XI GRE Words

Question 1

Palpitate

Answer 1

to beat quickly. Her heart was palpitating as she walked into her review

Question 2

Parable

Answer 2

short, allegorical (containing Faible etc)

Question 3

Emissary

Answer 3

messenger forr agent sent to represent other

Question 4

Emollient

Answer 4

softens

Question 5

Anthropomorphism

Answer 5

attribution of human characteristics to animals, natural phenomena etc

Question 6

Abjure

Answer 6

to renounce on oath. He abjured his allegiance to his former country

Question 7

Adjure

Answer 7

to beg or command. I adjure you to tell me the truth.

Question 8

Abject

Answer 8

utterly hopeless

Question 9

Perjury

Answer 9

willfully lying while under oath

Question 10

Ablution

Answer 10

act of cleansing. Performing his morning ablutions

Question 11

Deluge

Answer 11

great flood of water. He has been deluged by tasks at work

Question 12

Lectern

Answer 12

a reading desk. The priest was standing behind the lectern reading for, the Bible

Question 13

Levee

Answer 13

an embankment built to protect against flooding. Levees aren’t a perfect protection against flooding

Question 14

Ligature

Answer 14

binding or tying. Æ.

Question 15

Livery

Answer 15

a uniform, identifying design (often for cars). Red bull hinted at their new livery for the Miami F1

Question 16

Megalith

Answer 16

very big stone

Question 17

Colloquial

Answer 17

everyday language. Colloquial language

Question 18

Elocution

Answer 18

art of clear and expressive speaking. I need a lesson in elocution.

Question 19

Homonym

Answer 19

words spelled and pronounced the same but with different meaning

Question 20

Exhume

Answer 20

dig out, unearth

Question 21

Indigent

Answer 21

poor

Question 22

Dejected

Answer 22

depressed. She looked dejected

Question 23

Conjecture

Answer 23

opinion based on lacking information. Conjectures about the newcomer we’re many and varied

Question 24

Conjugal

Answer 24

related to marriage. Conjugal loyalty

Question 25

Subjugate

Answer 25

bring under control. They soon subjugated the city

Question 26

Injunction

Answer 26

a court order

Question 27

Ineffable

Answer 27

too greate to describe in words

Question 28

Fatuity

Answer 28

foolish

Question 29

Fatuous

Answer 29

foolish

Question 30

Effervescent

Answer 30

quality of giving bubbles of gas. My vitamin C in the morning is an effervescent liquid

Question 31

Infidel

Answer 31

disbeliever in the true religion

Question 32

Flambeau

Answer 32

lighted torch

Question 33

Genuflect

Answer 33

to bend on one knee

Question 34

Confluence

Answer 34

merging into one. The major confluence of the worlds markets

Question 35

Effluence

Answer 35

flowing out off (light etc) Effluence from showers goes into the ocean

Question 36

Fortissimo

Answer 36

very loud

Question 37

Effulgence

Answer 37

shining forth. Ricardo had the most effulgent smile on his face at the met gala.

Question 38

Refulgent

Answer 38

radiant. She has refulgent blue eyes

Question 39

Fusillade

Answer 39

outburst of criticism or continuous discharge of firearms. A fusillade of missiles

Question 40

Profuse

Answer 40

extravagant, lavish. He offered profuse apologies.

Question 41

Suffuse

Answer 41

to spread throughout or over from within. A room suffused with light

Question 42

Congenital

Answer 42

having something from birth. A congenital liar

Question 43

Progeny

Answer 43

offspring, descendants

Question 44

Egress

Answer 44

going out, exit

Question 45

Plutocracy

Answer 45

run by the wealthy classes

Question 46

Autocracy

Answer 46

run by one person

Question 47

Ochlocracy

Answer 47

run by mob ruling

Question 48

Surreptitiousness

Answer 48

sneakiness

Question 49

Disquietude

Answer 49

a condition of worry or concern. The little boy listened in disquietude as his parents argued in the kitchen.

Question 50

Destitution

Answer 50

extreme poverty

Question 51

Impinging

Answer 51

encroaching. impinge on other people's rights

Question 52

Abnegating

Answer 52

relinquishing (give up)

Question 53

Excogitating

Answer 53

consider deeply and thoughtfully, think out. She was great at excogitating ways to avoid homework

Question 54

TAC/TIC

Answer 54

silent; taciturn, tacit, reticent

Question 55

PAU/ PO / POV / PU

Answer 55

few, little, poor

Question 56

PEC

Answer 56

money

Question 57

FATU

Answer 57

foolish. Fatuity, fatuous