GRE Words 6

Question 1

Lackadaisical

Answer 1

Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy

Question 2

Phlegmatic

Answer 2

Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

Question 3

Stolid

Answer 3

Calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation

Question 4

Quiescent

Answer 4

In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

Question 5

Torpid

Answer 5

Inactive, lethargic

Question 6

Fortuitous

Answer 6

Happening by accident or chance rather than by design

Question 7

Kismet

Answer 7

Fate, destiny

Question 8

Portentous

Answer 8

Indicative that something momentous, especially catastrophic or calamitous, is going to happen

Question 9

Propitiate

Answer 9

Win or regain the favour of the gods by doing something that pleases them

Question 10

Admonish

Answer 10

Warn or reprimand someone firmly

Question 11

Cavil

Answer 11

To make petty or unnecessary objections

Question 12

Enjoin

Answer 12

Instruct someone to do something

Question 13

Hector

Answer 13

Talk to someone in a bullying way

Question 14

Martinet

Answer 14

A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces

Question 15

Reproof

Answer 15

Expression of blame or disapproval

Question 16

Askance

Answer 16

With disapproval or distrust

Question 17

Careen

Answer 17

To move swiftly and uncontrollably in a direction

Question 18

Carom

Answer 18

A rebounding, especially at an angle

Question 19

Sidle

Answer 19

To walk in a furtive, unobtrusive, or timid manner, especially sideways or obliquely

Question 20

Bombastic

Answer 20

High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Question 21

Garrulous

Answer 21

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 22

Circumlocution

Answer 22

The use of many words when fewer would do, especially in an attempt to be vague and evasive

Question 23

Loquacious

Answer 23

Tending to talk a great deal, talkative

Question 24

Periphrastic

Answer 24

Indirect and circumlocutory

Question 25

Prolix

Answer 25

Wordy