GRE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ lackluster. Answer: lacking brilliance or vitality
◉ lethargic. Answer: deficient in alertness or activity
◉ luminous. Answer: softly bright or radiant
◉ obviate. Answer: prevent the occurrence of
◉ pervasive. Answer: spreading throughout
◉ placate. Answer: to appease, soothe, pacify
◉ plod. Answer: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through
mud
◉ plummet. Answer: drop sharply
◉ precipitate. Answer: bring about abruptly
,◉ propagate. Answer: transmit or cause to broaden or spread
◉ prune. Answer: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
◉ rarefy. Answer: to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
◉ rectify. Answer: make right or correct
◉ retard. Answer: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower
rate
◉ saturate. Answer: infuse or fill completely
◉ sever. Answer: cut off from a whole
◉ tentative. Answer: under terms not final or fully worked out or
agreed upon
◉ vigor. Answer: active strength of body or mind
,◉ viscous. Answer: having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in
easy movement or fluidity
◉ vitality. Answer: an energetic style
◉ volatile. Answer: liable to lead to sudden change or violence
◉ waver. Answer: the act of pausing uncertainly
◉ aberrant. Answer: markedly different from an accepted norm
◉ ambiguous. Answer: having more than one possible meaning
◉ anomalous. Answer: deviating from the general or common order
or type
◉ anomaly. Answer: deviation from the normal or common order or
form or rule
◉ archaic. Answer: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an
earlier period
◉ commensurate. Answer: corresponding in size or degree or extent
, ◉ conspicuous. Answer: obvious to the eye or mind
◉ derivative. Answer: unoriginal; derived from another source
◉ deviance. Answer: a state or condition markedly different from
the norm
◉ deviation. Answer: departure or wandering away from the
accepted standard
◉ discrete. Answer: constituting a separate entity or part
◉ diffuse. Answer: spread out
◉ digress. Answer: wander from a direct or straight course
◉ discordant. Answer: not in agreement or harmony
◉ disinterest. Answer: lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed)
uninvolved; free from self-interest
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ lackluster. Answer: lacking brilliance or vitality
◉ lethargic. Answer: deficient in alertness or activity
◉ luminous. Answer: softly bright or radiant
◉ obviate. Answer: prevent the occurrence of
◉ pervasive. Answer: spreading throughout
◉ placate. Answer: to appease, soothe, pacify
◉ plod. Answer: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through
mud
◉ plummet. Answer: drop sharply
◉ precipitate. Answer: bring about abruptly
,◉ propagate. Answer: transmit or cause to broaden or spread
◉ prune. Answer: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
◉ rarefy. Answer: to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
◉ rectify. Answer: make right or correct
◉ retard. Answer: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower
rate
◉ saturate. Answer: infuse or fill completely
◉ sever. Answer: cut off from a whole
◉ tentative. Answer: under terms not final or fully worked out or
agreed upon
◉ vigor. Answer: active strength of body or mind
,◉ viscous. Answer: having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in
easy movement or fluidity
◉ vitality. Answer: an energetic style
◉ volatile. Answer: liable to lead to sudden change or violence
◉ waver. Answer: the act of pausing uncertainly
◉ aberrant. Answer: markedly different from an accepted norm
◉ ambiguous. Answer: having more than one possible meaning
◉ anomalous. Answer: deviating from the general or common order
or type
◉ anomaly. Answer: deviation from the normal or common order or
form or rule
◉ archaic. Answer: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an
earlier period
◉ commensurate. Answer: corresponding in size or degree or extent
, ◉ conspicuous. Answer: obvious to the eye or mind
◉ derivative. Answer: unoriginal; derived from another source
◉ deviance. Answer: a state or condition markedly different from
the norm
◉ deviation. Answer: departure or wandering away from the
accepted standard
◉ discrete. Answer: constituting a separate entity or part
◉ diffuse. Answer: spread out
◉ digress. Answer: wander from a direct or straight course
◉ discordant. Answer: not in agreement or harmony
◉ disinterest. Answer: lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed)
uninvolved; free from self-interest
