GRE Review Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
diffident - Answer-lacking self-confidence
petulant - Answer-easily irritated or annoyed
disquietude - Answer-feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
finesse - Answer-subtly skillful handling of a situation
surreptitiousness - Answer-furtiveness; stealth; sneakiness
innocuous - Answer-unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
commensurate - Answer-corresponding in size or degree or extent
eclipsed - Answer-exceeded by far
elucidated - Answer-explained
scintillation - Answer-sparkliness
quittance - Answer-discharge from debt
censure - Answer-official reprimand
irascible - Answer-characterized by anger
lambasted - Answer-verbally attacked
ochlocracy - Answer-mob rule
plutocracy - Answer-country run by wealthy classes
autocracy - Answer-country run by an individual
oligarchy - Answer-country run by a few high ranking individuals
hierarchy - Answer-any stratified class system
iconoclastic - Answer-eccentric
preeminent - Answer-primary
Correct Answers
diffident - Answer-lacking self-confidence
petulant - Answer-easily irritated or annoyed
disquietude - Answer-feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
finesse - Answer-subtly skillful handling of a situation
surreptitiousness - Answer-furtiveness; stealth; sneakiness
innocuous - Answer-unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
commensurate - Answer-corresponding in size or degree or extent
eclipsed - Answer-exceeded by far
elucidated - Answer-explained
scintillation - Answer-sparkliness
quittance - Answer-discharge from debt
censure - Answer-official reprimand
irascible - Answer-characterized by anger
lambasted - Answer-verbally attacked
ochlocracy - Answer-mob rule
plutocracy - Answer-country run by wealthy classes
autocracy - Answer-country run by an individual
oligarchy - Answer-country run by a few high ranking individuals
hierarchy - Answer-any stratified class system
iconoclastic - Answer-eccentric
preeminent - Answer-primary