official gre words to learn

Question 0

defy

Answer 0

refuse to obey

make impossible

Question 1

woo

Answer 1

try to gain love

Question 2

morbid

Answer 2

indicative of disease

Question 3

recondite

Answer 3

little known. abstruse

Question 4

undoing

Answer 4

the cause of failure

Question 5

fecklessness

Answer 5

lacking strength or character

Question 6

scintillating

Answer 6

sparkling or shining brightly

Question 7

incendiary

Answer 7

a person who sets fire

causing fire

Question 8

efflorescence

Answer 8

reach optimum stage of development

Question 9

acquisitiveness

Answer 9

excessive interest in acquiring money

Question 10

exacted a toll

Answer 10

forced to pay price

Question 11

tepid

Answer 11

showing little enthuiasm

slightly warm

Question 12

excise

Answer 12

a levy of tax

Question 13

indictment

Answer 13

a charge

Question 14

feigning

Answer 14

pretend to be

Question 15

dissemble

Answer 15

conceal ones true motives

Question 16

adverse

Answer 16

preventing success or development

Question 17

hortatory

Answer 17

tending or aiming to exhort

Question 18

transgressions

Answer 18

an act that goes against law

Question 19

trifling

Answer 19

unimportant or trivial

Question 20

relish

Answer 20

great enjoyment

Question 21

serendipitous

Answer 21

occured or discovered by chance

Question 22

blemish

Answer 22

s small mark that spoils

Question 23

blandly

Answer 23

lacking strong features

Question 24

commonplace

Answer 24

ordinary

Question 25

kindred

Answer 25

similar in kind, affiliated

Question 26

imperative

Answer 26

a vital importance, crucial

Question 27

commensurate

Answer 27

in proportion

Question 28

heterodox

Answer 28

not complying to orthodox. iconoclast

Question 29

meager

Answer 29

lacking in quantity and quality

thin

Question 30

ruthless

Answer 30

having or showing no pity

Question 31

industrious

Answer 31

diligent and hard working

Question 32

compel

Answer 32

to oblige or force

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irresolute

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ambivalent

Question 34

opulent

Answer 34

ostentatiously rich

Question 35

mundane

Answer 35

earthly

Question 36

recapitulate

Answer 36

summarize and repeat again

Question 37

facetious

Answer 37

taking serious issues with deliberate humor

Question 38

patent

Answer 38

obvious

Question 39

vanquished

Answer 39

defeat thoroughly

Question 40

anoint

Answer 40

nominate, smear

Question 41

goosebumps

Answer 41

мурашки

Question 42

jettison

Answer 42

throw or drop smth

Question 43

startling

Answer 43

very surprising

Question 44

recrudescent

Answer 44

break out again, recur, resurgent

Question 45

succumb

Answer 45

fail to resist

Question 46

scuffle

Answer 46

a short confused fight

Question 47

coonages

Answer 47

inventions

Question 48

foreground

Answer 48

call attention to

the most important position, передний план

Question 49

schism

Answer 49

a split or divison

Question 50

modicum

Answer 50

a small quantity

Question 51

dissent

Answer 51

hold opinion that varies

Question 52

frivolous

Answer 52

not having serious purpose, irrelevant

Question 53

sartorial

Answer 53

of or relating to clothes

Question 54

deflect

Answer 54

cause something to change direction

Question 55

brandish

Answer 55

wave as a threat

размахивать

Question 56

synoptic

Answer 56

general summary, synopsis, abridged

Question 57

extravagance

Answer 57

profilgate

Question 58

aghast

Answer 58

shock (may have negative meaning)

Question 59

menacing

Answer 59

threatening

Question 60

conspicuous

Answer 60

standing out, clearly visible

Question 61

heed

Answer 61

pay attention to

Question 62

condone

Answer 62

accept or allow

Question 63

row

Answer 63

festering dispute over

Question 64

manacled, reined in

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fettered with chains

keep under control

Question 65

ploddingly

Answer 65

slow moving, un exciting

Question 66

melding

Answer 66

blend, combine

Question 67

ecstatic

Answer 67

joyful, elated

Question 68

humdrum

Answer 68

lacking excitement, dull