GRE Vocabulary Quiz
Practice GRE vocabulary
- 1.
Palpability
- A.
Can be felt touched, understood
- B.
Commonplace trite unremarkable
- C.
Boldness brashness intrepidness
- D.
Timorous
Correct Answer
A. Can be felt touched, understood -
- 2.
Torpid
- A.
Muddy having the sediment stirred up
- B.
Twisting force causing rotation
- C.
Sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
- D.
Bending twisting
Correct Answer
C. Sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant -
- 3.
Pulchritude
- A.
Extreme poverty
- B.
Great wealth
- C.
Laziness
- D.
Physical beauty; comeliness.
Correct Answer
D. Physical beauty; comeliness. -
- 4.
Sedulous
- A.
Persevering
- B.
Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
- C.
Willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible
- D.
A space in which a spectator or patron may sit; accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium.
Correct Answer
A. Persevering -
- 5.
Syllogism
- A.
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
- B.
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
- C.
An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.
- D.
One or more written letters or characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech
Correct Answer
C. An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument. -
- 6.
Clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air
- A.
Acarpous
- B.
Limpid
- C.
Dainty
- D.
Desuetude
- E.
Sylph
Correct Answer
B. Limpid -
- 7.
A repetition a redundancy
- A.
Dulcet
- B.
Jejune
- C.
Tautology
- D.
Oneirism
Correct Answer
C. Tautology -
- 8.
Keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- A.
Stygian
- B.
Abundant/lavish
- C.
Salubrious
- D.
Perspicacity
Correct Answer
D. Perspicacity -
- 9.
Excessively ornate swollen or bloated
- A.
Turgid
- B.
Turbid
- C.
Truculent
- D.
Tortuous
Correct Answer
A. Turgid -
- 10.
To relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; ALLEVIATETo try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.
- A.
Palpable
- B.
Heed
- C.
Ebullience
- D.
Palliate
Correct Answer
D. Palliate -
- 11.
Doff
- A.
Cheat, make a fool of
- B.
Tempt or persuade
- C.
To throw off; get rid of.
- D.
Banal, everyday
Correct Answer
C. To throw off; get rid of. -
- 12.
Potentate
- A.
A smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
- B.
Person who lives alone and avoids people
- C.
A person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- D.
A person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
Correct Answer
D. A person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler. -
- 13.
Motile
- A.
Agreeably pungent stimulating
- B.
(Biology) Moving or capable of moving spontaneously
- C.
Diseased, unhealthy
- D.
Varied motley, greatly diversified
Correct Answer
B. (Biology) Moving or capable of moving spontaneously -
- 14.
protean
- A.
Pure, faultless
- B.
Complex
- C.
Readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- D.
Very great number
Correct Answer
C. Readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. -
- 15.
Bumptious
- A.
Offensively self-assertive
- B.
Incapable of being placated, unpleasable
- C.
Large, of great weight
- D.
Without sense, foolish.
Correct Answer
A. Offensively self-assertive -
- 16.
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- A.
Imprudent
- B.
Apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible.
- C.
Bad-tempered/quarrelsome
- D.
Much too high or great
Correct Answer
B. Apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible. -
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