GRE Vocabulary #4

Question 1

fecund

Answer 1

fertile, productive

Question 2

hermetic

Answer 2

airtight

Question 3

salubrious

Answer 3

promoting health

Question 4

foster

Answer 4

to promote the growth or development of

Question 5

transitory

Answer 5

temporary

Question 6

cacophoney

Answer 6

a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voice, or sounds

Question 7

goad

Answer 7

to urge forcefully

Question 8

implement

Answer 8

to carry out

Question 9

ingenuous

Answer 9

free from deceit or guile

Question 10

malleable

Answer 10

easy to shape or bend

Question 11

pungent

Answer 11

sharp or biting to the taste or smell

Question 12

savor

Answer 12

to linger on the taste or smell of something

Question 13

correlate

Answer 13

to find or show the relationship of two things

Question 14

facetiuous

Answer 14

humorous

Question 15

kinship

Answer 15

natural or family relationship

Question 16

petulant

Answer 16

rude

Question 17

rampart

Answer 17

a fortification

Question 18

temerity

Answer 18

boldness

Question 19

truclent

Answer 19

hostile

Question 20

incisive

Answer 20

cutting right to the heart of the matter

Question 21

aberration

Answer 21

something not typical

Question 22

abstemious

Answer 22

moderate especially in eating and drinking

Question 23

alacrity

Answer 23

liveliness

Question 24

allocate

Answer 24

assign

Question 25

arid

Answer 25

extremely dry

Question 26

beget

Answer 26

to cause or produce

Question 27

conundrum

Answer 27

a puzzle

Question 28

debacle

Answer 28

violent breakdown

Question 29

doggerel

Answer 29

comic

Question 30

exorbitance

Answer 30

an exceedingly high amount

Question 31

garrulous

Answer 31

chatty