GRE Words 5

Question 1

Unstinting

Answer 1

Given without restraint, unsparing

Question 2

Avaricious

Answer 2

Showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 3

Miserly

Answer 3

Denoting a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

Question 4

Penurious

Answer 4

Extremely poor; poverty-striken

Question 5

Venal

Answer 5

Corruptible, bribable

Question 6

Asperity

Answer 6

Harshness of tone or manner; a rough edge on a surface

Question 7

Baleful

Answer 7

Threatening harm, menacing

Question 8

Dour

Answer 8

Severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance

Question 9

Fell

Answer 9

Of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly

Question 10

Mordant

Answer 10

Showing a harsh or critical quality; biting

Question 11

Sardonic

Answer 11

Grimly mocking or cynical

Question 12

Truculent

Answer 12

Eager or quick to argue and fight; aggressively defiant

Question 13

Vitriolic

Answer 13

Filled with bitter criticism or malice

Question 14

Inimical

Answer 14

Tending to harm; hostile towards something

Question 15

Minatory

Answer 15

Expressing or conveying a threat

Question 16

Pernicious

Answer 16

Harmful, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Question 17

Churlish

Answer 17

Rude, unfriendly, or unpleasant

Question 18

Curmudgeon

Answer 18

A bad-tempered, difficult person

Question 19

Cantankerous

Answer 19

Bad-tempered, argumentative, or uncooperative

Question 20

Credulous

Answer 20

Showing a too great readiness to believe things

Question 21

Ingenuous

Answer 21

Innocent or unsuspecting

Question 22

Fulsome

Answer 22

Excessively complimentary or flattering

Question 23

Assay

Answer 23

To test or investigate something to determine it ingredients or quality

Question 24

Descry

Answer 24

To catch sight of

Question 25

Indolent

Answer 25

Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy