GRE Verbal Deck 4

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm or expected behaviour

Question 2

Abeyance

Answer 2

A state of temporary disuse or suspension

Officer Arthur is in Abeyance after he messed up at job driving ambulance

Question 3

Abstemious

Answer 3

Moderate, especially in eating or drinking

To get abs, that guy gyms and keeps his diet abstemious while being serious

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

Approval or praise

Like opposite of probation

Question 5

Arcane

Answer 5

Understood by few; mysterious or secret

Arcade games are Arcane to today’s generation

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

Being a labour is Arduous

Question 7

Ascetic

Answer 7

Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline

You are not an ass for saying no and being ascetic in your atic

Question 8

Aspersion

Answer 8

A damaging or derogatory remark

Everybody dispursed after that ass’s aspersion

Question 9

Audacious

Answer 9

Showing a willingness to take suprisingly bold risks

Going to audition is Audacious of him

Question 10

Austere

Answer 10

Severe or strict in manner or attitude

Maintain Austere to get into UT Austin

Question 11

Aver

Answer 11

To asswer or affirm with confidence

Eva aver the wedding proposal to tie knot forever

Question 12

Belie

Answer 12

To contradict or give a false impression

Billy was Belie when he blinked at neighbour’s wife

Question 13

Boorish

Answer 13

Rude or insensitive

Question 14

Burgeon

Answer 14

To grow or expand rapidly

Question 15

Burnish

Answer 15

To polish or enhance

Question 16

Buttress

Answer 16

To support or reinforce

Question 17

Cacophonous

Answer 17

Harsh sounding; jarring

That cock was really cacophonous towards her

Question 18

Cant

Answer 18

Insincere or hypocrtitical speech

The cunt gave such a cant speech

Question 19

Castigation

Answer 19

Severe criticism or punishment

He suffered castigation after being guilty in invetigation

Question 20

Chicanery

Answer 20

Trickery or deception

Question 21

Conciliatory

Answer 21

Intended to pacify or make peace

Question 22

Confound

Answer 22

To cause confusion or perplexity

Question 23

Contentious

Answer 23

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

Question 24

Conundrum

Answer 24

A confusing and difficult problem or question

Condum is confusing to put on

Question 25

Craven

Answer 25

Lacking in courage; cowardly

Question 26

Credence

Answer 26

Belief in or acceptance of something as true

Cult carries credance in the creeky woods

Question 27

Demotic

Answer 27

Or of relating to the common people

Democratic-of the people (common ones)

Question 28

Denigrate

Answer 28

To critize unfairly or disparage

Like Discourage

Question 29

Diffidence

Answer 29

Shyness or lack of confidence

Question 30

Discordant

Answer 30

Disagreeing or incongrous

Question 31

Disingenuous

Answer 31

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

Not geniune

His lying face shows his disingenuousness in class

Question 32

Disparage

Answer 32

To regard or represent as being of little worth

Like Discourage

Question 33

Dissonance

Answer 33

Lack of harmony or agreement

No resonance with other person

Question 34

Ebullient

Answer 34

Cheerful and full of energy

Question 35

Effrontery

Answer 35

Insolent or impertinent behavior

Question 36

Elicit

Answer 36

To draw out a response, answer, or fact from someone

Question 37

Embellish

Answer 37

To make something more attractive by adding details

Like cherish with beauty

Question 38

Endemic

Answer 38

Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area

opposite of endemic

Question 39

Enervate

Answer 39

To weaken or drain of energy

Like opposite of energy

Question 40

Equivocate

Answer 40

To use ambiguous language to conceal the truth