GRE General Exam Questions and
Answers
Prosaic - Answer-Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.
Didactic - Answer-Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an
ulterior motive.
Iconoclast - Answer-A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
Fastidious - Answer-Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
Disseminate - Answer-Spread or disperse (something, especially information) widely.
Fanciful - Answer-(of a person or their thoughts and ideas) overimaginative and
unrealistic.
Miserliness - Answer-Excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.
Exacting - Answer-Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
Scathing - Answer-Witheringly scornful; severely critical.
Acerbic - Answer-(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
Copious - Answer-Abundant in supply or quantity.
Corroborate - Answer-Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
Ethnomusicology - Answer-The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-
Western ones.
Sanguine - Answer-Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult
situation.
Pendulum - Answer-A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely
backward and forward, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the
mechanism of a clock.
Aghast - Answer-Filled with horror or shock.
Cursory - Answer-Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Fickleness - Answer-Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
Answers
Prosaic - Answer-Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.
Didactic - Answer-Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an
ulterior motive.
Iconoclast - Answer-A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
Fastidious - Answer-Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
Disseminate - Answer-Spread or disperse (something, especially information) widely.
Fanciful - Answer-(of a person or their thoughts and ideas) overimaginative and
unrealistic.
Miserliness - Answer-Excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.
Exacting - Answer-Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
Scathing - Answer-Witheringly scornful; severely critical.
Acerbic - Answer-(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
Copious - Answer-Abundant in supply or quantity.
Corroborate - Answer-Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
Ethnomusicology - Answer-The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-
Western ones.
Sanguine - Answer-Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult
situation.
Pendulum - Answer-A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely
backward and forward, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the
mechanism of a clock.
Aghast - Answer-Filled with horror or shock.
Cursory - Answer-Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Fickleness - Answer-Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
