Set 29 - GRE Mock 1 - Part 11

Question 1

Adjunct (adj.)

Answer 1

The adjunct professor only has classes on Wednesdays.
He is looking for an adjunct position, teaching German part time.
(something that is added to something else that is usually more important. an add-on)

Question 2

Corollary (n.c.)

Answer 2

Is social inequality the inevitable corollary of the economic freedom?
Blind jealousy is often the corollary of passionate love.
(the direct result of something - consequence of something - corollary to / of)

Question 3

chagrin (n.c.)

Answer 3

To her chagrin I got the position she was sure she was going to get.
It will cause some chagrin among the scholars who had worked all their lives, for some other scholar to come and prove the things they couldn’t prove immediately.
(a feeling of deep embarrassment as a result of failure.)

Question 4

Complacency (n. uc.)

Answer 4

Despite yesterday’s win, there is no room for complacency if we want to stay top of the league.
The figures are better but there is no room for complacency.
(feeling of satisfaction with what you have, so you stop trying - used to show disapproval)

Question 5

Hubris (n. uc.)

Answer 5

ideology without power is vanity, seeking power without ideology is hubris.
yet instead of humility in the face of such epic challenges we see hubris.
The pandemic set ego and hubris aside.
(too much pride)

Question 6

conflate (v.)

Answer 6

It is important not to blame the whole homeless community or conflate homelessness with the attacks.

2. the destruction of America happens in its own borders because we conflate being wrong with failing or losing.
   (1. to combine two things to form one, often in error.
3. confuse - mistake)

Question 7

Devious (adj.)

Answer 7

Richard Theo was a devious politician who tricked peter into believing that the sponsors wanted a family-friendly club.
(deceitful)

Question 8

Bleak (adj.)

Answer 8

The company still hopes to find a buyer but the future seems bleak.
all you have to do is to seek a ray of hope in a bleak time.

Question 9

Delusive (adj.)

Answer 9

inappropriate to reality or facts

Question 10

Uphold (v.)

Answer 10

The decision was upheld by the supreme court last year.

Stand for, support, cause to remain

Question 11

Porous (adj.)

Answer 11

The porous border between Haiti and Dominican republic.

easy to pass through

Question 12

Permeable (adj.)

Answer 12

My Arizona clothes were too permeable for Washington.
A permeable US-Canada border.
(Allows gas and liquid to pass through)

Question 13

Grandiosity (n.)(uc.)

Answer 13

Most of the boys of my generation suffer from the same disease: living in their parents’ house and thinking that one day they are going to fix the world by a grandiose scheme.
(So ambitious and extravagant that seems pretentious and ridiculous - excessive verbal ornamentation: the grandiosity of his prose.)

Question 14

Florid (adj.)

Answer 14

Direct statements are more remembered than the florid ones.
The detective had a florid complexion.
Florid face = red
for language, music, art = has extra unnecessary decoration)

Question 15

Impregnable (adj.)

Answer 15

The room where the food was stored was as impregnable as a fort.
Liverpool forged an impregnable lead.
(immune to attack - incapable of being tampered with - incontrovertible)

Question 16

Unalloyed (adj.)

Answer 16

The affection he felt was pure and unalloyed, despite the initial pecuniary reason behind the bond.
(pure, free from admixture)

Question 17

Exiguous (adj.)

Answer 17

This book remains a fixture on the exiguous shelves devoted to Latin America in bookshops in Europe and the U.S.
It is impossible to work on such an exiguous budget.
(very small in amount)

Question 18

Insalubrious (adj.)

Answer 18

He would have let the house, but he could not find any tenet, in consequence of its ineligible and insalubrious site.
(Detrimental to health)

Question 19

Baneful (adj.)

Answer 19

The baneful influence of internet on democracy.

The baneful effects of jealousy and envy.

Question 20

Facile (adj.)

Answer 20

1. she saw that he had no experience with a human infant but he was sure and facile with lambs.
2. A road plan for tomorrow discussed facile arguments about road building that haven’t changed in a century.
   facile generalizations.
   (compliment = skilled at doing something - someone comes easy to someone / insult = lacking depth, show little care)

Question 21

Protracted (adj.)

Answer 21

The expenses of a protracted legal battle.

prolonged

Question 22

Abashed (adj.)

Answer 22

When I caught him in his lie he fixed his eyes on the ground and looked abashed.
(embarrassed or shameful)

Question 23

Civic (adj.)

Answer 23

Related to a city - aimed at benefiting the citizens.

Question 24

Choleric (adj.)

Answer 24

If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him.
since he is on probation he has to find a way to manage his choleric temperament or he will end up in prison.
(Bad tempered and angry)

Question 25

officious (adj.)

Answer 25

North Korea has since rejected the dialogue with south Korea, dismissing Mr. Moon’s role as mediator officious and double-dealing.
The officious lunch lady commented on everybody’s lunch picks.
(too eager to tell people what to do - used to show disapproval)