GRE BASIC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

GRE BASIC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Abscond - CORRECT ANSWER -depart secretly and hide



Adversity - CORRECT ANSWER -a state of misfortune or affliction



Aggravate - CORRECT ANSWER -make worse



Arduous - CORRECT ANSWER -difficult to accomplish



Belie - CORRECT ANSWER -to contradict, to give a false impression



Bombast - CORRECT ANSWER -pompous or pretentious talk or writing



Castigation - CORRECT ANSWER -punishment; severe criticism or disapproval



Censure - CORRECT ANSWER -harsh criticism or disapproval



Coercive - CORRECT ANSWER -serving or intended to compel by force or authority



Condemn - CORRECT ANSWER -express strong disapproval of



Conspire - CORRECT ANSWER -engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together



Covert - CORRECT ANSWER -secret or hidden

,Cower - CORRECT ANSWER -To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame



Denigrate - CORRECT ANSWER -to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of



Denounce - CORRECT ANSWER -to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as
disgraceful



Derision - CORRECT ANSWER -the act of deriding or treating with contempt



Diatribe - CORRECT ANSWER -a bitter and prolonged verbal attack



Discomfit - CORRECT ANSWER -cause to lose one's composure



Disingenuous - CORRECT ANSWER -not straightforward; crafty



Dissemble - CORRECT ANSWER -hide under a false appearance



Exacerbate - CORRECT ANSWER -make worse



Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER -something intended to deceive



Furtive - CORRECT ANSWER -marked by quiet and caution and secrecy



Impudent - CORRECT ANSWER -marked by casual disrespect

,Inopportune - CORRECT ANSWER -coming at a bad time; not appropriate



Irascible - CORRECT ANSWER -quickly aroused to anger



Malevolent - CORRECT ANSWER -wishing or appearing to wish evil to others



Martial - CORRECT ANSWER -suggesting war or military life



Misanthrope - CORRECT ANSWER -someone who dislikes people in general



Morose - CORRECT ANSWER -showing a brooding ill humor



Obsequious - CORRECT ANSWER -attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery



Obstinate - CORRECT ANSWER -persist stubbornly



Onerous - CORRECT ANSWER -troubling; burdensome



Pedantic - CORRECT ANSWER -marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its
trivial aspects



Perjury - CORRECT ANSWER -criminal offense of making false statements under oath



Recalcitrant - CORRECT ANSWER -stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority



Secrete - CORRECT ANSWER -generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

, Spurious - CORRECT ANSWER -plausible but false



Tirade - CORRECT ANSWER -a long, angry speech, usually very critical



Vexation - CORRECT ANSWER -something or someone that causes anxiety



Amalgamate - CORRECT ANSWER -to bring or combine together or with something else



Assuage - CORRECT ANSWER -to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to,
appease, satisfy, quench



Bolster - CORRECT ANSWER -support and strengthen



Burgeon - CORRECT ANSWER -grow and flourish



Buttress - CORRECT ANSWER -(v.) To support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) A supporting structure



Capricious - CORRECT ANSWER -impulsive and unpredictable



Catalyst - CORRECT ANSWER -something that causes an important event to happen



Caustic - CORRECT ANSWER -harsh or corrosive in tone



Centrifuge - CORRECT ANSWER -an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles
from a suspension