Ultimate GMAT Vocabulary (essential)
Exam with Accurate Solutions
distend - correct answer-swell from or as if from internal pressure
countervail - correct answer-oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
convoke - correct answer-call together
expurgate - correct answer-edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
nugatory - correct answer-of no real value
forswear - correct answer-formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under
pressure
congeal - correct answer-become gelatinous
petrify - correct answer-cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
burgeon - correct answer-grow and flourish
fulmination - correct answer-thunderous verbal attack
emaciate - correct answer-cause to grow thin or weak
imperviousness - correct answer-the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or
missiles etc.)
perspicacity - correct answer-the capacity to assess situations or circumstances
shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
requite - correct answer-make repayment for or return something
abstemious - correct answer-sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
lionize - correct answer-assign great social importance to
discountenance - correct answer-look with disfavor on
disconcert - correct answer-cause to lose one's composure
,adulterate - correct answer-corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance
ebullience - correct answer-overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
gainsay - correct answer-take exception to
pusillanimous - correct answer-lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
opaqueness - correct answer-incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
detraction - correct answer-a petty disparagement
minatory - correct answer-threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
overweening - correct answer-unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
malapropism - correct answer-the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one
that sounds similar
meretricious - correct answer-based on pretense
disinter - correct answer-dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
insularity - correct answer-the state of being isolated or detached
effrontery - correct answer-audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
exculpate - correct answer-pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
homiletics - correct answer-the art of preaching
opprobrious - correct answer-(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
disgrace or shame
garble - correct answer-make false by mutilation or addition
purvey - correct answer-supply with provisions
grandiloquent - correct answer-puffed up with vanity
peccadillo - correct answer-a petty misdeed
enthral - correct answer-hold spellbound
,dawdler - correct answer-someone who takes more time than necessary
pungency - correct answer-a strong odor or taste property
gaucherie - correct answer-a socially awkward or tactless act
fluster - correct answer-cause to be nervous or upset
imprecation - correct answer-the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and
usually serves as an insult)
punctilious - correct answer-marked by precise accordance with details
disproof - correct answer-the act of determining that something is false
blandishment - correct answer-flattery intended to persuade
inveigh - correct answer-complain bitterly
nonplused - correct answer-filled with bewilderment
manacle - correct answer-shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist
penurious - correct answer-not having enough money to pay for necessities
ossify - correct answer-make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
desuetude - correct answer-a state of inactivity or disuse
repine - correct answer-express discontent
excoriation - correct answer-severe censure
mettlesome - correct answer-having a proud and unbroken spirit
raffish - correct answer-marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
peregrination - correct answer-traveling or wandering around
discomfit - correct answer-cause to lose one's composure
supplicate - correct answer-ask humbly (for something)
enervate - correct answer-weaken mentally or morally
, extenuate - correct answer-lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
propitiate - correct answer-make peace with
palliate - correct answer-lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
expostulate - correct answer-reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
impecunious - correct answer-not having enough money to pay for necessities
refulgent - correct answer-radiating or as if radiating light
aggrandize - correct answer-add details to
desiccate - correct answer-lose water or moisture
pellucid - correct answer-transmitting light
lachrymose - correct answer-showing sorrow
cogitate - correct answer-use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to
make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
conjoin - correct answer-make contact or come together
equivocate - correct answer-be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information
propinquity - correct answer-the property of being close together
malinger - correct answer-avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
noisome - correct answer-offensively malodorous
abjure - correct answer-formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under
pressure
truculence - correct answer-obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
palpitate - correct answer-beat rapidly
disabuse - correct answer-free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
intersperse - correct answer-place at intervals in or among
Exam with Accurate Solutions
distend - correct answer-swell from or as if from internal pressure
countervail - correct answer-oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
convoke - correct answer-call together
expurgate - correct answer-edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
nugatory - correct answer-of no real value
forswear - correct answer-formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under
pressure
congeal - correct answer-become gelatinous
petrify - correct answer-cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
burgeon - correct answer-grow and flourish
fulmination - correct answer-thunderous verbal attack
emaciate - correct answer-cause to grow thin or weak
imperviousness - correct answer-the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or
missiles etc.)
perspicacity - correct answer-the capacity to assess situations or circumstances
shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
requite - correct answer-make repayment for or return something
abstemious - correct answer-sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
lionize - correct answer-assign great social importance to
discountenance - correct answer-look with disfavor on
disconcert - correct answer-cause to lose one's composure
,adulterate - correct answer-corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance
ebullience - correct answer-overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
gainsay - correct answer-take exception to
pusillanimous - correct answer-lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
opaqueness - correct answer-incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
detraction - correct answer-a petty disparagement
minatory - correct answer-threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
overweening - correct answer-unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
malapropism - correct answer-the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one
that sounds similar
meretricious - correct answer-based on pretense
disinter - correct answer-dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
insularity - correct answer-the state of being isolated or detached
effrontery - correct answer-audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
exculpate - correct answer-pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
homiletics - correct answer-the art of preaching
opprobrious - correct answer-(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
disgrace or shame
garble - correct answer-make false by mutilation or addition
purvey - correct answer-supply with provisions
grandiloquent - correct answer-puffed up with vanity
peccadillo - correct answer-a petty misdeed
enthral - correct answer-hold spellbound
,dawdler - correct answer-someone who takes more time than necessary
pungency - correct answer-a strong odor or taste property
gaucherie - correct answer-a socially awkward or tactless act
fluster - correct answer-cause to be nervous or upset
imprecation - correct answer-the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and
usually serves as an insult)
punctilious - correct answer-marked by precise accordance with details
disproof - correct answer-the act of determining that something is false
blandishment - correct answer-flattery intended to persuade
inveigh - correct answer-complain bitterly
nonplused - correct answer-filled with bewilderment
manacle - correct answer-shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist
penurious - correct answer-not having enough money to pay for necessities
ossify - correct answer-make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
desuetude - correct answer-a state of inactivity or disuse
repine - correct answer-express discontent
excoriation - correct answer-severe censure
mettlesome - correct answer-having a proud and unbroken spirit
raffish - correct answer-marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
peregrination - correct answer-traveling or wandering around
discomfit - correct answer-cause to lose one's composure
supplicate - correct answer-ask humbly (for something)
enervate - correct answer-weaken mentally or morally
, extenuate - correct answer-lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
propitiate - correct answer-make peace with
palliate - correct answer-lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
expostulate - correct answer-reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
impecunious - correct answer-not having enough money to pay for necessities
refulgent - correct answer-radiating or as if radiating light
aggrandize - correct answer-add details to
desiccate - correct answer-lose water or moisture
pellucid - correct answer-transmitting light
lachrymose - correct answer-showing sorrow
cogitate - correct answer-use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to
make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
conjoin - correct answer-make contact or come together
equivocate - correct answer-be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information
propinquity - correct answer-the property of being close together
malinger - correct answer-avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
noisome - correct answer-offensively malodorous
abjure - correct answer-formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under
pressure
truculence - correct answer-obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
palpitate - correct answer-beat rapidly
disabuse - correct answer-free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
intersperse - correct answer-place at intervals in or among
