GRE Vocab List 12

Question 1

Patent

Answer 1

Glaringly obvious

Eg- His disregard for our presence was patent.

Question 2

Irascible

Answer 2

Easily angered

Eg- Underneath that kind appearance lived an irascible man.

Question 3

Ascribe

Answer 3

attribute or accredit

Eg- He ascribed her bad temper to her headache.

Question 4

Eclectic

Answer 4

wider ranging or having a variety from diff sources

Eg- Universities these days offer an eclectic mix of course.

Question 5

Disseminate

Answer 5

Spread

Eg- Before the effects of the anesthesia were disseminated, the surgery began.

Question 6

Verisimilitude

Answer 6

Appearance of truth

Eg- The detailed description of the city gives some verisimilitude to the city.

Question 7

Prolific

Answer 7

Productive, creative or inventive

Eg- Mozart was one of the most prolific pianists of his time.

Question 8

Hauteur

Answer 8

Extreme pride

Eg- She walked into the room with hauteur.

Question 9

Inviolate

Answer 9

Untouched, undamaged, or sacred.

Eg- The temple must remain inviolate.

Question 10

Stalwart

Answer 10

Dependable

Eg- Despite his blunders, bhakts remain modis stalwart supporters.

Question 11

Firebrand

Answer 11

Radical or troublemaker

Eg- Bhagat singh was a firebrand who believed in the cause of free india.

Question 12

Abjure

Answer 12

Give up or renounce

Eg- The church abjured galileos work and labelled him as a heretic.

Question 13

Percipient

Answer 13

Perceptive

Question 14

Obstreperous

Answer 14

noisy and defiant

Eg- James is an obstreperous child.

Question 15

Imponderable

Answer 15

Difficult to assess

Eg- Making changes to our health system to make it more effective is an imponderable task.

Question 16

Officious

Answer 16

Meddlesome or interfering

Eg- An officious backseat driver is very annoying.

Question 17

Voracious

Answer 17

Very hungry

Eg- I am voracious for knowledge.

Question 18

Proscribe

Answer 18

Ban

Eg- The doctor strictly proscribed most of the foods from my diet.

Question 19

Humdrum

Answer 19

Lacking Excitement

Eg- Khanna is a humdrum town where nothing ever happens.

Question 20

Deleterious

Answer 20

Harmful

Eg- Divorce has a deleterious effect on children.

Question 21

Browbeat

Answer 21

boss around or bully

Eg- The police browbeat the suspect violently into signing a false confession.

Question 22

Self-effacing

Answer 22

modest and retiring

Eg- His behavior was erudite and self effacing,

Question 23

Dearth

Answer 23

Shortage or paucity

Eg- The case was closed due to dearth of evidence.

Question 24

Asperity

Answer 24

Harshness of tone or manner

Eg- The boss pointed out my mistakes with asperity.

Question 25

Bromide

Answer 25

platitude or cliched remark