TOP GRE 4

Question 1

Desiccate

Answer 1

To dry out thoroughly

Question 2

Deride

Answer 2

To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

Question 3

Deference

Answer 3

Respect, courtesy

Question 4

Decorum

Answer 4

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

Question 5

Crescendo

Answer 5

Steadily increasing volume or force

Question 6

Credulous

Answer 6

Too trusting; gullible

Question 7

Corroborate

Answer 7

To provide supporting evidence

Question 8

Convoluted

Answer 8

Intricate and complicated

Question 9

Condone

Answer 9

To overlook, pardon, or disregard

Question 10

Cogent

Answer 10

Convincing and well reasoned

Question 11

Chicanery

Answer 11

Deception by means of craft or guile

Question 12

Chauvinist

Answer 12

Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

Question 13

Caustic

Answer 13

Biting in wit

Question 14

Catalyst

Answer 14

Something that brings about a change in something else

Question 15

Castigate

Answer 15

To punish or criticize harshly

Question 16

Capricious

Answer 16

Changing one’s mind quickly and often

Question 17

Candid

Answer 17

Impartial and honest in speech

Question 18

Cacophony

Answer 18

Harsh, jarring noise

Question 19

Bombastic

Answer 19

Pompous in speech and manner

Question 20

Bolster

Answer 20

To support; prop up

Question 21

Banal

Answer 21

Predictable, cliched, boring

Question 22

Austere

Answer 22

Severe or stern in appearance, undecorated

Question 23

Audacious

Answer 23

Fearless and daring

Question 24

Attenuate

Answer 24

To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

Question 25

Assuage

Answer 25

To make something unpleasant less severe

Question 26

Ardor

Answer 26

Intense and passionate feeling

Question 27

Archaic

Answer 27

Ancient, old-fashioned

Question 28

Arbitrate

Answer 28

To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

Question 29

Apathy

Answer 29

Lack of interest or emotion

Question 30

Antipathy

Answer 30

Extreme dislike

Question 31

Antagonize

Answer 31

To annoy or provoke to anger

Question 32

Anomaly

Answer 32

Deviation from what is normal

Question 33

Analogous

Answer 33

Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

Question 34

Anachronism

Answer 34

Something out of place in time

Question 35

Ameliorate

Answer 35

To make better, improve

Question 36

Ambiguous

Answer 36

Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways

Question 37

Aggrandize

Answer 37

To increase in power, influence, and reputation

Question 38

Aesthetic

Answer 38

Concerning the appreciation of beauty

Question 39

Advocate

Answer 39

To speak in favor of

Question 40

Adulterate

Answer 40

To make impure

Question 41

Abyss

Answer 41

An extremely deep hole

Question 42

Abstain

Answer 42

To choose not to do something

Question 43

Abscond

Answer 43

To leave secretly

Question 44

Abate

Answer 44

To reduce in amount, degree, or severity