GRE vocab

Question 1

perspicacious

Answer 1

clever, keen, acute mental capacity, astute, shrewd

unusual power of mind to see through & comprehend the puzzling/hidden

Question 2

truculent

Answer 2

violent/rageful/fierce

Question 3

redolent

Answer 3

aromatic

Question 4

redoubtable

Answer 4

formidable/commanding respect/fear

Question 5

ingenuous

Answer 5

naive or candid/frank

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

rambling/digressive

or

deductive

Question 7

approbatory

Answer 7

commendatory/laudatory/
plauditory/acclamatory

Question 8

lachrymose

Answer 8

mournful

Question 9

sedulous

Answer 9

assiduous

Question 10

querulous

Answer 10

given to complaining/whiny

Question 11

noisome

Answer 11

offensive/noxious

Question 12

recondite

Answer 12

concealed/occult

Question 13

quiescent

Answer 13

quiet/still/inactive

Question 14

baleful

Answer 14

ominous/portentous

Question 15

puissance

Answer 15

power/vigor/control/might

Question 16

donnybrook

Answer 16

melee/brawl/fracas

Question 17

panegyric

Answer 17

eulogy/laudation/
homage/encomium

Question 18

distension

Answer 18

expansion/enlargement

Question 19

insouciant

Answer 19

nonchalant

Question 20

blithe

Answer 20

lacking concern/carefree

Question 21

inveterate

Answer 21

chronic/deep-rooted

Question 22

tumid

Answer 22

swollen/distended/bulging (physical)
[tumor is derived from this]

or

bombastic/turgid/pompous (language)

Question 23

turgid

Answer 23

grandiloquent/overly complex (language)

or

distended/bloated (physical) (esp. by a fluid force)

Question 24

refulgent

Answer 24

resplendent/shining

Question 25

equanimous

Answer 25

even tempered (equal animus (mind))

Question 26

equable

Answer 26

serene/unvarying/smooth in surface

Question 27

restive

Answer 27

impatient/anxious/uneasy/restless under delay, duress, or control resistant to control/refractory refusing to move forward/balky

Question 28

vainglorious

Answer 28

arrogant

Question 29

tyro

Answer 29

n00b/beginner

Question 30

gambol

Answer 30

frolic

Question 31

stygian

Answer 31

gloomy/dark (from River Styx)

Question 32

diaphonous

Answer 32

thin-translucent

Question 33

attenuate

Answer 33

make slender/small / to rarefy or lessen in virulence/strength/magnitude /value

Question 34

abjure

Answer 34

repudiate/renounce/foreswear

Question 35

importune

Answer 35

ask insistently

Question 36

plangent

Answer 36

loud & plaintive (mournful) beating a la wave

Question 37

stentorian

Answer 37

extremely loud

Question 38

invidious

Answer 38

offensive or tending to give rise to resentment or harm

Question 39

piquant

Answer 39

pleasantly spicy or tart or engagingly provocative (like a "spicy" person or language)

Question 40

bromide

Answer 40

cliche/platitude

Question 41

aver

Answer 41

affirm/assert as fact

Question 42

coeval

Answer 42

of the same era

Question 43

sinecure

Answer 43

salaried position w/o work

Question 44

unctuous

Answer 44

falsely pious/ingratiating or oily

Question 45

effrontery

Answer 45

brazen boldness/shamelessness

Question 46

trenchant

Answer 46

incisive/caustic/cutting (wit) or vigorous & effective or clear-cut/sharply distinct

Question 47

minatory

Answer 47

threatening/menacing

Question 48

obdurate

Answer 48

hardened/unchanging/obstinate

Question 49

perorate

Answer 49

speak longly/grandiloquently or bring speech to end w/ formal conclusion

Question 50

turbid

Answer 50

opaque/muddy (stirred up)

Question 51

sundry

Answer 51

varied (sundry shop has variety)

Question 52

lassitude

Answer 52

fatigue/languor/apathy/weary indifference

Question 53

peripatetic

Answer 53

walking from place to place or (when capitalized) follower of Aristotle

Question 54

contumely

Answer 54

(n) harsh treatment/language arising from contempt

Question 55

sententious

Answer 55

preachy/moralistic

Question 56

desultory

Answer 56

jumping from one thing or subject to another w/o order, planning, or rational/logical sequence or unconnected w/ subject (btw) or disappointing in performance/quality

Question 57

diffident

Answer 57

hesitant due to lack of self-confidence / bashful & unassertive

Question 58

ineluctable

Answer 58

inevitable

Question 59

tendentious

Answer 59

biased (tendency to a particular viewpoint)