TOP GRE 2

Question 1

Plastic

Answer 1

Able to be molded, altered, or bent

Question 2

Placate

Answer 2

To soothe or pacify

Question 3

Philanthropy

Answer 3

Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 4

Permeate

Answer 4

To penetrate

Question 5

Perfunctory

Answer 5

Done in a routine way; indifferent

Question 6

Perfidious

Answer 6

Willing to betray one’s trust

Question 7

Pedant

Answer 7

Someone who shows off learning

Question 8

Paragon

Answer 8

Model of excellence or perfection

Question 9

Paradox

Answer 9

A contradiction or dilemma

Question 10

Ostentation

Answer 10

Excessive showiness

Question 11

Opprobrium

Answer 11

Public disgrace

Question 12

Opaque

Answer 12

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

Question 13

Onerous

Answer 13

Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

Question 14

Occlude

Answer 14

To stop up; to prevent the passage of

Question 15

Obviate

Answer 15

To prevent; to make unnecessary

Question 16

Obstinate

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Stubborn, unyielding

Question 17

Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

Question 18

Obdurate

Answer 18

Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

Question 19

Monotony

Answer 19

Lack of variation

Question 20

Mollify

Answer 20

To calm or make less severe

Question 21

Mitigate

Answer 21

To soften; to lessen

Question 22

Misanthrope

Answer 22

A person who dislikes others

Question 23

Meticulous

Answer 23

Extremely careful about details

Question 24

Malleable

Answer 24

Capable of being shaped

Question 25

Malinger

Answer 25

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Question 26

Loquacious

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Talkitive

Question 27

Lethargic

Answer 27

Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

Question 28

Lavish

Answer 28

To give unsparingly (v.); extremely generous or extravagent

Question 29

Laud

Answer 29

to give praise; to glorify

Question 30

Lament

Answer 30

To express sorrow; to grieve

Question 31

Laconic

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Using few words

Question 32

Irascible

Answer 32

Easily made angry

Question 33

Inundate

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To overwhelm; to cover with water

Question 34

Intransigent

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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

Question 35

Insipid

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Lacking interest or flavor

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Innocuous

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Harmless

Question 37

Inimical

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Hostile, unfriendly

Question 38

Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

Question 39

Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

Question 40

Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

Question 41

Impetuous

Answer 41

Quick to act without thinking

Question 42

Impervious

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Imossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

Question 43

Imperturbable

Answer 43

Not capable of being disturbed

Question 44

Iconoclast

Answer 44

One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions