20

The election of Trump revealed the fragility of American democracy in a different and more fundamental way that any perspicacious legislator could have imagined.
(wise, shrewd, perceptive)

Question 21

Reprehend (v.)

Answer 21

Showing strong disapproval of

Question 22

Ore (n.)(c.)(uc.)

Answer 22

A rock from which minerals can be obtained.

Question 23

Refractory (adj.)

Answer 23

Kidney failure is refractory and calls for a radical solution.
Silicate minerals are refractory, resistant to analysis and highly challenging to process.
(fractious - recalcitrant - stubbornly resistant to authority - no responding to treatment.)

Question 24

Vantage (n.)(uc.)

Answer 24

Each new generation of students grow up immersed in in the world of classical physics, with its mostly intuitive billiard ball causality, that is the vantage from which we approach the alien world of quantum physics, which had for the same reason never lost its air of radicalism.
(the point from which you see something. vantage point = point of view)

Question 25

Preside (v.)

Answer 25

The chairman will preside over an audience of architects and developers.
the government seemed to be presiding over large scale unemployment.
(to be the president of something - to have authority, to be in charge - preside over)

Question 26

seethe (v.)

Answer 26

My artwork seethes with secret messages for him.
a seething angry uprising by much of society, even as Russian tanks bore down on major cities and the capital.
(boiling - be very angry as in shaking with anger - be full of moving things like spiders)