GRE Words 2

Question 1

Fete

Answer 1

To celebrate a person

Question 2

Raffish

Answer 2

Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

Question 3

Renege

Answer 3

Fail to fulfill a promise

Question 4

Plodding

Answer 4

(Of movement) slow and laborious

Question 5

Respite

Answer 5

A pause from doing something (as work)

Question 6

Apprehension

Answer 6

Fearful expectation

Question 7

Snide

Answer 7

mocking or derogatory in an indirect manner

Question 8

Morose

Answer 8

Ill tempered and not inclined to talk (gloomy)

Question 9

Jocular

Answer 9

Characterized by jokes and good humour

Question 10

Consummate

Answer 10

Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

Question 11

Malady

Answer 11

A disease or sickness

Question 12

Stolid

Answer 12

Having or revealing little emotion or sensitivity

Question 13

Endemic

Answer 13

Originating

Question 14

Flounder

Answer 14

Have difficulties with, behave awkwardly

Question 15

Dearth

Answer 15

A lack or shortage

Question 16

Fledgling

Answer 16

Young and inexperienced

Question 17

Guffaw

Answer 17

Laugh boisterously (the king guffawed)

Question 18

Inclement

Answer 18

(Of weather) unpleasant, stormy
(Of person) showing no mercy to

Question 19

Spurn

Answer 19

Reject with contempt

Question 20

Urbane

Answer 20

Showing a high degree of refinement and assurance that comes from wide social experience

Question 21

Buck

Answer 21

Resist

Question 22

Facetious

Answer 22

Clearly amusing in tone

Question 23

Grovel

Answer 23

Show submission or fear

Question 24

Genteel

Answer 24

Marked by refinement in taste and manners

Question 25

Assail

Answer 25

Attack in speech or writing

Question 26

Rankle

Answer 26

Gnaw into: make resentful or angry

Question 27

Derisive

Answer 27

Abusing vocally, expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 28

Fickle

Answer 28

Liable to sudden unpredictable change, especially in affections or attachment

Question 29

Perfidy

Answer 29

An act of deliberate betrayal

Question 30

Deferential

Answer 30

Showing respect

Question 31

Prescience

Answer 31

Ability to see the future

Question 32

Mawkish

Answer 32

Overly sentimental to the point that is becomes disgusting

Question 33

Aesthete

Answer 33

One who professes great sensibility to to the Beauty of art and nature

Question 34

Volubility

Answer 34

The quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

Question 35

Refractory

Answer 35

Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Question 36

Languid

Answer 36

Not inclined towards physical exertion; slow and relaxed

Question 37

Eclectic

Answer 37

Comprised of a variety of styles

Question 38

Apocryphal

Answer 38

Being of questionable authenticity

Question 39

Pedantic

Answer 39

someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter

Question 40

Myopic

Answer 40

Lacking foresight or imagination

Question 41

Acerbic

Answer 41

Harsh in tone

Question 42

Expound

Answer 42

Add detail or clarification

Question 43

Espouse

Answer 43

To adapt or support and idea or cause

Question 44

Intransigent

Answer 44

Unwilling to change one’s belief or course of action