GRE Supplement

Question 1

Hale

Answer 1

adj. healthy, strong (usually in an elderly person)

Question 2

Panacea

Answer 2

n. solution, remedy for all things.

Question 3

Olio

Answer 3

n. miscellaneous collection of things

Question 4

Melange

Answer 4

n. a mixture of things

Question 5

Pyrrhic

Answer 5

v. won at great cost to the victor

Question 6

Pulchritude

Answer 6

adj. physical comeliness

Question 7

Credulous

Answer 7

adj. gullible

Question 8

Acrimonious

Answer 8

adj. angry, bitter, caustic or biting

Question 9

Archetype

Answer 9

n. original pattern of which all things of the same type are representations or copies

Question 10

Augment

Answer 10

v. to make greater, to enhance

Question 11

Fiat

Answer 11

n. an authoritative order

Question 12

Histrionics

Answer 12

adj. deliberately affected, over dramatic/emotion

Question 13

Holistic

Answer 13

adj. characterized by understanding the parts to truly understand the whole

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

n. a preference or special liking for something; bias in favor of something

Question 15

Shibboleth

Answer 15

n. a custom, principal, longstanding regarded as outdated