Gre Vocab E ADVANCED

Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

Cheerful and full of energy; bubbling with enthusiasm

Question 2

Echelon

Answer 2

A level or rank
2. A formation of troops or ships in a step like arrangement

Question 3

Edify

Answer 3

To instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually

Question 4

Effigy

Answer 4

A sculpture or model of a person, often created to be destroyed as a protest or expression of anger

Question 5

Effrontery

Answer 5

Shameless boldness or audacity, often in a rude or disrespectful manner

Question 6

Egress

Answer 6

1. The action of going out or leaving a place
2. A way out, an exit

Question 7

Elegy

Answer 7

A poem or song of serious reflection, typically lamenting the dead

Question 8

Emaciate

Answer 8

1. To make abnormally thin or weak, especially due to illness or lack of food

Question 9

Emaciate

Answer 9

To make abnormally thin or weak,especiammy due to ilmness or lack of food

Question 10

Encomium

Answer 10

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 11

Endemic

Answer 11

Regularly found among a particular people or certain area

Poverty has become endemic in certain parts of the city

Question 12

Engender

Answer 12

Engendrer. To cause

Question 13

Epicure

Answer 13

A person with refined taste in food and wine, someone who takes particular pleasure in fine dining

Question 14

Equivocate

Answer 14

To use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Question 15

Ersatz

Answer 15

Made or used as substitute, typically of inferior quality to the original

Question 16

Erstwhile

Answer 16

Former or previously

Question 17

Ethos

Answer 17

The characteristic spirit, values and beliefs of a community, culture or organization

Question 18

Euphemism

Answer 18

A mild or indorecr word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh or blunt

Question 19

Euphony

Answer 19

The quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through harmonious sound combinations

Question 20

Exigent

Answer 20

Requiring immediate action or attention; urgent or pressing

Question 21

Exonerate

Answer 21

To clear someone from blame or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case

Question 22

Expedient

Answer 22

1. Suitable for achieving a particular endd in a given circumstance, often without rzgard to ethics or long term consequences (noun)
2. A means of attaining an end, especiamly one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral (adj)

Question 23

Expurgate

Answer 23

To remove matter that is considered objectionable or unsuitable from a book, account or other text

Question 24

Extemporaneous

Answer 24

Spoken or performed without preparation, impromptu