GRE_3000_List4

Question 1

carouse

Answer 1

to drink liquor freely or excessively
[E] stay at home instead of going out and carousing with friends
[S] binge; revel; roister; wassail

Question 2

carp

Answer 2

to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant; to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
[E] carp about the order of names on the wedding invitations.
[S] cavil; niggle; gripe; grizzle;

Question 3

catalyze

Answer 3

to be the cause of
[E] A reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country.
[S] breed; beget; effectuate; engender; generate;
[A] retard; inhibit;
[P] catalyst;
[E] a catalyst for change of lifestyle
[A] inhibitor

Question 4

categorical

Answer 4

being without exception or qualification
[E] a categorical denial
[S] definite; fair; downright; utter;
[A] conditional; qualified;

Question 5

catholic

Answer 5

not limited or specialized in application or purpose
[E] a catholic taste in music
[S] unlimited; unqualified; unrestricted;
[A] narrow; restricted;

Question 6

cavil

Answer 6

ti find fault unnecessarily
[E] Let us not cavil too much;
[S] carp; fuss; niggle; nitpick; quibble;

Question 7

cavort

Answer 7

to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner
[E] Children are cavorting in the sand.
[S] caper; disport; gambol; romp;
[A] trudge;

Question 8

censorious

Answer 8

highly critical
[E] censorious comment
[S] eulogistic

Question 9

chagrin

Answer 9

disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation
[E] Edgar’s chagrin at having bungled the simple assignment was clear from his trembling lips and averted eyes.
[S] anxiety; concern; disquiet;
[A] aplomb; composure; sangfroid;countenance;

Question 10

charade

Answer 10

1 a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
[E] His concern was a charade
[S] disguise; facade;
2 a game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime.

Question 11

chasm

Answer 11

a pronounced difference of opinion, interests, or loyalty

[S] contradiction; dissent; disjunction; discord;

Question 12

chicanery

Answer 12

deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
[E] Well-doer never dose chicanery and person who is good at chicanery does not belong well-doer.
[S] deception; artifice; legerdemain; wile; subterfuge
[A] aboveboard action;

Question 13

cipher

Answer 13

1 a person of no importance or influence
[E] The intern is a mere cipher in the company.
[S] dwarf; insect; morsel;
[A] eminence;
2 to determine by doing the necessary operations
[E] We were surprised by how much we had spend the on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total.
[S] compute;
3 a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning
[E] convert their messages into cipher
[S] code;

Question 14

circumvent

Answer 14

to avoid having to comply with something especially through cleverness
[E] He found a way to circumvent the law.
[S] avoid; bypass; dodge; skirt;
[A] follow; observe;’

Question 15

clarion

Answer 15

loud and clear
[E] clarion for democracy
[A] soft and indistinct

Question 16

clement

Answer 16

1 tolerant and kind in the judgement of and expectations of others
[E] Clement judge reduced the sentence;
[S] charitable; lenient; merciful;
[A] harsh; severe;
2 temperatures neither too high or too low
[E] Hawaii is known for its clement climate;
[S] mild; genial;;
[A] inclement;

Question 17

clout

Answer 17

influence
[E] The queen may have privilege, but she has no real political clout.
[S] power; influence; capacity; heft; leverage;
[A] impuissance; impotence;

Question 18

cloying

Answer 18

sweet and sentimental
[E] the cloying sentiments of so many Mother’s Day cards
[S] maudlin; mawkish; saccharin;
[A] unsentimental;

Question 19

coagulate

Answer 19

to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass; clot
[E] The blood coagulates to stop wounds bleeding.
[S] clot; congeal; jelly
[A] melt; liquefy; fluidify;
[P] coagulant n;

Question 20

coeval

Answer 20

of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
[E] Two stars thought to be coeval because they have nearly the same mass and brightness.
[S] coetaneous; synchronic;

Question 21

cognizant

Answer 21

conscious; aware;
[E] We are cognizant of the problem.
[S] aware; witting; apprehensive;
[A] oblivious; unmindful;
[P] incognizance;

Question 22

collude

Answer 22

to act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal or deceitful purpose; conspire;
[E] collude with competitors to control the price
[S] connive; conspire; machinate;
[A] act independently;

Question 23

coltish

Answer 23

1 not subject to discipline
[A] disciplined;
2 given to good-natured joking or teasing
[E] Off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish, but turns serious once the camera starts rolling.
[S] frisky; frolicsome;
[A] sober;

Question 24

comely

Answer 24

attractive
[E] a comely young woman
[S] pretty
[A] homely

Question 25

commodious

Answer 25

comfortably or conveniently spacious
[E] a commodious closet
[S] spacious; roomy
[A] cramped; snug;

Question 26

complacency

Answer 26

a feeling of self-satisfaction
[E] Complacency is the enemy of study.
[S] conceit; pomposity;
[A] anxiety; humility;

Question 27

compendium

Answer 27

1 a  brief summary
[E] a compendium of information
[S] abstract; brief; overview.
[P] compendious; 
[E] his compendious knowledge of the subject
[S] concise; laconic; compendiary;
2 a list or collection of various things
[E] Compendium of Materia Medica
[S] compilation; miscellany;

Question 28

capitulate

Answer 28

to give up all resistance
[E] One side finally capitulated when it became clear that they could not win the argument.
[S] budge; concede; relent;
[A] resist; oppose;