Set 28 - GRE Mock 1 - Part 10

Question 1

Fugitive (adj.)

Answer 1

A $7500 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the the three fugitives.
(Someone who tried to elude justice and who is sought by the police)

Question 2

Compliant (adj.)

Answer 2

The military got the kids on alcohol and weed to make them more compliant.
Since he was calm and compliant after his arrest they decided to reduce his sentence.
(Disposed or willing to comply - amenable - tractable - nonresistant.)

Question 3

Diligent (adj.)

Answer 3

We are diligent in our compliance to the law, everyone here takes it seriously. we stand no misbehavior here.
we truly appreciate F.B.I’s diligent and painstaking efforts in this complicated task.
(characterized by care and and perseverance in carrying out tasks.)

Question 4

Punctilious (adj.)

Answer 4

Jo was always punctilious about repaying his loans.
Unlike so many crookery writers who fear revealing their lack of originality, she is punctilious in citing her sources.
(very careful to behave correctly and follow the rules. precise attention to details.)

Question 5

Sagacious (adj.)

Answer 5

The sagacious words of a sagacious man.

wise, insightful

Question 6

Dismiss (v.)

Answer 6

Dismiss something as something (bad) / the thing that comes after as is the degenerated version, the thing the former has been reduced to.

Question 7

Alarmist (adj.)

Answer 7

When the book was first published many critics dismissed the author’s predictions as alarmist. now the same people acknowledge how prescient she was.
I’m not being hyperbolic or alarmist. I truly believe that out democracy is on the line.
(Something that alarm others needlessly.)

Question 8

Decry (v.)

Answer 8

The critics decried what they saw as his betrayal of artistic integrity.
Decrying apartheid as a concept born of prejudice and fear.
(Express strong disapproval)

Question 9

Enigmatic (adj.)

Answer 9

I did not grasp the meaning of that enigmatic sentence until much later “four men are standing on the ice, two will play professionally, one will be a dad and one will be dead.”
Omicron’s mutations are utterly enigmatic and new.

Question 10

Peripatetic (adj.)

Answer 10

Can you take on the peripatetic life style that is essential to a news reporter?
(itinerant - moving from one place to another mostly for your job)

Question 11

Circumspect (v.)

Answer 11

in the subsequent years, republicans were circumspect of their words and at least paid lip service to the idea of diversity.
the officials are circumspect of their words, which might reflect the ambiguity of the case.
(carefully considering the consequences of an action)

Question 12

somber (adj.)

Answer 12

on the somber occasion of her mother’s funeral.

Sad and serious - dark and without any bright colors

Question 13

Blunt (adj.)

Answer 13

1. sharpen all your blunt knives
2. Russia’s bold demands and equally blunt U.S rejection have led the world to a verge of conflict more than ever since the cold war.
   (1. not sharp or pointy 2. speaking in an honest way even when it hurts people)

Question 14

off-kilter (adj.)

Answer 14

Her off-kilter sense of humor.
2. Benji used to touch the paintings on the wall so they would appear slightly off-kilter afterwards.
(unusual in an interesting way - eccentric
2. not balanced or completely straight)

Question 15

ungainly (adj.)

Answer 15

The ungainly walk of a drunk.
(lacking grace in movement of posture
difficult to handle or manage especially due to shape and size)

Question 16

Scarcely (adv.)

Answer 16

Scarcely = hardly = probably not - it's scarcely a problem = it is almost not a problem 
Rarely = not happening in the same interval - it is a problem but not often

Question 17

Buttress (v.)

Answer 17

the evidence seems to buttress their argument.
He gave statistics to buttress his argument.
(bolster - support a cause, an argument or a system)

Question 18

Abject (adj.)

Answer 18

Most have fled to the neighboring Iran or live in abject poverty in the camps for the displaced.
an abject apology.
(most unfortunate, most miserable, the lowest low possible)

Question 19

Trepidation (n.)(uc.)

Answer 19

The automation process, although at first inspiring trepidation in many of the employees appeared to have none of the deleterious effects.
Annalise was sitting on the ground, drowning in the trepidation before the court and Olivia was the one who distracted her.
( A feeling of anxiety or fear about something that is going to happen)

Question 20

Decipher (v.)

Answer 20

The Nazis used a machine called enigma to encode secret messages, finally the codes were deciphered by the allies, hastening the end of war.
they read and scrutinize the coverage of Ukraine and Russia to decipher hints of what might come next.
(decode)

Question 21

Credulous (adj.)

Answer 21

She charmed credulous investors out of millions of dollars.

gullible

Question 22

Mass (v.)

Answer 22

Reporters say the troops were massing in the area since late December.
Grey clouds massing behind the mountains.
(to gather = دور هم گرد آوردن)

Question 23

Glean (v.)

Answer 23

Gather bit by bit = اندک اندک جمع کردن، به دست آوردن اطلاعات یا دانه

Question 24

Supple (v.)

Answer 24

Exercise will keep your muscles supple.
the most important thing in the sport is to be supple, flexible.
(moves easily and gracefully = stiff / bends easily)

Question 25

Snub (v.)

Answer 25

The boy who had snubbed her in high school will now kill for a ticket to her concert.
high-schoolers will always snub anyone who acts or looks different.
(to treat someone rudely especially by ignoring them or rejecting them abruptly and ungracefully)