GRE Mock 3 - Part 2

Question 1

Gild (v.)

Answer 1

To cover something with gold or gold liquid.

Question 2

Succor (v.)(n.)(uc.)

Answer 2

Prisoners of war were released and succored.

Assistance in time of difficulty – help in a difficult situation

Question 3

Tart (adj.)

Answer 3

2. After I insisted on her potential collaboration in the crime she gave me a tart reply: I say I didn’t do it so shut the fuck up
3. The page layouts are tarted up with cartoons.
   She wears skirts this short all the time, she is such a tart.
   (2.Tasting sour – harsh
4. to improve the appearance of something
   A person who dresses up usually in a sexually provocative way)

Question 4

Effusive (adj.)

Answer 4

Our host gave us an effusive welcome.
Dotty was effusive in her thanks.
(Showing your good feelings in a very excited way)

Question 5

Rabid (adj.)

Answer 5

Even the most rabid proponents of death penalties believe that the punishment must be tantamount to the crime.
A group of rabid right-wing fanatics.
(Having extreme and unreasonable opinions.)

Question 6

Clement (adj.)

Answer 6

A clement Saturday afternoon.
A more clement judge reduced the sentence
(of weather = mild / of behavior = merciful, lenient)

Question 7

condign(adj.)

Answer 7

But we suppose having to serve as the governor of Illinois is condign punishment for the offense. speaking of jobs no one wants, who’d like to be the next prime minister of Britain?
(fitting and deserved - especially used for punishment)

Question 8

Litigation (n.)(uc.)

Answer 8

The threat of litigation can be a deciding factor in many business decisions.
Samuel, worn down by the litigation, agreed to settle for $140,000.
(the process of taking something to the court of law.)

Question 9

Bind (v.)

Answer 9

A basic binding code of conduct for the supreme court.
confidential agreements bind authenticators to silence.
(Fasten or secure by a rope. Tie down - obligated)

Question 10

Xenophobia (n.)(uc.)

Answer 10

In an atmosphere of growing xenophobia many foreigners were deported or imprisoned.
(Strong fear or dislike of people from other countries.)

Question 11

Heretic (n.)(c.)

Answer 11

For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan’s Shiites community, perpetuated first by Taliban who consider Shiites heretics.
(holding unorthodox ideas in any field. especially in religion - guilty of heresy.)

Question 12

Anarchist (n.)(c.)

Answer 12

Someone who believes law and government are not necessary.

Question 13

Perverse (adj.)

Answer 13

Perversely she was irritated by his kindness.
(Deviating from what is normal, proper, right
- marked by a disposition to contradict and oppose
also = unexpected and irrational / bizarre)

Question 14

Tedium (n.)(uc.)

Answer 14

We sang while we worked to relieve the tedium.
The tedium of everyday life.
(Boredom)

Question 15

Sententious (adj.)

Answer 15

He tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric.

Telling people how they should behave - pious - pretentious - self-righteous - sanctimonious

Question 16

Lurch (v.)

Answer 16

French politics have increasingly lurched to the right in recent years.
Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward.
(move suddenly and in an unstable and uncontrollable manner.)

Question 17

Convulsion (n.)(c.)

Answer 17

He covered historic events such as the attack on Israeli athletes and the convulsions that shook Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall.
Obama was elected only a few months after the Lehman Brothers collapse sent the global financial market into convulsion.
(1. a shaking of your body that happens because you are sick and it’s uncontrollable - seizure
2. a great change - upheaval.)

Question 18

Exorbitance (n.)(uc.)

Answer 18

It dawned on them that this exorbitance, a strange incident in their own lives, was to these others a daily occurrence.
the exorbitant interest rates.
(excessive)

Question 19

List (n.)(uc.)

Answer 19

The painter has emphasized the figure’s erect posture by making it contrast starkly with the list exhibited by trees of the windswept orchard in the background.
(Leaned over one side / OPP=erect)

Question 20

Hidebound (adj.)

Answer 20

Bohemian Rhapsody dismissed hidebound genre
purists who took issue with the group’s versatility.
It was predictable that the medical establishment, so hidebound and reactionary, would reject Dr. stone’s innovative ideas.
(conservative - traditionalist - narrow-minded)

Question 21

Cloying (adj.)

Answer 21

The cloying scent of alcohol and formaldehyde sweetened the air.
The cloying effect of sugar.
(overly sweet)

Question 22

Burlesque (n.)

Answer 22

Comedy, mockery, parody, striptease

Question 23

Repugnant (adj.)

Answer 23

Putin’s rhetoric about the genocide and Nazism is factually wrong, morally repugnant and deeply offensive.
Though the actions are initially repugnant, we cannot help but resonate with the characters committing them.
(Offensive to the mind, repulsive, detestable, abhorrent)

Question 24

Antedate (v.)

Answer 24

To be earlier in time.

Question 25

Senescence (n.)

Answer 25

Humans have been in pursuit of medical ways to reverse senescence for centuries.
Some turtles experience negligible senescence even after they pass the 200 year threshold.
(aging)

Question 26

superannuation (n.)

Answer 26

To fail to pay one employee’s superannuation might appear to be unfortunate while failing to pay some or all seems deliberate.
(pension.)

Question 27

Cleave (v.)

Answer 27

Resignation indicates a bold step, the cleaving of oneself from an attachment grown onerous.

1. separate from something
2. stick to something - adhere

Question 28

Fissure (n.)(c.)

Answer 28

There were fissures and chasms on the wall and floor and every now and then one crack would open right before their feet.
(a crack on the surface of something)

Question 29

understatement (n.)(c.)

Answer 29

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Question 30

Provenance (n.)

Answer 30

All things of grace and beauty that one holds close to her heart have a common provenance in pain.
Research is conducted to determine the provenance of the ancient objects.

Question 31

Vault (n.)(c.)

Answer 31

A wine vault.
the glut of repackaged music under Miler’s name is an indication that the music vault has been plundered bare.
(a room or chamber used for storage)

Question 32

Plunder (v.)(n.)

Answer 32

Congolese are worried that the recent incursion will allow Uganda to plunder their nation’s resources again.
The robbers are still somewhere in hiding near the crime scene, hoping to get away with their plunders.
(Steal something – whether physical or intellectual property
n. good or money obtained illegally)

Question 33

Modicum (n.)(s.)

Answer 33

There is not even a modicum of truth in her statement.
Anyone with a modicum of common sense could have predicted that the plan wouldn’t work.
(a small amount of something good)

Question 34

Awash (v.)

Answer 34

The monsoon left the whole place awash.

covered in something usually water