GRE Vocabulary #3

Question 1

qualify

Answer 1

to modify or restirct

Question 2

decorous

Answer 2

in good taste

Question 3

infer

Answer 3

to conclude

Question 4

ostentatious

Answer 4

showing off

Question 5

pathology

Answer 5

science of diseases

Question 6

plumb

Answer 6

to measure the depth of something

Question 7

spurious

Answer 7

false

Question 8

subjugate

Answer 8

to enslave

Question 9

visonary

Answer 9

a dreamer

Question 10

reciprocal

Answer 10

shared

Question 11

antipathy

Answer 11

dislike

Question 12

dissonant

Answer 12

in disagreement

Question 13

palliate

Answer 13

to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies

Question 14

substanice

Answer 14

substantial

Question 15

surreptitious

Answer 15

secret

Question 16

equivocal

Answer 16

ambiguous

Question 17

flippant

Answer 17

frivolously shallow and disrespectful

Question 18

impervious

Answer 18

impenetrable

Question 19

judicious

Answer 19

exercising sound judgement

Question 20

laconic

Answer 20

using few word to the point of being rude

Question 21

piquant

Answer 21

strong or sharp

Question 22

stiric

Answer 22

using sarcasm or irony

Question 23

sullen

Answer 23

gloomy

Question 24

tacit

Answer 24

silently implied

Question 25

tractable

Answer 25

obedient

Question 26

impromptu

Answer 26

without preparation

Question 27

parallel

Answer 27

a comparison made between two things

Question 28

sterile

Answer 28

unfruitful

Question 29

debauchery

Answer 29

reckless, careless, wild living

Question 30

deleterious

Answer 30

harmful

Question 31

disinterested

Answer 31

unbiased