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GMAT VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
impetus - correct answer- (n.) the force or energy with which
something moves; momentum.
obsolete - correct answer- (adj.) no longer in use or in practice.
probable - correct answer- (adj.) likely to happen.
susceptibility - correct answer- (n.) a vulnerability or lack of
resistance to damage or disease
; easily affected
persecuted - correct answer- v. annoyed or harassed
consistently
intestine - correct answer- (n.) That part of the digestive tube
below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
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smearing - correct answer- (Adj.) rubbing all over
bowers - correct answer- (n.) shaded, leafy area ; structures
built to attract mates (building and choosing are learned
behaviors)
inept - correct answer- (Adj.) revealing lack of perceptiveness
or judgment or finesse
Ex. "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
disagreeable"
pharmaceutical - correct answer- (Adj.) of or relating to
pharmacy or pharmacists
Ex. "the pharmaceutical industry"
impostor - correct answer- (n). a swindler, deceiver; one who
uses a false name or character in order to cheat syn:cheat,
trickster, four- flushed, pretender
excerpt - correct answer- (n.) a passage taken from a book,
article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote
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afflict - correct answer- (v.) cause pain or suffering in
Ex. "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal
currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
spleen - correct answer- (n.) a large dark-red oval organ on the
left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm
Ex. produces cells involved in immune responses
thence - correct answer- (adv.)(used to introduce a logical
conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result Ex. "therefore
X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory";
"we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we
must go"; "the witness is biased and
plausible - correct answer- (adj.) having an appearance of truth
or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance;
credible; believable
mitigate - correct answer- (v.) lessen or to try to lessen the
seriousness or extent of Ex. "The circumstances extenuate the
crime"
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specious - correct answer- (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or
valid but lacking real merit
embargo - correct answer- (n.) a government order imposing a
trade barrier
unanimous - correct answer- ...
encroachment - correct answer- any entry into an area not
previously occupied NOUN
EX. "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
retaliation - correct answer- (n.) - revenge, punishment
tribunal - correct answer- an assembly (including one or more
judges) to conduct judicial business
olfactory - correct answer- (n) pertaining to the sense of smell
GMAT VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
impetus - correct answer- (n.) the force or energy with which
something moves; momentum.
obsolete - correct answer- (adj.) no longer in use or in practice.
probable - correct answer- (adj.) likely to happen.
susceptibility - correct answer- (n.) a vulnerability or lack of
resistance to damage or disease
; easily affected
persecuted - correct answer- v. annoyed or harassed
consistently
intestine - correct answer- (n.) That part of the digestive tube
below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
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smearing - correct answer- (Adj.) rubbing all over
bowers - correct answer- (n.) shaded, leafy area ; structures
built to attract mates (building and choosing are learned
behaviors)
inept - correct answer- (Adj.) revealing lack of perceptiveness
or judgment or finesse
Ex. "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
disagreeable"
pharmaceutical - correct answer- (Adj.) of or relating to
pharmacy or pharmacists
Ex. "the pharmaceutical industry"
impostor - correct answer- (n). a swindler, deceiver; one who
uses a false name or character in order to cheat syn:cheat,
trickster, four- flushed, pretender
excerpt - correct answer- (n.) a passage taken from a book,
article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote
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afflict - correct answer- (v.) cause pain or suffering in
Ex. "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal
currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
spleen - correct answer- (n.) a large dark-red oval organ on the
left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm
Ex. produces cells involved in immune responses
thence - correct answer- (adv.)(used to introduce a logical
conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result Ex. "therefore
X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory";
"we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we
must go"; "the witness is biased and
plausible - correct answer- (adj.) having an appearance of truth
or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance;
credible; believable
mitigate - correct answer- (v.) lessen or to try to lessen the
seriousness or extent of Ex. "The circumstances extenuate the
crime"
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specious - correct answer- (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or
valid but lacking real merit
embargo - correct answer- (n.) a government order imposing a
trade barrier
unanimous - correct answer- ...
encroachment - correct answer- any entry into an area not
previously occupied NOUN
EX. "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
retaliation - correct answer- (n.) - revenge, punishment
tribunal - correct answer- an assembly (including one or more
judges) to conduct judicial business
olfactory - correct answer- (n) pertaining to the sense of smell
