GRE Vocabulary

Question 1

Dubious

Answer 1

in doubt/ doubtful

Question 2

Stupefied

Answer 2

Stun/ Shock/ Astonish

Question 3

Blasé

Answer 3

unimpressed/ uncaring about// unconvinced about

Question 4

Prescient

Answer 4

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place/ prophetic

Question 5

Mundane

Answer 5

Of this world/ terrestrial/ lacking interest or excitement

Question 6

Pugnacious

Answer 6

quick to anger, quarrel or fight

Question 7

Aberrant

Answer 7

deviating from the norm

Question 8

Abscond

Answer 8

To leave hurriedly and secretly (usually for doing something bad)

Question 9

Clandestine

Answer 9

kept secret or to do something in secret

Question 10

Anomaly

Answer 10

peculiarity / abnormality/ inconsistent

Question 11

Assuage

Answer 11

alleviate/ ease/ relieve/ sooth

Question 12

Approbation

Answer 12

to express approval or praise

Question 13

Capricious

Answer 13

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively/ unpredictable / changeable / unstable

Question 14

Lucid

Answer 14

clear and easily understood/ understandable

Question 15

nebulous

Answer 15

Cloudy; not easily understood, vague; not clearly defined form

Question 16

extemporaneous

Answer 16

done without preparation / spontaneous /unscripted