GRE Verbal Reasoning test questions and answers.

Abate to reduce in amount abscond to leave secretly Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Adulterate to make impure Aggrandize to increase power, influence, reputation amalgamate to combine, mix together Ameliorate to make better, improve Anachronism something out of place in time analogous similar or alike in some way antipathy lack of interest or emotion arbitrate to judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties archaic ancient, old fashioned assuage to make something unpleasant less severe Attenuate to reduce in force, weaken Audacious fearless and daring Austere severe or stern in appearance; undecorated banal predictable, cliched, boring bolster to support, prop up bombastic popmpous in speech or manner cacophony harsh, jarring noise candid impartial and honest in speech capricious changing ones mind quickly and often castigate to punish or critisize harshly caustic biting in wit chauvinist someone prejudiced in favor of a group to wich he or she belongs chicancery deception by means of craft or guile coget convincing and well reasoned convoluted intricate and complicated corroborate to provide supporting evidence credulous too trusitng; gullible decorum appropriateness of behavior or conduct deference respect, courtesy deride to speak of or treat with conempt; to mock desiccate to dry out thorooughly desultory jumping from one thing to another diatribe abuse, condemnatory speech diffident lacking self confidencce dilatory intended to delay dilettante someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic dirge a funeral hymn or mournful speech disabuse to set right, to free from error discern to perceive, recognize disparate fundamentally different dissemble to present a false appearance dogmatic dictatorial in one's opinions dupe to deceive; a person who is easily deceived elegy a sorrowful poem or speech eloquent persuasive and moving emulate to copy to try to equal or excel enervate to reduce in strength engender to produce, cause, or bring about emphemeral lasting a short time equivocate to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead erudite learned, scholarly, bookish esoteric known or understood by very few estimable admirable euphemism use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one exculpate to clear from blame; prove innocent exigent urgent, requiring immediate action exonerate to clear of blame fawn to grovel fervid intensely emotional;feverish florid excessively decorated or embellished foment to arouse or incite frugality a tendency to be thrifty or cheap garrulous tending to talk alot gregarious outgoing, social guile deceit or trickery