GRE TEST PREP QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
aberrant - correct answer- deviating from the norm
(noun form: aberration)
abscond - correct answer- to depart clandestinely; to
steal off and hide
alacrity - correct answer- eager and enthusiastic
willingness
anomaly - correct answer- deviation from the normal
order, form, or rule; abnormality
antedates - correct answer- predating a current time
in history
antediluvian - correct answer- so extremely old as
seeming to belong to an earlier period
, apocryphal - correct answer- of questionable
authenticity
approbation - correct answer- an expression of
approval or praise
arduous - correct answer- strenuous, taxing; requiring
significant effort
ascetic - correct answer- practicing great self-denial
assuage - correct answer- to ease or lessen; to
appease or pacify
audacious - correct answer- daring and fearless;
recklessly bold
austere - correct answer- without adornment; bare;
severely simple; ascetic
axiomatic - correct answer- taken as given; possessing
self-evident truth
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
aberrant - correct answer- deviating from the norm
(noun form: aberration)
abscond - correct answer- to depart clandestinely; to
steal off and hide
alacrity - correct answer- eager and enthusiastic
willingness
anomaly - correct answer- deviation from the normal
order, form, or rule; abnormality
antedates - correct answer- predating a current time
in history
antediluvian - correct answer- so extremely old as
seeming to belong to an earlier period
, apocryphal - correct answer- of questionable
authenticity
approbation - correct answer- an expression of
approval or praise
arduous - correct answer- strenuous, taxing; requiring
significant effort
ascetic - correct answer- practicing great self-denial
assuage - correct answer- to ease or lessen; to
appease or pacify
audacious - correct answer- daring and fearless;
recklessly bold
austere - correct answer- without adornment; bare;
severely simple; ascetic
axiomatic - correct answer- taken as given; possessing
self-evident truth