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GRE Vocabulary # GRE/W1

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adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; mordant
(a) stellar
(b) puerile
(c) prophylactic
(d) vitriolic
 
adj. not returned in kind
(a) insalubrious
(b) famished
(c) unrequited
(d) exemplary
 
adj. in the current fashion or style
(a) blowsy
(b) demonic
(c) modish
(d) dexterous
 
adj. tending to or capable of propelling; propelling
(a) malicious
(b) methodical
(c) parochial
(d) propulsive
 
v. adopt; sweep up; support an idea or principle
(a) burgeon
(b) scrimp
(c) knead
(d) espouse

 

n. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
(a) junta
(b) enate
(c) ravine
(d) chalice
 
n. someone who fights for a cause; hero
(a) paranoia
(b) paladin
(c) polemic
(d) homeostasis
 
v. place a bet on; stake; game; punt
(a) gage
(b) decrypt
(c) warble
(d) protract
 
n. a worker who makes metal castings
(a) founder
(b) aureole
(c) torrent
(d) recourse
 
adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched
(a) serrate
(b) voracious
(c) ineluctable
(d) sporadic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; mordant (d) vitriolic
adj. not returned in kind (c) unrequited
adj. in the current fashion or style (c) modish
adj. tending to or capable of propelling; propelling (d) propulsive
v. adopt; sweep up; support an idea or principle (d) espouse
n. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel (d) chalice
n. someone who fights for a cause; hero (b) paladin
v. place a bet on; stake; game; punt (a) gage
n. a worker who makes metal castings (a) founder
adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched (a) serrate


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