GRE_3000_List2

Question 1

ancillary

Answer 1

1 of secondary importance
[E] The company hopes to boost its sales through ancillary products.
[S] subordinate; subsidiary;
[A] paramount;
2 auxiliary; supplementary;
[E] Some practice in the deft use of words may well be ancillary to the study of science;
[S] auxiliary; supplementary;

Question 2

anemic

Answer 2

lacking force, vitality, or spirit
[E] an anemic economic recovery
      Investors are worried about the stock's anemic performance.
[S] sapless; decrepit; pallid;
[A] vigorous;

Question 3

antic

Answer 3

characterized by clownish extravagance or absurdity
[E] The clown came on with antic gestures.
[S] chucklesome; farcical; ludicrous;
[A] humorless; unfunny;grave

Question 4

apocalyptic

Answer 4

1 of a revelatory or prophetic nature
[E] No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions.
[S] prophetic; prognostic; 
2 major turning point
[E] The apocalyptic Battle of Stalingrad led to the ultimate defeat of Nazi Germany.
[A] trivial; petty;
3 wildly unrestrained; grandiose; '
[E] apocalyptic tone

Question 5

apocryphal

Answer 5

of doubtful authenticity
[E] an apocryphal story about the president’s childhood
[S] spurious; ungenuine;
[A] factual; true;

Question 6

apoplectic

Answer 6

extremely angry; furious;
[E] He became apoplectic about wasteful government spending
[S] choleric; enraged; incensed;
[A] angerless;

Question 7

apostasy

Answer 7

1 renunciation of a religious faith
[E] Some people completely abandon the faith after apostasy.
2 abandonment of previous loyalty
[E] He was looked down upon for apostasy;
[S] defection; perfidy;
[A] fidelity;

Question 8

apposite

Answer 8

highly pertinent or appropriate
[E] enrich his essay with some very apposite quotations from famous people.
[S] applicable; apropos; germane;
[A] extraneous; irrelevant; impertinent;

Question 9

apprise

Answer 9

to give notice to; inform
[E] apprise him of the danger that may be involved
[S] inform; acquainted;

Question 10

ascetic

Answer 10

1 practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
[E] This is an ascetic diet of rice and beans;
[S] abstemious; abstinent;
[A] sumptuous; licentious;
2 a person who leads a life of self-discipline
[E] We normally see an ascetic mediating in a Yogic pose.
[S] stoic spartan;
[A] sybarite; hedonist;

Question 11

askew

Answer 11

out of line
[E] The picture hung askew.
[S] crooked; cockeyed; oblique;
[A] aligned; erect;

Question 12

anarchist

Answer 12

a person who rebels against any authority
[S] rebel; insurgent;
[P] anarchy;
a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of
government authority;
[S] chaos; turmoil;
[A] order

Question 13

asperity

Answer 13

1 roughness of manner or of temper
[E] She responded with such asperity that we knew she was offended by the question.
[S] roughness; crudity;
[A] softness;
2 rigor; severity;
[E] He has encountered more than his share of asperities on the road to success.
[S] severity; hardness; rigor;

Question 14

aspirant

Answer 14

1 one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position.
[E] Envy can make oneself backward; self-confidence can tell oneself to be an aspirant.
[S] seeker;
[A] noncandidate;
2 seeking to attain a desired position.
[E] The pilot was an aspirant astronaut.

Question 15

assiduous

Answer 15

marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application.
[E] He always tended his garden with assiduous attention.
[S] diligent; industrious; sedulous;
[A] idle; inactive;
[P] assiduity

Question 16

augur

Answer 16

1 one who predict future events
[E] The ancient Roman augurs predicted the future by reading the flight of the birds.
[S] forecaster; diviner;
2 to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
[E] This augurs well for us.
[S] promise
3 to tell of or describe beforehand
[E] The fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me.
[S] forecast; predict; presage;

Question 17

awash

Answer 17

1 containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
[E] The streets were awash from the heavy rain.
[S] doused; drenched; saturated;
[A] dry; arid;
2 filled; covered; or completely overrun by flood
[E] The program is currently awash in submissions and will not be accepting any more until next term.
[S] abounding; abundant; flush; fraught; replete;
[A] dearth; scant

Question 18

awning

Answer 18

a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
[E] stay under the awning of Starbucks during the rain storm
[S] ceiling; cover; roof;

Question 19

axiomatic

Answer 19

1 based on or involving an axiom or system of anxious
[E] Euclidean geometry is based on the five axiomatic principles.
[S] fundamental;
[P] axiom
2 taken for granted
[E] an axiomatic truth
[S] prima facie
[A] controversial

Question 20

backhanded

Answer 20

indirect, devious, especially sarcastic;
[E] a backhanded compliment
[S] feigned; hypocritical;
[A] forthright

Question 21

badger

Answer 21

to harass or annoy persistently
[E] badger him into purchasing
[S] bait; plague;

Question 22

banter

Answer 22

good humored, playful conversation
[E] banter with someone
[S] badinage; persiflage; repartee;

Question 23

balloon

Answer 23

to increase rapidly
[E] The use of computers has ballooned.
[S] inflate; escalate; expand; burgeon;
[A] taper; dwindle; diminish; recede;

Question 24

asperity

Answer 24

1 roughness of manner or of temper
[E] She responded with such asperity that we knew she was offended by the question.
[S] roughness; crudity;
[A] softness;
2 rigor; severity;
[E] He has encountered more than his share of asperities on the road to success.
[S] severity; hardness; rigor;

Question 25

aspirant

Answer 25

1 one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position.
[E] Envy can make oneself backward; self-confidence can tell oneself to be an aspirant.
[S] seeker;
[A] noncandidate;
2 seeking to attain a desired position.
[E] The pilot was an aspirant astronaut.

Question 26

assiduous

Answer 26

marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application.
[E] He always tended his garden with assiduous attention.
[S] diligent; industrious; sedulous;
[A] idle; inactive;
[P] assiduity

Question 27

augur

Answer 27

1 one who predict future events
[E] The ancient Roman augurs predicted the future by reading the flight of the birds.
[S] forecaster; diviner;
2 to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
[E] This augurs well for us.
[S] promise
3 to tell of or describe beforehand
[E] The fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me.
[S] forecast; predict; presage;

Question 28

awash

Answer 28

1 containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
[E] The streets were awash from the heavy rain.
[S] doused; drenched; saturated;
[A] dry; arid;
2 filled; covered; or completely overrun by flood
[E] The program is currently awash in submissions and will not be accepting any more until next term.
[S] abounding; abundant; flush; fraught; replete;
[A] dearth; scant

Question 29

awning

Answer 29

a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
[E] stay under the awning of Starbucks during the rain storm
[S] ceiling; cover; roof;

Question 30

axiomatic

Answer 30

1 based on or involving an axiom or system of anxious
[E] Euclidean geometry is based on the five axiomatic principles.
[S] fundamental;
[P] axiom
2 taken for granted
[E] an axiomatic truth
[S] prima facie
[A] controversial

Question 31

backhanded

Answer 31

indirect, devious, especially sarcastic;
[E] a backhanded compliment
[S] feigned; hypocritical;
[A] forthright

Question 32

badger

Answer 32

to harass or annoy persistently
[E] badger him into purchasing
[S] bait; plague;

Question 33

banter

Answer 33

good humored, playful conversation
[E] banter with someone
[S] badinage; persiflage; repartee;

Question 34

balloon

Answer 34

to increase rapidly
[E] The use of computers has ballooned.
[S] inflate; escalate; expand; burgeon;
[A] taper; dwindle; diminish; recede;