GRE Mock 3 - Part 4

Question 1

Contrail (n.)(c.)

Answer 1

A line of white steam in the sky by a plane.

Question 2

Benighted (adj.)

Answer 2

What if problems once thought to be dispatched to a benighted past are back with a vengeance?
we are the benighted prisoners in a cave, and Plato, this enlightened philosopher is trying to drag us into the light.
(Be+night = taken over by darkness
Having no knowledge or understanding OPP enlightened)

Question 3

Obtuse (adj.)

Answer 3

Maybe I’m being obtuse but I don’t understand what you are upset about.
either he is normally stupid or deliberately obtuse.
(slow to understand thing in an annoying way)

Question 4

Vociferous (adj.)

Answer 4

a vociferous opponent of the plan.

expressing your opinions loudly and strongly

Question 5

Immaterial (adj.)

Answer 5

When you sign a document it is wholly immaterial whether you have read it carefully or not.
(not important - irrelevant)

Question 6

Prophylactic (adj.)

Answer 6

Be happy about a thing without needing to coat it in prophylactic pessimism. Don’t give in to the defensive reflex to pre-disappoint yourself.
-Prophylactic antibiotics
(intended to prevent disease)

Question 7

Extirpate (v.)

Answer 7

Nor did it completely disappear despite repeated attempts to extirpate it.
(To completely destroy something that in unpleasant or unwanted.)

Question 8

Obstinate (adj.)

Answer 8

What we see is an obstinate refusal to change.

stubborn

Question 9

Unerring (adj.)

Answer 9

Prices reflect an unerring judgement of market forces.

Question 10

insatiable (adj.)

Answer 10

Impossible to satisfy

Question 11

Chimera (n.)(c.)

Answer 11

Texas is far from alone in its fixation on the chimera of voter fraud, which in the real world is virtually nonexistent.

Question 12

Invective (n.)

Answer 12

When his father realized what he was about to say, he led out a stream of invective.
(harsh - abusive language)

Question 13

Cluck (n.)(c.)(usu. sing.)

Answer 13

She shook her head with a disapproving cluck.
Clucks of disapproval about the Americans’ political apathy have grown louder in recent years.
(a sound made by your tongue to show disapproval)

Question 14

Strenuous (adj.)

Answer 14

Doctor advised Ken to avoid strenuous exercise.
Sherry’s been making a strenuous effort to lose weight.
(needing a lot of effort or strength. determined and active)

Question 15

Negligible (adj.)

Answer 15

Too slight or unimportant to have any effect

You realize it but it is so trivial that you can dismiss it as unimportant.

Question 16

Erratic(adj.)

Answer 16

When the police saw the man driving in an erratic manner, he pulled him over to question him.
(mercurial - liable to sudden change)

Question 17

Misgiving (n.)(c.)

Answer 17

Despite her misgivings about leaving the baby, she decided to accompany her husband.
(doubt - fear that something is not right)

Question 18

Outlandish (adj.)

Answer 18

I probably find it difficult to picture him as a diffident soul due to his outlandish cloths.

Question 19

Consternation (n.)(uc.)

Answer 19

A new power plant is being built much to the consternation of environmental groups.
He expressed profound consternation at the deaths of the two journalists.
(alarm - feeling of worry and shock)

Question 20

Equanimity (n.)(uc.)

Answer 20

He received the news with surprising equanimity, unusual of people who realize they only have a few months left to live.
(calmness in reacting to stuff)

Question 21

Forsake (v.)

Answer 21

You don’t have to forsake quality to see a dentist who charges low fees.
Ukraine has agreed with Moscow’s terms to forsake hopes of joining NATO.
(To leave someone especially when they need you = abandon
To give up something you enjoy
To leave a place especially when you don’t want to.)

Question 22

Eulogize (v.)

Answer 22

It is a customary practice to eulogize the deceased in his funeral, no matter how horrible he was in real life.
(to praise someone - lionize)

Question 23

Query (v.)

Answer 23

It is so common for the losing team to query the fairness of the game that no one cares anymore.
(cast doubt on something - doubt
2. ask a question
3. n. a question)

Question 24

Slew (n.)

Answer 24

A slew of studies suggested that the concerns about the health effects of coffee might be unfounded.
(a large number of things)

Question 25

Slew (v.)

Answer 25

I lost control of the car and it slewed sideways into the ditch.
(To turn or slide in a particular direction suddenly and violently or to make a vehicle do this.)

Question 26

Windswept (adj.)

Answer 26

بادخیز

Question 27

Contravene (v.)

Answer 27

If a license holder contravenes any of these conditions, their license will be withdrawn.
No idea is forever technologically impossible unless that idea contravenes some hard physical constraint.
(To do something that is not allowed by the law = violate)

Question 28

Relinquish (v.)

Answer 28

No one wants to relinquish power once they have it.
He relinquished power to his subordinates.
(cede, give up)