GRE Vocab Set 20

Question 1

abject

Answer 1

1. experienced or present to maximum degree

2. completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing

Question 2

amicable

Answer 2

characterized by friendliness and absences of discord

Question 3

animosity

Answer 3

strong hostility

Question 4

aver

Answer 4

state or assert to be the case

Question 5

barrage

Answer 5

bombard with questions, criticism, complaints

Question 6

cathartic

Answer 6

providing psychological relief through the open expressionof strong emotion

Question 7

decipher

Answer 7

succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying

Question 8

delusion

Answer 8

1. an idiosuncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument
2. the action of deluding or the state of being deluded

Question 9

eloquent

Answer 9

fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

Question 10

entrall

Answer 10

capture the fascinated attention of

Question 11

fledgling

Answer 11

a person or organization that is immature, inexperiences, or underdeveloped

Question 12

fortitude

Answer 12

courage in pain or adversity

Question 13

fortuitous

Answer 13

happening by chance rather than intention/happening by a lucky chance; fortunate

Question 14

goad

Answer 14

1. provoke or annoy so as to stimulate an action or reaction
2. drive with a spiked stick

Question 15

imminent

Answer 15

about to happen

Question 16

incontrovertible

Answer 16

not able to be denied or disputed

Question 17

itinerant

Answer 17

travelling from place to place

Question 18

magnanimous

Answer 18

generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person

Question 19

meritorious

Answer 19

desrving reward or praise

Question 20

mutiny

Answer 20

an opne rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers

Question 21

paradoxical

Answer 21

seeminglt absurd or self-contradictory

Question 22

repertoire

Answer 22

1. stock or plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform
2. a stock of skillls or types of behaviors that a person habitually uses

Question 23

resolute

Answer 23

admirably purposeful, determined, unwavering

Question 24

supple

Answer 24

bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible

Question 25

valor

Answer 25

great courage in the face of danger especially in battel