Manhattan GRE exam 5

Question 1

Avowed

Answer 1

Stated publicly

Question 2

Scrimping

Answer 2

Thrifty and parsimonious

Question 3

Repose

Answer 3

A state of rest or tranquility, be kept in a particular place

Question 4

Compliance

Answer 4

Act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another

Question 5

Chivy

Answer 5

Badger

Question 6

Sententious

Answer 6

Moral in pompous or affected manner

Question 7

Ineluctable

Answer 7

Unable to be resisted or avoided, inescapable

Question 8

Shirk

Answer 8

Avoid or neglect duty or responsibility, unwilling to do something difficult

Question 9

Meek

Answer 9

Quite, gentle and easy to imposed on, submissive

Question 9

Insensate

Answer 9

Lacking physical sense, completely lacking sense

Question 10

Rebuke

Answer 10

Reproach because of the behavior or action

Question 11

Adulate

Answer 11

Praise someone excessilvely

Question 12

Requite

Answer 12

Make appropriate return for the favor, service and wrongdoing

Question 13

Protracting

Answer 13

Prolong

Question 14

Reconnoiter

Answer 14

Make a military observation of a region

Question 15

Plateaus

Answer 15

Saturation

Question 16

Plummet

Answer 16

Fall or drop straight down at high speed

Question 17

Rustic

Answer 17

1) Relating to a country side
2) Plain and simple fashioned

Question 18

Clinch

Answer 18

Confirm or settle a contract or bargain, grapple

Question 19

Concede

Answer 19

Admit, surrender

Question 20

Supererogatory

Answer 20

Performing to an extend exceeding that is required or expected

Question 21

Retrograde

Answer 21

Going backwords

Question 22

Ludicrous

Answer 22

So foolish, unreasonable and out of place as it is amusing

Question 23

Snubbed

Answer 23

Rebuff, Ignorance or spurn disdainfully

Question 24

Slight

Answer 24

Insult, treat disrespectfully

Question 25

Juxtapose

Answer 25

Place something side by side to compare or to contrast or to create something interesting

Question 26

Succinctly

Answer 26

in brief and clear expressed manner

Question 27

Atypical

Answer 27

Not representing any type, group or class

Question 28

Presage

Answer 28

Be a sign or warning

Question 29

Qualitative

Answer 29

Subjective

Question 30

Pastoral

Answer 30

1) Used for grazing for cattle 2) Appropriate giving a spiritual guidance 3) Literature work relating to country side

Question 31

Disconcerted

Answer 31

Unsettled or confused

Question 32

Disport

Answer 32

Enjoy oneself unrestrainedly

Question 33

Eviscerate

Answer 33

Disembowel

Question 34

Frangible

Answer 34

Broke down into tiny pieces, fragile or brittle

Question 35

Confection

Answer 35

Elaborate sugar dish, an action of mixing

Question 36

Reive

Answer 36

Carry out raid to plunder cattle or other goods

Question 37

Remonstrate

Answer 37

Make a forceful reproachful protest

Question 38

Attrition

Answer 38

The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness by sustained pressure or attack

Question 39

Quasiness

Answer 39

The feeling of being worried, unhappy or uncertain over something

Question 40

Malaise

Answer 40

The feeling of discomfort, illness or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify

Question 41

Timidity

Answer 41

Lacking courage or confidence

Question 42

Torpidity

Answer 42

Lacking energy or vigor

Question 43

Sordid

Answer 43

1) Involving immoral motives or actions 2) Dirty or squalid