GRE vob list 3

Question 1

lucid

Answer 1

clear

Question 2

magnanimous

Answer 2

generous or forgiving

Question 3

maladroit

Answer 3

clumsy, tactless
S:munificent
A:miserly
root: anim+spirit

Question 4

malfeasance

Answer 4

misconduct or wrondoing often commited by a public official

Question 5

malign

Answer 5

to speak harmful untruths about, to slander

Question 6

malinger

Answer 6

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 7

maxim

Answer 7

an expression of general truth or principle

Question 8

minatory

Answer 8

menacing, threatening

Question 9

misanthrope

Answer 9

a person who dislikes other

Question 10

miser

Answer 10

a person,one who hoards to excess and never spends

Question 11

mitigate

Answer 11

to soften, to lessen

Question 12

mollify

Answer 12

to calm or make less severs

Question 13

nascent

Answer 13

starting to develop

Question 14

neophyte

Answer 14

a newcomer to something

Question 15

obdurate

Answer 15

stubborn; resistant to persuasion

Question 16

obfuscate

Answer 16

to render indistinct or dim

Question 17

oblique

Answer 17

not direct

Question 18

obsequious

Answer 18

overly submissive and eager to please

Question 19

obsolete

Answer 19

old and out of use

Question 20

obstreperous

Answer 20

noisily defiant, unruly

Question 21

obtuse

Answer 21

not sharp

Question 22

obviate

Answer 22

to prevent; to make unnecessary

Question 23

occlusion

Answer 23

to stop up; to prevent the passage of

Question 24

omnivorous

Answer 24

eating or absorbing everything

Question 25

opprobrium

Answer 25

public disgrace

Question 26

panegyric

Answer 26

formal or elaborate praise at an assembly

Question 27

paragon

Answer 27

model of excellence or perfection

Question 28

paucity

Answer 28

smallness of quality; scarcity; scantiness

Question 29

penchant

Answer 29

tendency

Question 30

penurious

Answer 30

living in poverty

Question 31

perfidious

Answer 31

willing to betray one's trust, disloyal

Question 32

perfunctory

Answer 32

performed merely as routine duty

Question 33

peripatetic

Answer 33

walking or traveling about;itinerant

Question 34

pernicious

Answer 34

harmful

Question 35

perquisite

Answer 35

a benefit or gratuity

Question 36

perspicacious

Answer 36

having keen mental perception and understanding

Question 37

pertinacious

Answer 37

persistent, stubborn

Question 38

petulant

Answer 38

showing sudden irritation,esp over some annoyance

Question 39

philanderer

Answer 39

one who carries on adultery

Question 40

philology

Answer 40

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 41

plethora

Answer 41

a large amount

Question 42

precept

Answer 42

a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct

Question 43

precipitate

Answer 43

to throw violently or bring about abruptly

Question 44

preclude

Answer 44

to prevent the presence of

Question 45

precocious

Answer 45

unusually advance or mature in mental development

Question 46

predilection

Answer 46

preference, liking

Question 47

prescient

Answer 47

having knowledge of things before the happen

Question 48

prevaricate

Answer 48

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 49

prodigal

Answer 49

wasteful

Question 50

promulgate

Answer 50

to make known by open declaration

Question 51

propitiate

Answer 51

to satisfy; to appease

Question 52

propound

Answer 52

to set fourth for consideration

Question 53

propriety

Answer 53

correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs

Question 54

proscribe

Answer 54

to condemn as harmful or odious

Question 55

proselytize

Answer 55

to convert or attempt to recruit

Question 56

prudent

Answer 56

with wisdom, caution or restraint

Question 57

puerile

Answer 57

childish, immuture

Question 58

pugnacious

Answer 58

eager to fight, aggressive

Question 59

punctilious

Answer 59

strict or exact in the observance of formalities, fussy

Question 60

pusillanimous

Answer 60

lacking courage or resolution

Question 61

querulous

Answer 61

full or complaint

Question 62

quiescent

Answer 62

calm and still

Question 63

ravenous

Answer 63

hungry

Question 64

recumbent

Answer 64

lying down; reclining; learning

Question 65

refractory

Answer 65

stubborn; rebllious

Question 66

rejoinder

Answer 66

to reply, retort

Question 67

remonstrate

Answer 67

to say or plead in protest or objection

Question 68

reprobate

Answer 68

a depraved or wicked person

Question 69

repudiate

Answer 69

to reject

Question 70

reticent

Answer 70

silent, reserved

Question 71

revile

Answer 71

to criticize with harsh language

Question 72

sedition

Answer 72

incitement of dicontent or rebellion against a government