GRE Vocabulary Quiz

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1.

Palpability
- A.
  
  Can be felt touched, understood
- B.
  
  Commonplace trite unremarkable
- C.
  
  Boldness brashness intrepidness
- D.
  
  Timorous
2.

Torpid
- A.
  
  Muddy having the sediment stirred up
- B.
  
  Twisting force causing rotation
- C.
  
  Sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
- D.
  
  Bending twisting
3.

Pulchritude
- A.
  
  Extreme poverty
- B.
  
  Great wealth
- C.
  
  Laziness
- 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.
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
6.

Clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air
- A.
  
  Acarpous
- B.
  
  Limpid
- C.
  
  Dainty
- D.
  
  Desuetude
- E.
  
  Sylph
7.

A repetition a redundancy
- A.
  
  Dulcet
- B.
  
  Jejune
- C.
  
  Tautology
- D.
  
  Oneirism
8.

Keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- A.
  
  Stygian
- B.
  
  Abundant/lavish
- C.
  
  Salubrious
- D.
  
  Perspicacity
9.

Excessively ornate swollen or bloated
- A.
  
  Turgid
- B.
  
  Turbid
- C.
  
  Truculent
- D.
  
  Tortuous
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
11.

Doff
- A.
  
  Cheat, make a fool of
- B.
  
  Tempt or persuade
- C.
  
  To throw off; get rid of.
- D.
  
  Banal, everyday
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.
13.

Motile
- A.
  
  Agreeably pungent stimulating
- B.
  
  (Biology) Moving or capable of moving spontaneously
- C.
  
  Diseased, unhealthy
- D.
  
  Varied motley, greatly diversified
14.

protean
- A.
  
  Pure, faultless
- B.
  
  Complex
- C.
  
  Readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- D.
  
  Very great number
15.

Bumptious
- A.
  
  Offensively self-assertive
- B.
  
  Incapable of being placated, unpleasable
- C.
  
  Large, of great weight
- D.
  
  Without sense, foolish.
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