GRE Sample Test # GRE/M88

v. adulterate
(a) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; stretch
(b) give a reduction in price on
(c) make amends for; atone
(d) advance beyond the usual limit
 
v. flout
(a) laugh at with contempt and derision; barrack; gibe
(b) make a small cut or score into
(c) cause to grow or increase rapidly
(d) surround; restrict
 
v. balk
(a) reject as false
(b) take the place or move into the position of; supervene upon; supercede
(c) belittle; vilipend
(d) stoop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil
 
v. demur
(a) put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
(b) take exception to; except
(c) say, state, or perform again; iterate; restate; retell
(d) herd and care for
 
v. reprimand
(a) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
(b) give long speeches in order to delay or prevent a decision from being made
(c) censure severely or angrily; rag; trounce; reproof; lecture
(d) make or become black; melanise; black

v. appal
(a) fill with apprehension or alarm
(b) annoy persistently; bug; beleaguer
(c) produce buds, branches, or germinate; germinate; pullulate; burgeon forth; sprout
(d) change from one system to another; convert; change over
 
v. lionize
(a) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; block; hinder; stymy; embarrass
(b) cast or model anew; remodel
(c) assign great social importance to; celebrate
(d) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; exuviate; moult; slough
 
v. whet
(a) choose not to consume; desist
(b) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; hush up
(c) sharpen by rubbing
(d) stick out; project; bulge
 
v. enshroud
(a) make impossible, especially beforehand; close out
(b) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
(c) carry with difficulty; tug
(d) conceal; hide; cover
 
v. abduce
(a) refuse to comply; jib
(b) rebuke formally; criminate
(c) advance evidence for; cite
(d) stoop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil