GRE VOCAB PT3

Question 1

lethargic

Answer 1

sluggish manner

Question 2

loquacious

Answer 2

talkative

Question 3

lucid

Answer 3

clear and easily understood

Question 4

luminous

Answer 4

bright, brilliant, glowing

Question 5

malinger

Answer 5

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 6

malleable

Answer 6

capable of being shaped

Question 7

metaphor

Answer 7

a figure of speech comparing two different things

Question 8

meticulous

Answer 8

extremely careful about details

Question 9

misanthrope

Answer 9

a person who dislikes others

Question 10

mitigate

Answer 10

to lessen

Question 11

mollify

Answer 11

to calm or make less severe

Question 12

paradox

Answer 12

a contradiction

Question 13

paragon

Answer 13

model of excellence or perfection

Question 14

pedant

Answer 14

someone who shows off learning

Question 15

perfidious

Answer 15

willing to betray ones trust

Question 16

perfunctory

Answer 16

done in a routine way, indifferent

Question 17

permeate

Answer 17

to penetrate

Question 18

philanthropy

Answer 18

charity or desire to promote goodness

Question 19

placate

Answer 19

to soothe or pacify

Question 20

plastic

Answer 20

able to be molded, bent

Question 21

plethora

Answer 21

excess

Question 22

pragmatic

Answer 22

practical as opposed to idealistic

Question 23

precipitate

Answer 23

to throw violently or bring about abruptly

Question 24

prevaricate

Answer 24

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 25

pristine

Answer 25

fresh and clean

Question 26

prodigal

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lavish

Question 27

proliferate

Answer 27

to increase in number quickly

Question 28

propitiate

Answer 28

to appease

Question 29

propriety

Answer 29

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Question 30

prudence

Answer 30

wisdom, caution or restraint

Question 31

pungent

Answer 31

sharp and irritating to the senses

Question 32

quiescent

Answer 32

motionless

Question 33

rarefy

Answer 33

to make thinner

Question 34

repudiate

Answer 34

to reject the validity of

Question 35

reticent

Answer 35

silent, reserved

Question 36

rhetoric

Answer 36

effective writing or speaking

Question 37

satiate

Answer 37

to satisfy fully or overindulge

Question 38

soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

Question 39

specious

Answer 39

seeming plausible but fallacious

Question 40

stigma

Answer 40

a mark of shame or discredit

Question 41

stolid

Answer 41

unemotional; lacking sensitivity

Question 42

sublime

Answer 42

grand

Question 43

tacit

Answer 43

done without using words

Question 44

taciturn

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silent, not talkative

Question 45

tirade

Answer 45

long, harsh speech

Question 46

torpor

Answer 46

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

Question 47

transitory

Answer 47

temporary, lasting a brief time

Question 48

vacillate

Answer 48

to be indecisive

Question 49

venerate

Answer 49

to respect deeply

Question 50

veracity

Answer 50

truthfulness

Question 51

verbose

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wordy

Question 52

vex

Answer 52

to annoy

Question 53

volatile

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easily aroused or changeable

Question 54

waver

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to fluctuate between choices

Question 55

whimsical

Answer 55

unpredictable

Question 56

zeal

Answer 56

passion, excitement