GRE VOCABULARY #3

Question 1

PECCADILLO

Answer 1

NOUN

A MINOR SIN OR OFFENSE

LETS HARP ON SERENA'S PECCADILLOES....

SYN; FAILING, FAULT, LAPSE, MISSTEP

Question 2

PEDANT

Answer 2

NOUN

SOMEONE WHO SHOWS OFF LEARNING

SYN; DOCTRINAIRE, NIT-PICKER, PEDAGOGUE, SCHOLAR, SOPHIST

Question 3

PENURY

Answer 3

NOUN

AN OPPRESSIVE LACK OF RESOURCES (AS MONEY); SEVERE POVERTY

SYN; DESTITUTION, IMPOVERISHMENT

Question 4

PERFIDIOUS

Answer 4

ADJ

WILLING TO BETRAY SOMEONE'S TRUST

SYN; DISLOYAL, FAITHLESS, TRAITOROUS; TREACHEROUS

Question 5

PERFUNCTORY

Answer 5

ADJ

DONE IN A ROUTINE WAY; INDIFFERENT


SYN; APATHETIC, AUTOMATIC, MECHANICAL

Question 6

PERMEATE

Answer 6

VERB

TO PENETRATE

SYN; IMBUE, INFUSE, PERVADE, SUFFUSE

Question 7

PERSPICACIOUS

Answer 7

ADJ

SHREWD, ASTUTE, OR KEEN-WITTED

SYN; INSIGHTFUL, INTELLIGENT, SAGACIOUS

Question 8

PERVADE

Answer 8

VERB

TO BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT; TO PERMEATE

SYN; IMBUE, INFUSE, PENETRATE, PERMEATE, SUFFUSE

Question 9

PHALANX

Answer 9

NOUN

A COMPACT OR CLOSE KNIT BODY OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS, OR THINGS

SYN; LEGION, MASS

Question 10

PHILANTHROPY

Answer 10

NOUN

CHARITY; A DESIRE OR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GOODNESS

Question 11

ABSTAIN

Answer 11

VERB

TO CHOOSE NOT TO DO SOMETHING

SYN; FORBEAR, REFRAIN, WITHOLD

Question 12

ARBITRARY

Answer 12

ADJ

DETERMINED BY CHANCE OR IMPULSE

SYN; CHANGEABLE ERRATIC, INDISCRIMINATE, RANDOM, WAYWARD

Question 13

ANTIPATHY

Answer 13

NOUN

EXTREME DISLIKE

THE ANTIPATHY BETWEEN CO-WORKERS....

SYN; ABHORRENCE, ANIMOSITY, ANIMUS, ANTAGONISM, AVERSION, DISLIKE, ENMITTY, HATRED, HOSTILITY, LOATHING, REPELLENCE, REPUGNANCE, REPULSION, REVULSION

Question 14

ANTAGONIZE

Answer 14

VERB

TO ANNOY OR PROVOKE TO ANGER

SYN; CLASH, CONFLICT, INCITE, IRRATE, OPPOSE, PESTER, PROVOKE, VEX

Question 15

AESTHETIC

Answer 15

CONCERNING THE APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY

SYN; ARTISTIC, TASTEFUL

Question 16

AUGUST

Answer 16

ADJ

DIGNIFIED, GRANDIOSE

SYN; ADMIRABLE, AWESOME, GRAND, MAJESTIC

Question 17

DERIDE

Answer 17

VERB

TO SPEAK OR TREAT WITH CONTEMPT; TO MOCK

SYN; GIB, JEER, MOCK, RIDICULE, SCOFF, SNEER, TAUNT

Question 18

AMBIGUOUS

Answer 18

ADJ

DOUBTFUL OR UNCERTAIN; CAN BE INTERPRETED SEVERAL WAYS

SYN; CLOUDY, DOUPTFUL, DUBIOUS, EQUIVOCAL, INDETERMINATE, NEBULOUS, OBSURE, UNCLEAR, VAGUE

Question 19

CORROBROATE

Answer 19

VERB

SUPPORT WITH EVIDENCE

SYN; AUTHENTICATE, BACK, BUTTRESS, CONFIRM, SUBSTANTIATE, VERIFY

Question 20

AXIOM

Answer 20

NOUN

PREMISE; POSTULATE, SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH

SHE LIVES HER LIFE BASED ON THE AXIOMS OF HER GRANDMOTHER...

SYN; ADAGE, APOTHEGM, MAXIM, RULE