GRE Vocab 5

Question 1

Chimerical

Answer 1

Imaginary

Question 2

Somatic

Answer 2

pertaining to the body

Question 3

Prodigious

Answer 3

marvelous; impressive; eliciting excitment

Question 4

Aduterate

Answer 4

make impure by adding something of inferior quality

Question 5

Curtailed

Answer 5

reduce in quality; impose a restriction on

Question 6

Enigmatic

Answer 6

mysterious

Question 7

Disparate

Answer 7

things so different they can’t be compared

Question 8

Ubiquitous

Answer 8

found everywhere

Question 9

Clangorous

Answer 9

making continuous loud sounds

Question 10

Dogmatism

Answer 10

strong expression of opinions as if they were fact

Question 11

Foreground

Answer 11

make something the most prominent or important feature

Question 12

Satorial

Answer 12

pertaining to tailored clothing

Question 13

Augment

Answer 13

increase

Question 14

Adroit

Answer 14

skillful or clever in handling a situation

Question 15

Dissemble

Answer 15

concealing one’s motives/feelings/beliefs

Question 16

Idiosycratic

Answer 16

characteristic/mannerism particular to an individual

Question 17

Bucolic

Answer 17

relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

Question 18

Perfunctory

Answer 18

something done with minimum effort

Question 19

Trifling

Answer 19

trivial/ unimportant

Question 20

Brandish

Answer 20

wave or flourish something as a threat; in anger

Question 21

Prescience

Answer 21

foreknowledge

Question 22

Mercurial

Answer 22

subject to unpredictable change in moods or mind

Question 23

Braggart

Answer 23

someone who brags

Question 24

Rhapsody

Answer 24

effusively enthusiastic expression of feeling

Question 25

Appropriate

Answer 25

take something usually without permission

Question 26

Sycophant

Answer 26

self seeking flatter

Question 27

Adulator

Answer 27

flatter

Question 28

Prolix

Answer 28

speech or writing using too many words

Question 29

Taciturnity

Answer 29

uncommunicative

Question 30

Phlegmatic

Answer 30

unemotional; calm disposition

Question 31

Caprice

Answer 31

sudden change of mood or behavior

Question 32

Surly

Answer 32

ill tempered; not friendly

Question 33

Tepid

Answer 33

little enthusiasm

Question 34

Evanescent

Answer 34

vanshing

Question 35

Begnign

Answer 35

not harmful; gentle

Question 36

Indemnified

Answer 36

compensate for loss or harm

Question 37

Penitential

Answer 37

expressive of penitence or repentance

Question 38

Manacled

Answer 38

shackle up someone

Question 39

Intransigent

Answer 39

unwilling to change one’s beliefs

Question 40

Ruminate

Answer 40

to ponder; chew over and over

Question 41

Volubility

Answer 41

talkative

Question 42

Prosaic

Answer 42

commonplace; dull

Question 43

Restive/Skittish

Answer 43

restlessness

Question 44

Circumscribe

Answer 44

to enclose, limit, markoff

Question 45

Immured

Answer 45

confine someone against their will

Question 46

Avarice

Answer 46

extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 47

Indecorous

Answer 47

inappropriate behavior; not having good taste

Question 48

Obdurancy

Answer 48

stubborn; unwilling to be persuaded

Question 49

Perspicacity

Answer 49

shrewdness; insightful

Question 50

Blithe

Answer 50

lacking due thought or consideration; of happy lighthearted character or disposition