GRE Vocab G

Question 1

Gainsay

Answer 1

1. Deny or contradict (a fact or statement)
2. Speak against or oppose

Question 2

Garrulous

Answer 2

1. Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 3

Gauche

Answer 3

Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward

Question 4

Gawky

Answer 4

Nervously awkward and ungainly

Question 5

Germane

Answer 5

Relevant to a subject under consideration

Question 6

Gist

Answer 6

The substance or essence of a speech or text

Question 7

Glib

Answer 7

1. (Of words of the person speaking them) voluble and fluent but insincere and shallow

Question 8

Gregarious

Answer 8

Social, fond of company

Question 9

Guile

Answer 9

Sly and cunning intelligence

Question 10

Hackneyed

Answer 10

(Of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite

Question 11

Hardy

Answer 11

1. Robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions
2. (Of a plant) Able to survive outside during winter

Question 12

Hearken

Answer 12

Listen; to pay attention

Question 13

Hodgepodge

Answer 13

A confused mixture; a jumble

Question 14

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 14

1. A mode or behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
2. A distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing
3. An abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug

Question 15

Illiberality

Answer 15

Narrow mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity