GRE POwer Vocab - Q/R

Question 1

Quaff

Answer 1

v. to drink deeply

Question 2

Quail

Answer 2

v. to shrink back in fear, lose courage

Question 3

Qualify

Answer 3

v. to limit; be entitled to a particular benefit or privilge by fulfilling a necessary condition

Question 4

Qualms

Answer 4

n. misgivigns, reservations, causes for hesitancy

Question 5

Queries

Answer 5

n. questions, inquiries, reservations

Question 6

Querulous

Answer 6

adj. prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

Question 7

Quiescence

Answer 7

n. stillness, motionlessness, quality of being at rest

Quiescent means inactive, latent, causing no trouble, being at rest

Question 8

Quotidian

Answer 8

adj. occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

Question 9

Rail

Answer 9

v. to complain about bitterly

Question 10

Ramify

Answer 10

v. to be divided or subdivided, branch out

Ramifications are the developments or consequences growing out of something

Question 11

Rancorous

Answer 11

adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

rancor is the bitter, long-lasting resentment itself

Question 12

Rapacious

Answer 12

adj. voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey

Rapacity is avarice, or the practice of extorting or exacting by injustive

Question 13

Rarefy

Answer 13

v. to make or become thin, less dense, refine

Question 14

Recalcitrant

Answer 14

adj. obstintely defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage

Question 15

Recant

Answer 15

v. to retract, especially a previously held belief

Question 16

Recapitulate

Answer 16

v. to summarize, to repeat concisely

Recapitulate is the origin of the shortened form that is more in use today recap.

Question 17

Recondite

Answer 17

adj. hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure

Question 18

Reconnoiter

Answer 18

v. to engage iin reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of

Question 19

Recumbent

Answer 19

adj. leaning, resting, prone

Question 20

Redolent

Answer 20

adj. fragrant, suggestive or evocative

Question 21

Redoubtable

Answer 21

adj. awe-inspiring, worthy of honor

Question 22

Refulgent

Answer 22

adj. radiant, shiny, brilliant

Question 23

Refute

Answer 23

v. to disprove, successfully argue against

Question 24

Regale

Answer 24

v. to delight or entertain, feast

Question 25

Relegate

Answer 25

v. to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

Question 26

Remonstrate

Answer 26

v. to protest, object

Remonstrations are objections as are remonstrance’s, though the latter is usually more formal

Question 27

Renege

Answer 27

v. to fail to honor a commitment, go back on a promise

Question 28

Rent

Answer 28

v. torn split apart, pierced as by a sound

Rend is the present tense. Rent can also be a noun, meaning a tear or breach

Question 29

Repine

Answer 29

v. to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for

Question 30

Repudiate

Answer 30

v. to refuse to have anything to do with, disown

Question 31

Rescind

Answer 31

v. to invalidate, repeal, retract

Question 32

Resolute

Answer 32

adj. adamant, steadfast, determined

Irresolute is the opposite

Question 33

Restive

Answer 33

adj. impatient of contril, restaint, or delay; restless, uneasy

Question 34

Reticent

Answer 34

adj. quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Question 35

Reverent

Answer 35

adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

Reverence is a strong feeling of awe or respect and irreverence is the lack thereof

Question 36

Rhetoric

Answer 36

n. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

Rhetoric can also have a negative connotation, meaning pretentious or insincere language

Rhetorical means used for persuasive effect, and a rhetorical question is one that is used to create an effect and not to geta real answer

Question 37

Risible

Answer 37

adj. hilarious, provoking laughter

though it is a less common usage, risible cna also be used to descirbe people who are inclined to be amused

Question 38

Rubric

Answer 38

n. authoritative rule, heading, title, or category

Another more obscure version of rubric is as an adjective meaning reddish or written in red, and meanings are actually related. Instructions in church books used to be written in red, so both the color and what it is used for was named for the ruby

Question 39

Rue

Answer 39

v. regret, feel remorse

Rueful meansexpressing sorrow