Web English-test.net

GRE Exam Test # GRE/M280

gre preparation | return to test | print this page
 

adj. earthy
(a) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
(b) excessively agitated; phrenetic
(c) having a dark complexion
(d) sensible and practical
 
adj. devious
(a) failing to accomplish an intended result; unsuccessful
(b) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
(c) intended to placate
(d) deviating from a straight course; roundabout
 
adj. aghast
(a) resembling or made to resemble leather; leatherlike; leathery
(b) detached; having distinct breaks between successive tones
(c) struck with fear, dread, or consternation; dismayed; shocked
(d) undeveloped but potentially useful
 
adj. frigid
(a) devoid of warmth and cordiality; frozen; glacial; icy; wintry
(b) marked by precise accordance with details
(c) large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
(d) practicing great self-denial; spartan
 
adj. prohibitive
(a) touching at a single point
(b) tending to discourage (especially of prices)
(c) characteristic of the provinces or their people
(d) (of hair) in small tight curls; frizzy; kinky; nappy

 

adj. serpentine
(a) bold; insolent; forward
(b) of persons; ungovernable; unruly
(c) marked by precise accordance with details
(d) twisting; winding; sly; wily; treacherous
 
adj. effectual
(a) having legal efficacy or force
(b) repetition of same sense in different words; tautologic; tautological
(c) intended as a commemoration
(d) without real or apparent crystalline form; uncrystallised
 
adj. fundamental
(a) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
(b) incongruous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous; nonsensical; preposterous; ridiculous
(c) relating to or consisting of or yielding coal
(d) in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness
 
adj. bifurcate
(a) extremely evil or cruel; diabolical; fiendish; hellish; infernal; satanic; unholy
(b) resembling a fork; branched; forked; fork-like; forficate; pronged; prongy
(c) stubbornly unyielding; persistent; tenacious; unyielding
(d) artificially formal; hokey; stilted
 
adj. unmingled
(a) not mixed with extraneous elements; unmixed
(b) reluctant to draw attention to yourself; retiring
(c) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; enticing; tempting
(d) produced by a wildly fanciful imagination

adj. earthy (d) sensible and practical
adj. devious (d) deviating from a straight course; roundabout
adj. aghast (c) struck with fear, dread, or consternation; dismayed; shocked
adj. frigid (a) devoid of warmth and cordiality; frozen; glacial; icy; wintry
adj. prohibitive (b) tending to discourage (especially of prices)
adj. serpentine (d) twisting; winding; sly; wily; treacherous
adj. effectual (a) having legal efficacy or force
adj. fundamental (a) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
adj. bifurcate (b) resembling a fork; branched; forked; fork-like; forficate; pronged; prongy
adj. unmingled (a) not mixed with extraneous elements; unmixed

file's URL: http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/280/gre-print.html
GRE test: http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/280/gre-test.php
GRE word list: http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/280/gre-words.php
GRE forum: http://www.english-test.net/forum/forum22.html
GRE preparation: http://www.english-test.net/gre/index.html © 2003—2008 www.english-test.net