GRE Vocabulary Test — a 44-Word Online Quiz

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5.  belabor

7.  castigate

10.  cupidity

12.  disoblige

13.  escheat

17.  functionary

18.  gainsay

22.  indefatigable

25.  limpid

27.  machination

30.  pique

34.  purview

37.  recreant

38.  recriminate

39.  rend

40.  reprove

44.  verisimilitude

1. (C)
   agape (adj) open-mouthed

   (A) sentimental
   (B) gruesome
   (C) open

2. (A)
   artifice (n) a clever and deceptive trick; cunning or craftiness

   (A) deception
   (B) argument
   (C) sculpture

3. (B)
   aver (v) to assert or affirm confidently; declare; claim; posit; maintain

   (A) avert
   (B) assert
   (C) avoid

4. (B)
   baleful (adj) evil; destructive; sorrowful

   (A) complete
   (B) sinister
   (C) loud

5. (C)
   belabor (v) to repeat, reiterate, or go over again and again, to the point of being tiresome

   (A) enslave
   (B) volunteer
   (C) repeat

6. (C)
   broach (v) to open up; to mention a subject; propose; introduce

   (A) disappear
   (B) decorate
   (C) propose

7. (B)
   castigate (v) to punish, chastise, or criticize severely

   (A) investigate
   (B) punish
   (C) remove

8. (C)
   commodious (adj) spacious; roomy; capacious

   (A) capable
   (B) helpful
   (C) spacious

9. (A)
   crepuscular (adj) pertaining to or resembling twilight; dim or indistinct

   (A) faint
   (B) shriveled
   (C) supervisory

10. (B)
    cupidity (n) greed; avarice

    (A) beauty
    (B) greed
    (C) fickleness

11. (A)
    depraved (adj) corrupt; wicked

    (A) wicked
    (B) hungry
    (C) poor

12. (C)
    disoblige (v) to offend, insult, or slight; to refuse or act contrary to

    (A) sharpen
    (B) pardon
    (C) insult

13. (B)
    escheat (n) transfer of property ownership to the government by default

    (A) decline
    (B) transfer
    (C) escape

14. (A)
    exude (v) to ooze out or emit, as through pores

    (A) perspire
    (B) separate
    (C) calculate

15. (B)
    florid (adj) highly ornate, colorful, or flowery

    (A) clean
    (B) colorful
    (C) liquid

16. (C)
    fracus (n) a loud disturbance; melee

    (A) split
    (B) appetizer
    (C) disturbance

17. (A)
    functionary (n) an official; a person holding an office or position of authority

    (A) official
    (B) rule
    (C) organization

18. (C)
    gainsay (v) to deny; refute; contradict; impugn; repudiate

    (A) fasten
    (B) acquire
    (C) deny

19. (B)
    imbroglio (n) a perplexing situation; entanglement; dilemma

    (A) promise
    (B) dilemma
    (C) influence

20. (A)
    inchoate (adj) just begun; incipient; elementary; rudimentary

    (A) new
    (B) chalky
    (C) underground

21. (C)
    incubus (n) a nightmare; something that burdens or oppresses like a nightmare or demon

    (A) creativity
    (B) miniature
    (C) nightmare

22. (A)
    indefatigable (adj) tireless; inexhaustible; unflagging

    (A) energetic
    (B) hazy
    (C) difficult

23. (C)
    legerdemain (n) sleight of hand; prestidigitation

    (A) roof
    (B) territory
    (C) magic

24. (B)
    libertine (adj) amoral or sexually unrestrained; licentious

    (A) flexible
    (B) amoral
    (C) simple

25. (B)
    limpid (adj) transparent; crystal-clear

    (A) sad
    (B) transparent
    (C) sluggish

26. (A)
    littoral (adj) pertaining to a coastal region (shore)

    (A) coastal
    (B) intellectual
    (C) legal

27. (C)
    machination (n) a plot or scheme, especially a wily or deceptive one; ploy; ruse; sham; chicanery

    (A) vehicle
    (B) alienation
    (C) scheme

28. (C)
    nefarious (adj) wicked; iniquitous; abominable

    (A) indigent
    (B) negligent
    (C) wicked

29. (A)
    obsequies (n) funeral rites

    (A) rites
    (B) difficulties
    (C) antiques

30. (C)
    pique (v) to irritate; annoy

    (A) discover
    (B) solve
    (C) irritate

31. (B)
    prevaricate (v) to lie; fabricate; distort

    (A) prevail
    (B) lie
    (C) diversify

32. (B)
    prurient (adj) having or causing lascivious or lustful thoughts

    (A) careful
    (B) lustful
    (C) generous

33. (A)
    pulchritude (n) beauty; attractiveness; comeliness

    (A) beauty
    (B) selfishness
    (C) power

34. (A)
    purview (n) scope or range (of operation or understanding)

    (A) scope
    (B) purpose
    (C) pursuit

35. (B)
    quixotic (adj) idealistic but impractical

    (A) confused
    (B) idealistic
    (C) undecided

36. (C)
    rebuff (v) to refuse bluntly; to snub or repulse

    (A) respond
    (B) massage
    (C) reject

37. (A)
    recreant (adj) cowardly; faint-hearted; craven

    (A) fearful
    (B) young
    (C) casual

38. (B)
    recriminate (v) to accuse; charge; indict

    (A) recoil
    (B) accuse
    (C) review

39. (A)
    rend (v) to tear, pull apart, or rip up

    (A) tear
    (B) oppress
    (C) provide

40. (C)
    reprove (v) to express disapproval; censure; reprobate

    (A) convince
    (B) contradict
    (C) denounce

41. (A)
    serendipity (n) accidental good fortune or luck

    (A) luck
    (B) favoritism
    (C) balance

42. (B)
    symbiotic (adj) characterized by a mutually beneficial relationship; interdependent

    (A) pitiful
    (B) interdependent
    (C) typical

43. (B)
    truant (adj) shirking

    (A) angry
    (B) lazy
    (C) straight

44. (A)
    verisimilitude (n) likelihood or probability; having the appearance or some semblance of truth

    (A) truth
    (B) height
    (C) loudness